July 25, 2010 by PastorDave.

In John 6, Jesus was preaching and teaching the people important information. It was information that, if applied to their lives, would transform them! So what was the problem? Some of the teachings they didn’t agree with or thought they really weren’t as important as Jesus said they were. When some of the people began to walk away from Jesus He turned to ask the twelve disciples what they were going to do. Here is what Peter said, “Lord, to whom would we go? You alone have the words that give eternal life. We believe them, and we know you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69). May we respond as Peter did and say to Jesus today, we believe them!

Pastor David McIntosh

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July 18, 2010 by PastorDave.

Psalm 128:1-2 declares, “How happy are those who fear the Lord, all who follow his ways! You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How happy you will be! How rich your life!”  What a tremendous promise we have from our God! Look closely at the beginning of verse one: happiness, fruitful labor and rich life originate from a healthy fear of the Lord. When we say we fear the Lord it simply means that we really believe that God will do what He says He is going to do. We reverence His Word. So here He tells us that if we fear Him we will be rewarded greatly. As we come together today may the fear of the Lord fill each heart and as a result may happiness, fruitful labor and a rich life be poured out on us all

Pastor David McIntosh

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July 11, 2010 by PastorDave.

In Matthew 8:16-17 the Word of God declares, “That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. All the spirits fled when he commanded them to leave; and he healed all the sick. This fulfilled the word of the Lord through Isaiah, who said, “He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.” This same Jesus is alive today and with us! These words are just as true today as they were when they were being lived out. May we raise our faith together today and believe that Jesus will heal all the sick today!

Pastor David McIntosh

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July 4, 2010 by PastorDave.

In 1 Chronicles 12:32 we read about the “men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do.” As we celebrate our country’s birthday today, we need to understand the time in which we live. Our country is in desperate need of men and women of God to fall on their knees and cry out to the Lord for revival! We see that the men of Issachar knew what Israel should do. As God’s people that are led by His Spirit and live in His Word, we know what we should do as well. You and I can’t change everything and make everyone pray and seek the Lord, but we can be responsible for ourselves. Would you take time this holiday weekend and pray for America? We need it!

Pastor David McIntosh

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June 27, 2010 by PastorDave.

#388, Praise to God, Pastor David McIntosh, Sunday, 06-27-2010

Text: Psalm 67:3

Introduction

* Praise the Lord! Can you say that with me, praise the Lord!
* One of the most well spoken phrases in Christian circles is: “Praise the Lord”
* I “Googled” the phrase “praise the Lord” and got 4.4 million hits.
* Today we are going to look at Praise to God. How important it is, how powerful it is and how necessary it is.
* Psalm 67:3 – May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.
* The Psalmist desires that all the people’s praise God.

A. PRAISE

1. There are a few Hebrew root words for the English word praise.
2. In Psalm 67:3 the word for praise centers on the thought of giving thanks to God & making a confession of thanks to the name of the Lord.
3. Psalm 150:1 – Praise the Lord. This root word centers on a boast in the Lord, a boast in the radiant power of the Lord. We get Hallelujah from this root word as well.
4. Psalm 150: 6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
5. So when we say praise the Lord, we are talking about giving thanks to the Lord, making a confession that we thank Him and who He is and what His name means to us. But also we are talking about making our boast in the Lord; He has done something mighty for us as individuals or as a body of believers.
6. Let’s take a minute right now and make a confession of praise and thanks for who He is and what He has done in our lives!

B. WE PRAISE HIM…

1. With Singing: Psalm 9:11 –Sing praises to the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.”
2. We are to sing praises for what He has done. We are called to sing to God. He wants us to!
3. With Musical Instruments: Psalm 33:2 – Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. (God wants us to sing and use instruments to praise Him)
4. This is why we have praise & worship and invite you to sing and clap and lift your hands.
5. Five Reasons found in 1 Peter 2:9 – But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
* He chose you (Jn.15 – you did not choose me, but I chose you)
* You are royalty (kings kid)
* You are holy (2 Timothy 1:9 – who has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.)
* He has purchased you (1 Cor. 6:19-20 – You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body)
* You live in the light (Jn. 1:4-5 – In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.)
6. Our praise is to be perpetual: Hebrews 13:5 – Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name.
7. The Scripture gives us many reasons to “Praise the Lord.” To thank him, to make a confession of his Name, to boast in Him. To acknowledge that He has done mighty things in us, through us and for us. (Let’s  take a minute and praise Him now, again)

C. WE CONTINUE TO PRAISE…

1. In forgiveness (Isaiah 12:1) In that day you will say I will praise you, O Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.
2. For miracles (Luke 19:37) The whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen.
3. For souls saved (Acts 2:47) Praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

D. THE POWER OF PRAISE…

1. In 2 Chronicles there is an incredible story of a battle that took place between God’s people (Israel & King Jehoshaphat) and the nations of Moab & Ammon.
2. Or should I say an incredible battle that didn’t really happen because God’s people praised the Lord!
3. 2 Chron. 20:18- 26 – The Power of Praise:    (I need to turn and read NLT)

* V19 – The Levites stood to praise the Lord with a loud shout.
* V21 – The king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord and praising him for his holy splendor (give thanks to the Lord for his love endures forever)
* V22 – At the moment they began to sing and give praise the Lord caused the enemy armies to fight among themselves.
* V24 – So when the armies of Judah arrived at the lookout point there were dead bodies lying on the ground
* V25 – There was so much plunder (equipment, clothing, valuables) it took three days to collect it all.
* V.26 – On the fourth day they gathered in the valley of blessing, which got its name that day because the people praised and thanked the Lord there. It is still called the Valley of Blessing today.
* Now that is the power of a community of believers praising the Lord in unity, in spirit and in truth.

CLOSE

* Praising the Lord can change our lives if we make it a real part of our everyday lives!
* There may be a battle here and there that we can avoid just by having a heart of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord!
* It will be ETERNAL: Revelation 7:12 – Amen praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen

Altar call of praise: All those that want to come and praise the Lord before we leave come to this altar, bring all your cares, fears, worries, doubts, troubles, blessings, testimonies, prayers requests and let’s praise the Lord together in song with instruments and loud voices!

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June 27, 2010 by PastorDave.

Psalm 113:1-3 – “Yes, give praise, O servants of the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever and ever. Everywhere – from east to west – praise the name of the Lord.” Today we look to praise the Lord as we gather together. We can certainly praise God on our own but when we come to church it is a unique time when the body of Christ praises His name together. There is power in praising the Lord together. This same Psalm goes on to say, “Who can be compared with the Lord our God, who is enthroned on high?” Let us together lift our voices in praise to our incomparable God who sits enthroned on high!

Pastor David McIntosh

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June 20, 2010 by PastorDave.

#387, Becoming an Incredible Dad, Pastor David McIntosh, Sunday, 06-20-2010

Text: Deuteronomy 6:4-7

• IntroductionThe year was 2003. This one dad was getting ready for a long trip that he would take because of his work. He was going to be away from home, his wife and kids for awhile.
• This man was the leader of his team at work and before they left he stopped and prayed for everyone on his crew. Someone on his team noted that in all their years working they never saw the leader pray for the crew.
• Well, this dad did not want his two children to miss daily devotions while he would be away for the 17 days. What he did was he recorded a daily devotion video for each of his children. Although this took a great deal of time out of his busy schedule he felt it a top priority. He never realized just how valuable they would become.
• Prov.27:1 – you do not know what a day may bring forth.
• On February 1, 2003, this dad whose name was Rick Husband, Commander Rick Husband was leading his crew on the space shuttle Columbia back into earth’s atmosphere when it just disintegrated. Rick Husband never made it back home he and the rest of the crew from Columbia were ushered into eternity.
• Commander Rick Husband, or should I say, dad Rick Husband had no idea how important those devotion video’s would be. They would be part of his legacy.
• If you were ushered into eternity today, I mean without a moment’s notice, what kind of legacy would you be leaving behind?

TRANSITION: How do we even begin to build a godly legacy? Well God has written out just what He expects from us in His Word, take a look.

Deuteronomy 6:5-7 – You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home.

This passage reveals a threefold responsibility that the Lord gives to us:
* We must love God above and beyond anything else
* Treasure His Word in our hearts
* Pass on the faith diligently to our children

How can we begin to do this in our families? Here’s how we can begin: (thank P. John Barnett)
A. BY TALKING ABOUT GOD

1. God commands us to fill our homes with His Word.
2. Deuteronomy 6:7 – Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are getting up again.
3. God is telling us to talk about Him and what He has said. God says talk; not preach, scold, or pound into them, but talk about God, talk about what God says.
4. If we see God in everything so will they. But if God stays strictly at church, kids will departmentalize him right out of their lives.
5. Talk about God in all of life, social life, sports life, private life, recreation life everything, God is in everything!
6. John 1:2-3 – He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn’t make.
7. Talk about God to your kids, no matter what age they are. Talk about Jesus, talk about who He is, what He has done, what He means to your life and theirs.
8. Talk at the breakfast table or dinner table, talk at bed time, talk while driving in the car, take “walk talks,” get a plan to talk about God with your kids.
9. Take them out to eat and talk about God. Talking about God will eventually lead to reading the Bible to find out what God really says and thinks.
10. Talk about God inside of family traditions or activities (Christmas tree balls)

B. PRAY: WITH & for YOUR KIDS

1. Matthew 26:41 – Keep alert and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you. For though the spirit is willing enough, the body is weak. (temptation is kept at bay by prayer)
2. Many dads’s have a good heart but are overcome by temptation.
3. Philippians 4:6 – Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done.
4. We need to pray, about everything. With your kids, tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. (What do you need Jesus to do for you today?)
5. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 – Keep on praying. Prayer is not an event, but something you want to develop has a lifestyle with your kids.
6. Pray for, with, and in agreement with your kids. Pray for, you crying out for them, with; pray out loud with your kids there, in agreement with, listen to what is on their hearts and as they pray you agree in prayer.
7. If you really begin to talk about God, and pray you are well on your way. But there is one more thing a dad needs to do to grow into an incredible dad.

C. DON’T PROVOKE THEM TO ANGER (WRATH)

1. So far we have looked at two things to do. Our last one is something to avoid.
2. Ephesians 6:4 – And now a word to you fathers. Don’t make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord.  (do not provoke to wrath)
3. H. Norman Wright, in his book Winning Over Your Emotions, writes: “When we’re angry we might ridicule, get even with, laugh at, humiliate, shame, criticize, fight, crush, offend, or bully another person. All of these do very little to build relationships.”
4. Think of the damaged relationships that can occur when these actions are experienced with our children.
5. Our kids really have no way to defend themselves, they usually just absorb it all until they become angry and act on their anger.
6. Psalm 106:32-33 – At Meribah, too, they angered the Lord, causing Moses serious trouble. They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.
7. Moses was suppose to speak to the rock to bring forth water, but instead he called the people rebels and raised his hand and struck the rock twice (Numbers 20)
8. Moses got angry and fueled by the anger, he spoke and acted.
9. Deuteronomy 32:51-52 – You broke faith with me…at the waters of Meribah. You failed to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel. So you will see the land from a distance, but you may not enter the land I am giving to the people…
10. Moses had good reason for his anger. He was angry because of FEAR, last time they were without water they wanted to stone him. FRUSTRATION, his sister Miriam had just died and he was frustrated with the people, and he was HURT, he had saved the people’s lives when God was ready to destroy them he interceded for them and they didn’t care about him.
11. Fear, Frustration & Hurt are times when anger can really show up and damage.
12. Colossians 3:21 – Fathers, don’t aggravate (provoke) your children. If you do, they will become discouraged and quit trying.
13. We can help relieve aggravation by: marital harmony (best we can given the circumstance we are in), taking time to talk with them, listen to them, praise them and spend time with them.

CONCLUSION

* We need to leave a legacy to the next generation. That generation needs to have relationships with men of this generation that will inspire them to want God in their lives.
* It begins with dads. A dad that will talk about God to his kids, a dad that will pray for and with his kids, and a dad that is careful not to aggravate his kids to wrath and anger is what I would call an incredible dad!
* A dad that is making an impact that will matter now and in the future.
* We want our children to live godly lives and love people.
* 2 Peter 1:5-8 in the New Living Translation gives a great road map to this destination.
* 2 Peter 1:5-8 (NLT) – Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better. Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurances leads to godliness. Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone.
* A dad that can lead his kids to grow to be godly and love people is an incredible dad.
* We need to talk about God, pray, and be careful not to provoke our kids to anger.

PRAY: A call for all men to come forward for a group prayer & blessing on the men of our church.

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June 20, 2010 by PastorDave.

As we worship the Lord on this Father’s day, read what the Holy Spirit wrote about John the Baptist and his ministry in Luke chapter one, “He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah. . .He will precede the coming of the Lord, preparing the people for his arrival. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and he will change disobedient minds to accept godly wisdom.” The one God sent to prepare the people for Jesus was to have the Spirit and power and would turn disobedient minds to God’s wisdom, but did you catch what else he would do? He would turn the hearts of the fathers to their children! That’s how important dad’s are in God’s plan. Today let’s pray for dad that he will be all that God wants him to be!

Pastor David McIntosh

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June 13, 2010 by PastorDave.

Listen to Ephesians 2:1-5 – “Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins. You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin obeying Satan. . .All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. . .BUT GOD is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much, that even while we were dead because of sins, HE GAVE US LIFE when he raised Christ from the dead.” This by itself is enough to cause each one of us to stand and praise our God with all our being!!

Pastor David McIntosh

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June 6, 2010 by PastorDave.

#386, Life By the Spirit, Pastor David McIntosh, Sunday, 06-06-2010

Text: Luke 4:1

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