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Oh man..I thought I was the only one!! LOL I’ve resolved to just sit in the corner with the kids and watch Raina clean, because no matter how hard I try, I will never do it right. I don’t even open the curtains in the morning, because I can’t do that right (I think she measures the swag and if I’m not in certain tolerances, I will hear about it). And lets not talk about how to make the bed!!

But let me tell you, when Raina is finished…the house is perfect. She does a great job. Luv ya babe!!

Wow! This post today couldn’t have been more on target for me… as I am right in the middle of trying to declutter a disaster area we call home! Thank you Pastor Rob in once again putting things in perspective for me on what is most important in God’s eyes.
Blessings,
Sue

I’m grateful for God’s mercy. I look at our church (not the local church, but THE church) and I wonder how far we’ve wandered from the concept of mercy. We work to win God’s favor, and hold up our righteous rags in front of him when He doesn’t perform like we think He ought. After all, we’re working, so shouldn’t He? : )

And yet nothing delights me more than seeing a new believer experience transformed life for the first time, knowing that there is nothing they can do to change the past, or the mistakes, and so they simply exult in what is–the overabundance of God’s grace through the cross of Jesus Christ.

Love this,

A fellow messy
Suzie

Hey Rob,
I was just wandering if this is where you leave it?
Because, Romans 6:19-23 tells us that Righteousness leads to Holiness and the end result is eternal life.
Now, if you look at those words in the Greek, Righteousness is ‘dikaisune’=investiture with what causes one to be in a right relationship with God.
And, ofcourse, Holiness is to be set apart. Sanctified. (Basically to live by the standard God has set for us, not by the world’s standard.). God says, “Be Holy as I am Holy”.
Hebrews 12:14 says ‘without holiness, noone will see the lord”.
So, what I am saying is what Paul says in Galations 5:6 “the only thing that counts, is faith (in Jesus Christ to atone for us) expressing itself in Love (love for God and man-the two greatest commands)
I’ve been having trouble getting people to see that love (Mt. 25 :31-46 and John 13:35) is a MUST. Jesus says, that Love is the fulfillment of the Law. He says that all the law and the prophets hang on the two greatest commandments: Love God, Love man.
Any way, The Amerian Family Association announced the statistic that only 6% of all persons who call themselves Christians truly understand the core message of the Bible.
The core message is community through Christ Jesus. Many individuals have the perspective that the core message is their salvation through Christ Jesus. However, Christ gave us an example in Mt. 25 that if we reject community but accept atonement their will be not eternity in Heaven.
Do you answer these comments? Or, am I just commenting? I visited once before with no response, that I am aware of.

Thanks for your comment, Jim.

If I missed you before I apologize.

No, this is not where you leave it (if by, “this” you are referring to simple mental assent and fire insurance faith). James makes it crystal clear that saving faith is “transforming faith.” Even the demons have what I would certainly call “powerful” belief–yet it gets them no closer to the God they hate.

What I am talking about is trying to achieve this “Holiness” through human effort. And that is simply impossible. It is Christ living in us and through us that makes it possible.

Pastor Rob

Thanks Rob,
I appreciate a pastor who is not afraid to tell people that we must be transformed. It is not an option. I am hosting a link for your site on my page.

dear pastor rob, sunday after sunday we all walk out and say a little something to you quickley before we are leaving church…but if i may i would like to take more than just a sec. and say a little something to you and about southbrook..i moved here 1 yr ago from new york i didn’t know anyone.i passed your church and saw blue flashing lights and police helping people to and from church..im sorry im from new york and this doesn’t happen much except at a funeral. one day driving bye and seeing the blue flashing lights i turned my car around right there on weddington rd..i thought to myself this must me a very special place to go if cops direct chruch traffic..so i parked my car and hopped with one broken foot into your parking lot. although it doesn’t rain here in the south it was raining and i was very wet. as i dragged my broken foot through every puddle to get to the front door i realized there was a man with an umbreller my head…okay let me get this right.. police help me into the parking lot and this man with the most beautifuil bright smile has a unbrella over my head!!! he grapped my arm and he helped my into the chruch…before i can say thank you he was gone helping the next.. right there i knew i found my church..his smile,his help,his heart,his eyes reminded me of my savior JESUS.. i filled out my visitor form and left it with my tiths. that week in the mail i got a letter from southbrook thanking me for coming and a hand written letter off to the side from the pastor…..how special i must be to have police help me park, a man that acts like JESUS help me into church and a pastor who writes letters ……i knew i had to go back and every sunday there he was the JESUS looking man with that smile,those GOD like eyes,that big heart…..and a pastor who cares…well one sunday pastor asked who would like to get out of the bleches and into the game…well yeah that was me i have been a christian for 20yrs watching in the bleeches ,getting fat eating hot dogs and popcorn living the life…no cares no worrys enough for everyone until i raised my hand thats when it all happened to me….who here would like to get off the bleeches and into the game.. me i yelled inside my head..i wanted JESUS all the time not just when i needed him….i keep him in a box on a shelf and took him out only when needed…….me me me …….i want to be in the game..so i stood up and paster said before you say these words you have to know that you will be singled out by the devil..he will not want you to get to close to GOD so be aware ….i didn’t care i wanted JESUS i wanted to be in the game….so i did it i said those words i excepted JESUS back in my life full time…..again after 20yrs of tap dancing around JESUS i asked him in to stay…after service i wanted to sign up for something anything i wanted to be part of the game..and there is was the GOD filled man….i ran over to him and said i want to be a greeter..i wanted to touch peoples lives the way he touched mine…so the greeter john gave me a green t shirt and told me he will call and he did…if it wasn’t for that man who goes out of his way to help others i wouldn’t be here where i am,where my family is,where the rest of my life will be…. i was a greeter on duty handing out flyer and pens and a beautiful woman came over to me and said hi you must me new i said yes today is my first day on the job…i took it very serviousley i was in the game not on the bleeches anymore..she said what is your name i answered diane and yours she said my name is judy….that is my husband over there..and she pointed to john the GOD looking man…the one wih JESUS eyes ..the man that made me want to go back to church again and again…the bright smile man…john and now i meet his wife judy….i felt so blessed to be a part of a beautiful family john and now his beautiful wife judy..i was wondering to myself if she knows how blessed she is to have a GOD filled man..wow what i would do to have a GOD filled man with me on sunday at church…but after 11yrs of going myself that will never happen…well judy called to john …john came over and put his arm around his wife and me…he said diane i see you met my wife judy…judy said john do you know what diane has told me ..she said diane comes to this church and gave her life to GOD again after 20yrs because of you..i couldn’t help but to cry and so did john..i know it was the holy spirit moving in our hearts….ya see you never know what could happen when you open a door with a smile while you have JESUS in your heart…. well since that day i stood up in church….my husband had a car accident rolled backwards across providence road and hit the front of someones home without getting hit bye another car…we only had one car while his was in the shop..the police officer took his tags ….his lic was suspended because when new york tags where sent back with his brother he didn’t pay $25.00 nor tell my husband he had to pay….the bonus program at his job changed so he wasn’t making enough.. he couldn’t look for another job until he went back to new york to find out why his lic was suspended..his leg was broken but we had no health insurance..and if they put a cast on him noone would hire a man with a cast and no diriving lic…so he delt with the pain until the pain stopped..i prayed for his leg to heal…i was losing money going to work. my boss took 65% and took out cost for products used..so i made maybe 30% of what i brought into the salon..she was getting botox and trying to loose weight for her hawaii trip and i couldn’t feed my children…one day it got so bad i drove myself to the hospital and just told the dr. i couldn’t do it anymore..he gave me some meds and sent me home.. they shut off my water…they shut off my electric,they shut off my phone and cable,i had nothing to feed my children……….everything was wrong…i sold my bedroom set to turn on the water and electric..i sold my diamond ring to feed my children i sold my living room set for phone and cable…the bank said we had to start foreclosing proceedures…..im going to loose my home……nothing was going right…my car the only running one broke down…no car no job no money no food no no no no no no no……….nothing………………humble pie thats it….just humble pie….wow i was were i thought i would never be…i was a salon owner in new york making money faster then i can count…..working working working…….making money money money…and now nothing………..cannot even get a job at a low class salon…i couldn’t even get a white trash trailer park home…..wow was i full of myself……..low class didn’t even want me…..i was nothing with nothing……but i didn’t forget JESUS….i understood what was going on …..paster told me and JESUS confirmed it he was doing a mighty cleaning of me…..my home my heart….wow what wake up call…i was looking at people and judgeing them bye what they had…here i was with nothing and JESUS nor my church judged me….HOLY CLEANING HOUSE IN ME………MIGHTY MESS…… the LORD was and is doing major work in my house…..so today i can say…the LORD is working on my home..although its still for sale.no one has come to look at it. and i still have no furniture..and i still sleep on the floor…and i have nothing in my home…..and i feed my kids day bye day….and my mortage payment is still a little behind….and i have no health insurance…and my car is not running….i do have good news the best new i could ever tell anyone before……MY HUSBAND GOES TO SOUTHBROOK CHURCH WITH ME AND MY CHILDREN EVERY SUNDAY AND HE TITHS……FAITHFULLY….HE TOLD ME JUST YESTERDAY THAT HE HAS A GREAT IDEA….I ASKED HIM WHAT IT WAS HE SAID HE WANTED TO READ THE BIBLE THE CHILDRENS BIBLE TO THE CHILDREN FOR 1/2 HOUR A NIGHT EVERYNIGHT SO HE AND THE CHILDREN CAN LEARN TOGETHER…..ya know what ..you can have my house,my car,my furniture,my lennex china,my food,my job,my so called friends……I HAVE A MAN WHO LOVES JESUS……………AMEN. THE REST IS IN THE LORDS HANDS…..today i can say GOD is cleaning our lives the house can wait…….thanks you john for going out of your way to do what GOD wants you to do….sunday after sunday service after service because if you weren’t there the sunday i was i would have missed the free house cleaning job of GOD ALMIGHTY… thank you for being faithfull and strong …you helped JESUS stop the insanity. and get our family back in order…and paster rob thank you so much for every sunday service. thank you for being such a great man of GOD.. you helped turn my life around..THANK YOU for all that you do for JESUS….you have touched my familys life and allowed me to except JESUS back into my heart and you gave it to me with a warning…i pray you stay stong in JESUS you do your job so well…..thank you thank you PRAISE GOD FOR HOUSECLEANING….DIANE