after a week of extremes, bipolar situations so to speak, i was itching with anticipation about being in my pulpit. stepping from the plane to the towncar, as we whisked to the church, my thoughts ran over the sorrows of death and the joys and gift of life, all allowed and given by God and how each of these happens suddenly.
2 chronicles 29:36b... and God did it suddenly!
without warning, unexpectedly and immediately... suddenly!
unfortunately during this season of Christianity, many of what is being propagated is relegated to the immediacy of God verses the process of God.
yes, God can and does move suddenly, however, most times it is a process.
moreover, this text teaches us that God can and will move suddenly, after we have moved continually.
it is only after we have moved 'continually' that God will then move 'suddenly!'
here is a 'bare-bones' outline of last sundays sermon from the series 'suddenly!' . i pray that it moves you to become more committed in your walk with Christ.
the miracle of the passage is that 'suddenly had already been going on.' they were already blessed, enough so that to 'overflow' in the offering that there were not enough priests to count it all!
God, through Hezekiah in the text, is calling on us to...
1. continual consecration
a. praise vs 30a
b. worship vs 30b
2. continual communion
a. come to close to hear the Word; come near to the priest;
3. continual contribution
a. sacrifices vs 31a
b. offering vs 31b
our haphazard, sometimey, here and there participation and commitment is an embarrassment to God.
i encourage you to not just 'pop-up' on God but to be continual in your relationship with Him. not just every other sunday, not just when you feel it, not just when things are going bad or going good, but continual. He has been continual with you, our least should be to want to be continual with Him.
the good news is, when we are continual with Him, He will move on our behalf, suddenly!
watch out during this next season in your life, for God to move, suddenly!
greatly blessed, highly favored and deeply loved
pastor p
Who That Is?
- Pastor P
- A RENAISSANCE KIND OF GUY with an eye 4 finer things and an appreciation 4 simpler things n life. Pastor P is Pastor/Founder of The Love Church n Dallas, Texas where they are 'Living Obediently Victoriously Expectantly.' Pastor P was licensed and ordained @ Mount Corinth Baptist Church n Houston, Texas where his father, A. Louis Patterson, Jr., is Pastor. He served on staff with Dr. Tony Evans @ Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship and The Urban Alternative and with Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III and Friendship West Baptist Church both n Dallas, Texas. He matriculated @ Morehouse College n Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas Theological Seminary n Dallas, Texas. He participated n the 'Proclaimer's Place' program @ Oxford University n Oxford, England. He's criss-crossed the continental United States lecturing, teaching and preaching n churches, conferences, revivals and city-wide revivals. He's spoken n the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., including the Ministers Division General Lecture, the Choir Auxillary and the Late Night Services. He's been published n the theological critique publication 'The African-American Pulpit' with the classic sermon 'Make's Me Wanna Holla!'
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PASTOR PATTERSON,YOU HAVE ARTICULATED WELL,ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE,"TIMELESS ONE WHO TRANSCENDS TIME, AND PARADOXICALLY IS IMMANENTLY PRESENT WITHIN TIME!
MAY IT ALSO BE OVBSERVED IN THE BIBLICAL-PROPHETIC TRADITION THAT SOMETIMES,"GOD CHOOSES TO TAKE A LONGTIME (CHRONOS),IN ORDER TO DO SOME THINGS SUDDENLY IN TIME(KAIROS)!
GREGG A.SCOTT,PROPHETIC-EVANGELIST(SON OF MANUEL L.SCOTT,SR.)
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