Wanted: Willing Laborers

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1 My 2009 Cyberspce News Michig News Sermos vilble o DVD ow Cll For more Iformtio Check out the updted website Coloret.org Wted: Willig Lborers Elder Chrles Moore I the book, Every Believer, A Miister, Dr. Rex D. Edwrds grphiclly pits the pthetic picture of fr too my Christis tody. We sig the words of the hym Owrd Christi Soldier, d wit to be drfted ito His service. We sig Oh, For Thousd Togues, but do t use the oes we hve. We sig; Serve the Lord with Gldess, yet we compli whe someoe sks us to do somethig. To prevet ourselves from fllig ito this ctegory, we eed to chge our midset bout the church. It s time tht we, s the church of the Lord Jesus Christ who died d rose gi, move i ew directio. God hs clled the church to do more th survive! God hs clled the church to do more th exist! He wts us to move from plce of survivl to plce of Revivl. I order for us to be successful, there re some cocepts tht we must grb hold of. Jesus shows us i this text tht there is job to be doe. Mtthew 9: 35 Ad Jesus wet throughout ll the cities d villges, techig i their sygogues d proclimig the gospel of the kigdom d helig every disese d every fflictio. 36 Whe he sw the crowds, he hd compssio for them, becuse they were hrssed d helpless, like sheep without shepherd. 37 The he sid to his disciples, The hrvest is pletiful, but the lborers re few; 38 therefore pry erestly to the Lord of the hrvest to sed out lborers ito his hrvest. Kow this, there is eed tht must be fulfilled. Wht Jesus is tellig us here is tht there is eed for lborers. There is eed for folks who re willig to get their hds dirty for the cuse of Christ. We live i world tody where everybody is lookig for somebody. Mjor corportios re lookig for college grdutes with mrketble skills. The Mries re lookig for The Few, the Proud. The Army is lookig for those who re willig to Be All Tht They C Be. The Nvy is lookig for those who wt ot just A Job, But Adveture. The Air Force is lookig for those who wt to Aim High! Everybody is lookig for somebody d becuse we re livig i such perilous times; becuse we re livig i such messed up world; becuse there s much to be doe, our text tells us tht the Lord is lso lookig for someoe who is willig to give their ll. The Lord is lookig for someoe who is willig to help i the hrvest of the lost. The Lord is lookig for someoe who is willig to lbor for the Kigdom. But wht costitutes willig lborer? Wht seprtes him or her from everyoe else? How do I mke sure tht I m doig my prt? The first thig we must do is recogize the relity of wht the situtio is. Notice wht the rel issue is here. He sys i verse 37: The hrvest is pletiful, but the lborers re few I other words, there is much work to be doe, but there re t eough workers to do it. Wht kid of work? The word hrvest, refers to the (Cotiued o pge 2)

2 Pge 2 crop; the produce; the product. However, i our cotext hrvest refers to people; the lost, the hurtig, the uloved. You do t eed to be griculturl mjor to kow tht hrvestig is doe outdoors d ot idoors i the church. Hrvestig is doe i the fields. Tht suggests we hve got to go outside of the four wlls of the church d ito the fields if we re goig to rech others. As Kirk DeVie sys, We ve got to get off our blessed ssurce d go ito the highwys d bywys d compel me, wome, boys, d girls to come to Christ. Some of us hve the Mrth Metlity (Luke 10:38-42) Mrth ws so worried bout her housework tht she did t recogize tht Jesus ws there i the house. Likewise, we c be so worried bout gettig church work doe tht we miss out o gettig Kigdom work ccomplished for the body of Christ. Not oly must we recogize d relize tht the hrvest is Kigdom work, ot church work. We lso eed to recogize the fct tht it is full-time job. So my thik tht it s Sbbth morig, 10:00.m. 12:00 p.m. job, with mybe hour or two throw i o Wedesdy ights. But the Bible lets us kow tht St the dversry is romig to d fro s lio seekig whom he my devour If you kow ythig bout lios, you kow tht they re lwys o the prowl. They re lwys o the hut. They re lwys seekig their prey. So if the eemy is lwys o his job, we should be o ours too. There s o such thig s time clock whe it comes to soul wiig. A lborer ought to lwys be redy to shre the pl of slvtio with others d help led them to Christ. A lborer ought to lwys be redy to witess to others bout the goodess of God. A lborer ought to lwys be redy to go out of his or her wy to tell dyig world tht Jesus lives. As opportuities rise to shre Christ with others o the job, t school, or just i geerl coverstio, we should lwys be redy to shre the vilbility of God s love for ll mkid. God is lookig for some willig lborers for the hrvest. For God s ske be oe. Ame! The bove is codestio of sermo by Kirk DeVie, Triity Missiory Full Gospel Church titled, Wted: Willig Lborers for the Kigdom foud o SermoCetrl.com Cyberspce News geevbegem@chrter.et Greetigs to ll of you out there. Hope you re hvig fu grdeig d mowig the lw. I kow you Phoeix folks ejoy lookig t your pebble lw d thikig bout ll those lws you do ot hve to mow! My 1 ws excitig dy for the Begem fmily becuse we welcomed two ew members to our fmily. Bri (my so) mrried Kte Pihey from erby A Arbor. She is physicl therpist, so she c help Bri whe he rus d gets those ches d pis. The secod fmily member is her dughter, Shy who is 10. Their ew fmily is 3 dughters d so. Bledig fmily together is pryig mtter, so I m sure they could use your pryers. Dvid d Ruth Chrles prtmet ws the perfect solutio for livig qurters for Joel & Crrie DdH durig this time. Do t worry though, the Floridis will be welcomed home to Moroe they will just sleep i differet plce. Shely d Scott Le re out of school i Arizo d we received picture of Dd, Jo, d She o prom ight t school. We wtch the tempertures i Phoeix d hve to dmit tht their ir my be dry, but it hs bee extr wrm there lredy this sprig. Hope ll of you hve gret summer. Check out the picture of this gret-grdbby of Jim d Vicky Ohle. They report is tht Nte still eeds our pryer, but is improvig ll the time. He is off the vetiltor d is over 3 pouds ow. Leslie d Rebecc Miller ejoyed Ester morig with egg hut. Rebecc is relly growig up d Leslie wits bby boy very soo. We wish you d the bby ll the best, Leslie d Tom. Rip d Norm Ripley re ejoyig thigs tht do t require much wlkig owdys. Rip is cotempltig hip replcemet surgery d Norm is still recoverig from her fll couple of moths go. Dorothy Lyto is doig well these dys. She is firig up the iteret to get o lie, so I m lookig forwrd to some emils. It tkes whole host of help to keep us seiors goig sometimes. I would like to sed birthdy greetigs to my Ucle Elmer Hmilto this moth. He will be 80 o the 14 th of Jue d is vid reder of our ewsletter. The comig moth will be busy oe with cmp comig very soo Jue Plese pry for cmp tht we my preset Christ i such wy tht the kids flock to Him. Bless you ech d everyoe.

3 Michig Report Aurie Moore Pge 3 My ws busy, cool, frgrt d hppy moth. It beg with beutiful orge-themed d itimte weddig for Bri Begem d Kte Pihey. The weddig ws held t the church d followed by woderful mel i the bsemet which Kte s ew sisters-ilw, Die d Melid Begem, hosted. Becuse of the swie flu precutios, their hoeymoo pls for Ccu Mexico were ccelled. They soldiered o with smiles o their fces to Mui, Hwii. They retured home to move Bri d his household out of his home i Id d ito Kte s home i A Arbor Michig. My blessigs to you both d your ew bleded fmily cosistig of Shy Pihey d Chelsey, Jord d Dvid Begem. We hd rel tret this moth whe Mrsh Moore, who hs bee missig from church services due to multiple illesses d helth problems for some time, surprised us whe she cme to church with o orthopedic boot o her foot but smile o her fce. She misses church d told us, The devil did t wt me to come, but I sid, NO! I m goig to church! Welcome bck Mrsh, we eed your spuk! Cmp my ot strt util Jue, but My ws the time of pssig wter sfety exms for Tim Begem. The tests hve to be updted so the wterfrot ctivities c cotiue. We hd our ul cmp pre-service ccompied by dessert d ew stff pplictio forms. We re ow required to officilly cler ll stff for protective service complits (which, thkfully, I pssed). By moth s ed, bout 60 cmpers hve siged up. We ll miss some of our regulrs who wo t be ble to come becuse their school does t get out o time. We re skig our reders to tke time to thik if there re y youg people who eed to be t cmp d to pry tht God helps us hve cmp tht mkes lifetime d eterl differece for our kids. Bri s dughter, Chelsey Begem, ejoyed beutiful weddig shower i the church bsemet for her upcomig weddig to Jso Coor. The umber i ttedce ws pheomel d we sw my fmilir d ew fces for the dy. Chelsey ws grcious guest of hoor d we pry for her upcomig mrrige. We hve bee collectig specil offerig throughout the yer to repir our bdly curlig roof. The fud wet through the roof this moth, thks to very uexpected d geerous gift from New Hope Christi Church, our retig fellow church. Their pstor, Pstor Mike Heil, d his wife Dodi lso cme to our ul Sprig Cleig Dy d helped s we trimmed bushes (Dve Fedor), pickig up hrd debris (Terrie Fedor d Dodi Heil), oiled the church (Mike Heil d Chrlie Moore), reiforcig the wheelchir rmp (Tim Begem), cleig the grge (Joe Smeltzer) d cleig the idoors thoroughly (Geev d Dle Begem, Do Diels d Aurie Moore). We hve bee missig Richrd Brow, oe of our ewest members. He d his wife, Crol, re styig i Belleville, Michig. Crol recetly hd surgery o her shoulder. We pry for their helig d hppiess d wish them the best util we see them gi. Thks to ewly istlled wheelchir rmp t his mother Mrshl s ew home, Jmes Gois recetly pid home visit to his mother d sister Jmesh (who hs bee busily triig to ru 5 K rce this moth). The visit ws to see how he c get roud i the ew triler Mrshl bought d wet very well. Crrie d Joel DeH hve moved to Moroe with Kthy d Joe Smeltzer. Crrie is i the midst of preprig to tke her log wited medicl bord exm. It is very difficult exm but we believe if yoe c pss it, Crrie c. The Moroe church relly ejoys seeig her husbd Joel little more. We wo t bother Crrie util exms re over d she strts her residecy t South Shores Hospitl (the remed Sewy Hospitl) i Treto. Util ext moth, my God be with you d you with Him. WE VE UPDATED THE CHURCH WEBSITE. CHECK IT OUT. COLORNET.ORG IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAVE PAPER AND POSTAGE YOU CAN VIEW THIS NEWSLETTER FROM THE WEBSITE. YOU WOULD RECEIVE NOTIFICATION WHEN THE NEWSLETTER IS POSTED ON-LINE. PLEASE DIANE BEGEMAN AT VEGGIE@CHARTER.NET

4 CHURCH OF THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS 1922 LSlle Rod Moroe, MI Church Editor Jmie Crothers Publisher Die Begem website coloret.org Potto Jokes The Why did the potto cross the rod? He sw fork up hed. se re s ome bd cm pfi re jo k es! How do you describe gry potto? Boilig Md. Why did't the mother potto wt her dughter to mrry the fmous ewscster? Becuse he ws commotter. Wht do you sy to gry 300-poud bked potto? Aythig, just butter him up. Wht does British potto sy whe it thiks somethig is woderful? It's mshig! Wht do you cll bby potto? A smll fry!

5 Mom Leslie, Rebecc d eighbor hutig for Ester eggs. Gr e t-g rd m h oldi g egem lsey B e h C r& Coo Jso Shely d dd Jo. Jr. Sr. B quet N orthwes t Christi School egem B ri d B Kte Good Tim es t the ord d, J i v te, D, K i r y B y, Sh e s l Che Pre Cm p metig Aother of Melid s f mous tlks Nt e.