http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com Faith, Family & Fellowship in Marianna FL Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:09:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Psalm 34 Obedience is the highest form of worship. However, we will not offer our lives as living sacrifices if we have not first lifted Christ up in a spirit of thanksgiving and praise. Worship must be practiced 7 days a week or it won’t be ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/09/07/preparing-our-hearts-for-worship/ Back in 1996, when I was nineteen, I purchased a used Honda four-wheel drive ATV. Over the last twelve years a lot of memories were made on that ATV. Originally it was used to transport me from field to field as a cotton scout. Memories of mud bogging with close ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/09/07/its-still-got-a-few-memories-left-in-it/ Earlier this week I cut down a pine tree in my back yard due to a dangerous broken limb hanging over Anna Ryan’s play area. It was close enough to the house to potentially do major damage if a storm came. Years ago that tree was planted as an apparently ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/09/01/when-small-things-grow-up/ 2 Corinthians 9:1-15  Today we often do God’s work in the church without really giving any thought to God. We do the same thing in our personal lives. God has plenty of money, meaning He doesn’t need our money, and is more than able to provide ample provision for our ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/09/01/depending-on-god-for-our-provision/ Matthew 14:22-33 We all want God to work through our lives and do mighty things. There are two qualities that a man must have before God will do what we as humans call great things. These two qualities are connected like Siamese twins: one is brokenness; the second is an ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/08/25/walking-on-water/ A few weeks ago I preached about how we as believers have a responsibility to help the broken “rise up” so they may walk again. If Free Will Baptists in the state of Florida are to survive, we must work together at a level beyond the local church. No one ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/08/25/hurricane-disaster-relief/ If you ask people if there is ever a time for war most would quickly respond without a second thought yes!  However, if the same question is asked on the brink of war many of the same people who formerly answered yes would respond with a definite ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/08/17/a-time-for-war/ Selected Scripture All of my life pastors have heralded the message of Christ’s return.  Like the story of the boy who cried wolf, the message has lost its affect on hearers.  Te Bible specifically speaks of certain things that will precede the Lord’s return.  I do not ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/08/17/i-cant-believe-this-is-happening/ Taking Every Thought Captive to the Obedience of Christ Sunday night when Jamie and I went to pick up Anna Ryan from her grandparents, she met us at the door and uttered a very profound statement. I immediately said, "Hey that will make a great title for a pastor’s ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/08/09/taking-every-thought-captive/ All around us we see people that are broken every day.  Jesus gave us the command to "Love your neighbor as yourself."  Many people have given up hope of ever having a life again.  They look to the church today for a mere handout when what they need is a ... http://www.marvinchapelfwb.com/2008/08/09/the-power-to-heal-a-broken-world/