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Bro. Larry
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Just don’t have time to blog write now. Check out www.northshorechurch.net for info on ministry. You can listen to the latest sermon by clicking a button on the website. Thanks!! Bro. Larry
July 9, 2010
Good morning. 1 Peter 4:1-2 “Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.” This begs the question: What are you living for? Whatever your human flesh desires or the higher purpose to which God has called you?
Is it even possible to live the will of God? Yes! It all has to do with the suffering of Christ. Jesus, who never sinned, non-the-less, suffered because of sin. Because of my sin and yours. He paid the price for our wrong behavior. He made it possible for us to live the higher purpose of achieving God’s will. Through His death we can truly live!
However, you must come to trust that God’s will is higher, better, exciting, and much more fulfilling than anything you could come up with on your own. Allowing our human desires to control our lives will leave us empty and self absorbed. Allowing God’s will to direct our lives will lead us to find the life of purpose we were intended to live.
Prayer: “Dear God, please show me your will for my life today and help me to not only live it, but to desire it and to be thankful for the privilege and honor of living for you. Let your precious Spirit give me strength and wisdom as I seek to carry out Your purposes for my life. Thank you for suffering on my behalf and making it possible for me to live a life of purpose. I love you! In Jesus name, amen.”
Haiti News
One of our teams recently returned from Haiti. They accomplished so much. Three prefab homes were completed and many lives were touched. It will be years before life returns to normal for the folks down there, but God is using the tragedy of the earthquake to allow His followers to reach out in special ways. We have another team going down the first week of August. Keep them in your prayers as they prepare for the trip.
Pray for our team in Haiti
We have a team of five in Haiti this week. Please keep them in your prayers as they work to build 200 square foot homes for those hard hit by the earthquake. The container that was shipped from the United States to Haiti has arrived with all the medical supplies. Crutches, walkers, antibiotics, and wheel chairs. We will be sending another team in a few weeks. We hope to send at least two other teams this summer. Thanks for your support and prayers.
Church Website
Hey folks,
Just want you to know that we are working on the church web-site to make it an even better tool for our ongoing ministries. Dennis Ritchie, recording engineer extraordinaire, web-master and wonderful friend in Christ has been instrumental in the launch of our new site. Thanks for all the hours and days of dedicated hard work. By the way, any issues with content and updates can be laid at my feet. I’ve been a little busy. Fear not, however, I’m slowly delegating various pieces of the web maintenance to other capable hands. You’ll begin seeing the benefits of this very soon. I’m hoping to get the podcast caught up, and Jim Phillips is going to begin recording the services again this Sunday. Jim usually has them posted that afternoon. Thanks Jim. I also appreciate Norm Stevens and all his work to get everything up and running on the technical side of the podcast.
As you may have noticed, we are going to have a church wide calendar on the front page. You’ll be able to click on this calendar and see all the upcoming events at Northshore Church. This will be handy not only for those wanting to know what we’re doing, but it will be a great tool for our various ministries when planning future events.
Thanks again for your patience as we continue to build and design a better ministry tool on the web!
Concert was so much fun!
I really appreciated the prayers last week as I traveled to Addis, Louisiana to do a concert. Things went really great and my voice held up. Praise the Lord! Also, it was real honor for me to have my parents there performing with me. They always do such a wonderful job. The place was packed out and the people were so encouraging. It was fun to get to sing for my supper, and boy did they have some good food! They know a thing or two about those “Baptist Fellowships”. I hope to have the opportunity to do some more concerts in the future. I’ll keep ya in the loop! God Bless You!
Finally an update
I’m sorry for my absence from the blog for so long. We were working hard to make the transition into the new building, which we’ve been in since Palm Sunday, and at the same time I was getting our personal place ready for my daughters outside wedding. Everything went great on both fronts! Thank the Lord!! However, after so much activity, I guess I pushed my body beyond its limits and ended up with pneumonia. Been sick for about a week, but I’m doing better and hope to be able to preach tomorrow, April, 18th.
Please know that during this time, I’ve been working to coordinate things for our upcoming mission trips to Haiti. Jean Costello and Paul Saucier are helping me with this effort. Please pray for Paul as he will actually be leaving for Haiti on May 19th and will be on the ground there until mid July. He will be helping coordinate work teams there. We will publish dates for the trips as soon as we get a little more information. Phil Murphy just returned from a three week trip and reports that groups will be able to build one 200 square foot home per day. This is exciting. Phil wants us to work closely with the orphanage and the Calabasse community because of our long-time and long-term commitment there. Stay tuned as more updates are coming. Any questions can be sent to me at Larry@northshorechurch.net. Please include Haiti in the subject line.
Also a quick word on the sermon pod-cast. We are aware that they are behind several weeks. We hope to have this situation resolved by Monday or Tuesday of this week. Jim Phillips has graciously agreed to continue as our pod-cast ministry leader. He will be helping to record and post future podcast. We are installing new equipment this week to help with this endeavor. Thank you for your patience.
Our church is growing tremendously and with that comes great challenges. Please pray for us as we seek God’s leadership in all things.
One last bit of information for today. Next week, April 25th, at 5:00pm I will be in concert at First Baptist Church of Addis, Louisiana. This is just south of Baton Rouge, near Port Allen. It would be an honor to have you attend.
Directions to church: Go to the new Mississippi river bridge and take the
Plaquemine exit to the right. Go under the interstate and
head down hwy. 1 south. You are in Port Allen, then Brusly.
Look for the McDonald’s. Go to the light at Lukeville school.
It is about 2 miles or less from the light on the left side
of the hwy. You have to cross the road and go to the
service road to get to it. It is a small red brick building with a white steeple on top.
God Bless you,
Brother Larry
Church building update
God is so amazing. It looks like we may be getting into our new building now in just a few weeks. Carpet is being put down this week and final touches are being done all around the building. Please check out Northshore Church on Facebook for the latest details and pictures. We still have a 75,000 dollar gap in funds, but two of our main contractors have told us to pay them when we can. This has allowed the work to continue and our coming occupation possible. Pray that God will provide these funds and that He will bless these companies for being so trusting and helpful.
It’s exciting to see what God is doing in the lives of so many people and this building will just be another tool in the hands of God to reach our world with the good news of Christ’s love and peace.
News from Haiti
Hey folks, I finally got to talk to Phil Murphy and he gave me some exciting news from Haiti. Phil returned from Haiti over the weekend to be with his family but left again yesterday to go back down. Phil is working with local Haitian pastors to identify some of those in greatest need and will be meeting with those pastors this this week.
Here’s the exciting news. Our good friend, Stefan Vervloet is retooling his factory to build pre-fab houses for the people of Haiti. At this time it looks like a complete two room, 200 square foot home, wood framed, and on a slab, will be available for 2,000.00. However, the Dutch government, where Stefan is from, is involved in this new effort and for now, we can get two for the price of one! So that makes these houses only a thousand dollars each.
The other exciting thing about this is that once the slab has been poured, it will only take a few tools, like a hammer, crow bar, and ratchets, to put these prefabbed homes together. Phil thinks a mission team could likely construct five or six of these in a weeks time.
Now I know that 200 square feet doesn’t sound like much to you and me. However, for many of these people, it would be a great improvement over conditions even before the quake. The Haitian people are now scarred to live in block and concrete homes and this seems to be a great alternative. Another thing to remember is that the rainy season is fast approaching Haiti. Without some form of shelter, many others could become victims of the quake.
It looks like work teams will be needed as soon as the first week of April. I will get back with you as exact dates become available and will give you details.
Pray for Phil this week as he is setting the stage and laying the groundwork for this exciting ministry to the people of Haiti. I’m thankful God is allowing us to be a small part of what He is doing to touch the lives of the people in Haiti. God Bless You and keep on praying.