I need Help! (Carter)

I Need Help!

Moses was a busy mans

Moses kills an Egyptian and Pharaoh out

Moses flees to Midian

The priest of Median's 7 daughter came to draw water

Moses is the hero

Moses get Zipporah for his wife and a son Gershom

Moses is out tending Jethro’s sheep.

God speaks to him in a burning bush

Moses goes to Egypt

Moses leads them out after the Passover

Moses parts the Red Sea

Moses gets water from a Rock

God provides the manna and quail.

Israel fights with Amalek as long as Moses hand was up they were winning, hand drops they start to loose Aaron and Hur held up his hand - Joshua won.

Moses Rejoices

Exodus 18:1-5

Moses goes out and meets Jethro s -

they greater each other

Went into a tent and moses told him all that God had done for them.

how God had delivered the from the Egyptians and all the hardships they faced.

Moses’s Father in law Rejoices

Exodus 18:10-12

They rejoiced about what God had done

Moses had been a busy man and God had blessed him.

the people of Iseral had been obedant even though they grumbles some

I have become a busy man- We have become a busy Church

2017 - I came to carter for the 1st time - D-Rock

July 2018 - I preached for the 1st time

Then twice I told them no I was not a pastor

Oct 2018 I was preaching at Eastside Baptist Church

Told Robin what I was feeling

Dec 2018 agreed to intern for 3 month

Feb 24th 2019 I became the pastor of approx 30 people on a good Sunday.

Since them God has grown us to about 100 each sunday

Some sunday we have more in Sunday School than we did in church

we came out of covid stronger than we went in.

God has us involed in missions from

FCA’s to Feeding football teams, Camp hope to panama and camroon

God is so Good! - I Rejoice for the work of God

1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”

We have had 66 baptisms Since God brought us to gether

God’ work is hard work

Acts 20:35 “In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ””

Bob’s Giving - More we give the more we get back

Moses needed some Help

Exodus 18:13- 27

Jethro gave him some advise

Don’t make all the decisions by your self

Find Good men from all the people

Who fear God

Trustworthy

Won’t be bribed

Get organized - have some structure

Let them deal with small matters

you deal with large ones and make sure you all are following God.

Moses listens

I need some help

When you hired me we didn’t go through a search committy

the Day I talked to you at a business meeting there were about 15 people there

You voted to go from 4 business meeting a year to 3

there were no deacons

It was easy to do Church business

ask - make a few calls - and we would do it.

Here is how un-orginized we were - the church Van

Robin always said i would be a thorn in the side of a Southern baptist Church - but when she came to Carter for the 1st time she said that I beat to my own drum and you guys play the same song.

God has grown us to a place where our style of business is starting to make it hard to do ministry

Mission Trips - Camroon

Wednesday night meals - Sam and Pattie sick, I can’t keep up with how many hot dogs we eat.

Great Problems with Growth.

1. almost out of room - what is the next step

2. Falls Creek - need a cabin,

3. Online giving and webpage

4. I’m bi-vocational - only so much I can do and balance famliy and glass shop, and church

5. I cant always be where I need to be

6. no one knows who to ask when they need something , even me.

You guys trust me even when you don't understand my madness - the frog festival

Matthew 7:7 ““Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

threw prayer

Advise from wise pastors

Threw the scripture - especially this passage - we need to become a little more organized

We need to develop Ministry teams or committees

This Lets people be more involved

I can focuses more on the teaching preaching and missions.

Ephesians 4:11-12 “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,”

God is not done growing this Church

I am the most blessed Pastor

Moses dealt with gripes and wining

I don’t

I get ask all the time What did you to change Carter

I didn't do anything this is all God at Work.

God had a plan.

2 Corinthians 5:7 “for we walk by faith, not by sight.”

I took a step of faith and trusted God

You took a step of faith and trusted God

We see threw through the scripture what God did with Moses and the Iseralites they just had to keep believing and walking by faith.

I believe God is still writing the story of Carter FBC

we have to keep moving forward and stepping out on faith together.

What Can you do to help Me.

Pray -

health

wisdom

God’s Guidance

for out church

2. . Continue calling me with spiritual questions, and letting me know what God is doing in your life.

3. Pray for God to show you where you can plug in to

4. Pray for our future christen family - God will use us to continue to build the kingdom of God.

Close in prayer: at the alter

need ride to Rayden

sign up for Halloween

next Sunday breakfast

next Sunday breakfast

men’s bible study

women bible study

no youth practice ,