Vision

IS HRM A CHURCH IN HARTFORD CT PASTORED BY GREGG WOODS?

Vision

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Mission 

https://tinyurl.com/4kfvbr7k

Passion

https://hrm650.blogspot.com/

Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem? - Isaiah 2:22

https://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-22.htm

"The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted" - Isaiah

You are a warrior, not a wimp or a wallflower. Stop whining and blaming others. Repent of unbelief. The vision that I gave you has not changed. 

When you sign the document, would you be surprised if I allowed the new owner to take over the property management and develop the plans I already gave you and build everything exactly as already planned? Do you believe I led you astray when those $100k architectural drawings were made? Will unbelievers make a mockery of my name?

1 Courage, brother! do not stumble,

though your path be dark as night;

there's a star to guide the humble:

trust in God, and do the right.

Let the road be rough and dreary,

and its end far out of sight;

foot it bravely; strong or weary,

trust in God, trust in God, 

trust in God, and do the right.

2 Perish policy and cunning,

perish all that fears the light!

Whether losing, whether winning,

trust in God, and do the right.

Some will hate you, some will love you,

some will flatter, some will slight;

heed them not, and look above you:

trust in God, trust in God, 

trust in God, and do the right.

3 Simple rule and safest guiding,

inward peace, and inward might,

star upon our path abiding,

trust in God, and do the right.

Courage, sister! do not stumble,

though your path be dark as night;

there's a star to guide the humble:

trust in God, trust in God, 

trust in God, and do the right.

BY: Norman MacLeod

Cease from man and look above you, trust in God 

and do the right.

8 habits https://davidjeremiah.blog/8-habits-that-are-destroying-your-walk-with-god/

15 tips https://deepspirituality.com/how-to-stop-worrying-and-start-trusting-god/

Stupidly or Faith https://careynieuwhof.com/can-tell-whether-risk-means-youre-trusting-god-being-stupid/

The struggle https://theblazingcenter.com/2019/02/trusting-god.html

His timing https://www.christianwalls.com/blogs/scripture-roundups/bible-verses-about-god-s-timing-12-scriptures-about-trust-and-faith

God is ALWAYS in FULL control  https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-sovereignty-of-god-my-counsel-shall-stand-and-i-will-accomplish-all-my-purpose

Distrust? https://awakenedtograce.com/trust-in-god-not-man/

Only Gods Word matters https://biblereasons.com/trusting-god/

LivingWater

Thirsty? 

"He that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, 

and he hath sent me"

FULLY QUENCHED  !! Believe & Follow 

If any man thirst, let him come 

unto me, and drink

Evaluating my posture

What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

he that sent me is true, 

whom ye know not.

Willfully misunderstood 

diverting conversation 

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Truth vs Tradition/Superstition

THE 'WRONG' MESSIAH ?

Calling evil good

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

UNBELIEF leads to

Questions & Confusion

Bethlehem, where David was? 43So there was a division among the people because of him. 44And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

THE ONGOING DRINK !!

 BELEIF - AN EVERYDAY DECISION 

Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water

My Faith Grows - will I believe Him?

OVERFLOW

MidWeekChurchNotes

Burdened or Buoyant

ACCULTURATION - THE WORLD-Part 2

Sitting on a throne of lies - Hollywood

https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/jeremyhayes/funny-giannis-antetokounmpo-moments

THE CULTURE OF CHRIST 

3 phases of culture 

1.PRECHRISTIAN - hedonistic, Celtic Ireland before St Patrick; Vikings god of oden 

2.Christianized culture - today, no! 

3.PostChristian culture - good without God

KINGDOM WITHOUT THE KING

Good without God - Tim Keller 

Soft power and slow erosion 

Appeals to our desires - HOLLYWOOD 

Western Civilization soft totalitarianism 

King James Bible

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Genesis 3:1

1 John 2:15-16 

15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

King James Bible

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:12

MyChurchNotes

Burdened or Buoyant

ACCULTURATION - THE WORLD-Part 2

Sitting on a throne of lies - Hollywood

https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/jeremyhayes/funny-giannis-antetokounmpo-moments

THE CULTURE OF CHRIST 

3 phases of culture 

1.PRECHRISTIAN - hedonistic, Celtic Ireland before St Patrick; Vikings god of oden 

2.Christianized culture - today, no! 

3.PostChristian culture - good without God

KINGDOM WITHOUT THE KING

Good without God - Tim Keller 

Soft power and slow erosion 

Appeals to our desires - HOLLYWOOD 

Western Civilization soft totalitarianism 

King James Bible

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Genesis 3:1

1 John 2:15-16 

15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

King James Bible

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:12

Power shift

CLOCKED - the 4th wav

The slavery system & the secular city
It is an extreme form of inequality in which some individuals are owned by others as their property.

The slave owner has full control including using violence over the slave.

L.T Hobhouse defined slave as a man whom law and custom regard as the property of another.

In extreme cases he is wholly without rights. He is in lower condition as compared with freemen.

The slaves have no political rights he does not choose his government, he does not attend the public councils.

Socially he is despised. He is compelled to work. The slavery system has existed sporadically at many times and places.

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Master Slave Flip Flop
is also Referred to as.
Pulse-triggered flip flop because the flip-flop  can enabled or disabled by a CLK pulse during this mode of operation.

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A flip flop system is a digital electronics system that stores data in two stable states. A JK flip flop truth table is one of the many types of flip flops, and it is the most common basic electronic system that is universally used in most appliances.

If you intend to use one of these, it is helpful to learn the correct latching action and what it can do for you.

Masters

BORN FREE !!!

Slavery - being subject to the will of another?

I found myself today scolding six year old grandson about using the word 'capture'.

I was telling him it was a bad word as he informed me of his intentions as he was gathering ants in the backyard. 

I tried to persuade him that the ants needed to go home to their parents. 

He vehemently disagreed and continued his reckless invasion into the life of the little biters. 

He informed me that they were not as innocent as I thought and that he was on the scene to subject them to a fate as yet to be determined. 

I cast about desperately in my ancient mind for a way to save the little ants from this mindless tyranny.

Out of nowhere it hit me like a bolt of lightning; ANT-FARMING!!!!

https://youtu.be/pmHYYchcmiw

I tried to convince the new ant dictator that he could in fact create a pleasant home for these ants where they would be much happier than they were now, under his brutal regime. 

As I approach this seventieth decade,

I am learning many 'new' lessons.

UNRESOLVED 

Was slavery ever abolished?

Do we have an innate drive to 'mastery'?

Although we may be born free, can we ever be 'totally' free from the will of others? Are there degrees of 'so-called' enslavement? Is slavery inherently evil?

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Slaves and Masters

(1 Timothy 6:1-2)

5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 

6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 

7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 

8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Subject

BORN FREE !!!

Slavery - being subject to the will of another?

I found myself today scolding six year old grandson about using the word 'capture'.

I was telling him it was a bad word as he informed me of his intentions as he was gathering ants in the backyard. 

I tried to persuade him that the ants needed to go home to their parents. 

He vehemently disagreed and continued his reckless invasion into the life of the little biters. 

He informed me that they were not as innocent as I thought and that he was on the scene to subject them to a fate as yet to be determined. 

I cast about desperately in my ancient mind for a way to save the little ants from this mindless tyranny.

Out of nowhere it hit me like a bolt of lightning; ANT-FARMING!!!!

https://youtu.be/pmHYYchcmiw

I tried to convince the new ant dictator that he could in fact create a pleasant home for these ants where they would be much happier that they were now under his brutal regime. 

As I approach this seventieth decade,

I am learning many 'new' lessons.

UNRESOLVED 

Was slavery ever abolished?

Do we have an innate drive to 'mastery'?

Although we may be born free, can we ever be 'totally' free from the will of others? Are there degrees of 'so-called' enslavement? Is slavery inherently evil?

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Slaves and Masters

(1 Timothy 6:1-2)

5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 

6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 

7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 

8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Timeless

THE BULL, THE BEAR & the dragon

Love for Brothers

1Let brotherly love continue. 2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Jesus Christ is the Same

5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. 8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever

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Even those of us who have vaguely heard of the name Baal in the Bible know that it doesn't have a good connotation. 

It seems we can't go five seconds into the Old Testament without God condemning the worship of Baal.

Baal took the shape of a bull or ram

Of all the foreign gods the Israelites came into contact with, they appeared to struggle the most with worshipping this one.

One of the most famous instances of Israel going head to head with the prophets of Baal comes from 1 Kings 18.

Scripture has nothing positive to say about Baal. Most often, it condemns Baal worship, and any example of Israel going after Baal leads to their loss of direction, and ultimately, scattering at the hands of the Assyrians and the Babylonians.

God established the law, including laws against eating pork, since pig slaughter and sacrifice was a hallmark of Baal worship.

MODERN DAY ABORTION?

Evil practices never go away. They simply evolve. Baal transformed into Zeus who transformed in Jupiter, etc.

Baal worship also included, at times, child sacrifice, which we see some Israelite kings engaging with later on.

Despite God's efforts to dissuade them, the Israelites engaged with the Canaanite culture a little too much and adopted their practices, including Baal worship.

Hell

Invisible wars

"we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness 

in high places."

Situational Awareness 

Normalcy Bias . . . 

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, 

and all the nations that forget God."

NOT LIKELY? 

NOT POSSIBLE?

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reporters

FOCUSED?

This is it

This is the story 

Does anyone believe YOURS?

THE STORY

to whom is the arm 

of the LORD revealed?

2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

Our story . . . 

GROWTH

HEALING

rejection

opposition 

"we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty"

all over the world TODAY

people are BEING saved

people are GETTING saved !!

HALLELUJAH 

let's keep faithful 

let's stay focused

THATS HIS (OUR)STORY !!!

Who hath believed our report? 

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TellThem

The Smith Challenge . . .

1. LET US STOP  

Trying to Figure Things Out BY OUR OWN SCHEMES; God has everything already Worked Out; 

2. LET US START

Trying to understand WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF US - Proverbs 3:5-6.

Who is the wise man who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish and burn up like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through?

The Lord said, "Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts 

The sons of Issachar had understanding of the times — Jesus rebuked His generation for not discerning the times; and Paul admonishes us to know the times in Romans 13:11-14. . . 

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

PROVERBS 3:5-6

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."

FIGURED-OUT + WORKED-OUT 

= GOD'S UNDERSTANDING

They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Those who do not know God will live in very confusing times and Jesus says to you His disciples: "you are the light of the world"

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. 

Psalm 119:130 

3. LET US CONTINUE - THE REMEDY

Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the Lord.

AMEN AMEN AMEN 

#CityFathers + Brian

DO YOU KNOW HIM?

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Valued

TO HAVE or TO BE (believe)

"He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesses" Luke 12:15

THE MARKETPLACE is where exchange happens through trade. Fairness in the market is based on demand. A good marketer will learn how to create and manipulate demand. 

WHAT IS VALUE?

Unlike the exchange of goods and services, in the marketplace of ideas it is not just demand but belief that creates value; here the influencer will seek to change beliefs.

Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

"God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him"

What is the difference between having and being? Is being wealthy just about having wealth?

If Being is belief and having is behavior or action; then, what the wealthy believe could be just as or more important than what they have.

DEMAND SAYS: "I want it now"

BELIEF ASKS: "Why?"

Jewels

Jewels that we 

present to God TODAY

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1. We have managed by His Grace to maintain life for 60+ years !!! WE ARE MEN

2. We have maintained a partnership by His design and embraced the (headship) leadership that He required.

WE ARE HUSBANDS

3. We have produced by His Grace (some) other lives - our children. WE ARE FATHERS

ONLY BY HIS GRACE 

ONLY BY HIS GRACE

ONLY BY HIS GRACE

Amen 

Amen 

Amen

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He comes to us

EVERYDAY - like Adam

and He meets with us in

"The cool of the garden" of our 

Spirit and our hearts and our minds

https://youtu.be/iaNsA3hVPm4

WE CANNOT HIDE !!!

"they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden."

HALLELUJAH !!