Entries by Robert Shaw

Praise Report

This morning while reviewing my emails I saw one that I thought I should share with you. During the service the Lord released a word of knowledge that someone’s lower back was in need of healing. I asked if anyone in the service was having lower back pain and several hands shot up. The challenge […]

Freely Volunteering

1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here offer voluntarily and freely to You. As summer time is in full swing […]

Raise the Roof!

“How often do you get a chance to reach deep into history and bring something back?”  –Rick Brown “Raise the Roof” was a PBS documentary regarding the reconstruction of an 18th century, Polish wooden synagogue by acclaimed artists/educators Rick and Laura Brown, in the country of Poland. After working for ten years with hundreds of students, educators, […]

Are You Making the Connection?

I don’t know if you’ve noticed the landscaping that has been done around the church lately – but it’s looking pretty good. This did not happen by itself. Last Friday Kent Lee, Vic Medlin, and Jake Donofrio mowed grass and edged for several hours to achieve a look exemplifying our care for God and His […]

Being Saved and Seeing Jesus Are Not the Same

Is it enough to “be saved?” Is there something deeper we are all called to? Do you only see what Jesus has done for you; what He can do for you? How big is your God? Is He big enough; bigger than your circumstances? John 15:1 “I AM the True Vine…” Vine in the Greek […]

Transformation Church Assessment Meeting Results

Could you forward this to those you know aren’t necessarily reading the blogs or signed-up to receive them? What were the results of our Transformation Discovery Meeting? What are some ideas that I have regarding how to “flesh” these out over the next several months and year? Following our Transformation Discovery Meeting with Dr. Bob […]

Church “Prayer Works” Room Open for Prayer at 2:00 PM!

Lisa Drogan will be in the “Prayer Works” Room to pray with anyone who wants to join her for National Day of Prayer. Please send her an email to let her know that you are planning on attending. Her e-mail address is: lisadrogan@gmail.com. National Day of Prayer Suggests the Following Prayer Topics: Corporate Prayer Dear […]

From Hiding to Abiding

What do you do when you try to hear from God and hear nothing but your own thoughts bouncing around in your head?  How is it that we believe more in the power of the devil to deceive us than in the power of God to lead us? Why is it that we believe the […]

Somethings Wrong?

How is it that an individual can read, and study the Bible and not hear God speak? How is it that they can know about God but not recognize the various ways He communicates personally? Why do millions of church attenders rarely, if ever, compare and contrast their life to the lives of Biblical characters […]

Last Adam?

Other than losing their “lodging” in the Garden what was the primary thing Adam and Eve lost in the Garden of Eden? Was it that they were going to be slaves of satan and sin? Read on to find out. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an […]

Ghost in the Machine

  In 1981 the British rock band “Police” produced an album titled “Ghost in the Machine.” One of it’s songs “Spirits in the Material World” states the very thing Jesus was seeking to awaken us to. The French philosopher Rene’ Descartes proposed a similar idea when he coined the phrase: “cogito ergo sum” (English: “I […]

Doubt Your Doubt

John 20:25 AMP “So the other disciples kept telling him, We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the marks made by the nails and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe [it].” We’ve been exploring the […]

Can You Hear What I Hear?

John 15:7 AMP If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. In the 2016 movie “Copying Beethoven” a fictionalized account is made of the last years of Beethoven’s life depicting his struggle with not being able to hear his own music. In […]

What Would Jesus Do?

John 15:4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. In 1896, Pastor John Sheldon, delivered a series […]

Can You See Him?

Luke 24:16 AMP Classic “But their eyes were held, so that they did not recognize Him.” Scholars, theologians, and Christians for the past several years have debated why the Jesus was unrecognizable in His post resurrection body. Many have postulated, myself included, that since Jesus was in His glorified, resurrected body it was difficult for […]

2017 State Convention – New Resolutions

At this years State Convention, two resolutions were adopted. You can read them below. Resolution Denouncing Racism WHEREAS, The Bible clearly teaches that God has created all men and women in His image, from all tribes and nations of the world (Genesis 1:27; Acts 17:26); and WHEREAS, Christ died for the sins of people from […]

21 Day Fast – Day 11

Day 11. Hump Day. We are half-way through our 21 day fast. I was doing my Experiencing God study and happened upon this statement by Henry Blackaby: “What is God’s will for my life? One of my seminary professors, Gaines S. Dobbins, used to say, “If you ask the wrong question, you will get the […]

21 Day Fast – Day 10

How is everyone doing on there fast? Today is day 10 of our 21 day, and the second day of our meditations in Experiencing God. Tomorrow night we have our second prayer meeting. I began fasting back in the 90’s and was often amazed at how God’s grace would “carry” me through the time of […]