It has been a while since my last post, amazing how the time flies along and before you know it several months have passed. Recently I got the opportunity to be a proud Daddy and travel to Oklahoma City and watch my youngest son Derek Zimmerman (AKA DZ) bring the Word and rightly divide it before 145 homeless people at a Downtown Nazarene Church. My Lord has a call on Derek's heart and I know that soon he is going to be doing amazing things in his life.
It seems like recently every time I went to fire up this blog site to write some thoughts down, life just got in the way. While certainly hearing my youngest son, once addicted to drugs, alcohol and tobacco, now freed from all of them to preach to those still lost was fantastic!!!! Other times it just seemed like I did not follow what the Lord would have me do and I did not follow through.
Now as I sit down to this computer tonight to sit down my thoughts I have just come off a couple of days where I was going through the motions. Have you all ever done that? You showed up and you were walking and talking but when all was said and done you were simply just like an actor playing a part and nothing real was coming out!
I knew this was happening and while I was not pleased about it, I just seemed like I could not get anything solved. This morning I woke up and was going to play that same note, just go through and get on through to the other side, when God showed up!!!
In his loving gentle manner, he allowed His still small voice that Elijah heard on Mount Horeb to play a part in my life. I was reading Proverb 26 and I realized that this Proverb, unlike many of the others that are in the book, had no benefits of what we can get when we follow the Lord. No, the entire Proverb was about the foolish and the wicked and the dangers of running with that crowd. Solomon was writing about the slothful, the fool, the talebearer, and how "Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone it will return upon him." (v.27) The more I pondered the words of this Proverb, the more I was pierced through by my Father's voice telling me to get up and get going!!!!
I realized that I did not want to fall into a pit or have a stone roll back on me, I did not want to be the slothful, the talebearer, but rather I wanted to be the child that listened to his Heavenly Father and simply be obedient.
Later this morning, as I was teaching our Senior and Jr High Youth at my Church, Carrollton Church of the Nazarene, I was struck once more by how the Lord is with us always. I had been teaching on Ephesians 5, but had come across Ephesians 6:19. I like to look at preceding and succeding chapters around something God has revealed to me so I really do not miss anything and on this particular morning as I was sharing with the youth. I was struck by this verse;
"And for me, that utterance may be given unto me that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel."
God was dropping the scales off of my eyes and heart and even at this point he was not quite done with me as I and my wife, Kathy, attended the Sunday Evening Class at Temple Baptist Church where Richard Wallace Jr has been teaching from the Steven Currington Book "BattleShip." The book is showing the different forms of Ships we as Christians should be building (Worship, Fellowship, etc.) Tonight we were finishing out Relationship. It was there that God drove the last point home as Richard was saying it was vital for us to have someone we can develop our Shipbuilding skills as there is a world crying and dying for a word from someone who can tell them how to obtain Joy and Peace and Life. To be a Shipbuilder not only for ourselves but for others and I was reminded once again of Ephesians 6:19.
My God is Great and Gracious and the past several days of my just blowing through life has come to an end and I am taking each moment as a precious jewel and am praying for that Boldness of utterance to someone who is waiting for such lifegiving words.
I pray that each of you have a marvelous week and I also pray that you have the opportunity to be a Shipbuilder for others!!
Blessings
Mike Z.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
RUnning Over Addiction
The Reformers Unanimous 5K and Kids' 1 Mile Fun Run will be held this Saturday! This is an amazing family and community event that you will NOT want to miss. The 5K starts at 8 a.m., followed by the kids' run, and then a short time of awards, and testimonies. The event will be held at the Temple Baptist Church at 2501 Northshore Blvd. in Flower Mound, TX 75028. The cost is $15/$10 per adult/child. All proceeds will go towards the faith-based addiction abstinence program, Reformers Unanimous.
With the proceeds will be looking to cover the cost of two mens' stays at the RU Men's School of Discipleship in Rockford, Ill. We will also be attempting to put some money toward the purchase of piece of property where we can begin to offer full-time care to ladies struggling with addiction.
We DESPERATELY need your help to make this event a success, and to help us to continue to "RUn Over Addiction" in the greater Flower Mound area! For more information please e-mail me at ruman.wallace@gmail.com, or call my cell phone at (214) 683-6714.
If you, or someone you know battles with addiction please meet with us on Friday nights at 7 o'clock at 2501 Northsore Blvd. in Flower Mound, TX or do not hesitate to contact us at the number or e-mail listed above!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Cheryl Timms
What a miracle that those of us who have been associated with Reformers Unanimous in Flower Mound, TX have seen take place in the life of Cheryl Timms. This is just a short portion of God's remarkable grace in this lady's life.
PRECAUTIONS...
The title of today's blog is "Precautions... What Would You Do Differently?" This thought came about this morning as my Angel Wife, Michelle, and I frantically grabbed all of our important family, and financial documents, our valuable belongings, and tried to figure out what to do with a 32" TV, and a 70 lb. English Bulldog.
Last night at 10 p.m. our next door neighbor ventured across our lawns to inform us that in the past month there have been twenty home invasion burglaries... The most recent victim had been the elderly couple who live across the street from us. At some point during the afternoon while all responsible citizens were working this precious couple had been robbed blind.
Of course, Michelle and I see this kind of thing all of the time... ON THE TEN O'CLOCK NEWS!!! Not across the street, or in our quiet, peaceable, out-of-the-way neighborhood!
So that set my Spirit to meditating (as we were literally grabbing EVERYTHING except the kitchen sink) about the EXTRAordinary precautions that we were taking. Really, the threat of a random act of crime happening to us has always been there. However, today we had opted to take more precautions than simply locking up, and drawing blinds. Today! We were taking every caution that we could!
Could I ask you a question? What EXTRAORDINARY precautions would you take if you knew that Satan would try to ravage your life today? Would you do anything differently in the early morning hours of your day? What if you had reason to believe that Satan was going to do his best to pillage your family, your home, your life, your testimony, your ministry, your dreams, your goals, your aspirations, or your precious substance? Can I tell you on the authority of God's Word that every day of Satan's existence is bent on destroying what the Bible calls, "Precious Substance". I Peter 5:8 reminds us to, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" (KJV).
With this information in hand what precautions will you take tomorrow before you venture out into the world's domain?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Schedule Change to Note...
Attention all Lifechangers Group Members, we will NOT be having Lifechangers Group this Sunday morning due to the change in the Easter morning service time. We would, however invite you to sleep in a little bit, and then join us for the 10 a.m. Resurrection Worship Service.
Remember, Christmas is great and Good Friday is wonderful, but the RESURRECTION is where the victory over death, and Satan was won! The Resurrection is the lynchpin doctrine of salvation. If He is not alive than Christ is the same as every other prophet, or "good man" to ever walk the face of the Earth. Praise, God, He is NOT DEAD! He IS ALIVE!
You will surely want to be in your place on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. The choir will be bringing the musical story of the life, death, and resurrection of our Savior: after that Pastor Wallace will be bringing a message.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Today I just want to take a short moment to recognize, and congratulate Ms. Cheryl Timms. Michelle, Gunner, Ember, myself, and Ashley Cappelli had the honor this week-end of traveling to Rockford, Ill. to watch Ms. Cheryl (as Gunner-man has affectionately called her for nearly two years now) graduate from the Reformers Unanimous Women's Discipleship Home.
For anyone who was attending our Friday night classes when Cheryl first started coming you may not recognize the godly lady you see here. It has been incredible to hear, and to see how God has transformed Ms. Cheryl, first on the inside, and how that transformation now glows on the outside.
Ms. Cheryl, Reformers Unanimous Chapter #520 is SOOOOOOOO PROUD of you! Congratulations, Grad!
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