Freedom Assembly

The Question

Why? Why this why that why why why why??? Sometimes we need to just say ok and quit questioning everythning. Sometimes it good to ask other times we just need to do it...obey and move forward. It has been said the only dumb question is the one that is not asked....but sometimes people ask questions so they don't have to do anything....or so they can put things off as long as possible. Last but not least sometimes the better question is Why Not??????  Love you all!!! What is God asking you to do that you just need to do and not ask why?

Prayer

Communicating with God is a miracle in itself. I am humbled that the Creator of the Universe would want to talk with me. He is always available. I have come to find out in my years that the higher up someone is the harded it is to talk to them. They a receptionist deflect calls, a personal secretary deflect calls and sometimes an administrator ttake them. Sometimes you can't talk to anyone the phone system is automated! Only way might be by email! Then it is hard to tell if they will ever get back to you....matter of fact you may never hear anything back. God always listens and always hears....and most of the time talks back....problem is for most of us our prayers are way to general so we don't really know if God has aswered them or not. Here is a great prayer question: If Jesus asked you...what do you want me to do for you? Would you have any idea how to answer? We need to pray specefic prayers so we can receive specific answers. That will help you know you can trust God completely and it will build your faith!!!!!  Get praying!!!

Administrator

Freedom has a great admin person....Kathy Young....she has been with us for about 8 years now. Part of that time she got paid but most of that time she has volunteered. I'm not sure how we would of made it without her. She is suppose to come in one day a week. This week on Monday we couldn't everything done we needed to. So she came in Tuesday! All this without pay. She ended up working most of the day. Oh and next week she is working 3 days while me and Tony are working at a conference. She does this for free, always on time, stay late if needed, and never complains. Every church needs someone like Kathy. Thank you Lord for sending her and her husband, Jim to AZ City!!!!!!

666

This my 666th post. It is called the mark of the beast. I haven't studied prophecy to much but I do know enough to see things coming to an end. The bible says no one knows the day or the hour but we can see the seasons. We arer in a season where the world could come to a close. In the book of Revelation it tells of a days work for a loaf of bread. I can see that happening if gas keeps going up. Projected $5.00 per gallon this summer. Grains are at an all time high so is beef and pork. The prices are still going up. Some people are superstituous about the whole 666 thing but I'm not every time I see I think about God!!!!

Visionary....

As the new year gets started I have been thinking  a lot about vision. I heard the statement about a pastor the other day...he's a visionary....so I thought what's that? I looked it up in the dictionary...and the Leroy definition or short version is dreamer. He dreams about what things could be..tells people about them...and then that's it. As I dug a little deeper I found two words together called Visionary Leader. That means a person who is a dreamer, who talks about and then goes out and does something about it. That is where the church is falling short we need Visionary Leaders. The pastor I hear about whowas a visionary has a big dream for his church but after several years doesn't have much to show from it. He needs to become aVisionary Leader. And I hear this over and over about pastors. We should be the hardest work people on earth because we have the greatest message to share with the world. So lets not just have a dream but lets work at seeing it become a reality!!!!!

Crete and Anniversaries

Well today was two celebrations!!!! The first one was early this morning when the concrete was poured for the last bit of curb! We are finally done with that part. The rest of the flat work will take about 350 yards of concrete. Yes that's a lot....especially if you multiply it by $80. That is $28,000 worth of hard work and labor. At the end of the project it is going to look and hold up for a long time. No sealing and repainting lines every year like with asphalt. The second celebration was 44 years of marriage for my in laws. What an awesome accomplishment! I'm so proud of both of them. They have been a blessing to me and Diane. In March Diane and I will have been together for 22 years. I can't believe time goes by so fast. I'm really happy I don't have to get up early in the morning to pour concrete. Finally a true day off.....well almost....we have a conference starting tomorrow night for young men that lasts through Saturday at 3pm. Maybe next Friday i will get a true day off!!!!!

No Concrete

Well today seems like a piece of cake. I didn't have to pour concrete this morning! We will pour the last curbs in the morning at seven. It is so exciting to get this off the list. We can really start doing a lot of the dirt work and grading. The project just doesn't look as good with piles of dirt every where. Once we get the dirt leveled we can get some of the landscape rock down. That will totally change the look of the building. It will look more complete. It has been almost two years since we moved in. Our biggest issue ihas been coming up with the extra funds to see this accomplished. I'm hoping we can stretch our dollars for enough to get all the concrete and landscaping done! It has been hard for me to be patient but it will be worth the wait!!!! Thank you for all your prayers!!!!

More Crete

After a rain out yesterday...we have 11 yards of concrete on the groung drying. I hope it goes fast.....that way we can set up more curb forms. One more set and pour and the curbs will be almost complete. My friend Terry is going to be surprised in a good way. I'm hoping he will be here sometime in early Feburary to start the flat work. There is still a lot of pouring to do. Like 300 yards!!!!! Seems like we didn't pour much today but every little bit helps. Especially when a big chunk was for the curb. Church was good again Sunday. I forgot to ask if anyone had to park in the gravel. Two more pours and we will have an additional 20 spots!!!!! Thank you Lord for Greg Hardin!!! Bless him good!!!!

Makes Me Smile

I get in the van this morning and all I can do is smile. My 12 year old son Landan is sitting there waiting for me to take him to school. He has his bible open and reading it! I know this will help him more than anything else he does today. Thank you Lord and continue you to work in his life. Since age 5 Landan has said he is called to be a misssionary to China. So he will need to be well versed in the bible. Go Landan dad loves you!!! Great Birthday present for me!

Board Meeting

Last night we had our first board meeting of the year! You ever noticed board is a word that sounds just like BORED...hahahaha Our meeting was anything but boring...I have a great board to work with. We are loking forward to a great future for Freedom. 2010 was good ave 201 per week and grew at 27%....2011 was good ave 263 and grew at 24%. And both years the finances were up! So here we go 2012!!!! Go Big or Go Home!!!! You can't get much bigger than God!!! So GO GOD!!!!!