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Feeling Invisible?

Nicole Johnson
Nicole's sketch "The Invisible Woman" brings a powerful message of hope to every taken-for-granted woman in today's world. This video shared with permission from Fresh Brewed Life, Inc.

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Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

Backsliders - Question for You

Backsliders: why sliding away from Jesus – the One who has never hurt but loved you? Why not for a change slide away from Satan who is a thief and murderer? It would be for sure the best deal indeed. C’mon! Slide to Jesus the Savior. God bless you. REINHARD BONNKE.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

For the New Year

Hold firmly to your faith (Hebrews 4:14)
Act justly and mercifully (Micah 6:8)
Pray with thanksgiving every day(1Thessalonians 5:17-18)
Praise God's name forever (Psalm 145:1)
Yeild your heart to the Lord (Joshua24:23)

Neglect not opportunities to do good (Galatians 6:10)
Examine yourselves daily (2 Cor 13:5)
Work fully for the Lord (1 Cor 15:58)

Yeild yourself to righteousness (Romans 6:11,16)
Endure trials patiently (Revelation 2:3)
Aim for Christian maturity (Hebrews 6:1)
Remember the deeds of the Lord (Psalm 77)

God Bles you in the New Year
Pastor Kitner

Be Encouraged in this Day.

There is no need that exceeds His power or provision!
Ephesians 3:20 (NIV) 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

A Big Thing

"Little things are little things...but faithfulness in little things is a Big thing."
-Hudson Taylor

The Lord places great value on faithfulness. At the time I stand before the Lord I want to hear the words - Well done my good and faithful servant.

Be faithful even unto death and receive your crown of life.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

God's Full Armor

God's Full Armor

Ephesians 6:10 - 18 (KJV) 10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

This word of instruction comes to us as encouragement and how to have victory in our lives as Christians. Life comes at us fast sometimes and we can be stable in all the things that come our way.
We have the armor of God - the full armor.
The above scripture allows us to see where we are attacked in our lives. The battle is a spiritual battle.

1. There is a battle for truth in our lives.
2. There is a battle for the direction of our walk and the sureness of it.
3. There is a battle against our faith in the Lord.
4. There is a battle against our mind and our stability in your thinking.
5. There is a battle against our prayer life and it's focus.
In life we are sorely tested at times but GOD always causes us to triumph in Christ Jesus.

God bless you and strengthen you and keep you by His power
Pastor Chuck

This is God.
Today I will be handling All of your problems for you.. I do Not need your help. So, have a nice day.

I love you.

P.S. And, remember...
If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to resolve it yourself! Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. I will get to it in MY TIME.. All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours.

Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.

If you find yourself stuck in traffic, don't despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work; think of the man who has been out of work for years..

Should you despair over a relationship gone bad; think of the person who has never known what it's like to love and be loved in return.

Should you grieve the passing of another weekend; think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children.

Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance; think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.

Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror; think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.
Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose? Be thankful. There are those who didn't live long enough to get the opportunity.

Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities; remember, things could be worse. You could be one of them!

Should you decide to send this to a friend; Thank you. You may have touched their life in ways you will never know!

Now, you have a nice day...God

Author unknown to me.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

Special weekend for Me

This weekend will be my 22 year anniversary at the church I have been the pastor of since 1987. My birthday is officially on Saturday and I have reached 65 and Sunday =22 yrs exactly.

When I came here we moved on my birthday and my first sermons as pastor here were on Sunday September 27. I have learned a lot here, both about myself and about people. God has also taught me a lot about Himself as I have been here. I have been through times of great happiness and joy and of great sadness and sorrow as well. At times I wanted to leave here in the worst way. God has never opened another door for me to leave but chose to bless me here.

The Lord is good all the time.

Trust God!

Be blessed!
Pastor Kitner

A Great Day

Had an awesome day yesterday. We had a great service as I preached the last of 6 messages on write the vision. Casting the vision before the church of what God says church is all about. The presence of God in the service was awesome and We were blessed with visitors from Illinois and New York.

A New Book was made available at our morning service.
One of the folks that is at the church I pastor has authored a book and it is now off the press and available to the public. I have the FIRST signed copy. You can go to her website and order the book and she is available to come and minister at your church on prayer which is the essence of the book. America Take Five to Pray.
America Take Five

Call the First Assembly of God in Blairsville Pa. to make arrangements for her to come to minister at your church.

We took a Wyotech student to lunch. God brought him to our church and has been challenging him to not be afraid to go and follow the Lord in what He is calling him to do. God is awesome.

Then we went to do a water baptism. A young lady that is wanting more of the Lord. She was reading her Bible and said she saw she needed to be water baptized. I asked her some questions during the water baptismal time and ahe publiclly confessed Jesus as her Lord and Saviour at that time, in front of family and friends, and we baptized her in water. Right after that we celebrated her birthday with chocolate cake..it was great!

God is Good all the time and all the time God is good.

Blessings on ya!
Pastor Kitner

God is incredible!

Jeremiah 1:4 - 10 (KJV) 4Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.


God is incredible. Isn't He?
Before He formed us in our mothers womb He knew or chose us. God has set us apart individually for the very thing He designed us to do. We think we came to God on our own but in John's Gospel Jesus says He chose us.

What is truly amazing to me is that God thinks about me now and He has already provided for my eternity.

So if God be for us who can be against us? We need not be afraid to do what it is that God has equiped us to do. There should be no fear factor there in anything we do for the Lord.

Ask God what it is that He has set you apart to do.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

By the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God

2 Corinthians 1:1 - 6 (KJV) 1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: 2Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

In the trials and tribulations of life, what have you come through? How has God comforted you and enabled you to be of some comfort to others?

I have been through a major heart surgery - a quad bypass and major cancer surgery as well and all in one year. God gave me the grace and a Word that sustained me through everything even to this day after all the surgery and recovery time. That is why I am making myself available to go to whomever necessary to help people understand that God is with them. And that He is able to bring them through the roughest rapids of life that there is and still take them forward in their journey of this life. God comforted me in so many ways and I want to share how He did it with me and encourage others that He will do it for them also.
Let me challenge you also to share, with someone else, what God has done for you in your time of needing comfort and help. There is a blessing waiting to happen in your life.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

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Your thoughts and words --

Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) 7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Your thoughts and words help to set the course of your day. Your attitude is vital in your service to the Lord.

Proverbs 18:20 - 21 (KJV) 20A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Romans 10:17 (KJV) 17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Romans 10:17 (NIV) 17Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

Galatians 6:6 - 8 (KJV) 6Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Philippians 4:4 - 8 (KJV) 4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
See also vss. 11-12


Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

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10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe

Pastor: 10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe
from The Christian Post
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
Thu, May. 14 2009 08:53 AM EDT
http://www.christianpost.com/

Many Christians, new and seasoned alike, tend to bank on promises that God never made, says one pastor.

So when God doesn't come through on those "promises," some are likely to become angry at God.

And "that to me as a pastor over all my years is always one of the saddest things," says Larry Osborne, teaching pastor at North Coast Church in Vista, Calif.

Osborne, whose church draws over 7,000 people, is hoping to spare a lot of Jesus followers from that anger. He’s also hoping Christians will peruse Scripture more and align themselves with what God really says rather than the “word on the street.”

So he spelled out some of the "dumb things smart Christians believe" – ten, to be specific – in a new book.

He calls those "dumb things" spiritual urban legends – a belief, story, assumption, or truism that gets passed around as fact even in Sunday-school class or a Bible study.

"What happens ... is somebody passes out a truism that sounds good and we've just heard it so many times [that] we don't bother to check it out," Osborne explained to The Christian Post. "And that's the source of most of these urban legends. They're true partially, but they're not true completely."

One of the partial truths many Christians fall victim to is the belief that living God's way will bring good fortune.

"The Bible makes no such promise," Osborne writes in 10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe.

The 57-year-old pastor recalls one moment when a church attendee named Tim waited in line to talk to him after a weekend worship service.

"[A]s soon as I said, 'Hey, what's up?' he let loose," Osborne writes. "'Bleep your bleeping God!' he exclaimed. 'I'm done. Your Jesus hasn't done me a bit of good. I've tried to clean up my act. I even tried your damn tithing thing. It doesn't work. I just lost my job. My wife needs surgery, and now I don't have any insurance. Where's your bleeping God when we need him?'"

"After a few more expletives, he finally turned and stormed out. I never saw him again."

Osborne notes that it wasn't a series of "tough breaks" or "unfortunate events" that caused Tim's tirade. Rather, it was "a set of unfounded and unrealistic expectations about what it means to follow God and what should happen when we venture to do so" that set him off.

Tim's case isn't unique. Many Christians expect things to work out when living God's way, Osborne says.

"They all figure that a little bit of God might bring a little bit of luck. So why not rub the bottle and see if a genie pops out?" he writes.

Holding such a belief, however, could prove to be spiritually dangerous. Moreover, it results in a lot of "pretenders or dabblers" who try to play by the rules of Christianity but not really believe in what they're abiding.

"When we assume, imply, or promise that God is supposed to bring us good luck and lots of success, we're set up for deep disappointment and spiritual cynicism," he writes. "Even worse, we risk turning the King of kings into little more than a good-luck charm."

Osborne also warns that those who introduce Christ to others and testify of only the "abundant Christian life" while downplaying the "harder teachings of Jesus" set the stage for disillusionment when things go awry.

Following Christ can be tough and having faith isn't always going to fix everything.

It's another spiritual urban legend – that faith can fix anything – and another one that can lead to an angry outburst or a spiritual meltdown.

As a pastor, this is one of the most common urban legends Osborne has encountered.

Many Christians believe ridding themselves of doubts and having clear positive thinking – which is how many define "faith" – will lead to their desired outcome such as physical healing. But having faith doesn't always lead to victory, at least not in the earthly sense.

While the Bible famously "tells of kingdoms won, lions muzzled, flames quenched, weaknesses turned to strength, enemies routed, [and] the dead raised," it also speaks of people of faith who were "tortured, jeered, flogged, imprisoned, stoned, sawed in two, and put to death by the sword."

They all lived by faith "yet their faith didn't fix anything," Osborne points out.

What faith does promise, however, is forgiveness and the gift of eternal life.

"Faith is ... not an impenetrable shield that protects us from life's hardships and trials. It's not a magic potion that removes every mess," Osborne writes in his book. "It's designed to guide us on a path called righteousness."

Faith, Osborne says, is trusting enough to obey.

The other eight spiritual urban legends he lists are: forgiving means forgetting, a godly home guarantees godly kids, God has a blueprint for my life, Christians shouldn't judge, everything happens for a reason, let your conscience be your guide, a valley means a wrong turn, and dead people go to a better place.

The common thread through all of them, Osborne said, is the "disillusionment that comes when we bank of promises that God actually never made."

They're "partial truths that we shouldn’t be building the whole house on," said Osborne, who has been teaching a four-week series on urban legends – which include more than ten – over the past summers.

While Christians are not likely to buy into all of them, most may have one or two that they fall victim to, the North Coast pastor believes.

"Sometimes we treat the Bible as if it's a series of sound bites and little sayings that we can put on t-shirts, coffee cups and posters," Osborne pointed out. "But it's a big book."

"We need to look at what the Bible says about any subject in all of its passages. And when we do that we'll avoid these urban legends."

© The Christian Post all rights reserved.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

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Pastor Kitner

Life’s Little Enjoyments

Life’s Little Enjoyments

I was reflecting on some things that I really like in life. The things we do that can be called “let’s make a memory” time. Here are some thoughts about these times.
One of the things that I enjoy very much in our life is the fact that we have somewhat of a family get together on Sunday after church almost every Sunday. We have our children, that are around the area, here for a meal and fellowship, along with a few other friends from time to time.
This is an important part of our life because we came from families that did not do this to much. It gives us a great sense of bonding and understanding of love for one another. As a pastor I see that this kind of bonding is missing from so many families. People used to sit down together for a meal at the table. The table was a place for conversation and interaction with the family and others. The communication with each other gave a sense of being important enough to be heard. Many life lessons were shared there and many life lessons were handled there without having to seek outside help.
One of the things that happens when you have this kind of family time is traditions are made for your family. Another is there is always an open door where questions can be asked and answered. Yet another is that the family cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers in-law and sisters in-law etc all know each other face to face and can build lasting relationships with each other.
When I (pastor Kitner)was young we all went to my grandpaps cottage and we had a great time. This was good until my grandfather died. Then it all ceased and people went their separate ways. I guess I am trying in my own small way to re-establish this as our family tradition but I want it to continue long after I am gone if the Lord tarries.
Let me know what some of your family times involve that make good memories for you.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

Thinking Related to Relationships

This is another section from John Maxwell's book "Thinking for a Change". I suggest that you get the book and read it from cover to cover. There are a lot of good principles on "thinking" given for your help.
When you think about something reflectively, ask the right questions.
Important questions that help you stay focused and keep you moving to improve on your life and actions.

Thinking Related to Relationships: Part I

1. Marriage and Family: Did I communicate love to my wife and children (or others) and grandchildren today? How did I show that love? Did they feel it? Did they return it?

2.Friends: Have I been a good friend this week? To Whom? What did I do? Is there something else I need to do? Is there another friend who needs me?

more to come.....

See John Maxwell's site

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

Reflective Thinking Part III

This is another section from John Maxwell's book "Thinking for a Change". I suggest that you get the book and read it from cover to cover. There are a lot of good principles on "thinking" given for your help.
When you think about something reflectively, ask the right questions.
Important questions that help you stay focused and keep you moving to improve on your life and actions.

Thinking Related to Values: Part III

5.Physical Health: Did I exercise at my optimal heart rate for thirty-five minutes today? Have I exercised at least five times in the last seven days? Did I stay on my low fat diet today?

6. Personal Faith: Did I represent God well today? Did I practice the Golden Rule? Have I "walked the second mile" with someone?

This ends the section on "Thinking related to values". We will begin a look at other thinking in regard to relationships and experiences tomorrow.- Check back

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

See John Maxwell's site

Reflective Thinking Part II

This is another section from John Maxwell's book "Thinking for a Change". I suggest that you get the book and read it from cover to cover. There are a lot of good principles on "thinking" given for your help.
When you think about something reflectively, ask the right questions.
Important questions that help you stay focused and keep you moving to improve on your life and actions.

Thinking Related to Values: Part II

3. Teamwork: What did I do with someone else that made both of us better? Would the other person agree that it was a win/win? Can we do something else together to continue our mutual Success?

4. Leadership: Did I lead by example today? Did I lift my people and organization to a higher level? What did I do and how did I do it?

More to follow tomorrow....

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

See John Maxwell's site