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The Life of William Carey By Mike Andrews There are many people who have desires and burdens when it comes to doing the Lord’s will. Some people misread their calling, while others just ignore any of the Holy Spirit’s leading. Some face trials and tribulations and therefore think ‘this cannot be God’s will for me’. We so easily give up and follow other avenues to do what we believe to be the Father’s will (or our calling), because we can’t seem to believe that the trials and problems we face would come from a Holy and loving Father. However, the Lord says we will face trials and tribulations. James 1:2 tells us "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness". William Carey was that very kind of man. He had a servant heart. He was a man of God who was faced with a deep burden and desire to reach a lost nation for the Lord Jesus Christ. Carey never imagined that the road ahead would lead ...

My Mother is: 1. My comforter 2. My protector 3. My encourager 4. My ray of light when I came home from school or my job as a young adult. There is so much I can thank my mother for, and my guess is you can do the same. What I find it amazing is how we have a loving and heavenly Father who has all those attributes and more. For His children like you and me (Ps 127:3) behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward". (Ps 139:13-16) For You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was being made in secret, skillfully woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them . Our Heavenly Father takes great care in His children, even before we a...

Me and my BOY! hanging out with the Andrews ladies. Seeing the wonders of our LORD

Our day in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Walking along the trails of the Saint John river on this chilly Saturday. What a Mighty and Awesome God we serve! Praise His wonderful name. "for the LORD is the great God, And the great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also. The sea is His, for He made it; and His hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker, For He is our God..." (Psalm 95:3-7)

The beautiful women of my life!

The Seven Commandments Of Illustrations April 23, 2008 By Mark Devers 1. Thou shalt not overuse them.It is definitely possible to have far too many sermon illustrations. The problem is that illustrations are like chocolate: good in small doses but overindulgence makes recipients feel sick and disorientated! Don’t feed the congregation too many! 2. Thou shalt not underuse them.While I can think of some preachers who pass out too much chocolate, there are others who never offer so much as a chocolate button! Such sermons feel heavy, abstract and dense. 3. Thou shalt not fail to illustrate the point.If your illustration doesn’t illustrate the point your making with a great degree of exactness don’t use it. One danger for preachers is to want to use some illustration simply because its ‘a good one.’ Yet the illustration may only relate tenuously to the point in question! 4. Thou shalt not make them overly long I recently heard of a closing illustration that was between 12 and 15 minutes lo...

Something so Simple made Complicated By Mike Andrews "Faith is the simplest of all things, and perhaps because of its simplicity it is the more difficult to explain." This bold, true statement that C. H. Spurgeon made when he pastored a large church in England speaks volumes even in today’s generation! Faith is the simplest of all things. Yet, it is the hardest of all things to explain and understand. Why? Because we are sinful people, we are full of pride and arrogance towards the things of God, and most of all we are a people who need to see in order to believe. We seem to have the philosophy of "If I cannot see it, it must not be real.". We are faced with this problem every day when it comes to faith. Consider for a moment: when we are faced with a cloudy day, we need to ask ourselves "Is the sun still there behind the clouds?" Are the stars still out when we have daylight or do they only come out at night? The sun and the stars are always there whethe...