To Everything... A Season: 06/01/2011

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Sunday Morning 061211

We had a wonderful time of worshipping our Lord this morning at Carr Lane Baptist. We missed seeing you there. Hope to see you next time.

To those who don't know I do attend church every Sunday; morning and evening most of the time. All the time except for certain occasions when we take off a Sunday evening for family events and such. It is always good to be in God's house and to have His house with us always.

I preached this morning on the text of 2 Chronicles 7:12-16. The title was "When Heaven is Closed". It is time for God's people to humble themselves, pray, seek God's face and turn from their wicked ways. Then we will have God hear our prayers, forgive our sins and heal our land.

The people of God; those who have been purchased by the sacrifice of His Son Jesus; must repent and get right with GOD.

-Tim A. Blankenship

Monday, June 06, 2011

Second Week

I have began my second week of no driving the school bus. Have I missed it? Not yet. I have been busy. I spent the very first week working at Youth Camp at Baptist Hill near Mt. Vernon, MO serving as a camp cook.

I really don't think that camp cook is a proper title for me. I have put food in the convection oven, prepared chicken for the oven, bacon for the oven, eggs for the scrambling - 47 and one half dozen as a matter of fact - that is Jerry W. and myself cracked that many eggs. We also added lemon juice to keep them from turning green, milk to make them fluffier, and also salt and pepper to season them. The eggs were for breakfast Wednesday morning.

We were feeding about 175 youth and workers. There were 9 youth who called on the name of the Lord for salvation; 11 other decisions and one who decided they needed to follow the Lord in Baptism.

My schedule while I was at camp went a little like this. I was up at 3 a.m., at the cafeteria by 4 a.m. making coffee for the workers coming soon; and when the head cook [Jerry] arrived we visited a while, drank coffee, then started prepping breakfast. One morning following breakfast I did go to my room and took a nap. It was quite restful; and one afternoon I went and rested for a while. Each night I was in bed by 9 p.m. Tired, tired, tired; ready for bed and sleep.

The second week; it is hot, hot, hot. I prefer hot to cold though. This morning I went out and hoed around our potatoes. Even at 7 a.m. it was still pretty warm out. I have more taters to work.

I am thankful for the strength which my Lord and God Jesus Christ has given me. Thank YOU Lord.

Tim A. Blankenship

Know Jesus

The Bible says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23). The glory of God was the reason for our creation. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden of Eden it passed on to their children, and that is you and me. We also read in the pages of the Bible [God’s Word] that, “There is none righteous, no, not one”. (Romans 3:10). Righteousness is simply being right with God. Because we are sinners, yet God - who is holy loved us - sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins. The Just One [Jesus Christ] for the unjust [You and I]. “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8). Here is the gospel of Jesus Christ; “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures; and that He was seen of Cephas [Peter], then of the twelve: After that, He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep [are with Christ]. After that, He was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all He was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-8) “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10). “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). BE SAVED TODAY.