No Shame

A couple of nights ago while eating at a local restaurant I noticed two women with two young children come into the restaurant and sat down. They went and served themselves from the buffett. I didn't think they had paid upon entering which was how this resteraunt was set-up.
While eating their meal a waitress asked if they had paid,  When she informed the manger they hadn't paid the manager started calling someone (police I suppose). The women and children left quickly.

What I must say that shocked me the most was the women were not the least bit ashamed and almost seemed to have the attitude that they were entittled to eat there for free!
No matter how you see it those "ladies" (term used in the loosest since of the word)  stoled from the resturant. You could argue they were just trying to feed the children (wny did the two adults have more food) or maybe they were hungry ( they didn't look too hungry if you catch my drift).  Bottom line is they are theives.

 I have often wondered how modern society would handle immeadate punishment for any wrongs (sins) comiited. God would dole out punishment as soon as the LAW was broken.

Remember Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:1-10 of the New Testament?.  God Struck Ananiash dead at the alter. Then when Saphira comitted the same sin she was struck down too. You see what they did was essenitally what the "ladies" did. They stoled and lied. The "ladies" from the resturant,  Annais and Sapphiria from God.. Both cases totally without shame. Both case have consequences.



I just wonder what would happen tomorrow at work if someone stoled something or lied about something and the Lord strucjk them down immeadately how long would it take to make a better work enviroment. How many people would still be there to take care of the patients. Would you ? Would I? Something to think about isn't it.

Deacon Dan
Pastor Dan


John 3:30

WOW AGAIN

My little church Union Chapel has had an increase in attendence
Ordained into the ministry on Mothers Day
My first Funeral today
To God Be The Glory

WOW

Well My Last Post was in June 2010. I alluded to the fact that I had done pulpit supply here in the Delta. You see in April 2010 my wife and I went to the alter at our church my prayer was God if you want me to go into the ministry if you opened the door I'll go through it. I didn't tell anyone about this. The very next day I recieved a phone call to preach at a church. The calls kept coming . Wednesday nights, Sunday morning breakfasts many more churches.
After several Sundays in one particular church I recieved another fateful call A deacon from that little church called and we talked. A week later I met with the deacon board. I have been their pastor now for about two and a half months. We have seen the attendance grow from between seven to thirteen to twenty to twenty-five. God is blessings our church. I will be posting my sermons here on a regular basis. They will not be verbatim as I delivered them but the main thought and verses will be here. Only my personal analogys will missing.
Brother Dan
John 3:30

The Deacons Corner

Well A lot has happened since my last post. We have an interim pastor. So I have not written any more articles. I have rotated out of the "hot seat" as the chairman of the deacon council. My youngest daughter graduated college on May 8th and then got married on May 15th. All the while I have filled several pulpits in this area. God has given me many blessings. Today is my oldest daughters birthday and she's a great mother, wife, daughter and teacher. She was an answer to prayers over 28 years ago.

First Baptist Church Tutwiler, MS 4-11-10

The Reason For The Season

Ecclesiastes 3:1 3 To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:

From 1960 to 1980, the divorce rate more than doubled
Though the divorce rate seems to have decreased and stabilized, it
is with a skewed look at the data. The study does not take
into account more couples co-habitat now. Men and women are
waiting longer to get married and it does not ask if a married
person is on first marriage or consecutive marriages.

W. Bradford Wilcox is the director of the National Marriage
Project at the University of Virginia and a senior fellow at the
Institute for American Values. See

If you look at the magazine counter of any store you’ll find
numerous novels and magazines devoted to romance and love.

Television shows today show a perverted idea of love; shows like
Desperate housewives, Army wives, Married with children, Ellen
Degenerate and Will and Grace.

Many people seek to be loved and accepted. We are born with a
need for love.

Love is mentioned in the bible (573 xs NKJ) & 429 KJ times.


I contend that the real reason for this season is Love.

First what is Love:
Some say Love is Blind
We find In
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NKJV)4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails…………………

Jesus said to the disciples in John 15:17 (NKJV)17 These things I command you, that you love one another

What about you? Do you feel unloved? The enemy will tell you no one loves you. God loves you. We see in Romans 5:8 (NKJV)
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

A very familiar verse says it all. You may have learned this verse when you were small and still felt loved.
John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten, Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV)3 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:


What Season are you in? Are you in a season of hope or despair?
Do you want to know true Love. Make this Easter season the
Season you experience true love. The Love of the Father.
Jesus said: in John 14:6 (NKJV)
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Article 53 The Deacons Corner

The three amigos for a medical company on the way to The Cleveland Clinic. Myself, Paul Rigoni and Mike Bonfig We all worked in CT for this company. I was grateful to be with two of the smartest people at the company. The one thing we had in common other than CT was a sharp sense of humor. As Mike drove our discussions would vary. Sometimes it would be just laughter as we would pull pranks on each other.

I saw a tree in full bloom just like one I have in my back yard. I called it by the name I had been told it was a "Tulip Tree". Miked and Paul just rolled with laughter. Paul said it was a Japanese magnolia.
You see being the only southern person in our group I was always hit with southern jokes. All in good fun. I learned a valuable lesson that day.
When I got back to the hotel my research began. I surfed the web. When I got home I looked in my encyclopedias. I was right, the trees common name was a Tulip tree because the bloom looked like a tulip. Paul was right because it was a Japanese magnolia. Every time I see the blooms on a "Tulip tree" I think of my friends. I miss working with them. I am also reminded we should "test" our knowledge and seek out the truth in Gods word that we are given by others. We find in 1 Thessalonians 5:21:
21 Test all things; hold fast what is good.

I have many good memories of my days at that company. I'll hold fast onto them and God's Word



With the Love of Christ
Deacon Dan
John 3:30

The Deacons Corner 3/15/10

Working in the medical field I see people in pain everyday. It reminds me of how much pain this world has in it. There is pain that comes from injuries we suffer. A broken arm maybe from a fall, a hurt back from lifting improperly or maybe pain from a burn while cooking. Yes there is much pain in this world.
I remember visiting with our former interim pastor Dr. Stan May to a lady's home. She felt pain. Her pain was not physical though. It was more of mental pain some real pain some perceived pain. Mostly her pain came from life choices she had made in the past. Family members had deserted her, she was divorced . Her pain was so great I felt as if it slithered onto me by the time we left. Dr. May had a message of Hope for her. He didn't hesitate to share the love of Christ and God. She felt even God had turned His back on her.
So many people become depressed and believe that God has turned His back on them. Even Jesus experienced this type of despair in Mark 15:34 we read And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” As Jesus took our sin on himself He seemed all alone. But the good news is we don't have to be. Jesus said in Matthew 28:20 ...................and, Lo I am with you Always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

May you know the Love of Jesus Christ

With the Love of Christ
Deacon Dan
John 3:30