Monday, May 30th 2011 @ 1:44 PM

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Things don’t just happen.  God either causes them to happen or He allows them to happen.  How does that mean we as Christians are to view luck or fate?  How do we interpret our circumstances?  Which ones are stop signs and which ones mean go?  So out of these three methods of God’s guidance (in the Word, in the Heart, in Circumstances), which is the most important?  Listen for the ship and lighthouse illustration for the answer.

It has been an extreme blessing going through this series with you.  I hope you have learned as much about God’s guidance as I have these past few weeks.  Watch next week for a new series.

Monday, May 23rd 2011 @ 3:19 PM (not yet rated)

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God’s voice real or not?  “God dwells in us in order to guide us toward Him.”  God’s voice in your life is normal…IF you are in tune.  Brother Tommy explains that this voice is beyond our normal five senses.  He goes on to conclude that it makes our ability to “hear” God’s voice an Extra Sensory Perception.  Bet you didn’t know you had ESP!  Of course along with this gift comes the responsibility of discernment.  Brother Tommy backs all of these claims up with strong scriptural promises.  Enjoy.

Monday, May 16th 2011 @ 3:30 PM (not yet rated)

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This week I am calling an audible.  Last week I thought we would be continuing straight through Brother Tommy’s series on God’s guidance.  But as I have pondered and prayed about how best to present this information, the Lord has led me to the conclusion that we need to go straight to the meat of this series about the primary sources of God’s guidance; in His Word, in your heart, and in your circumstances.  Later I will make available some of the previous sermons where he expands on secondary sources and the preparation we need to take in order to receive instruction.  However, Brother Tommy neatly summarizes these topics in the first ten minutes of this installment called God’s Guidance given in His Word.

Monday, May 9th 2011 @ 1:23 PM (not yet rated)

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Brother Tommy describes in great detail what he means by God’s guidance.  For instance, God sends more guidance to His children than to those who ignore Him, much like we give more guidance to our own children versus our neighbors’ children.  Why not?  He knows us better than we know ourselves.

Monday, May 2nd 2011 @ 2:22 PM (not yet rated)

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The secret — Brother Tommy jumps right into it and tells us the secret of guidance in this week’s episode about God’s will.  Isn’t this reassuring that with all the disasters and unrest in today’s world that God has a plan for us and we can find out what it is?  I like the point he makes about how we should look to Jesus for every decision the way Jesus checked with God for every move.  When Brother Tommy speaks about bond slaves, I remembered a point from another sermon that pointed out that it is much better to be in bondage to the Lord by His sacrifice out of love than to be in bondage to sin and defeated.

I challenge you as you listen, to pause the message every time Brother Tommy mentions a bible verse and look it up for yourself.  Read the verse and those leading up to it and a few after as well.  This is a good test for any preacher.  Make sure that besides accurately quoting the verse(s), they also use them in context (the way they were intended).

Monday, April 25th 2011 @ 2:43 PM (not yet rated)

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Depicted means to create a picture of something and that is exactly what Brother Tommy does in this message about God’s will for us.  God’s will is purposeful, locational, and directional.  I like what he says about its purpose.  Do we live in a world of chaos or cosmos?  I looked up the world’s definition of cosmos and it is defined as the unverse seen as a well ordered whole.  Brother Tommy defines it even further with the word ‘providentially’ meaning ‘by God.’  Again we return to the vastness of space and time and our special predesigned place in it.  God’s will can be known from person to person and it is not a hidden mystery.  God wants you to know His will for your life even more than you want to find it.

On a side note this week is Barbara Jones’ birthday.  It would mean a lot to our family if you would take time after you listen to this message to contact her  with a short note through this website and wish her a Happy Birthday.  Please include your location.  I think it would be great for her to get greetings from all over the world.Comments

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BarbaraJ said on Thursday, April 28th 2011 @ 11:54 AM:

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers of my behalf.  Please continue to pray that I shall follow the light that God sheds on the path HE lights for me,   We are living in very treacherous times.   God is in control.  My prayer is that ABCO  will continue to share God’s word around the world and reach those who God calls to be with Him for eternity.  Love through Christ our Lord,  BJ

Monday, April 18th 2011 @ 12:00 AM (not yet rated)

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Last week we learned about God’s intentional will and His permissive will.  Or another way of looking at it, His general and special will.  Today we learn why God’s will is something to be desired.  For instance, it is God’s ideal or intentional will that everyone be saved and that no one be destroyed by sin.  Personal aside:  if everyone knew what lay ahead, they would all desire salvation for themselves.  How can we know?  It is all laid out for us in the Lord’s Word, the Holy Bible.  Read it, study it, memorize it.

Monday, April 11th 2011 @ 12:00 AM (not yet rated)

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Does God care about us?  In an infinitely large universe, what do we matter to God?  Today we kick off another of Brother Tommy’s archived message series from 1979 (again still very relevant).  This series is 12 parts long and I am especially excited about the last three.  But first we have to lay down a foundation of understanding.  Here is God’s Guidance denied: