Charles E. Whisnant Message pt 1 from July 5, 2009

So I am standing in my library office.

Our men are a little funny sometimes.

Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, might be the only church in Ohio that has more people in the choir than in the seats. But that is good, in a sense. They were practicing Sunday Evening before the service. They do really have a good time, and Bob Temple has really done great, and Johnny Edwards who plays the piano really does well too.

Paul is the Example of what he wrote from Charles E. Whisnant on Vimeo.

Music in a different style

Uncle Chuck sent this to me email tonight. This is rally great. Thanks.

Reflection Over the Last Year at ROJBC

Charity and Charles E. Whisnant today July 05 2009, one year later at Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, in Minford Ohio
I am sitting in my library today

Charity gets this photo of me teaching in the Bible Study today

Okay who are these men?

Bob Temple, Jimmy Grant and Bill Aldridge

today.

Today we started our second year at Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, Minford Ohio. The last year, what a great time. Simply "Wild." And ithas been for a year.

How do you measure the last year in terms of "wild?" By amazement.

• The Lord has allowed us to be in this church for a year. The Lord has allowed us to preach and teach, sometimes four times a week. The Lord has brought to our church some great people. Bill and Mary Bower, who now is our asso. pastor and they are just a blessing. Pauline Lesmaster and her son Richard, Pauline teaching with Frankie the teens, and sings special and is in the choir. Richard takes up the offering and sings in the choir. John and Peggy Hall, Peggy is now my "pastor's secretary." Then Kindra Tumbleson joins us with her daugher Amber and Gavin. And Bob Temple has joined us, he now is our asso. pastor as well, and is our worship leader.
• To have four preachers in your church is "wild" plus four.
• To see the church support Charity and I for this whole year is "wild." I keep saying that.
• To lead the church into Eldership leadership is "wild."
• To see a great choir, in which the numbers are bigger than those who sit in the auditorium is really wild.
• To see those who started out with us in July 2008, Bill & Linda Aldridge, Jimmy & Lois Grant, Johnny & Phylis Edwards, Dorothy Fields, Bill & Janet Ramey, Leona Arthur, Danny & Frankie Dawkins, Stephanie Oppy, Mandy and Brandon have stayed with us.
• We have 99 percent of our folks listed above come in all four services during the week. That is wild. We have some who come when they are able like Rosie, she is a special friend. Others come on special occassion, and we have a few children who come.
• Of course we have had several families leave, that is always true in any change of leadership. Some of the old members came back to see what we were about, and they chose to leave.
• The transition of leaderhip was very smooth. We have thrown the bricks at the membership and they have responded with grace and patience.

What can I say, other than, Praise to the Lord. I pray that the Lord will turn us around as a church body and He will give us the increase as He desires. I pray that we can become a place where He is glorified and magnified and worshipped.

His Only Begotton Son Message Plus

This is the last half of a message I taught on John Three Sixteen. The Johnny Edwards song at the end of the message. Johnny does a wonderful job singing for us each week

Study the Word and Preach the Word

Study the Word from Philippians and First Thessalonians

I was at Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, yesterday, and last night I was studying for the message on Sunday Morning, from Philippians. Usually I teach from First Thessalonians but this week from Philippians. There is great joy in study of the Word. A cup of coffee, good books, a great Bible, John MacArthur, a good pen and paper, and thinking, and grace from the Lord, goes a long way in preparation of a message. Just love this.

The message below is from February 15, 2009 part one. From I Thessalonians

What Is The Truth Paul Speaks Of from charles e. whisnan t on Vimeo.

Do Trips to Argentina South America

TODAY’S NEWS FOUND IN PROVERBS SIX-EIGHT
DO NOT PLAN TRIPS TO Argentina

Charles E. Whisnant

Rivers of Joy Baptist Church June 28 2009

Sunday Bible Study Lesson

TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD LOVE AND TO LOST YOUR OWN SOUL

My favorite after sermon comment is the young guy who came up to me three times and said 'That's the worst sermon I ever heard.' Eventually, one of the elders realized he was bothering me but hadn't heard the young man; so the elder put his hand on my shoulder and said 'don't worry about him. He's a bit simple and has a tendency to repeat what he hears others saying...'

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes, for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched? So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. (Proverbs 6:25-29) Or Provers 8:1-6

1. We Christian men need to be diligent with guarding our hearts

2. Ladies, do not underestimate the power of sex in marriage and how important it is to your husband.

3. Realize our sinful actions also impact others.

4. Marvel at how sin can make the most sober-minded, intelligent person to act stupidly.

It ought to serve as a sobering reminder of our own depravity.

Here are some lessons that I'm pondering today in the wake of this news:

1. We must acknowledge that our biggest problem is not "out there." It is "in here."

2. We must measure ourselves against the right standard.

3. We must guard ourselves in our friendships--and especially in our counselees.

4. We must seek accountability.

5. We must be sobered by how our sin affects others.

6. We must repent of putting our hope in people.

7. We must look away to Christ.

To Magnify The Lord Jesus Christ

To Magnify the Name of Christ from Charles E. Whisnant on Vimeo.

To Magnify The Lord in our Living Part Two from Charles E. Whisnant on Vimeo.

The outline of this message is on MyChurch

Philippians 1:20=21