May 13th, 2008
by danielb
Have you ever told God you were going to do something, and the day passed away, you got busy, and you didn’t do it? Or maybe time wasn’t the issue, maybe you just forgot. Or maybe you plain ‘ol just didn’t do it.
Many of us make comments to God —"well I’m going to change! Today’s my day" — "I’m going to get to know you more, God." — Or something like this "Man, they need to hear about Jesus. Next week…yeah…next Monday I’ll talk to them."
So many times, on different occasions, we come to God and we make promises but we never follow through.
Read the story of Jonah again. He made a promise to God. A promise to be obedient as a prophet Read the rest of this entry »
May 7th, 2008
by danielb
This morning I was sitting here just looking at how far God has brought me personally in the past year. This past Monday, May 5th, Dusti and I celebrated our first full year in ministry here at First Assembly. And the first thing that has come to mind this morning is the scripture I’ve sort of been chewin’ on the past few days.
Yet today I want to back up just a bit and give a little more detail:
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May 6th, 2008
by danielb
1 Kings 6:2-7
2 The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high. 3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple that is twenty cubits, and projected ten cubits from the front of the temple. 4 He made narrow clerestory windows in the temple. 5 Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms. 6 The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
7 In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.
Wow what a site to see. I bet that people wept when they saw the completion of this temple. There was so much anticipation, time, sweat, and dedication poured into this project, I’m sure people dropped to their knees at the site of this massive building.
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