This past Saturday the Joy Group took a trip up to Watauga Lake in Hampton, TN to have lunch at the Captain's Table Restaurant. Although I didn't get to go with the group, several of them have told me how nice it was to sit at the tables along the window section and just look out at the lake and watch all the boats and people go by. Some talked about how beautiful the lake looked, and just how amazing it was to see such a large body of water nestled between all the hills.
Sometimes in this fast pace - I want it and I want it now - world that we live in, it's nice to just be able to stop and sit and look at all the wonderful amazing things the Father has created. He created all this not just for Himself but for us to enjoy also; lets take some time every once and a while and appreciate His handy work and awesomeness.
Psalms 46:10 (KJV)- Be still, and know that I am God:
A servant of HIS,
John Deyton
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Hindrances
Over the past several weeks me and Pastor Stephen have been teaching lessons on Wednesday night about prayer. Of course these lessons are to go along with our emphasize on prayer, that we as a staff, felt needed to be taught about and preached about over the next several months.
Well, the past two Wed. nights I have been teaching about what hindrances, problems, and excuses people often come up with and use to not pray in a proper and powerful way. And after my lesson last night, I have to say I have done some soul searching and I feel I have let some things hinder my walk with Christ. The most important thing in my life is my personal communication with my Heavenly Father; and for me to allow Satan to put something in my life and then allow that something to hinder my relationship with Jesus is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!
The issue for me is priorities and business. I sometimes feel as if I need to do so much for Christ, that I fail to do the one thing I know for sure He wants me to do and that is just spend time with Him.
I am praying today that the Lord will help me to overcome those hindrances Satan has put, and I have allowed in my christian walk.
A servant of HIS,
John Deyton
Well, the past two Wed. nights I have been teaching about what hindrances, problems, and excuses people often come up with and use to not pray in a proper and powerful way. And after my lesson last night, I have to say I have done some soul searching and I feel I have let some things hinder my walk with Christ. The most important thing in my life is my personal communication with my Heavenly Father; and for me to allow Satan to put something in my life and then allow that something to hinder my relationship with Jesus is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!
The issue for me is priorities and business. I sometimes feel as if I need to do so much for Christ, that I fail to do the one thing I know for sure He wants me to do and that is just spend time with Him.
I am praying today that the Lord will help me to overcome those hindrances Satan has put, and I have allowed in my christian walk.
A servant of HIS,
John Deyton
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
July 13th
Yesterday was July 13th and I know to most people there is no significant meaning to July 13th. It's not a national holiday or any kind of special religious date; but July 13th is very special to me. See on July 13th 2005 around 4:30pm something incredible happened to me; it was the moment I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.
Now I was raised in a Christian home and went to church until I was a teenager, so I knew who Jesus was and I knew how he wanted me to act; but until this particular day I was never willing to surrender my mind, body, soul, and strength to Him. Since that July 13th my life has never been the same; of course I have the same name, same house, same wife, same son, same job but not the same life. Because now it's not my life - it's HIS.
I thank God for His mercy, His patience, His love, His grace, and His Son whom I now have a personal relationship with, and more then anything I thank Him for saving my soul.
This is why July 13th is special to me.
A servant of HIS,
John Deyton
Now I was raised in a Christian home and went to church until I was a teenager, so I knew who Jesus was and I knew how he wanted me to act; but until this particular day I was never willing to surrender my mind, body, soul, and strength to Him. Since that July 13th my life has never been the same; of course I have the same name, same house, same wife, same son, same job but not the same life. Because now it's not my life - it's HIS.
I thank God for His mercy, His patience, His love, His grace, and His Son whom I now have a personal relationship with, and more then anything I thank Him for saving my soul.
This is why July 13th is special to me.
A servant of HIS,
John Deyton
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
July - Joy Group Dinner
Last Thursday July 1st we had a great time at the Joy Group Dinner. Even though I did have it in my mind that with the upcoming holiday, maybe attendance would be down; but as everyone started to arrive something awesome happened, we had to get out two more tables. In all we had 45 people at our Joy Group Dinner.
I was a little nerves with the fact that my planned activity kinda fell through, but with prayer and faith, we did a little reflecting on what Independence Day was really about and how this country was founded under the belief of one True God. Afterwards people testified about what this country meant to them and the freedoms we enjoy. Followed by a quick description from Pastor Rudd and his daughter Debbie about their missionary trip to Haiti.
All in all it was a very good time of fellowship, and the food wasn't bad either.
A servant of HIS,
John Deyton
I was a little nerves with the fact that my planned activity kinda fell through, but with prayer and faith, we did a little reflecting on what Independence Day was really about and how this country was founded under the belief of one True God. Afterwards people testified about what this country meant to them and the freedoms we enjoy. Followed by a quick description from Pastor Rudd and his daughter Debbie about their missionary trip to Haiti.
All in all it was a very good time of fellowship, and the food wasn't bad either.
A servant of HIS,
John Deyton
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