Message for March 27 – The Heart of the Matter

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Lately we’ve been talking a lot about the things we should be doing as a church, and well we should.  Our faith should be exhibiting itself in what we do.  I have another question for you this week.  If we do everything we know that we should, is that enough?  God wants our obedience, but is that all He wants?  It is likely that most if not all of you who will hear this message have at least heard that it is through Jesus that we are justified and not by our works, but what is it that He is asking of us?  To put it simply, He wants our hearts.  What does that mean?  Let’s find out together.

35 One of them,a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”  37 And He said to him, “‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’  38 “This is the great and foremost commandment.  39 “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’  40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”  (Matthew 22:35-40 NASB)

Sunday March 20, 2011

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Greetings faithful followers if BBT I hope you are enjoying  this beautiful weather. I promise you it won’t  be  too long before we start complaining “IT IS HOT!!!”  I am sorry I am so late with the
blog this week but I just couldn’t get what God was telling me, but I have it now!

If you were not in Church last week you missed a great time in the Lord.  Joel brought several students with him and the Praise service was Amazing! Then the message was brought by Pastor David Humphrey and what a blessing he was, telling us it not about the sweet bye and bye it is about now.  We have the  power to walk over the Devil right now we just are not using it. He was a great speaker and encouraged us to learn The scriptures So we can do warfare in Jesus name.  If you missed it listen to the message on this website and I promise we will invite him back.

This week I am going to talk about leaving home.  I know this does not sound  like a title for a sermon but remember the title Pastor Humphrey’s gave last week “Is you or is you not my baby”  It is not about the title but the message. The scripture this week is Genius 12:1-4. I hope you will be in church on Sunday ad I hope you will bring someone with you.

Remember to pray for those that need our help and start taking control over Satan’s power.  Do good things and keep God flowing through you.  We will see you Sunday

Pastor David & Pris

Sunday March 12th 2011

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I hope you were able to join us last week as we really got to share with one another in prayer request time.  Not only did we ask for prayer request but there were several Praise reports that we shared as well.  Pris challenges us to some more changes in our church including visitation on a Tuesday night.  We hope to start that next week.  I f you want to be part of this let us know because it is something we are GOING to do.  I Hope you will join with us.

Joel and his group will be back this week and he will have some of his students with him.  I can’t wait to meet them and see these GREAT group of Christians back in our fellowship.  We need to tell them how much we love them and appreciate what they do for us.  We will have a card this week I want you to sign it and we give it to them on Sunday.  I hope we have a good crowd Sunday because I know someone will be there and that is the presence of the Holy Spirit.  We are so lucky that we have a place we can worship that God is invited as well.

Remember the challenges we were given last week and it is not too late to call someone and tell them you are praying for them.  Lets do something this week that is new for us , let’s get out of our comfort zone and lets take a chance.  Remember when you are doing something for God you are taking a chance on him, and he never fails us. We love you and can’t wait to see you this week.  Stay Happy this week because our happiness is not determined by the World’s standard but by God’s.

Love you
Pastor David and Pris

March 6, 2011

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Well March is here and the weather is beautiful. We are God’s people and we are blessed and highly favored.  We have so much to be thankful for. I hope you feel the same way and that you can’t wait to fellowship again this Sunday.  What a great service last week with Joel and Dana and his group.  Joel encouraged us, blessed us and inspired us with his message and the Praise service was outstanding.  That will be back next week and he is going to bring his students with him.  I hope you will be here every week but especially next week.

I am going to be bringing a message this week about success.  What does that mean? What determines who is successful and who isn’t? The scripture this week is Matthew 5:1-12. We always heard that Jesus gave these instructions to the multitude but look at the scripture and see who Jesus is talking to here.  I want us to see in this study on Sunday if maybe we can see the True nature of God through these scriptures and what is our responsibility and requirements to be successful? I promise you it is not how the world consider success.

I am excited about this week and I cant wait to see you again.  In the mean time we need to be praying for one another and especially for though who are hurting right now.  I hope some o you who were sick last week are  feeling better as we are all praying for you.  Everyone needs help now and then and we should not be afraid to ask for help.  Sometimes we don’t know what is going on in your life and we don’t know what to pray for.  Help us to help pray for you and share us what we need to pray for.  I heard Joel commend us last week what a more loving attitude we have as a church.  I really really believe that but we need to do more.  I hope you will always want to reach out to our love one around us and I hope we never grow tired of helping others through Christ Jesus.  Keep doing good things for others and keep spreading the good news not by just what we say but by what we do.  We love you and can’t wait to see you on Sunday.  God bless every one of you!!!

Pastor David and Pris

February. 27 2011

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Good afternoon members of BBT. I hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather.  We had a lot of members out sick last week and they missed a great sermon Larry presented to us on Holiness.  If you were not able to be in church click on our home page and listen to the message Larry brought.

This week Joel and his group will be back for another great Sunday of Praise and Worship.  He will have not only just some great inspiring song he leads us in but he will share an inspirational message as well.  I am looking for a large group this week and I hope you will invite a visitor with you.  Joel, Dana and all his people work very hard to visit with us each month, I hope you will take advantage of this time to fellowship together.

You heard last week that Mary broke her leg and the doctor was prepared to remove it, but Mary has convinced him she needs that leg and he ended up putting a steel rod in it and closed the wound.  She is back at Brentwood and she is doing well.  Pris & I are going to visit her tonight.  I hope we can sell the house Barbara left the Church in the near future and we hope to redo our parking lot with the proceeds of the sale. I will keep you advised  on the progress.  I ask that you remember all our prayer request each day and lets remain faithful to our commitments to God and each other.  God will always keep his promises.  We love you and pray for you and this ministry every day because we do love you and this ministry.  May God bless you and may he give you many many opportunities to do good things for someone else.  WE will see you on Sunday!!!

Pastor David & Pris

Message for February 20 – Holey Holiness

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Sometimes when I ware my old clothes around the house, my wife will say to me, “It’s not Sunday, why are you wearing your holey clothes?”  I think that’s what we do.”  We put on our holiness when we think others might see us, but we often don’t see that our “Sunday best” is full of holes.

When God gave Moses the laws for the children of Israel, He said repeatedly, “be holy.”  Leviticus 19:2 says in part, “You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.”  Peter writes, “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, ‘YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.'” (1 Peter 1:14-16 NASB)

What does it mean to be holy?  Is it something we can do for ourselves?  Why is it important?  I look forward to seeing you this Sunday when we will explore these questions together.

Sunday February 13th, 2011

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Dear members of BBT, I am so sorry we missed services last week.  On Saturday I was afraid that at night the melting ice would freeze back and we would not be able to get our members out but it was warm enough Sunday that we could have had service if I had waited. I am sorry and I promise I will try not to make that mistake again.  I want us to be at Church every week and I want us to be willing to sacrifice if necessary.  Again I apologize that I jumped the gun and cost us a Sunday to worship together.  I hope you will let me make it up to you this week.  I know it is sleeting today, Wednesday, but I know it is going to be beautiful on Sunday and we will get to be together again.  Make plans for this Sunday you will not be disappointed.

My sermon this week is about getting the message across. We want to make our message simple and clear and I hope we don’t confuse people more than they already are.  My message is about K.I.S.S. a message my wife reminds we all the time. It stands for “keep it simple stupid.” I am going to use scripture to show that this is a lesson we all need to understand.  Before church on Sunday read 1 Corinthians 1 start at verse 18 and read to the end on the chapter, on Sunday we will read 1 Corinthian 2 :1-5.  This is how Paul shares with the Church not just in Corinth but everywhere.  I hope you will be in Church on Sunday and once again I am very sorry for disappointing you last week.

Keep praying for all those that need our prayers and call us if we can help you with anything.  Keep believing that God is for you and wants the very best for you and we can do our part by being faithful.  We love you and want great things for you and this ministry and with God’s help we can do “all things through God who strength us.”

Pastor David & Pris

Sunday February 6 2011

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Well how are all my Eskimo BBT members.  I guess all the visitors from Green Bay and Pittsburgh brought more than just themselves to our little city!  Today is Thursday and it has been frozen outside for 3 days.  I hope your electricity is on and you are staying warm.  I know it is bad outside right now but by Sunday this will just be a dream.  A nightmare for some and a Holiday for others (kids).

Last week Joel and his group really topped off the month of January as they played and ministered to us last week.  I love the way they show up every month and I love  how God blesses us each time that they come.  If you are missing each time they come because the music is loud you are missing out on what God is doing and you are missing out on a great fellowship.  I can’t wait till they are back again.

This week I am going to preach a sermon I started 2 weeks ago that I did not get to preach, and it is a familiar lesson of the Thankful Samaritan.  The scripture vs are Luke 17: 11-19.  I think one of the things we lack in this city as well as this country is gratitude.  We expect some things and very often we don’t appreciate what we have.  It is very dangerous to make this mistake.  Before you come to Church this week think about what are you taking for granted?  What is it you are expecting to receive that when you have it you just take it but when you don’t receive it you are being mistreated?  You will be surprised at how much you take for granted every day.  I hope we can learn to be more grateful in our lives and we can show that to others.

Continue to pray for those that are hurting right now and don’t forget to pray for this  ministry.  Do me a favor this week, count your blessings this week and thank God for his mercy as well as his grace and lets be at Church on Sunday and celebrate the real Super Bowl.  Our time together worshipping God.  Do something good for someone this week and share a blessing on Sunday.  We love you but God loves you more! We will see you on Sunday. God bless you

Pastor David & Pris

Sunday January 30,2011

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Hello members of BBt.  I hope you are doing well.  I am still feeling good from last Sunday when Sean and his group worshiped with us.  We really felt the Holy Spirit and I loved that feeling.  I am sure Sean and his guys will be back again. We had some old friends that were back after a while and had a new visitor, Alan from Brentwood, that really enjoyed the service and I hope he will be back.

This week is another great week as Joel and his group will lead us this week.  November was the first time Joel had been back in a while and I am looking forward to seeing and hearing him again.  I hope you will come and bring someone with you.

I hope you are  making plans to be in Church this week and I am hoping to be able to see you on Sunday.  Keep praying for those that need our prayers and always remember to do good things for the people around you.  We will see you on Sunday!

Pastor David & Pris

Sunday January 23rd 2011

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Good afternoon followers of BBT! I hope this message find you happy and warm because it is cold today.  We had a great time in church last week.  Linda brought us the Sunday school and Larry brought the message on “Saved from what?”.  I hope you were there and if not you will listen to it on the webpage.

This weekend Sean and his group will be sharing with us in the Praise and Worship time this week.  Sean has been a couple of times but this is the first time his quartet as come along with him.  I cant wait till we get the chance to worship with them.  I am going to bring a message on being grateful and I am using a very familiar scripture Luke 12: 11-19.  I have used these versus many times but I want us to see how gratitude and Faith really go together.  Next week Joel and his group will be with us so this month is really going out in a great time for God’s movement.  Be here this week and next and lets receive what God has for us.

Chuck’s  tumor was removed Tues and he is doing very well and may get to come home very shortly.  Thanks for all your prayers for this family but they still need us as there will be a long time of recovery.  I hope you will be in Church with us Sunday and invite someone to come with you and remember to keep doing good things for people because that is just what we do.  Pris is feeling better and sends out a special thank you to all of you who prayed and called about her, she really appreciated it.  We love you and speak blessings on all of you.

Pastor David & Pris