© Pastor Bill's January 2008 Newsletter


I just realized that what I wrote for my Ezekiel blog tonight would also be
interesting to my subscribers of Pastor Bill's Newsletter.

Please forgive me for no bells and whistles, for no colored text, no cartoons
and animations. I do not have time to do all of that this week.
I will try to send youa finished product most times.
The truth of God's Word is powerful even in plain text.

My Ezekiel Bible Study Blog is found at:
http://ezekielbiblestudy.blogspot.com/
Most of the posts there are from the studies
that we did in this newsletter on the book of Ezekiel.

OK Here it is:

Title:
Food for thought.- The Price to be a Prophet!

Happy New Year everyone!

Food for thought:

Many want to be a prophet, many even claim to be a prophet but just in the first
few chapters of the book of Ezekiel, look at what has happened to Ezekiel.

Yes the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, yes he had wonderful visions of the
Lord but at the same time he was taken into captivity and remained there his
whole life.
I have noticed that many modern day Christians quote Romans 8:28 as if in the
end all the bad circumstances go away and everything is better then before.

If you study the context it is not about the circumstances being better.....
it is about God making you better....
making you more Christ-like and sometimes you will not even know the good God
worked it out for until you get to Heaven.
Kind of like Ezekiel.
Also do not forget before he even started God told Ezekiel that when he warned
the people they would not listen but God still held Ezekiel accountable.

Are you ready to be in life-long captivity?
To go where you least desire?
To have a ministry in which it feels like nobody wants you?
Even though you do your best to share God's warnings and his love?
If your answer is: "YES" to all of those questions then maybe you are ready to
go through more intense refining fires then most Christians.

Become a student of Ezekiel, Jeremiah, the Apostle Paul and maybe in a few
decades you will be ready to be a "PROPHET" who will go beyond your local
church, to have influence beyond most Pastors and most Evangelists. It might be
less then a few decades depending on the intensity of your trials and your
willingness.
But remember there is a big price to pay.
Sometimes for years.
Moses had formal training in the Pharaoah's best schools for 40 years, Then he
had training from God that included patience, solitude and humility in the
wilderness for another 40 years.
Finally at age 80 God had Moses ready for the last third of Moses life, the last
40 years.
Are you willing to go through intense fires and yet be unnoticed until God says
it is time.?
This is the price of a prophet!


Dear Heavenly Father,
Have your way and your will in each of our lifes.
Whatever you are calling myself and each reader to become by your Holy Spirit
make us willing, help us to be willing to pay the price of whatever your will is
for our life.
We ask this in the Name of Jesus.
Amen!


Sincerely in Christ,
Internet Pastor Bill

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© Pastor Bill's Newsletter January 12 2008
Copyright 2008 Pastor Bill Mazzulla III
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