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There is always more to do!

4/15/2015

 
We can offer more to others, because the Lord continuously pours into us from an inexhaustible supply. We never reach the point where there is nothing more that He can give or do. He chooses to share His inexhaustible blessings through those who are willing to open their hearts, and schedules to Him.

2 Corinthians 8:7 But as you abound in everything - in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us - see that you abound in this grace also.

Personal Transfomation

4/11/2015

 
The will of God may direct me toward a path that requires the breaking of my will. Alignment with the will of God requires personal surrender, to continue in the will of God requires personal transformation. (Exodus 3-4; Romans 12:1-2)

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:-1-2)

Character

4/10/2015

 
Character

The Word of God makes it clear that character cannot be made to shine by merely adding window dressing. Character is an internal quality, in need of transformation though the finished work of Christ and by the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus taught that it produces revealing external evidence of what lies within.

The character of Christ within, does not manipulate people with partial truths or deliberate fabrication for personal advancement or the defamation of others. The scriptures indicate that Godly character is transparent and that it does not recoil from the light. It does not seek the cover of darkness and it does not throw in with bad character.

Christ within, is demonstrated in selflessness and love. God grows His children in His grace so that in them He will be more. Thank God, our Heavenly Father for His loving patience and transforming grace, for apart from Him nothing good lies within.

Matthew 12:34 ......How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Romans 7:18-24

Divine Appointment

4/4/2015

 
Jesus kept a Divine appointment some 2,000 years ago so that we can be prepared for one that cannot be postponed or canceled.

Hebrews 9:27
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

Hebrews 2:14-15
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

    Pastor Rick Ritenour
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Bethel Assembly of God
1125 Frederick Pike
Littlestown,  PA 17340