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Year | 2008 | Things I am thankful for (the things that affected me this past year)

december – finished book on prayer
january – word from pastor fidelis for the year
january- weird dream – demon in my bed
february – npb
february – learned djembe
march – kofi amissah speaking at the church
march – once
march – recording music demos
march – the revival in fl stories
march – rockview es
april-may – tajikistan
may – the van
may – facebook
june – the guys coming back from gateways
june – where the hell is matt
june – I am legend
july – the natural bridge
july – langley park outreach – fuel
july – batman dark knight – the portrayal heath ledger affected me
august – the shack
august – extreme home makeover new mexico vineyard
september – anna’s wanting to read the “bobel”
september – the Call DC
october – offer on a house
october – operation halloween
november – brad lewis
november – atlanta bnf and avc trip
-bnf torn down
-being sent by johnny n wimber’s anointing
november – my birthday with lor
november – todd payne
december – beverley
december – sunday the 14th
december – the loan and house
december – marketing
december – dinners with people
december – xmas gifts, etc

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And I, if I am lifted up . . . will draw all peoples to Myself -John 12:32

Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ died. If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery.

When you find yourself face to face with a person who is spiritually lost, remind yourself of Jesus Christ on the cross. If that person can get to God in any other way, then the Cross of Christ is unnecessary. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way- not in a human way that ignores God. The theme of the world's religion today is to serve in a pleasant, non-confrontational manner.

But our only priority must be to present Jesus Christ crucified- to lift Him up all the time (see 1 Corinthians 2:2). Every belief that is not firmly rooted in the Cross of Christ will lead people astray. If the worker himself believes in Jesus Christ and is trusting in the reality of redemption, his words will be compelling to others. What is extremely important is for the worker's simple relationship with Jesus Christ to be strong and growing. His usefulness to God depends on that, and that alone.

The calling of a New Testament worker is to expose sin and to reveal Jesus Christ as Savior. Consequently, he cannot always be charming and friendly, but must be willing to be stern to accomplish major surgery. We are sent by God to lift up Jesus Christ, not to give wonderfully beautiful speeches. We must be willing to examine others as deeply as God has examined us. We must also be sharply intent on sensing those Scripture passages that will drive the truth home, and then not be afraid to apply them.

About Iraq

I remember the call for war in 2003 and I recall the moment I heard it, where I was and what I felt. Things had definitely changed for the USA for good or bad and they would never be the same.

However, wasn't that the case anyway? I mean, it was in 2001 that our very simple way of American life was shattered for another generation and things that were never meant to be had happened so atrociously. We would never be the same.

And now today, we hear of the end of a long war. Costly, long and painful it was. However, today instead of doing what so many are and only seeing the downside and loss. I want to instead take a moment to be still and remember. A moment to bless. A moment to encourage. A moment to celebrate.

Celebration? What would I celebrate?

Life…

Let us take a moment before it escapes us and say, "THANK YOU!" to the ones that gave their lives. The ones that paid the prices for our liberty and our nation's continued prosperity. Take a moment and tell a service member thank you whether they were in the battles in Iraq or simply were serving in reserve duty here in the states. If you see someone in a uniform in the airport, the mall or anywhere else in public. Stop them where they are and say, "Thank you for what you do for us. Thank you for serving. Thank you for your sacrifice or even better, just a simple, stoic, quiet, honest, reverent, gentle, 'Thank you.'"

To all the service members in our wonderful church community and outside, this is one pastor that wants you to know that I am proud to know you. I am proud of you. I am here for you and your family.

THANK YOU!

Take a second after reading this and pray for all of our military members in the USA. And take another moment and pray for the peace of Iraq.

Thank you!
pd

Dustin Hedrick
Senior Pastor

. . . men always ought to pray and not lose heart -Luke 18:1

You cannot truly intercede through prayer if you do not believe in the reality of redemption. Instead, you will simply be turning intercession into useless sympathy for others, which will serve only to increase the contentment they have for remaining out of touch with God. True intercession involves bringing the person, or the circumstance that seems to be crashing in on you, before God, until you are changed by His attitude toward that person or circumstance. Intercession means to "fill up . . . [with] what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ" (Colossians 1:24), and this is precisely why there are so few intercessors. People describe intercession by saying, "It is putting yourself in someone else's place." That is not true! Intercession is putting yourself in God's place; it is having His mind and His perspective.

As an intercessor, be careful not to seek too much information from God regarding the situation you are praying about, because you may be overwhelmed. If you know too much, more than God has ordained for you to know, you can't pray; the circumstances of the people become so overpowering that you are no longer able to get to the underlying truth.

Our work is to be in such close contact with God that we may have His mind about everything, but we shirk that responsibility by substituting doing for interceding. And yet intercession is the only thing that has no drawbacks, because it keeps our relationship completely open with God.

What we must avoid in intercession is praying for someone to be simply "patched up." We must pray that person completely through into contact with the very life of God. Think of the number of people God has brought across our path, only to see us drop them! When we pray on the basis of redemption, God creates something He can create in no other way than through intercessory prayer.