Pray for Timo

This little guy is my nephew.....

I call Timo Simoneaux my "Lil Roid"....

Click for Timo's blog....

This little guy tonight lies in a Malawian hospital unresponsive with a severe case of spinal meningitis....

His parents were not allowed to stay with him....

Hopefully his medivac plane will take him to South Africa at daylight.....

His parents, Tremayne and Vicki Simoneaux are missionaries for the UPCI.....

Click for Vicki's blog.....

Tracie has kept a pretty detailed dialogue on her blog about the events.....

Tracie's Thoughts......

Our family thanks each of you for your prayers and solicit the readers of this blog to continue to pray for Timo.....

Blessings....

rks

I Am Blessed

Indeed I am blessed.....

What a day we had this Lord's day.....

Several new souls added to the church....

Good worship.....

I only preached this morning but tonight the service took off with the choir.....

My family is making me more proud by the day.....

Trent and his new little bride are doing so good.....

Doni is gone for a week of vacation......

Tracie and I will have some very nice "just us" time this week.....

CUPC is blessed....

CCS is blessed......

Tracie and the kids are blessed.....

I am blessed.....

What more could any pastor or husband or father ask for......

rks

Refreshing Downpour

Oh the joy of a refreshing outpouring of the Holy Ghost.....

CUPC is enjoying a fresh revival of souls.....

The months of outreach to the troubled neighborhoods of our city is paying off.....

Every week we are seeing new souls.....

Nothing spectacular is happening....

Pastor is preaching and working the altars.....

Today we saw a couple pray through in the morning service....

Tonight the young man's mother prayed through....

Also another young lady received the Holy Ghost....

Last week we saw a fine young man pray through....

The week before another......

The week before another was baptized and received the Holy Ghost in the water!!!

All I can say is thank you Jesus.....

Revival winds are blowing and the rain is falling and I pray we see a Holy Ghost deluge the next few weeks.....

Blessings....

rks

Unique & Useless

I ran across this pic on thans thoughts

Incredible is it not?

The Devil Sure Gets Mad

I spent a few moments tonight with out outreach people after they returned from their apartment complex wide bible study....

The devil with a little "d" is sure stirred up over there....

Out access codes to the gate have mysteriously been taken away....

Some weird and wigged out religious types have been invited and are endeavoring to hijack the study.....

Our contact person is acting weird.....

Our people felt very tired and drained after leaving tonight....

But a break thru is about to happen in that community....

I believe we will see a revival very soon....

We are seeing adults from the community in every service....

The devil with a little"d" is mad.....

I am glad that there is about the be a Holy Ghost break thru that will transform the lives of many....

Those of you who follow Tracie's Thoughts you know she has worked extensively with the residents and children of the complex....

We solicit your prayers for our personal little revival in the Tall Timbers apartment complex.....

The devil with a little "d" sure can sure be mean.....

But he loses....

Blessings....

rks

Too Busy!

Life has been busy of late and I have been too busy to do this blog justice...

Too busy to blog....

Too busy to read....

Too busy nap....

Too busy to golf....

Seems that when life gets too busy we get too busy for the things that are real priority....

Too busy to pray....

Too busy to study.....

Too busy for outreach.....

Too busy to spend time with Tracie...

Too busy for the kids....

I have concluded that when life gets too busy for these things.....

Life is too busy......

Official Notice To The World....

I know one day I will have too much rocking chair time and I might be wishing I was more busy....

But today I am taking a few hours to not be so busy....

My score should be at least 100.....

And tonight I take my kids to dinner.....

I am stopping by Barnes and Noble for a worthless paperback....

And I might just manage some recliner and reading time tonight.....

That is....

If I'm not too busy.....

Blessings...

rks

Be Blessed

Greetings this Sunday morning....

This little guy probably had a little help getting where he is today....

Just as each of us has had help along the way...

I pray that HIS blessing be with each of you this July Sunday morning....

Blessings.....

rks

Come Apart or Come Apart

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. Mark 6:31

I find it interesting that Jesus felt it necessary to take his disciples away into a desert place for rest.....

Come apart, Jesus said.......

Ministry is a most unique profession.....

Tis not a career for careers can be picked up and laid down...

The call never quits calling....

The call never rests....

The call seems to demand more and more of those that answer it.....

The spiritual meter of the called seems to do OK....

But the physical and emotional meters often are maxed out to the point of continued fatigue.....

Life for me has come to the place that the only way I get a day off is to leave town.....

Then on more than one occasion in the past year the leaving town thing did not work.....

A few months ago I took Tracie out of town for a couple of days of hideaway....

It took all day to clear the city limits and we arrived at our destination at 1 a.m.....

At 3 a.m. the phone rang......

And at 5 a.m. I was checked out at back on the road to home.....

Every minister has been there.....

Jesus seemed to know this and told his disciples to "Come apart".....

Seems to me.....

The minister who never Comes Apart will soon Come Apart.....

We all work hard.....

We all endeavor to maintain our spiritual life....

But we ignore the warning signs of our emotions and bodies.....

I have seen too many preachers Come Apart because they failed to Come Apart.....

Here are a couple of secrets the years have taught me.....

Coming Apart takes at least 6 days.....

It takes five days to disconnect from home and church and budgets and people and stuff....

On day six of a vacation the minster is finally disconnected enough be able to really recreate....

And we must recreate so we can re create......

Preacher Man....

Take that family and go for at least a week.....

It does not have to be fancy and expensive.....

But go.....

Disconnect and go.....

That church will make it without you....

Probably will do better the week you are gone than if you stayed and slopped your way through another Sunday....

The offering will probably be better with you gone too.....

The second thing I have come to learn is .......

Coming Apart cannot be done with church people.....

If one endeavours to Come Apart with church people he is insuring things will Come Apart down the road.....

If you go with the church people you cannot be you....

You will still be pastor....

Leave those folks behind.....

Go....

They need to rid of you for a few days.....

If you don't Come Apart you will Come Apart......

Preacher Man you need to take the time and go.....

Look around....

If you feel you absolutely cannot be gone...

You are already much less valuable to that church and your family than you realize....

You might fell you cannot afford to pay a preacher while you are gone.....

Let a preacher boy have a chance....

Either he will do good and surprise everybody....

Or it will be so bad the church will rejoice when you get back.....

Win win if you ask me....

You may not be able to afford a vacation......

Go home to mom's.....

Go to your mother n laws......

Go sit on a beach and listen to waves....

Go find some trees and watch leaves fall.....

Go to the library and check out a stack of books.....

Come Apart my friend....

Or you will Come Apart......

Tracie and just came back from a Come Apart.....

Our church was gracious and gave us a very extravagant 3 days.....

But then we Came Apart in grand style...

Last minute deals on Travelocity.....

Food from Sonic and bags of popcorn going down the road....

Walks down the beach.....

Naps......

We came home without spending all we had budgeted to spend.....

The services at home were blowouts....

The offerings were great.....

Visitors came.....

What more could a pastor ask for?

My brother....

Come Apart before you Come Apart.....

You probably need it much more than you will admit....

Blessings....

rks

26 Years Ago Today

July 3, 1982.....

6 p.m.....

I awaited the appearance of my bride.....

A few moments later she had become a Mrs....

I a Mr......

Both of us though....

Were still but a boy and girl.....

But very happy ones.....

And 26 years later we continue to be happy.....

Ah the joys of cohabitation......

The joys of children.....

The joys of shared sorrows.....

The joy of shared success......

"For Better or Worse"

Has been better for me.....

We celebrate 26 years of marriage today.......

We celebrate it with a road trip for a week..........

The Lexus is gonna be much nicer than the Pinto....

There is more money in the account to spend.....

The hotels will be much nicer.....

The restaurants will be somewhat more upscale than those our first trip together......

But the bride will be the same....

Only better....

And the groom will be the same....

Only bigger......

And the commitment we have shared.....

Stronger.....

Simply put..........

Tracie I love you and thank you for these 26 years......

"I Ask For Mercy"

I sat at the beside of a dear 82 year old matron of the church yesterday......

We talked of life and kids and grandkids and church and God and victories and defeats.........

And then we prayed....

As I sat beside her and prayed....

The dear lady began to wail out....

"Lord, I am not asking for justice, I just ask for mercy"

Her crying paused me and I listened as she repeated the prayer....

"Lord, I am not asking for mercy, I just ask for mercy"

Of which she prayed I know not....

To whom she prayed....

I know well....

And his mercy endures for ever and ever.....

This dear sister reminded me of my need for his mercy....

And my need to extend my own to others....

Blessings...

rks