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12/06/2024

We All Have a Role

“But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.” - 1 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭18‬ ‭

I opened the door as the cold weather rolled in, in a sudden shifting. My cat and dog walked into the house together and I couldn’t help but remember. This cat that we had rescued from being abandoned, who had fought dogs for his life for a time, and utterly hated them, had gotten over his offense and distrust. My dog who by nature would destroy this cat in a moment. Yet here they were walking into the masters house together to get out of the cold.

They had learned to work on the farm in their perspective and unique roles. They had learned to aid each other instead of hating each other (as they did when they first came here). Now they are friends that will defend each other to the end.

I couldn’t help but think of how different they now are, not only from their nature, but also from each other in their purpose and roles as they serve their master. This is not at all, unlike us and our adoption by God.

The dog cannot judge the cat for not doing what it does, anymore than the evangelist, administrator, helps, or prophet can judge the pastor, teacher, or apostle for not doing things the way they do. The chicken is as different from the horse as can be, but they all serve their purpose for their master individually, and thus corporately. If they all work in their individual roles, then the master’s will, will be fulfilled in whole, and they will all be a part of his productive and prosperous farm.

I have seen so many times those who do not understand the role of an other in the body of Christ, judge a brother for not doing things the way they do. Just because God put you in an office or calling does not mean that He has done it for all. Remember how different the roles between my dog and my cat are. My dog protects, and my cat rids us of pest. The cat could not fulfill his role without the dog fulfilling his. Nor could the dog do what the cat does, he’s just too big.

So trust who God chooses to do what they do. Don’t fight, or compete, or envy, or micro manage. Fulfill your own purpose and assist the brethren. The Master knows how to work all things together for the good, to bring in an abundant harvest. Even if He calls those who were (by nature) enemies, to work together. It’s time for the body of Christ to stop fighting like cats and dogs, and come into the master’s house together before the cold weather comes.

“But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body.” - 1 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:” - Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬-‭12

12/06/2024

We talk about how Jesus said that his disciples who have become his best friends will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel, just as Jesus will judge the nations. This is a literal text, but the application for us in the New Testament church is that we, as followers of Jesus, will do the same works that he did, and even greater works, because he has gone to the Father.

12/05/2024

We talk about how Jesus left this world to be seated at the right hand of the Father, but that he has given us His Spirit so that we can now send Jesus everywhere.

12/04/2024

We talk about the importance of not just believing in God's existence, but believing what He has said and following Him. Jesus is speaking to those who have 'forsaken' things to follow Him.

12/03/2024

We talk about how the disciple Peter gave up everything - his livelihood, possessions, and more - to follow Jesus and become His close friend, not just a student. The scripture speaks of how Jesus is the one who is closer than a brother.

12/02/2024

We discuss the importance of discipleship in ancient Israel, and how this concept is still extremely relevant for American Christians in We explain that the goal of discipleship was not just to gain knowledge, but to become just like the master - to say what they said, think what they thought, and do what they did.
This was true not only for Jesus and his 12 disciples, but also for figures like John the Baptist and the Pharisees and Sadducees.

12/01/2024

Join us LIVE or in person, Sunday Morning, December 01, 2024 where pastor Daniel Wright will preach a message entitled, "From Faith to Follow"

Service starts at 11am.
LIVE STREAM begins at 11:45am (Link in comments below)

For location and other information, please visit: www.heartofworshipchurch.com

11/30/2024

Singing in the Fires

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.” - Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭32‬ ‭

This passage takes place during the outpouring of the wrath of God upon the earth. A time of great terror, weeping, and gnashing of teeth. A time of fire and war, as though the whole world was s***m and Gomorrah.

Yet the scripture tells us that there will be deliverance and salvation from it in Jerusalem for those who have call upon the Name of the Lord! However, what I find most interesting about this passage is the very last thing that it mentions when it says that not only will deliverance be found in Jerusalem, but also in “the remnant whom God will call!”

There is a chance for that to be released through us! If you believe and choose today to count the cost and be counted amonth His faithful remnant! That God would pour His grace to those in this desperate time through His chosen ones? Even during this global S***m and Gomorrah to come! Scripture tells us that the remnant, the saints of God will be heard singing in the fires and will not be hurt! They will be like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! These young men of faith who would not bend the knee to Nebuchadnezzar’s image (an archetype for the antichrist) and we’re forced to face the fires of a furnace of affliction hotter than anyone who had ever come before them! Yet God was with them in it, and because of it, the faith of many were strengthened and Minnie turned to the god of Isaac, Abraham, Jacob, and Moses because of it! The God of deliverance and salvation!

It is a promise to the faithful in the very last of the last days as well! The remnant whom God will call to be strong and courageous and to do great exploits in the final moments of this dispensation and even into the first glimpses of the next one! All that we have known will fall, yet faith will arise unlike anything we have seen in any other time to do what cannot be done in the name of our God! Are you willing to be counted among them? Are you willing to count the cost and pay the price? To deny your own wants, and thoughts, and life to trust God?

It’s more than worth it because everything in this earth is going to burn when the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives. Yet will God save his remnant, keep them alive, put a song in their heart, a smile on their face, rejoicing and abundant grace, and send them out to save those who call upon God’s name in faith! To gather the harvest in with reassurance, deliverance, and salvation through the blood, name, and message of Jesus! His spirit will lead us, His grace will pour through us, His power prevails, His promise never fails. Then will He send his reapers into those harvest fields to gather that faithful remnant, and all those that gather with them, and bring them to Jerusalem to the marriage supper of the lamb.

No, it won’t be an easy time to serve Him. I’m sure it wasn’t for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego either. But it will be worth it, it will be perfect, it will be miraculous and glorious, and we will be victorious! For our God is the Mighty Warrior, He has never lost a battle! So stand in faith, because this war has already been won, through the power of the blood and name of Jesus! Your job is simply to not bend the knee to the counterfeits and keep proclaiming it until you see it manifested, because it is coming, He is coming, keep believing.

“When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.” - Isaiah‬ ‭24‬:‭13‬-‭15‬

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant …

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽

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11/27/2024

Join us LIVE tonight! "Don't Forget Us" by Jacob Legér. November 27, 2024. (LINK IN COMMENTS)

11/27/2024

A faith building message for those starting to loose hope for impossible promises. It's not God's plan until it's too hard for man. Even if your promise is absolutely dead, as long as your faith in it isn't, God can still resurrect it. Think bigger, believe for impossible, God can deliver beyond your hopes or imaginings. (Links to listen in the comments)

11/24/2024

Join us LIVE or in person, Sunday, November 24, 2024! Pastor Daniel Wright will be preaching a message titled, "I Once Was Blind so that I Could See!" (LINK IN COMMENTS)

This is also our church's annual Thanksgiving lunch, so we welcome you to stay and enjoy a warm meal with us!

Service starts at 11am
*LIVE STREAM* BEGINS at 11:45am

For location and any other information, please visit: www.heartofworshipchurch.com

11/20/2024

Join us November 20, 2024 LIVE at 6:15pm, or in person at 6pm! (LINK IN COMMENTS)

11/19/2024

Giving is a Great Investment

“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.” - Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬ ‭

Alms is charity, like giving to the poor, tithing, or doing something nice for somebody. The Bible says that God loves a cheerful giver (2 corinthians 9:7). It blesses God when we bless each other! He even says that when we give to those in need, or to His servants in ministry, that it is the same as giving to Him Himself, and He will repay it.

“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; And that which he hath given will he pay him again.” - Proverbs‬ ‭19‬:‭17‬ ‭

“He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.” - Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭41‬-‭42‬ ‭

“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”- Matthew‬ ‭25‬:‭40‬ ‭

However, there is a way that we can nullify our blessing… Bragging. If we boast, and gloat, and post, and show boat, then the attention that we are seeking from men for it will be all the reward that we get. He won’t reward it because you didn’t do it for Him, or for the love of your fellow man. You did it for love of self, and He cannot reward selfishness.

“Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.” - Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭2‬ ‭

“Hypocrite” was the Greek word for “actor” in the time of Jesus. He likened those who want to be recognized by men, for their charities actions and giving, to actors putting on a performance for applause, or walking down the red carpet with music blaring before them. It is a person wanting to be worshiped. We may not see it this way, but God certainly does. So when you give, give in secret. Don’t brag about it, don’t tell anyone, don’t control or manipulate with it. Don’t try to dictate what the preacher preaches because you’re a good tither. Don’t try to control where it goes or how the recipient spends it. Just ask God where He wants it to go, and give it. Trust the Lord, and give Him space to repay it.

I can say from experience, that no matter how much we give, God ALWAYS gives back many times more than we did. As long as we gave it in cheerfulness, and in secret.

“But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.” - Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭

11/17/2024

Join us LIVE or in person, Sunday Morning, November 17, 2024 where pastor Daniel Wright will preach a message entitled, "Make Me Not a Reproach!"

Service starts at 11am.
LIVE STREAM begins at 11:45am (Link in comments below)

For location and other information, please visit: www.heartofworshipchurch.com

11/11/2024

3 Generations Baptized at the same time!
Grandmother, Mother, and Daughter! Praise God. What a beautiful decision to make together. What a legacy and precious memory this day will be.

"Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live a new way of life." Romans 6:4

Congratulations Cynthia Bernard, Brandy Dupont, and Elizabeth Dupont for your commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ! Dead to self, and alive unto Him!

11/10/2024

Join us in person, or LIVE on YouTube! "Consummated and Illuminated" by pastor Daniel Wright tomorrow morning November 10, 2024. (LINK IN COMMENTS)

11/06/2024

Days of Fire

We all know the stories of the great Roman persecution of the early church. How they fed Christians to lions in the Colosseums for sport. How they burned them alive in the streets to light the darkness of the Roman nights. How they imprisoned and beheaded many of them. How the Christian’s had to hide in the catacombs of the underground church to preach and study God’s word. How God moved in such power and might. How revival broke out in this dark and dangerous time, as the christians drew ever closer to God.

We may think that Rome always persecuted the Christians because we know that they crucified Jesus. However, this was not the case. Romans worshiped many gods, the people worshiping an other one was not something that was on their radar at first. In fact the Roman leadership washed his hands of the blood of Jesus, deeming that He had done nothing worthy of crucifixion.

So what was the trigger that started the persecution of the Christian’s that we read about in the book of the martyrs and in history? It was when Nero (the incompetent, evil, and demonic political leadership of Rome) decided to burn his own city down and blamed it on the Christians.

The fire destroyed most of Rome, some major pegan temples, the national palace, and the senate. Nero started these fires because he was tired of the old Roman empire and wanted to build a new one. He needed to tear down the old one to make way for the new and needed someone to blame it on so he could look like the hero for doing it.

The Christians were set up to take the blame for it. The building of this new Rome was costly, it caused severe economic hardship for the people. Taxes and inflation exploded, only further fueling the people’s hatred for the Christians, whom they blamed for the need to build this new thing in the first place.

It wasn’t true of course. It was their own corrupt leaders that had done this to them and to the Christians, because of their own ambition. This was a very difficult time to be a Christian, yet it was also the times that we get the most inspiring testimonies and the greatest moves of God in history. This is the backdrop of the revivals that we read about in the book of acts. When we pray for an Acts chapter 2 experience, this is the context of what we are asking. The light of the truth always shines brightest against the darkness of lies and deception.

The early church was hated by man, but endorsed by heaven. It was powerful, pure, selfless, and glorious! It fought to save those who persecuted it, just like it’s Jesus. It demonstrated the fruits of the spirit. It didn’t give up because of hardship or fall to offense. It thrived, it became the resistance. The thing that set people apart from the corrupt Roman system. A truth movement that swept through Rome and then the world. A stand against tyranny that started from the reality that many began to see that Nero had deceived them. They saw because they couldn’t help but see what they were doing to the Christians. It made them believe that there was something to this new religion, if the dictators over them had so much hatred and fear of it.

It was the burning of Rome that started the Christian persecution of the early church, but it is also what caused a global revival. So in the end, it was worth it. After all, this whole world is going to burn one day. If a season of hardship caused some to become eternally saved, then that’s ok. It’s a price that is worth paying. We look to an eternal home and we have to demonstrate to others that we believe what we preach, even if it means that we have to keep singing, teaching, and believing, even as Rome burns. Even if we get the blame for it, when in reality, it was the doing of their own government. The ambition of evil and selfish men gone unchecked until it manifested in utter and total destruction.

Today may feel like a history lesson but God always gives me teachings well before we need them. So gain wisdom and understanding by learning this part of church history. Because you might just see it repeated very shortly. The old empire of falling, they desire to raise up a new one, and someone will need to take the blame for the destruction and deconstruction that will come, in order to do it. So use wisdom and pray by the leading of the Holy Spirit.