Sunday morning at Promiseland this past June 26, 2011 started out like we usually do. Great friendly greeting of everyone who walks through the doors. Fellowship and fun social conversations throughout the building. Others visiting the Information counter in the back of the church to get the latest information of what is coming. Maybe get a nice cup of coffee and share the latest testimony of what God has been doing.
Then this Sunday was a bit different. The music began to rumble while Pastor Tim Jr took the microphone and began to pray and edify the congregation. Quickly the whole church came to attention and suddenly everyone was on their feet responding to the anointed challenging prayer, exhortation. In just a few minutes it looked like everyone had their hands raised and joining in the prayer, exhortation. About that time, Tim Jr was back on the drums the praise team launched into a stand on your feet, clap your hands praise song.
About the third song, Senior Pastor McClure took to the platform and began to join the praise team in singing and explaining the difference between Praise and Worship. "Worship is a vertical intimate interaction with God personally” Pastor McClure explained. Worship comes from the Hebrew word meaning to lay prostrate, or to come up under. It is a meaning as to surrender or submit up under God. True worship is an intimate relationship with God saying to him, I surrender to you and submit my life to you” Pastor McClure continued.
Praise on the other hand is a horizontal interaction with the others as unto God” Pastor McClure spoke. True praise is giving God thanks by saying to others what God has done in your life and how awesome the Lord is through the personal experiences that one has experienced. At the same time Pastor was motivating the congregation in their worship, the praise team was singing in the back ground “No other name” while the congregation was clapping their hands, singing and responding to Pastor’s explanation of what they were actually doing in the heavenlies while they were in service praising God.
Before long, you could see the many come out of their pews and into the aisles, some dancing, others hands raised, while some had their arms around someone else helping them touch the throne of God. What normally takes about thirty minutes of praise and worship, continued on for an hour and then another half hour. The whole service became engulfed into a “Glory Charged” atmosphere where one altar cal after another was released. First for those who needed a job, come down and we will lay hands on you for your miracle. Then for those who needed a break through from the enemy who was holding them back from their deliverance. Then for those who needed to be healed from some sickness or disease. After an hour and a half of power packed presence, we were walking out saying, “Wow we had a Holy Ghost Blow Out” today.
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Dr Tim McClure
Monday, June 27, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
DADDY'S HOME
Chanda, my first daughter wasn’t even a year old till my wife would meet me at the door when I came home from a hard day’s work with her loving mantra; “Daddy’s home.” Holding little baby Chanda, my wife would hold her up and say, “Daddy’s home” which put the biggest smile across my face as all the pain and sore muscles vanished.
A couple years later, Tim Jr. was born and then nine years after that, Aleena was born. It wasn’t long till I was met at the door every time I would come home from work with the “Daddy’s home” chant. What started off to be a cute saying, turned into a McClure ritual. No sooner than I would drive up in the drive way, or walk through the door, the pattering of feet would rise and the cry “Daddy’s home” would come.
Even though I would be dog tired and feeling bad at times, I was always healed by the cheerful mantra, “Daddy’s home.” It started in the house when I would came in. Then the children would meet me at the opened door. Later, I would be greeted at the truck or car with the jumping children, crying, “Daddy’s home.”
After the children grew up, then it became a competition. My wife would run to the door when she heard the truck pull into the driveway shouting “Me first.” Then the children would race attempting to beat her to the car or door to get the first hug and kiss. It’s been near 36 years now and still there are days when I step through the door, I hear the imaginary mantra, “Daddy’s home.”
There is no greater feeling in the world for a man than the feeling of knowing he’s loved. The greatest feeling is to know that there is someone at the door waiting for you. Even when all the children are in their own home, still if I walk through the door and pause for a second, I swear I can hear a faint cry, “Daddy’s home.”
For over 38 years, I have not left the house without first kissing my wife. Sometimes, there may be a slip up and one forgets to leave or arrive without such a welcome. However, someone quickly reminds each other of the ritual.
June 19, 2011 is Father’s Day. Though this may be the only day out of the year that we specifically honor every father, it is not the only time that we love and appreciate every father. Let me welcome each and every father to Promiseland Church with a celebrated mantra; “Daddy’s home.” Please, accept our love, embrace and honor this your day for all the Fathers. From all of us here at Promiseland, may you have a blessed, “Daddy’ home” day.
By Dr Tim McClure
A couple years later, Tim Jr. was born and then nine years after that, Aleena was born. It wasn’t long till I was met at the door every time I would come home from work with the “Daddy’s home” chant. What started off to be a cute saying, turned into a McClure ritual. No sooner than I would drive up in the drive way, or walk through the door, the pattering of feet would rise and the cry “Daddy’s home” would come.
Even though I would be dog tired and feeling bad at times, I was always healed by the cheerful mantra, “Daddy’s home.” It started in the house when I would came in. Then the children would meet me at the opened door. Later, I would be greeted at the truck or car with the jumping children, crying, “Daddy’s home.”
After the children grew up, then it became a competition. My wife would run to the door when she heard the truck pull into the driveway shouting “Me first.” Then the children would race attempting to beat her to the car or door to get the first hug and kiss. It’s been near 36 years now and still there are days when I step through the door, I hear the imaginary mantra, “Daddy’s home.”
There is no greater feeling in the world for a man than the feeling of knowing he’s loved. The greatest feeling is to know that there is someone at the door waiting for you. Even when all the children are in their own home, still if I walk through the door and pause for a second, I swear I can hear a faint cry, “Daddy’s home.”
For over 38 years, I have not left the house without first kissing my wife. Sometimes, there may be a slip up and one forgets to leave or arrive without such a welcome. However, someone quickly reminds each other of the ritual.
June 19, 2011 is Father’s Day. Though this may be the only day out of the year that we specifically honor every father, it is not the only time that we love and appreciate every father. Let me welcome each and every father to Promiseland Church with a celebrated mantra; “Daddy’s home.” Please, accept our love, embrace and honor this your day for all the Fathers. From all of us here at Promiseland, may you have a blessed, “Daddy’ home” day.
By Dr Tim McClure
Sunday, June 12, 2011
NO MORE EXCUSES
Luke 14:16-19
Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great supper and invited many 17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.' 18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused .' 19 And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.
EXCUSES is defined as; seek to remove from blame, exemption or release from obligation, duty. The Greek in the Bible is; par-ahee-teh'-om-ahee meaning; to place a reason above, subordinate request to another interest. We all have made “Excuse.”
First what is the destructive force of excuse and why? As defined, excuses are a removal of blame or guilt (by placing a higher reason above the request). In this case, God healed man on Sabbath (Vs 1-3). God made request for deliverance (Vs 4-6). Then God taught you Subordinate your wants to needs (Vs 7-11) Wedding invitation; don’t sit in the “Party seating” = you not focus & if they invite you to higher OK. Then invitation to Great Super (Vs 15-24). All stories focus on One’s Deliverance is greater than what you lose. Jesus used this occasion to teach one of the most powerful essential lessons to all of us; namely “BREAKING EXCUSES.”
WHY? Because Excuses is a devised plan of the devil: 1) attempts to release one from guilt, 2) rejects personal responsibility, 3) Excuses exults self above salvation. Let me show you the 5 Steps Jesus gave for we to Break Excuses off our lives.
Five STEPS TO BREAKING EXCUSES
Luke 14:20-23 0 Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' 21 So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.' 22 And the servant said, 'Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.' 23 Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
1. ANGER – You must get fed up with incompetence, irresponsibility. Anger is the highest emotion = gives you all the fuel you need to take charge. We need high power to overcome selfish chains of superiority. “Let him who thinks he stands, take heed, lest he fall (1 Cor 10:12). Be angry & sin not (Ep 4:26). Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent. Used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who excel in it seldom excel in anything else but excuses.
2. GO QUICKLY – Take action NOW. Procrastination is the womb of excuses. Jesus was teaching that if any of us is ever to break the chain of excuses that is stopping us from our God given goal, we must act quickly. Now perform the doing of it (2 Cor 8:11). Most people live and die without their music ever being played. No action, no change. Limited action, limited change. Take action, Change occurs. Until you spread your wings, you’ll never know how far you can fly. Go beyond yourself. Lance Armstrong: “Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.
3. BRING THE POOR – See beyond yourself. Excuses elevate self above, To break these chains we must see the big picture. Reach outside of your own world and touch a life, heal the sick, save the lost and you will be FREED from excuses. Luke 14:13-14 invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. 14 And you will be blessed. Jesus knew that if we help those worse than ourselves we could not be irresponsible, we must sacrifice. Look at that little baby and make excuse why you don’t have time; No, you will pay the price. Hungry baby, deceived teen, abused woman = You will reject cheap excuses & do your DUTY. Opportunities are never lost; someone will always take up what others fail to take.
4. COMPEL – get passionate, outrageous insistence, strong arm (G). "to put constraint upon, 'necessity', to constrain, whether by force or persuasion"; Jesus "constrained" the disciples to get into a boat (Matt 14:22). Saul of Tarsus "strove" to make saints blaspheme (Acts 26:11) "compelled"; Peter "compelled" Gentiles to live as Jews (Gal 2:14); Paul was "constrained" to appeal to Caesar (Acts 28:19). Whether you think you can or think you cannot, you’re right.
5. FILLED – Ultimate purpose of life. Jesus knew that if we were going to Break the chains of Excuses off of us, we must have an ultimate purpose above ourselves. When fulfilling your divine duty, obey your heavenly call hits home so hard that the devil puts Excuses in your mouth, look up and see the BIG picture and your excuses will flee. When we can see how God is to get glory through our fulfilling our Duty, all excuses will sound so cheap. Why compare yourself with others? NO one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than YOU.
Failure is often the result of continual excuses that justify un-involvement and selfishness, while success always is a product of personal responsibility. Excuses only reveal our weaknesses and demonstrate our unwillingness to take action. In fact, believing we are incapable of greatness is merely a cover-up for avoiding personal responsibility. Worse, excuses subordinates God’s ability to work in our lives.
NO MORE EXCUSES – 1) Get fed up with irresponsibility, 2) Take action NOW, 3) Reach beyond yourself and help someone worse off, 4) Get passionate about life, 5) Realize that your Big or Little part in life is all about God getting Glory through YOU.
By Dr Tim McClure
Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great supper and invited many 17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.' 18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused .' 19 And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.
EXCUSES is defined as; seek to remove from blame, exemption or release from obligation, duty. The Greek in the Bible is; par-ahee-teh'-om-ahee meaning; to place a reason above, subordinate request to another interest. We all have made “Excuse.”
First what is the destructive force of excuse and why? As defined, excuses are a removal of blame or guilt (by placing a higher reason above the request). In this case, God healed man on Sabbath (Vs 1-3). God made request for deliverance (Vs 4-6). Then God taught you Subordinate your wants to needs (Vs 7-11) Wedding invitation; don’t sit in the “Party seating” = you not focus & if they invite you to higher OK. Then invitation to Great Super (Vs 15-24). All stories focus on One’s Deliverance is greater than what you lose. Jesus used this occasion to teach one of the most powerful essential lessons to all of us; namely “BREAKING EXCUSES.”
WHY? Because Excuses is a devised plan of the devil: 1) attempts to release one from guilt, 2) rejects personal responsibility, 3) Excuses exults self above salvation. Let me show you the 5 Steps Jesus gave for we to Break Excuses off our lives.
Five STEPS TO BREAKING EXCUSES
Luke 14:20-23 0 Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' 21 So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.' 22 And the servant said, 'Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.' 23 Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
1. ANGER – You must get fed up with incompetence, irresponsibility. Anger is the highest emotion = gives you all the fuel you need to take charge. We need high power to overcome selfish chains of superiority. “Let him who thinks he stands, take heed, lest he fall (1 Cor 10:12). Be angry & sin not (Ep 4:26). Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent. Used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who excel in it seldom excel in anything else but excuses.
2. GO QUICKLY – Take action NOW. Procrastination is the womb of excuses. Jesus was teaching that if any of us is ever to break the chain of excuses that is stopping us from our God given goal, we must act quickly. Now perform the doing of it (2 Cor 8:11). Most people live and die without their music ever being played. No action, no change. Limited action, limited change. Take action, Change occurs. Until you spread your wings, you’ll never know how far you can fly. Go beyond yourself. Lance Armstrong: “Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.
3. BRING THE POOR – See beyond yourself. Excuses elevate self above, To break these chains we must see the big picture. Reach outside of your own world and touch a life, heal the sick, save the lost and you will be FREED from excuses. Luke 14:13-14 invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. 14 And you will be blessed. Jesus knew that if we help those worse than ourselves we could not be irresponsible, we must sacrifice. Look at that little baby and make excuse why you don’t have time; No, you will pay the price. Hungry baby, deceived teen, abused woman = You will reject cheap excuses & do your DUTY. Opportunities are never lost; someone will always take up what others fail to take.
4. COMPEL – get passionate, outrageous insistence, strong arm (G). "to put constraint upon, 'necessity', to constrain, whether by force or persuasion"; Jesus "constrained" the disciples to get into a boat (Matt 14:22). Saul of Tarsus "strove" to make saints blaspheme (Acts 26:11) "compelled"; Peter "compelled" Gentiles to live as Jews (Gal 2:14); Paul was "constrained" to appeal to Caesar (Acts 28:19). Whether you think you can or think you cannot, you’re right.
5. FILLED – Ultimate purpose of life. Jesus knew that if we were going to Break the chains of Excuses off of us, we must have an ultimate purpose above ourselves. When fulfilling your divine duty, obey your heavenly call hits home so hard that the devil puts Excuses in your mouth, look up and see the BIG picture and your excuses will flee. When we can see how God is to get glory through our fulfilling our Duty, all excuses will sound so cheap. Why compare yourself with others? NO one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than YOU.
Failure is often the result of continual excuses that justify un-involvement and selfishness, while success always is a product of personal responsibility. Excuses only reveal our weaknesses and demonstrate our unwillingness to take action. In fact, believing we are incapable of greatness is merely a cover-up for avoiding personal responsibility. Worse, excuses subordinates God’s ability to work in our lives.
NO MORE EXCUSES – 1) Get fed up with irresponsibility, 2) Take action NOW, 3) Reach beyond yourself and help someone worse off, 4) Get passionate about life, 5) Realize that your Big or Little part in life is all about God getting Glory through YOU.
By Dr Tim McClure
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