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Living Hope Update

So we had our first Sunday morning service a couple of weeks ago. God really blessed us with a great crowd of folks that had a great time worshipping Him. Everyone heard the Word of God preached boldly. We are really excited to see what God is going to do here in Marysville and Union county and around the world. Our desire is to be a Bible believing, Bible preaching church that lives out the principles of the Bible locally, nationally and internationally. All the glory for anything that we have and do goes to God. We want everything we do to point others to Jesus. God is good!

HONDA

Well, lo and behold.  I now have a job in Marysville, OH.  I will begin work with Honda on July 14th. 

 

God is good!!!

News

Not a whole lot of news to update on. God has closed the door on the opportunity at Nationwide. It was disappointing certainly, but we are just trusting in God as He has called us to be in Ohio and we know that He goes before us.

I recently met several individuals who work at companies in the Columbus area and am moving down that path to talk with each of them further. They were both currently working in the internal audit groups at their respective companies. I have heard back from one of the companies so we'll see what transpires with that.

We are also praying about another opportunity that may involve starting our own business. It would be a franchise type of business. We are taking a look and asking God if this is something that He would have us do. It would certainly be a GREAT way to get connected into the community.

Thanks for your prayers!! We certainly covet them.

Trip to Columbus

I realize that this is a little out of order with my previous post, but I just wanted to share a little bit about my trip to Columbus. Nationwide brought me up on Sunday. Instead of flying on the direct flight from Memphis to Columbus, I had to fly through Charlotte, NC and then on to Columbus. This was basically due to the fact that going through Charlotte saved about $800. Anyway, I wasn't all that excited about flying the extra flight, but God showed me why this was the way He wanted me to get there. First, on my flight from Memphis, I had the opportunity to sit next to a guy named Keith that lives in memphis. He and I had a conversation about multiple topics for the entire flight. I had the opportunity to share the Gospel with him toward the end of the flight and walk him through the Gospel. He was very open and even mentioned that he felt like God was trying to get his attention with me sitting next to him. He now knows how he can get eternal life and I have challenged him to ensure he takes possession of it for himself. I am hopeful that he and I can get together for lunch sometime and talk some more.
If that wasn't enough, on the second flight, I found myself sitting next to a Messianic Jewish rabbi. His name is Rabbi Kirt Schneider and he lives in Columbus and knows the pastor at Dublin Baptist Church, which is the local sponsoring church for Living Hope. Anyway, we had just a sweet time of fellowship on our flight. He was so encouraging to me. He prayed for me while we were flying and it was a wonderful, encouraging, uplifting prayer. He prayed so loud and so fervently that many people around us heard the prayers. It was really a neat thing. He actually has a TV program that airs on DirecTV on The Church Channel and NRB. His program is Discovering the Jewish Jesus. His website is www.discoveringthejewishjesus.com. I haven't checked the website out too much yet, but I plan on it. I also plan on looking him up once we are in Columbus. I think that he can certainly teach a lot about reaching out to the Jewish community.

Waiting

Well, I had some interviews with Nationwide on 5/5. I feel like everything went well, but I am just waiting to hear back from them on how they felt about the interviews. It looks like a great opportunity with minimal travel involved. Most of my travel actually would be going into the office each day as Nationwide is in downtown Columbus. Pretty good drive from Marysville. Regardless, we are looking for God to show us His will in this matter and we want to be obedient to it.

Intelligence Test - Answers

Here are the answers to the previous post. The 20 books of the Bible that are hidden in the message are highlighted in blue. Some of them were tricky.

There are 20 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph. Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you. (People love these kinds of puzzles, something in our genes is responsible.) While you’re looking, let’s consider an important question. You probably consider yourself to be a good person, but are you good enough to go to Heaven? From answers to the following questions, we’ll find out… Have you ever told a lie? Have you ever stolen anything, (regardless of its value)? Have you ever used God’s name in vain? And just one more, have you ever looked at someone with lust (sexual desire)? Answer all of these truthfully. Now comes the bad news. If you’ve told lies, that makes you a liar – that's a fact. Steal just one time, and that makes you a thief. If you’ve used God’s name in vain, that’s blasphemy. And Jesus said that if you’ve looked at someone with lust, you’ve committed adultery in your heart. These are just a few of God’s Laws (the Ten Commandments) that you’re guilty of breaking. When God judges you, you’re in a jam; especially since He has given you a conscience. (Isn’t it true that every time you’ve done wrong, you knew it?) God’s place of punishment for those who break his laws is Hell, forever. But God did a most remarkable thing so that you wouldn’t have to go to Hell. Jesus died on the cross to take the punishment for our sins, then he rose again defeating death. If you repent and put your faith in Him, you will be saved. The truth is that you are not good enough to go to Heaven; it’s your job to admit it. Use your God-given will to live—let it drive you to turn from your sin (repentance) and put your faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. Humble yourself and talk to God in prayer right now. Find a Bible believing church to fellowship at, and start reading your Bible every day—start with the book of John. We’re almost to the end of the puzzle. If you didn’t find all the Bible books, don’t let it get on your nerves. There is a website you can go to: http://www.needGod.com/answers/

Did you get them all? Let me know.

Intelligence Test

Here is a little intelligence quiz to spend a little time looking through.  I borrowed this from Ray Comfort's blog.  It is a great Christian blog that can be found at raycomfortfood.blogspot.com.  Enjoy this quiz.  I will post the answers in a couple of days.  Comment if you wish with the answers.  Also, make sure that you read the content as well b/c it is a great message!!

 

There are 20 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph. Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you. (People love these kinds of puzzles, something in our genes is responsible.) While you're looking, let's consider an important question. You probably consider yourself to be a good person, but are you good enough to go to Heaven? From answers to the following questions, we'll find out… Have you ever told a lie? Have you ever stolen anything, (regardless of its value)? Have you ever used God's name in vain? And just one more, have you ever looked at someone with lust (sexual desire)? Answer all of these truthfully. Now comes the bad news. If you've told lies, that makes you a liar – that's a fact. Steal just one time, and that makes you a thief. If you've used God's name in vain, that's blasphemy. And Jesus said that if you've looked at someone with lust, you've committed adultery in your heart. These are just a few of God's Laws (the Ten Commandments) that you're guilty of breaking. When God judges you, you're in a jam; especially since He has given you a conscience. (Isn't it true that every time you've done wrong, you knew it?) God's place of punishment for those who break his laws is Hell, forever. But God did a most remarkable thing so that you wouldn't have to go to Hell. Jesus died on the cross to take the punishment for our sins, then he rose again defeating death. If you repent and put your faith in Him, you will be saved. The truth is that you are not good enough to go to Heaven; it's your job to admit it. Use your God-given will to live—let it drive you to turn from your sin (repentance) and put your faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. Humble yourself and talk to God in prayer right now. Find a Bible believing church to fellowship at, and start reading your Bible every day—start with the book of John. We're almost to the end of the puzzle. If you didn't find all the Bible books, don't let it get on your nerves. There is a website you can go to: http://www.needGod.com/answers/

 

A Little History on Marysville, Ohio - Our soon-to-be Home

Here is just a little history on Marysville, OH where we will be living and a part of the Living Hope church being planted.

Marysville is the county seat of Union County, Ohio. Samuel W. Cuthbertson founded the town in 1816. He named the community after his daughter Mary. The town grew slowly, having 360 residents in 1843. By 1846, the town included two churches, one private school, one newspaper office, and three stores.

Over the next forty years, Marysville grew dramatically, having a population of 2,832 residents in 1890. In 1888, two newspapers, six churches, three banks, and numerous manufacturing businesses existed in the town. The community's largest employer was Isaac Half, a furniture manufacturer, with forty-two employees. Most businesses provided services or products for farmers living in the surrounding countryside. By 1888, Marysville had earned the nickname "the Shaded City," due to all of the maple trees lining the community's streets.

Today, Marysville is an important center of manufacturing. In 1979, Honda of America opened its first plant in Marysville. Over the years Honda of America's Marysville facility has grown tremendously. It now employs approximately 13,000 people at four separate manufacturing locations near Marysville. The plants are capable of producing most types of Honda motor vehicles—from dirt bikes to cars to trucks. In 2000, Honda of America was Marysville's largest employer of the city's 15,942 residents.

Another quick job update

So I heard back from Nationwide Insurance today. They would like to bring me to Columbus for an on-site interview. I am hoping to go sometime next week. Please be praying for this opportunity. I am looking forward to going to Columbus for the interview.

Job Updates

So here are the things that are in the pipeline right now.

Cardinal Health - waiting to fill the position until July 1 - new fiscal year for them. (timing would work great for us)

JPMorganChase - they decided to go with a local candidate.

Nationwide Insurance - waiting to hear back from them after the phone interview the other day. They currently aren't actively looking for someone in my position, but said they would possibly entertain bringing me on if things work out.

Scott's Miracle-Gro - -have applied online for a position there, but have yet to hear anything back on it. (They may have decided my experience did not fit what they were looking for or possibly they are waiting until they close the job posting so as to assess all resumes received. Not sure about it. My gut tells me that they didn't think it was a good fit since it was not really what I have been doing for most of my career.)

Columbus Bureau of Credit - possible opportunity there. new position that is created. Waiting to hear back from the recruiter that was helping me.

Please continue to pray about these opportunities and for others that God may put in front of me. Thank you very much.

Disobedience?

Just a thought that I had. You know, so often we talk about being disobedient when God has shown His will for something in our lives. It could be a multitude of things that He has revealed. It always seems like we mainly concentrate on the fact that disobedience occurs only after God has shown us His will. I would submit that we should be just as concerned about disobedience before He reveals His will in certain aspects. We can find ourselves not waiting on God to clearly reveal His will to us. We can certainly get in front of God's timing and I believe that is just as bad as not following His revealed will immediately. When we get in front of God's timing, we are telling Him that we can do it better.

Thankfully, we serve a God that is bigger than all of our mistakes and disobedience. He continues to bless us in spite of ourselves!! God is good!!

Phone Interview with Nationwide

So I have a phone interview on Thursday morning with Nationwide for a possible opportunity in the IT Audit group. It is at 7am CST and should last about 30 minutes or so. It looks like it could be a good opportunity. My prayer is that the Lord shows me clearly (and that I am obedient to follow) His will for my employment in the Columbus area.

We are very eager about moving to Marysville. We are ready to know where I am going to work and to get the ball rolling on all of the other things that need to happen (i.e., selling our house, buying a house in Marysville, moving, etc., etc.). While we are so eager, we also have to be careful that we seek the Lord's timing for everything.

Specific Opportunities to Pray About!

Here is just a brief list of opportunities that are out there right now. Please be praying for God's will to be done and for us to be obedient to follow Him. I either have applied for positions online, interviewed already or will be interviewing with these.

Cardinal Health
Nationwide Insurance
Columbus Bureau of Credit
Scott's Miracle-Gro
Citibank

Thanks for your prayers.

Do You Trust Me?

That is the question that God is asking me right now. Do you trust Me? After hearing some disappointing news on one of the job opportunities that I had in the Columbus area, this is the question that I must now answer. Losing out on an opportunity does not change God's call for us to Marysville. I now have the opportunity to have a testimony of trust in God to show me what He has in store for me. I must be obedient to continue to follow Him through and along the path that He has put before us. Please continue to pray for me that God will strengthen my resolve and my testimony of putting complete and ultimate trust in Him. My desire is to His will!!!

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Ok, so I am in Montreal this week for work and there is a ton of snow on the ground. They have had an almost record breaking year with snowfall in Montreal. I think that they are within a couple of inches of breaking their record snowfall. Kind of crazy. There is so much snow on the ground and in the snow banks that have been pushed up that it is probably 20 - 30 ft. high in some places. In the places that I have been driving, you can drive down the road and not be able to see the stores and buildings that are on the sides of the road. The sidewalks are covered up with snow so people are walking down the edge of the street. Kind of crazy and dangerous if you ask me.

So, I just have one question b/c I know that Al Gore has an answer. How has Global Warming caused all of this extra snow this year? Waiting to hear the answer b/c I am sure it is a good laugh.

Jury Duty

So I went for jury duty qualification and selection of the week for me to serve on jury duty. I picked the week of March 24 - 28. Not necessarily something that I am looking forward to, but it is certainly a great civic duty to serve in this manner. I just pray that as I serve on a jury, I would glorify God in my discussions, my attitudes and in my decisions.

Opportunity is moving forward!!!

Well, I heard back from Chase and they would like for me to have a follow up phone discussion with another manager there. This manager works in Dallas, TX and is already functioning in the same position that I am looking to fill in another location. Also, I will be going to Columbus in the next couple of weeks and I will have an on-site interview with the leadership team, the hiring manager and the internal recruiter. I am excited about this opportunity and I pray that God will get all of the glory out of this.

Don't Be a Facade

From an email I sent my Sunday School class when I travelled overseas back in 2006. I was just thinking about it and thought that I would post my thoughts from that trip. I have edited it a little bit from the original.
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I am staying in Brugge, Belgium which is an unbelievably beautiful city with buildings from the Middle Ages and much history to it. It is unbelievable to see the beautiful and ornate churches and all of the crosses on buildings, hospitals, churches and all of the mentions of Godhuis (God's house) and such around the city. But it is so disturbing to see, hear and feel the utter darkness that surrounds this place. It just goes to show how "symbolism" is such an empty expression of true faith in Jesus Christ. It goes to show how "churchianity" can be such a tool of Satan to blind people to the truth. It just reminds me of how real I must be in my relationship with Christ and how obedience to Him is the true meaning of showing faith. We must continually examine our own lives to determine if we are just living a symbolic Christianity that does not lead to salvation and that is disobedient to God or if we are truly exercising our faith through obedience to God's will in our life and the commands that He has given us and has put before us.
I want to challenge everyone in our class to think whether or not you are living a symbolic Christian life or if you are truly living to bring glory to God. Are you living your life in a way that those around you know (and hear) about the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Is your relationship with Christ the most important thing to you. Do you have "churchianity" rather than a relationship with Christ? Are you actively sharing the Gospel with others? Do you have a burden for those that are lost and going to Hell outside of a relationship with Jesus? Is there anything in your life that may be a stumbling block for a brother or sister in Christ?

As I told a co-worker last night, as a Christian, I cannot separate my spiritual life from my "everyday" life. My relationship to Christ should be my life and should permeate every aspect of my life including my family, my work, my relationships, my political views, etc., etc., etc.
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Another Opportunity Has Arisen

Well, yesterday, I found out that a major retail company would like to talk with me about a possible opportunity as well. I am not sure when I may have the initial phone interview, but please be praying for me.

Everything with the house seems to be going well. Their is some interest in our buyer's house from a couple. That couple is waiting to hear on a possible job transfer from the husband. If he is not transferred, they will look at our buyer's house and we will see what transpires. Please pray that God will take care of all the details. He is in control.

Great Analogy

This is something that I read out of the Mid-South Baptist Associational newsletter for January 2008. I thought that it was a great analogy of the way people think these days.

Consider the following Philosophies of Umpiring:

UMPIRE #1, “There’s balls and there’s strikes, and I call them the way they are.”
UMPIRE #2, “No way! That’s arrogant. There are balls and there’s strikes and I call them the way I see it.”
UMPIRE #3, “That’s no better, why beat around the bush? Why not be realistic about what we do? There’s balls and there’s strikes and they ain’t nothing till I call them!”

Analogy to our society:
UMPIRE #1 represents the modern “OBJECTIVE VIEW” of truth.
UMPIRE #2 represents a “MODERATE RELATIVISM VIEW” of truth.
UMPIRE #3 represents the “POST-MODERN SUBJECTIVE VIEW” of truth.

Opportunity

Well, an opportunity has arisen for possible employment. I will have a phone interview with a major finanicial services firm on Monday, February 25th at 9am. The opportunity sounds like a good one. My only desire is that my occupation bring glory to God. I pray that He will show me what He has for me and that I will know and obey that. He is in control.

Almost Sold!!

Well, it looks like we have someone to buy our house. This is amazing because our house is not even on the market. Us selling our house is dependent on the other party selling their house. We are praying that God will just take care of everything. We know that He will. We may go to Ohio over spring break to take a look at some houses in Marysville and see if we can find one to put a contract on. God is so good!!! We just pray that God will guide our every step and that we will be obedient to hear Him and to follow Him.

Tornados

Wow!! What a Tuesday evening we had around here. It was kind of a nervous time as tornados came ripping through Memphis and the surrounding areas. There was a good bit of damage in and around Memphis. Several people lost their lives due to the storms that came through. Very sad day for those that lost loved ones. This just goes to show though that we never know when we may take our last breath. My guess is that none of those that were killed woke up this morning and said they would die today. We just don't know. That is why we must be prepared to die at any moment. We must prepare ourselves for eternity. The only proper way to be prepared for eternity is to have a relationship with a man named Jesus. He died on the Cross to take punishment that we deserve because we have sinned against a Holy, Just and Perfect God. We must accept this free gift from God and take possession of it as our very own.

Why do Atheists Argue with Christians?

Just a quick question as to why atheists argue with Christians. I don't really understand it. Basically, the atheist has said that there is no god and that we are basically going to die and turn to dust and that is the end of our lives. If that is the case, what does it profit to argue with someone about their beliefs. If you truly believe that we just die and become dust, is it not just wasted breath and time to argue someone's beliefs? The only reasons that I can think is to try and demean Christians (and bring up anything bad that was done while invoking the Christian name) and to make themselves feel better about living in their sin or to try and make themselves feel more intellectual.

Basically, it is saddening that atheists have not come to a knowledge of Jesus who is the only One unto salvation. May God have mercy on all those that do not know Him right now and allow them to come to Him before returning for His bride.

Ayacucho Quechua People Group

Kirby Woods Baptist Church has adopted an unreached people group in the mountains of Peru. As of February 2008, KWBC has taken approximately 10 trips to Peru to get to know the folks in the areas that we have adopted. We are also taking opportunities to tell them about the Jesus of the Bible. We have forged some wonderful relationships with folks down there and we have some folks that are in love with these people. We have a desire to see them come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Ask me and I will tell you more about them.

It Worked!!

Ok, so the previous post did work by sending it to an email address. That's pretty neat and certainly makes it very easy to update a blog while at work. That way, you don't have to actually log on to the blog site and enter the thought. Take care.
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A test for the blog

So I am new at this and just thought that I would test this feature out to publish something by sending an email. I won't know if this works or not, but I'll let you know in a new post.

One Day

So one day, I was just sitting here thinking that it would be fun to have a blog so I created one. I'll see if I try to keep it up or not. I would like to use it just to post some of my thoughts and for possible updates of the family. Not sure if anyone will ever read it or not, but I might make a go of it just to see.