I Was Glad......

Ps 122
1 When they said, "Let's go to the house of God, "my heart leaped for joy.
2 And now we're here, O Jerusalem, inside Jerusalem's walls!
3 Jerusalem, well-built city, built as a place for worship!
4 The city to which the tribes ascend, all God's tribes go up to worship, To give thanks to the name of God — this is what it means to be Israel.
5 Thrones for righteous judgment are set there, famous David-thrones.
6 Pray for Jerusalem's peace! Prosperity to all you Jerusalem-lovers!
7 Friendly insiders, get along! Hostile outsiders, keep your distance!
8 For the sake of my family and friends, I say it again: live in peace!
9 For the sake of the house of our God, God, I'll do my very best for you.

Ok peeps....

Today we must go back to work....

Today CCS resumes classes....

Today the offices of CUPC are open....

Today I must show up and be a fruitful productive pastor guy....

For three whole days we will be in the office and then later in the week the ladies all leave for the Texas District UPCI Ladies Conference....

So the office will be closed Thurs afternoon and Friday.....

Trent and I will also be in Lufkin attending a golf conference.....

Have a good week....

rks

Trust

This week Doni and I rode this thing together....

We were strapped into a nylon vest and buckled to the cable and dropped from 100 feet in the air and ride we did!!!

During the whole time my thoughts were not on the ride....

Rather on the buckle thing that held us....

I had put an inordinate amount of trust into an inanimate piece of steel.....

We choose what we trust.....

Our choices determine who and what we become....

And the things we trust say much about us.....

David said that some trust in chariots and others horses but he chose to trust in the name of the Lord.....

I choose to do the same.....

Rather than trusting the temporal and mundane of a shallow generation....

I choose to put my trust in the Lord...

He has yet to disappoint me.....

And just as I trusted the connector of the sky coaster to hold me.....

I put my trust in HIM more than ever....

Blessings...

rks

RKS Unplugged!!!

This week Tracie, Doni and I are unplugging and going off into neverland for a week off....

I want to laugh and forget responsibilities and let my girls do what they want to do...

I already purchased a book in anticipation of this week.....

I might hang out with some online preacher buddies some....

I might or might not blog but if I do it will be an uplugged kinda blog.....

Consider RKS unplugged until futher notice....

Decisions

I have reasons to think along these lines the last few days.....

I have come to face a certain reality....

We make our decisions and then our decisions make us....

To many of our decisions have been made when we really did not think things through.....

It the midst of emotion or loss or misunderstanding we are not in the right mind to make big decisions.....

However on the other hand....

Many decisions are premeditated and but wait upon a catalyst....

Whatever the mindset of a decision....

Never forget.....

We make our decisions and then our decisions make us.....

Proceed with caution....

Blessings....

rks

Mid.Point Victory

Yesterday was an incredibly hectic day and I had little time to prepare for our Mid.Point service....

However the Lord had dropped a thought in my heart and I had a few moments to put in on paper....

The laser printer died....

I endeavored to print another way to no avail.....

I grabbed the laptop and took off for the platform and had to make two trips back to the office....

Scattered was the word.....

But as I begin the speak anointing settled and Mid.Point turned into a revival moment for Joe and within a few moments he had received the holy ghost and I believe he was delivered from many things.....

Unity prevails at CUPC right now and there is no greater revival force than everyone being in one mind and one accord.....

I appreciate every person who continues to press with us for an Apostolic dimension of HIS Spirit.....

God bless the CUPC family.....

Potential

Today many will gather in the Lord's house and offer worship to him....

Imagine the potential of just what happen....

Imagine the potential of what an unlimited and all powerful saviour can do.....

The Ministry That Never Was

K folks...

Just been thinking....

We find a five fold ministry in the New Testament that does not include music....

But so many music types take upon themselves the name of minister of music or music pastor and the list gets creative....

I am arriving at a new conclusion.....

Music is not a ministry....

It is a manner of worship and a most vital one....

I would hate to not have it in the church....

But when we give ministry status to music we are creating something that God never intended.....

Lucifer exalted himself in heaven......

And it seems that so many music people have exalted themselves....

Or let some insecure preacher guy exalt them because he wants to have the same stuff he saw somewhere else....

Who do I point the finger at with these random thoughts....

Pastors!!!

Too many of us have relied on good music people to make services happen for us instead of our praying and fasting and having something to bring to the people...

So we find some good professional worshipper to make music and get the folks excited.....

We pastors have relied on the musical types to create a worshipful atmosphere and allowed that to substitute or synthesize the will of God in our churches....

Thank the Lord for good music and singers....

However....

The Music Ministry cannot be found in the New Testament church.....

The Ministry That Never Was.....

Celebrate 18 Years

18 years ago this morning Tracie, Redonia, Trent and I arrived in Conroe for our first Sunday service....

What a journey....

Oh how the Lord has blessed our church....

Tracie is more beautiful than ever....

Doni and Trent have grown up into great young adults....

We collected Calah along the way....

And HIS blessing and abundance have been upon this family and church every step of the way....

While I pause and look back to reflect....

I keep an eye on tommorrow for I know that HE has great plans for CUPC....

I humbly offer.....

Thank you Jesus.....

Thank you Conroe.....

Thank you Tracie....

Thanks kids.....

I love every one of you.......