I'm Hooked (Fisher of....)

OK, pun intended.

Before Covid I've purchased through Amazon Smile (so that we can get a little back :) ) a fly fishing kit from Wild Water.

Didn't go fishing as I thought it to be boring, looking at a bobber. Went Fishing in December, caught a small fish that just jumped up at the fly, and became hooked (pun intended). Now I've purchased a second rod to go sea fishing at the shore and bay of Mustang Island, cannot wait till June for this vacation. 

The interesting part of this kind of fishing is that you need to know what you are going after, for Trout Fishing on the Frio, we look around and under the stones, what kind of bugs are there, and what is the trout feeding from. Is there something in my fly box that resembles this, yes!!!! let's tie this to the tippet and give it a good effort. If or when this does not work, what other critters are there that they feed on?

Working this way I was able to change fishing into catching during my birthday week in January and catch 24 Trout in one afternoon, how much fun this was.
Having learned this important lesson, why are we as Christians and Pastors so set in our way, and why are we set in one music style or one specific translation or the other?

Jesus told us to be fishers of men, yes fishers it is not always successful to go fish if it would be easy he would have said, be catchers of men. 

A great way for all you fishers of men to relax, and enjoy the outdoors, also a great company that I wholeheartedly endorse for their fly fishing equipment, they have made the sport of Fly Fishing accessible and inside of our budget. Go relax for a while and try it out.
My belief is, that the peace it gives and the lessons we learn, will help us to be better fishers of men too.

Pst. Chris.

ps As I didn't ask first lady for permission to post this picture I blurred her out a little. (maybe also a little a pitty action as she was the only one that day to catch something ;) )

Yeshua the Lamb of God

The Community of Israel Required A Lamb

When all the people of the community of Israel…—Exodus 12:6

Erroneous anti-Semitic doctrine says the Jewish people killed Jesus. In much of Europe during World War II, Jewish people were not permitted to live—for no reason except they were Jewish. They were called “Christ-killers.” This concept was not new. This erroneous theology that the Jewish people had killed Jesus began in the early Church.
But is this true?
No  !!!!!!

Matthew 20:19 says He would be turned “over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
Did the Gentiles kill Yeshua?
No  !!!!!!!

While reading this article i just needed to share it with you.
It is written by Pastor Clint Archer from Durban Africa.

pst Chris.

Understanding the Purpose and Power of Prayer

It happened on November 9, 2014, that an airplane accident took the lives of Dr. Myles Munroe and his beloved wife.
His book understanding the purpose and power of prayer has always been a great read in our library. linked here
From the introduction;

God, God Almighty, God the Creator of man--this same God, in all His power and all His majesty, stops and listens when you pray. All that God is--and all that God has--may be received through prayer. Everything you need to fulfill your purpose on earth is available to you through prayer. The biblically-based, time-tested principles presented by Dr. Myles Munroe will ignite and transform the way you pray. Be prepared to enter into a new dimension of faith, a deeper revelation of God's love, and a renewed understanding that your prayers can truly move the hand of God.

You're in our prayers" has become a cliché, just a nice thing to say when we see someone struggling. But do we really understand the power of prayer? God, God Almighty, God the Creator of the heavens and the earth, God the Beginning and the End, God the Source of all that is, God the Creator of man––the same God, in all His power and all His majesty, stops and listens when you pray. God has given mankind earthly license for heavenly interference. Whether you know it or not, you have the authority to change the world through prayer. When God said, "Let man rule over all the earth," He was arranging the dominion of the world so that the partnership of man was essential for the accomplishment of His purposes. He causes things to happen on earth when men and women are in agreement with His will. Prayer is essential for God's will to be done on earth. Through his unique perspective on this often–misunderstood subject, best–selling author Dr. Myles Munroe takes the mystery out of prayer, providing practical answers for difficult questions about communicating with God. All that God is––and all that God has––may be received through prayer. Everything you need to fulfill your purpose on earth is available to you through prayer. The biblically–based, time–tested principles in this book will ignite and transform the way you pray. Be prepared to enter into a new dimension of faith, a deeper revelation of God's love, and a renewed understanding that your prayers can truly move the hand of God.

The Name of G_d

We do not know the name of God, what we do know are the attributes of God, or as Sadie Robertson states His Character.
There is much to do about names in scripture and justifiably so.
Just to provide you with a single example look at the tetragrammaton of YhWh or as some say Jehova, or Yaweh.
Here is a link
As prayer warriors it is a good practise to know and be familiar with the attributes of God and also use the names in our prayers, as Jehovah Rohi, the Lord God our Shepperd, or Jehovah Shalom, or for Adonai Yeshua, the Lord Jesus we can use Sar Shalom, the prince of peace.

Aviad Cohen Promoted to Glory

I didn't know, but Aviad Cohen, was promoted to Glory (passed away to be with Yeshua) last october 2017 at the age of 42.
Aviad Cohen was one of those musicians I just really wanted to meet, interview, encourage and show how many of you our listeners of Eagle Wings Charismatic Ministries Online Radio has and still is encouraging with his music and testimony.
Aviad started his music as 50 Shekel a Judaic musician as a healthy alternative to the ??""music""?? of 50cents.
He had a very open conversion to Messiah Yeshua and continued under the name Aviad Cohen from which we have many songs included.
Seen as a betrayer of the faith by the orthodoxy and with reluctand support from the Messianic Jewish community he did not have it easy and strugled with his health.

With all of the negative news latley like the Las Vegas shooting and the most recent , a shooting in a church on a Sunday morning.
God's word says in 1 Chronicles 16:22 and also in Psalm 105:15 " Do not touch my annointed ones, don't harm my prophets!"
How can God allow such tragedies to take place?
As God destroyed the earth in the Great flood,
He said in Genesis 8:21: "The Lord smelled the pleasing scent, and the Lord thought to himself, I will not curse the fertile land anymore because of human beings since the ideas of the human mind are evil from their youth. I will never again destroy every living thing as I have done."

Power in Prayer

As we truly enjoy the prayer books from John Eckhart we will be sharing some parts from these with you on a sporadic base.
We truly pray that these will be a blessing to you and that it will urge you to want to read and pray more.

Pst. Chris

God's Plan is Revealed through the Gospel

The Kingdom is a mystery. The joining of Jew and Gentile in the church is a mystery (Eph. 3:1-6).

The Power of Prayer (R.A. Torrey)

Book Review

R. A Torrey was chosen by Dwight Moody to be the first Superintendent of Moody's new Bible School, now known as the Moody Bible Institute.  
When Moody unexpectedly died during an evangelistic campaign, Torrey was chosen to be his successor, continuing D. L. Moody's evangelistic ministry.
Reuben Archer Torrey   1856-1928

R. A. Torrey was an American evangelist and Bible scholar, a graduate of Yale College and Seminary (Yale University and Divinity School).