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May 23
Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Brian Sparks.
Categories: My Life.
Today was Brett’s Birthday.
Our families use this time to just get together. We probably wouldn’t get together on Memorial Weekend if it wasn’t for the party. But it’s nice getting all my family and all Rachel’s family together. One of Rachel’s sisters and my brother were the only ones who couldn’t make it this year. This time we had to fight the entire time over the chance of rain, which barely happened.
I started the day off on the bbq. We had an oppertunity for me not to grill outside but I always enjoy it because the house becomes way too crowded and I get to hide outside. This time, I spent a bit on the side of the house trying to hook up a new satelite receiver which ended up not working anyway.
Brett got a ton of new toys to increase the square acherage of his collection. I hope we can find more than an equal amount that we can give away. Great day other than my Denver Nuggets loosing.
Great job on the cake today Rachel!
May 21, 2009
Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Brian Sparks.
Categories: My Life.
Another great day off.
Today I spent most of my time working on the toy castle website. It is coming along. I finially have my game plan to start adding in specials. After this section is added in, next we will start on the “my account” section. Then the next project is to come up with the footer that is controlled dynmically. Then we are off to the races. That will pretty much finish up the project. I hope to have it done by the end of the month which means I really have to get cooking.
The pictures of today is Brett just wanting to be lovable. We are actually fighting in the chair over him being a momma’s boy or a daddy’s boy. He says he’s a momma’s boy but I’ll change that.
May 20, 2009
Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Brian Sparks.
Categories: My Life.
It’s amazing to go to choir practice. Today was a very long day, to say the least. First thing on the list is to take care of some negative slander a church member put about the leadership of the church on the faith community website. This really starts the day off bad.
This is not to mention that I didn’t get to bed until 4 that morning to turn around and wake up at 8. Making websites has taken a tole out of me. But I see so much potential in the future for taking the time and creating these sites correct the first time.
Next on the list is a great friend of mine calls me up and tells me about a divorse that he is going through. I would love to see the marrage restored, but what’s more important is for him to understand that there are people who will stand next to him during this time.
Okay, last but not least. During the last few weeks I have felt the call to start church planting again. This once started in seminary but I have always felt that I have been pulled out for a season of training. Now, I feel that God is beginning to pull me out of the training and start to begin using me in this area. I can’t wait to see what God might be doing in this area.
The pictures for the day are Brett and I playing “horsy”. Of coarse, I am the horse. But sometimes Brett changes the name to “cow”. I’m not sure how to take that.
May 19, 2009
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Brian Sparks.
Categories: My Life.
Today was more of a “get caught up” day. Within my job I wrestle between long-term planning (such as moving different ministries down the right coarse), short-term planning (Sunday Morning shows up the same time every week), church administration (letting people in and out the building), and actual ministry (which is where you get to encourage people). I actually enjoy all these. But it becomes hard to do them all at once.
Right now, I feel like I am on a submarine with our church. Only the
submarine has a leak. I’m the only one who can fix the leak but I’m too busy singing “Kumbia” with others as the submarine begins to sink to the depths of the sea. So what’s sinking? The children’s ministry needs a steriod shot. We have some great help but just not enough. Families are leaving and empty seats are more and more being revealed.
And tonight I will stay up until 4 trying to get this website done. I am putting specials on Toycastlestore.com. This website will look good if I don’t die making it.
Today, my sister’s house was almost robbed with her in it. That’s scarry. And Daniel Smith graduated. And Brennon has come home. My own 6 month-old prodical son. Not really.
Great Day at the Park
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Brian Sparks.
Categories: My Life.
Today, we are still without a pastor. It becomes very hard to carry all the weight on the sholders without the position to do much of anything with it. Instead, I have unwanted meetings to assist others and strife with other branches of the church that want to control everything.
Yet I get to come home to a great wife. She is so wonderful and so encouraging. She has really has been strong. I am constintly working on websites, including tonight as I work on toycastlestore.com.
Tonight Brennon is at Rachel’s Mother’s home staying the night and giving Rachel a small break. Brett and I headed off to the park.
Notes from Rev 2b
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Brian Sparks.
Categories: My Life.
Looking back at chapter one, John sees a vision of Christ standing in the midst of 7 candlesticks. The 7 candlesticks represent 7 different churches. Each candlestick is given a star which represents a certain messenger.
But John gives 7 descriptions of Jesus.
- Head and hair are white – maturity, wisdom, and purity.
- Eyes of fire – All-penetrating, all-knowing, intelegent, power to read secrets and search the hearts of men.
- Feet as bronze – strength and stability of a judge
- Voice of a waterfall – when He speaks you will know and won’t have to second guess.
- Holds 7 stars – He holds closely His messengers. He moves them about by at His command.
- His mouth has a two-edged sword – The ability to “draw the line in the sand” and force people to either stand with Him or stand against Him.
- His Face shines light – He shines light on everyone and thing He is near. The closer you come to Him the brighter you become.
Why do I bring this up? Because at the messege concerning the church in Pergamum was addressed from the one who has a sharp two-edged sword. This means that Christ was coming to Pergamum to “draw a line in the sand” and make the church decide who they were going to be for. In fact, all the churches are addressed in one of the 7 descriptions of Christ.
History of Pergamum:
Peramum was a cultural and religous center. It had a large library and university. Their library had over 200 000 books. (Books were hand written so this was a major collection). They also had 4 superior temples made for the gods of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, war, and reason; Ascepius, the god of healing who also had a snake as a part of the healing which is where we get our pharmasucital sign from; Dianysus, the god of wine and merriment; and Zeus. The temple of Zeus was one of the 7 wonders of the world and could be the “great throne of Satan” (verse. 13).
History of Balaam and Balak
Balaam was a prophet of God who was for hire. As the Israelites were making their way across the wilderness, the King Balak asked Balaam to curse Israel. Balaam tried to curse Israel but God told Him that the Israelites were His people and He would not curse them. Balaam returned to Balak and told him that he could not curse Israel. But before leaving, Balaam told Balak a little secret. He said that the men of Israel were weak for lust. And to keep peace with the Israelites all the kind needed to do was convince the women of the city to seduce the Israelite men.
Today, men are being seduced once again. Modesty is no longer being promoted or taught. And the glory of God that has been given to us is no longer being covered. Satan knows this and uses this to weaken God’s men. But a line must be drawn in the sand. Men must give up your lustful appetite.
Are we being weakened by stuff? It might not just be lust (most common towards men). It could be the lust for material things. It could be for things to be different, such as a different husband (most common weakness towards women), or different social status.
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