Preaching at First Jesus Church of Eager, Arizona
First Jesus Church, Eager, AZ
It was my pleasure and privilege to be able to preach at the First Jesus Community Church of Eager, Arizona on November 29, 2009. This wonderful congregation has done an amazing job of building a beautiful log cabin church building. If you pass through this town, you really must stop by and see it on the inside as well as the outside.
Eager and Springerville, these twin towns, are located at an elevation above 7,000 feet, like Flagstaff, except on the East side of the state only a few miles from New Mexico. Located in these beautiful mountains it is a picturesque place to live.
Pastor Larry Rhoads has just recently retired and they have a new Pastor beginning in January. In the meantime, they had several Pastors and a few laymen to fill the pulpit for them. Cindy and I drove up from Chandler, to Payson, Showlow, and then to Eager and Springerville. This requires ascending a peak of over 9,000 feet to get across the mountains to the church. These mountains were snow capped and beautiful on the drive both coming and going.
The congregation of this SBC church was extremely friendly and positive. This is a place where community still matters.
I was able to preach on the subject of Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, or “How Can We Approach God?” This is a message that offers a clear distinction on how people approach God and which approach is actually approved by God. It offers excellent application in terms of salvation, prayer, and attitude. This makes it an excellent message for both believers and unbelievers. There is a part of the message that I have borrowed from the great Fred Wolfe which I heard him preach in person about 20 years ago. I will add a copy of the message outline for download. It comes from a series I preached on the Parables called “Stories You Love to Hear.” The title of the message when I first preached it was, “The Fundamentalist That Made God Sick.” You can download it below. Feel free to preach it as long as you do not claim it for your own. It is an excellent evangelistic message for a Revival meeting or evangelistic crusade in your church.
Click Here to Download Sermon Outine: How To Approach God (Sermon in Adobe PDF, so you will need Adobe Reader to open it.)
Blessings on the dear members of First Jesus Community Church of Eager, Arizona!
Dear Pastor Greetings from Pakistan. I m Naeem from Pakistan. I like your ministry goals. I wish that I could work with your ministry and spread the word of God in Pakistan. I wish to translate your ministry material into my native language Urdu and Punjabi, because many of people cannot understand English. They can read Urdu easily when you can put it on your web site. I can also publish your material with your permission and give it to those people, who don’t have computers. I hope you can understand. I hope to hear from you. May God richly bless you.
Dear Evangelist Naeem,
Please feel free to translate and use anything on our website that may help you to spread the Gospel in Pakistan. May the Lord bless your ministry.
Kelly