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2007-2009 Elders of our Church
From left to right:

“Image Is Everything”
Hello Everyone,
Some of you knew about
this but for those of you that didn't I would like to share a little
testimony. Over two years ago God put an inspiration in my heart to work
on a second book. I felt so strongly about its message - How God has
taken drastic measures to restore His image in mankind. As we allow this
image to be restored within us, it answers all of life's questions, and
helps us know who we are and what we were made for. I really felt that
this message is especially important for young adults. I worked very
hard on this project for over 6 months. Then it was time to submit it to
publishers- a very stressful time for a writer. Two of our major
publishing houses liked it, but not enough to invest in it. The time was
not right for the publisher of my first book either. So there the
project sat. In my computer. For two years. During that time I
questioned God's call for me to write this book, I got frustrated with
publishers, I tried various other efforts to get this book published- no
success. I had many frustrations, and questions for God. 2
Years. Then about 5 months ago I gave Remnant Publications one more
call. Resubmitted. The book review came back with this answer. "Not only
is this an important message for young adults but for everyone", and
Remnant said "We would like to publish your manuscript". It is amazing
how God works. I had no idea what He was doing. EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN
HIS TIME! Trust brothers and sisters. TRUST. When something is His will
it WILL happen in His time.
Some of you have asked how to get
the book. If we order in bulk I can get a discounted price, and it will
save on shipping. Please reply to this email and I will begin to collect
orders. I will place the order on the 15th of
November. If you don't want to wait that long here is the link to
the Remnant Website. The book actually releases
November 1 but if you preorder you can
get it early.
http://store.remnantpublications.com/store/p/1818-Image-Is-Everything.aspx
I am so thankful that God not only
made this project a reality, but that He taught me a lesson in the
process. Praise Jesus.
Dustin Hall

A Message from our old Pastor
There he was. I'd seen him and his brother huddled on their mat on
the side of the road several times in the few days I had been in
Kurnool India and for some reason they, among the scores of
impoverished beggars, had captured my heart. I new that anything I
could give would be appreciated but I also new that money would be
spent and then the gift would be ended and i wanted to give something
that would last longer than one meal. That was why I had decided that
I would give them my water. They would drink the water and then
refill the bottle from public faucets using it as a kind of canteen.
The boy was distracted whenI placed the bottle in front of him. And I
had walked perhaps twenty steps down the road before he even saw it.
When he did he just looked at it as if he couldn't believe what he was
seeing. Then he looked up and down the street to see who had given
him this gift. When his eyes met mine he beamed the brightest smile
and pulled the bottle to him like it was a precious jewel. Now he and
his brother would have water to drink while they begged in the hot
Indian sun.
As I think back on experience it occurs to me that God has placed
before each one of us a gift infinitely more precious and even more
necessary. God has given us the gift of the Holy Spirit to live in
and guide us, and strengthen us for every part of our lives. But do
we really appreciate how precious that gift is. Do we recognize that
in this gift we have been given a source of power and peace that will
never run dry and that will make the difference between life and
death, victory or defeat. Do we gaze in wonder and grab onto that
gift as the boy did with the water bottle.
John 1612,3 tells us that the Holy spirit will "guide us" to the
things of Christ and Acts 1:8 tells us that he will give us power to
be Christ's witnesses. I think its time we turned to God for a
filling of the spirit that will prepare us to serve him and finish the
work he has called us to do for him.
Pastor Jon Clayburn

Sermons Archive
We have made available to you, our past sermons by our
Pastor and other speakers.
These MP3 audio files can be downloaded and
listened to for your edification.
The 24kbps or 32kbps files are for modem (dial up) users.
The 64kbps are for Broadband (cable modem or DSL) users.
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Save to a folder you will remember and then you can play manually with
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We hope you are richly blessed by these messages!
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September 18, 2004 - Pastor Jon:
"A
Case For Faith"
(32kbps)
January 3, 2004 - Pastor Jon:
"The Rebel's End"
(24kbps)
January 3, 2004 - Pastor Jon:
"The Rebel's End"
(64kbps)
December 20, 2003 - Pastor Jon:
"The God-Man"
(24kbps)
December 20, 2003 - Pastor Jon:
"The God-Man"
(64kbps)

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