The Contenders For The Faith

I was recently asked to preach to Haven Baptist Fellowship in Douglas, Arizona. We loaded up all the kids, headed down, and had a wonderful time with the folks down there. What a great group of believers! I hope to visit with them again very soon.

The Lord laid on my heart the last two verses of I Corinthians 6, so this is what I preached.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

I posted this on my blog at:

http://www.jasonburtonfamily.net

But I thought it was worth repeating here:

We just had great success with our garage sale the past two weekends. I always say, "I hate having garage sales," and I still do, but it is amazing how much easier it is when you do well, praise the Lord!

It amazes me how helpful the kids were the past two weekends. Sometimes as you go through life day by day, it is difficult to step back and realize how special each of your children are. As parents, we too often take for granted the time God has given us with our kids.

Jason Burton Family

I just wanted to announce that about a month ago, we started http://www.jasonburtonfamily.net. Stop in and let me know what you think!

God bless,

Jason

I was reading through the book, "The Life of David Brainerd," a journal kept by the man and edited by Jonathan Edwards. It reads as follows.

"At times I grew remiss and sluggish, without any great convictions of sin, for a considerable time together; but after such a season convictions sometimes seized me more violently. One night I remember in particular, when I was walking solitarily abroad, I had opened to me such a view of my sin that I feared the ground would cleave asunder under my feet, and become my grave; and send my soul quick into hell, before I could get home."

I wanted to type in an excerpt from a book I'm currently reading, "Revival Praying, by Leonard Ravenhill.

"If we today could rediscover the virtue in that Name, the victory in that Name, the violence in that Name, we could set this world alight for God. Most of us have enough grace to scrape through the day, but we have nothing over. We are conquerors but are not "more than conquerors." We can fight off the enemy but cannot take any prisoners. Ours is a defense action, not an attacking power."

Well, we just finished another Hatefulness Hour, and it was a great one. Next week we are going to have a special guest on the program speaking about the King James Bible, one of our favorite topics around here.

I would also like to post a blog sometime soon about this race we are running as Christians. It can be a rough road sometimes, but the writer of Hebrews puts it well:

Awhile back, I preached a sermon on cliques within the local church. It was focused on how many in the pews are overlooked and ignored, and how they are left starving for fellowship from those "inner circle" folks that tend to flock together. It is very much an emotion that God has put into us that we desire being around other Christians and fellowshipping with others of like faith.

Pro 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

1Jo 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Well folks, we get the fine opportunity of broadcasting on Christ Mass day, and will be LIVE at our regular time. It will be an interesting show, as usual, and look forward to your calls. Next week, we will be LIVE on New Year's Day. Come celebrate these HOLY days with us here at the Covenanter's Call.

Jason

Sometimes, it is so hard to stay on the right path during our Christian walk. There are many things that can throw us off, whether it be yielding to the flesh, taking the suggestions of Satan, or walking hand-in-hand with the world. Many "Christians" have decided the struggle to do right is not worth the effort, so they refuse to deal with aspects of their lives that are inconsistent with the Bible.

It is worth the effort!

I have often made the statement to friends of mine that if they were to turn back from the strait path, if my pastor was to turn back from the strait path, if my wife and children were to turn back from the strait path, I would stand in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Well, we had another great hour in radio with the special Christmas edition of Hatefulness Hour. This is my favorite hour because I really like to hear what is frustrating people out there. And some of it is really OUT THERE. We even had someone call in to say they hate white people tonight! Of course, we have no idea why they have something against albinos, but they will just have to deal with it. We haven't heard from some of our old listeners in quite awhile, so I want to encourage all of our listeners to call. We do appreciate all our listeners, and callers help to make the show what it is (don't know if this is a good thing or not.