I am grateful to be a part of this great fellowship. For 19 years I have been licensed to preach with the Assemblies of God and I am proud to be an AG minister.

I am a part of this denomination because I believe in it. I believe in what it stands for and what it holds as meaningful to the heart of God. It is evident that God has blessed the Assemblies of God these 100 years. The power of the Holy Spirit is evident in the churches of this great church. 100 years ago, men and women of God decided to start a movement that would be passionate about the Word of God, preaching, missions and the moving of the Spirit.

I, for one, am thankful for their obedience. It was in an Assembly of God church that I surrendered my life to Christ and found His delivering power. It was in this church that I discovered my calling to preach. It was in this movement that I have pastored for 18 years.

The Assemblies of God has been good to me.

The Blessings of Giving

March 31, 2014 / danny777 / Leave a comment

You can never underestimate the blessings God bestows upon the obedient giver. When we obey His Word and become givers, God responds. He doesn’t bless the amount of your gift as much as He blesses you for your obedience.

American Girl Store

March 25, 2014March 25, 2014 / danny777 / Leave a comment

Sonya and Hannah went to the American Girl store. Something tells me its going to be expensive. Not sure why but I have a hunch.

Attitude to Keep

March 20, 2014 / danny777 / Leave a comment

Galatians 6:14

But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Hungry Hearts

March 18, 2014 / danny777 / Leave a comment

Here is the sermon from Sunday’s Service. Hungry Hearts

Busy Spirituality

March 17, 2014 / danny777 / Leave a comment

Do you ever get tired of being busy?

Isn’t it funny how we fill our lives with activity but somehow, we wind up regretting it? Our lives are cluttered with so many types of “things” that we are distracted from the things of the Lord.

We have our kids and grandkids in sports. School programs and extra jobs we must do. The list doesn’t end there. We have the “things” that must be done around the house and yet we still have to make room for all the church “things”. Sometimes we feel more important if our calendars are filled with “things”.

Speaking of calendars, where on your calendar is your time of prayer? I know you have appointments, but do you have an appointment with the Lord. You may have doctor’s appointments to go to, but do you have an appointment to spend time with the Great Physician, Jesus Christ?

It has always amazed me that even in the church we keep the calendars full of activities but yet being busy doesn’t mean that we are somehow more spiritual or more alive. Look at our weekly calendar at the church and find that we have thirty minutes dedicated to prayer out of a week of activities. Is it the same in our lives?

We seem to schedule the most important element (prayer) out of our lives only to find ourselves too tired to pray. Too tired to read the Word.

I challenge you to slow down your life long enough to make sure that your relationship with God comes first. Your prayer life is more important than activities and even more important than church ministry. Everything you do in life should come after Prayer. Adjust your life around spending time with God and watch your life be changed.

Hungry Hearts

March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 / danny777 / Leave a comment

In our culture, we feed what’s hungry. Before hunger pains settle in, we feed ourselves. Generally, we don’t just feed ourselves for nourishment, we eat what tastes good or what we crave. Our bodies are conditioned to crave certain things and it is those things that drive our hunger.

It is for this reason, that I have been around many tables at restaurants discussing the good foods at other places. I have been eating Mexican food at lunch and our conversation turns to what is for dinner. Not only do we crave things, we anticipate our next craving. Hungry people always want to avoid hunger.

When it comes to the things of God, our hungry heart can lead to more than your mind can comprehend. Jesus said, “They that hunger and thirst for righteousness shall be filled.” He guarantees that we will be filled when we are hungry.

I have been pastoring in the Assemblies of God for 18 years. We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit evidenced by speaking in other tongues. We believe this is a gift from God for those who seek Him. It is not something He withholds or measures out. In fact, the Bible says God gives the Spirit without measure.

In these 18 years I have seen many people filled with the Holy Spirit, and many more that walked away having not received. Was there a difference between the people seeking? Most of the time, yes. The difference is all in the heart. Those who are filled are hungry. So hungry that they truly believe that can’t live without the baptism in the Spirit. They have convinced themselves, rightly, that this experience will make a difference in their Christian life. Indeed, it makes all the difference. Many people never receive because they might want the baptism in the Spirit but it is not necessarily the most important thing in their life.

Can you go to Heaven without being filled? Absolutely. Jesus died on the Cross for our sins and it is only through His shed blood that we can enter Heaven. His resurrection and ascension to Heaven, however, secured for us an experience that is subsequent to our salvation. It is an additive. God has more for the believer and those who are hungry shall be filled.

I witnessed today how God fills the hungry. I was asked yesterday if I would be willing to pray for someone that wanted to be baptized in the Spirit. They don’t attend our church. They live in another town. They drove here today just to receive the baptism. Friend, I prayed hard before they got here. “Lord, don’t let them leave disappointed. Fill them!” He answered. This precious saint walked into my office and said, “Bro. Danny, I want the gift of tongues. I want to be filled with the Spirit.” After a little encouragement and teaching, we laid hands on her and guess what? God answered! He filled her.

She revealed that she had been hungry for months and had been praying for this and she came today knowing that it was going to be “the day”. How did she receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit? She had a hungry heart.

When we get to a place in our Christian walk that we want all God has for us and we can’t live without it anymore, God begins to pour out His blessing. When we are hungry for Him to the degree that He is the only thing that satisfies, we will be filled. With all this world has to offer and the entanglements that our lives have, we find that our affections become divided. When God has our undivided attention and we focus on Him, great things will happen.

If you want to be filled with the Holy Spirit, hunger for it. Pray for it. Seek Him for it. You’ll be surprised how quickly He will answer.