If you need help/have questions

I just wanted to throw out there that if you are in trouble, need advice, have questions, etc. please don’t hesitate to use me as a resource I will accept and answer any emails I get. You are not alone on your journey to find God and sometimes there are bumps along the way…

you can email drewsecret at gmail dot com

A Prayer for the unsaved.

I decided to follow up with a prayer, one that has been on my mind quite often lately and I think is probably shared by others. Please read it and may this prayer help you and perhaps give further voice to your own prayers.

Prayer for our unsaved family and friends.

Lord I would like to pray now for those friends and family in our lives that have yet to hear and accept your word, and ask for mercy on them that they may hear and understand.

Acknowledging that we too once were not saved, and that through your Grace and through your body of the church we were reached by Christians carrying your good news the Gospel of Jesus Christ our lord and saviour.

May you please pour out your will upon them and send multitudes of your Christian believers outward into the world to touch and affect these peoples’ lives, to truly and accurately share your word.

May they please Lord come to know You, the God of Abraham and Moses, the God who sent Jesus to Earth to reconnect us to you our Father in Heaven.

May their eyes be opened to the world of man that they currently are blinded by, may so much of your Grace come on to them that they know beyond any shadow of a doubt that it is YOU Lord working in their lives for their betterment.

And Lord if you would please not give up but give them the time and the opportunity to get closer to you as they either edge slowly forward or jump in will all their hearts into your love and grace.

May your word on Earth the true scripture of the Holy Bible become like clear glass to them Lord that your messages will reach them and touch their minds and hearts, that they may connect with you deeply and richly.

In your name God and the name of your son Jesus Christ we Christians pray fervently and humbly, with great reverence and love and unabashed awe of your greatness filling our hearts and our words. Amen.

Favorite Bible Verses

Just wanted to start with something simple. I have one I wanted to start with, it’s Isaiah 65 17-25. In my copy of “The Message Remix” version of the Bible, it starts like this:

“New Heavens and a New Earth”

“Pay close attention now:

I’m creating new heavens and a new earth.

All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain

are things of the past, to be forgotten.

Look ahead with joy.”

Anticipate what I’m creating:

I’ll create Jerusalem as sheer joy,

take delight in my people:

No more sounds of weeping in the city,

no more cries of anguish;

No more babies dying in the cradle,

or old people who don’t enjoy a full lifetime;

One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal -

anything less will seem like a cheat.

They’ll build houses

and move in.

They’ll plant fields

and eat what they grow.

No more building a hous

that some outsider takes over,

No more planting fields

that some enemy confiscates,

For my people will be as long-lived as trees,

my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work.

They won’t work and have nothing come of it,

they won’t have children snatched out from under them.

For they themselves are plantings blessed by GOD,

with their children and grandchildren likewise GOD-blessed.

Before they call out, I’ll answer.

Before they’ve finished speaking, I’ll have heard.

Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow,

lion and ox eat straw from the same trough,

but snakes – they’ll get a diet of dirt!

Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill

anywhere on my Holy Mountain,” says GOD.

I think the most important part of this (to me), or what sort of stands out as a central message is

“Look ahead with joy.”

That’s such a great message from God to us, that the future is bright for those of us who walk with God in faith. That no matter what trials and tribulations we may have now, that we are with God and he will be with us always – and that he has a plan for us.

Next up is Psalms, I have been exploring them recently on my own and it turns out that a close friend and brother in Christ Tim Hart has also been, and a Psalm from King David was the topic of the message last Sunday at my church Trinity Baptist in Kelowna! Weird no? There seems to be a draw to read the Psalms right now in me and those around me, and I can see why. They are all great.

If you don’t have a Bible, but have a computer (obviously), then you can go to http://www.biblegateway.com and read almost any version of the Bible for free. Like I said I use “The Message Remix” version. There is a similar “Message” on there, but it’s not the same. I presume it’s an older edition(?)

I hope someone finds this inspirational and we can start sharing some favorites together.

Hello world!

Well this is the first post on my new weblog, the umpteenth one I have started.

Thanks for visiting I’m hoping to bring some rational Christian thought to the table and HIGHLY encourage a community, linking and discussing things with others. So let’s get on eachother’s blogrolls, and comment away!