Spiritual Warfare - Are you ready?

"For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have devine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. - C. S. Lewis

The Lord has been dealing with me this week on Spiritual Warfare. I believe that we are in a battle that most Christians may not be ready for and that disturbs me. So many times we hear people asking questions like, "why did this happen" or "why did that happen" and "I can't seem to get my prayers past the ceiling" or "I just don't feel like ...". We have a battle to fight in the Spiritual realm as Christians and we have the tools to fight with, all we have to do is fight with them!

I will post more about this in a few days, but for now, ask yourself this question: "If God wants me to be the pointman in this Spiritual battle, am I ready?"

Pictures from Senior Camp

Baptizing Service and
Fun Time

VBS - Saddle Ridge Ranch

Vacation Bible School starts this Sunday night, June 13th at 6pm around here at Kempville Chapel. We have already begun the transformation from a church building to a ranch with the likings of horses, hay, saddles, fences, corrals, etc... I've even seen some boots laying around the place! We are expecting a great time with the cowboys & cowgirls riding around and asking questions about Jesus!

Join us if you can June 13th thru 17th. We begin nightly at 6pm and we should have all the chores done and ready for the cowboys & cowgirls to retire for the night around 8:30.

Camp Hickory Hills

I will not be posting anything for at least a week from today due to being out of town. I have been asked to participate in Youth Camp for the Church of God of Prophecy this coming week for the Senior (ages 15-17) camp! I am very much excited about this opportunity because I actually grew up going to camp with a lot of the, now, workers of youth camp. Does that mean we are getting old? Anyway, I'm looking forward to harvesting new relationships with young people from all across Tennessee. I can sit right where I am today and think back on my youth camp experiences and relationships that God has cultivated over the years and I believe that those experiences and relationships helped mold me into what I am today. Not that I am anything special, but I know where I've been and what God has brought me through! I thank God for Church Camp and I just want to "return the favor"!

This years theme for the Senior camp is:

Colossians 2:8 says, “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.” The “Basic” principles we need are those of Christ! Do we have these tools, these “Basic” principles, that Christ intends us to have in order to stand against the enemy? Furthermore, do we have the “Basic” principles we need in order to disciple those we are winning to Christ?

Please keep campers & workers in your prayers this week (Sat. - Thur.) that the Holy Spirit will work in our lives and make us the Christians that we ought to be. Pray that we will impact someones life for God this week! God Bless!

Religious Nonsense

Read this quote the other day and thought that I would share with you. I agree 100%:

"one of the nastiest, most vile spirits to confront is a religious spirit. The person with this spirit will kill you and think they are doing God a favor. Their arrogance is only surpassed by their ignorance. In their blindness, they will only lead others into the ditch with them. "we are saved by grace through faith," Period!
- McKinley

Another thought on those controlled by a religious spirit. To call them antagonist would be an understatement. Because they are not comfortable with who they are, they are not happy until they make everyone around them miserable. Controlling and manipulative, they pick "religious" fights, and then when destruction comes and innocent people are hurt, they climb back up on their "high horse," and ride off.
-McKinley