Pavement Ends Ministry

I spent the day of August, 21 2017 with two young men that I love with all my heart. The Total Eclipse was awesome, but seeing it with Kent and Jake made it a million times more special. Together we wasted a day and watched as the heavens declared the Glory of God. It was a day well wasted.

The Bible tells us that a child of God is more than a conqueror. What does it mean to be more than a conqueror? Well, a person who is more than a conqueror knows that the fight is fixed and he cannot lose. As they enter the battle they know that they can be wounded and injured and there will be times when they are frightened and discouraged. And yet we are more than a conqueror because we have the assurance that whoever is born again has already overcome the world. Our hope is in Christ and He has already made us victorious.

Many people start out to follow Jesus, but the road to eternal life is narrow and difficult. Along the way most people will stumble and fall. Many will be lost unless someone is willing to be there for them. Will you be a Barnabas? When someone falls, will you help them up, when someone fails, will you give them another chance, and if someone is going in the wrong direction will you show them the right way. The challenge in this podcast is for Christians to help their brothers and sisters when they stumble.

Walking with Jesus is I like a marathon and not a sprint. Many people profess to be followers of Christ but starting the race is not the same as finishing the race. The Apostle Paul taught us that to follow Christ requires endurance and perseverance. In Hebrews 12 he tells us that we should “lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race that is set before us, always looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith”. If we are going to receive the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus we must forget those things which are behind us and press on. If you fight the good fight and keep the faith, then you will hear the applause of Heaven as you finish your race.

The Bible teaches that we are to go into all the world making disciples and teaching them about Jesus. When God asked, “ who will go for me.” Jack McVeigh answered and said,” Here am I Lord, send me.” He was given the power of the Holy Spirit, and through the lives of the many people that he reached with the Gospel Brother Jack has truly gone into the whole world making disciples. In this podcast I honor my friend and mentor, a man who truly is " A Man After Gods Own Heart".

God in his wisdom has made us diverse. It is our differences that give us our individual value to the Kingdom of Heaven. Even though we all have different talents and abilities, we must understand that our greatest asset to God is our faithfulness.

The Great Engineer of The Universe says in Genesis chapter eight, “As long as the earth endures, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.” When I go to gather my tomatoes and have to wipe the sweat from my face, I will give glory to God because the sweat of my brow is a testimony that His promises will never fail.

Most of the songs that we sing in church are prayers. A song we sang in church yesterday was no different. In the first verse the prayer was for righteousness and in the second verse the prayer was for holiness. These are good things to pray for, but the third verse had this prayer in it, it said: brokenness is what I pray for”. It was then that I stopped singing, and I asked myself why anyone would ever pray for brokenness. Do you understand what you are asking for?

God is my reward, my cup overflows with His blessings. He holds my life, my future in His hands. His surveyors have drawn the boundary lines for my inheritance, it is a beautiful and pleasant place. Psalms 16 is the inspiration for this podcast, please listen and be encouraged.

In this podcast i confess that in the past i have self-righteously judge peoples prayers because i perceived them to be theologically incorrect. But God does not hear the prayers that are formulated in our heads, He hears the prayers that come from our hearts.

We cannot manage time. But we can learn to make better use of our energies and activities. The important thing is to prioritize. Decide what matters most and do not waste time on that which does not matter. Take a couple of minutes to listen to this podcast, in it I challenge you to consider how precious time is.

Ordinary men become extraordinary men when they follow God and fulfill their destiny.

Everyone knows that Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give death”. But did you know that he also said,” It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was not founded, by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ.” These words bear witness to the fact that our Founding Fathers knew that this nation could survive only if she stood on the solid rock that is Christ Jesus.

We are a great nation and a great people today because we have carried forward the spirit of the Declaration of Independence; and we must demand that we truly will be a “government of the people, by the people and for the people.

What if you knew the day of your death? How would you spend your time. In this podcast I challenge everyone to live their lives as if today might be your last. Because after all we are not promised tomorrow.

I remember hearing an old preacher say, “If you are reading the Bible to learn about God, Stop it! This old preacher was teaching that we should not read scripture in order to learn about God; instead we should read His Word in order to rest in His presence. Like the Disciple whom Jesus loved we should lean on His breast and listen to His heart. In this podcast I challenge you to be like Samuel and say; " Speak Lord your servant is listening".

In this podcast I discuss the fact that Jesus never intended to give people what they wanted. Therefore by today's standard He was a failure. Jesus called on people to give up all they have to follow Him. That is not a good strategy for growing a church. but it is the only strategy for giving new life to dying sinners.

The Word of God is clear. It is the responsibility of daddy to train up a child in the way he should go. A father should encourage his children to fly high and fly far but he also must teach them to fly straight and true. This is a terrifying responsibility because, the truth is unless he trust in God no man has the strength, the skill or the wisdom that children need from their daddy. Therefore the challenge is for every daddy to be like Enoch and to become known as a man who walks with God.

The great desire of Jesus is to rescue the lost one. The great longing of the Father is to have fellowship with all men. The great purpose of the Holy Spirit is to empower us to shine the light of Salvation into all the dark cracks and crevices so that those who are lost might be saved. In this podcast I talk about the three parables about lost things that is found in Luke Chapter 15.

In this podcast i talk about the need to teach our children to love God with their whole heart and encourage them to make prayer their constant source of strength. If we do this, then I predict that the next generation will become the "Greatest Generation".