Happy 2023 TP family!!!! Instead of feeling anxious that we’re still here and not raptured I want to encourage you to thank Jesus every day we have breath on this earth for more opportunities to share the good news! (My word this year is thankfulness) In a twinkle of an eye, our Groom will rescue us and we will have perfect, new, resurrected bodies. We are THAT generation. What a beautiful post to start off the new year…. Thank you Jimmy! Let’s continue to encourage one another, support, love, and pray for each other on the Tipping Point! This community is a unique place— let’s dive in the Word deeper, renew a teachable spirit and focus our heart & mind on these 5 teachings from the early church. Love y’all…..💛
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].” 2 Corinthians 5:17
Great Point Kari!! Guess I find myself not really worring about the rapture of the church and wandering when it wil happen, but am I doing all that Jesus would want me to do to bring other nonbelievers with us to an understanding for how much Jesus loves us and especially during these trying times. (Matthew 28:19-20)
I've had friends that want to "disown" me for my beliefs of a "pretribe" rapture. I believe the Bible, when Jesus said only the Father in heaven knows the time or day, but you will know the signs.
Personally I've lost a job of 35 years because of my beliefs in God's word, (Revelations 18:23) and I know that I am blessed and a better person for all that God continues to do through me and I have been tested and things that I thought were important, just aren't anymore. I am continuing growing in faith and I'm always looking for opportunities to share our Jesus with others. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
Each day is a blessing....I am always reminded to be grateful of another day that can be used to tell someone of our Jesus!!
Bev, I will be keeping you in my prayers. May Jesus guide you and direct you now on the path He would have you take. Watch for it. May He sustain you in every way. Yours in Christ Jesus.
Wow, there is so much to glean from your comment as always...thank you! This is definitely a unique place, with unique people, and like anything else in life-we get out of it what we put into it...only the return is tenfold!
Thank you for the reminder of keeping a teachable spirit. I always need that. ;)
Steve, you are always a great complement to this platform! Your life experience coupled with your knowledge does great things to this body of believers!
Ah man, thank you. That honestly means a lot to me. I try but man do I fail sometimes. I take away much more than I could ever give here, and you're a huge part of that yourself. I'm grateful for you.
And I saw your comment up there about the ADD thing...I get it! 🙋I'm the same, only with the "H" added in. T and the kids tell me they hear "BOING BOING" when I walk. I've learned that what I used to feel was a curse is actually turned around as a blessing from God!
Hi Kari! Thank you for your encouraging words! Please tell this old ADD afflicted OCD believer how you are able to type in large text. If it's in the settings I can't find it, I've looked. Extra Large type set stands out mo bettah to this old guy!☺
Beautiful post Kari, thank you. The time does feel shorter. I feel the excitement and urgency to share the Gospel at every opportunity. People's responses no longer have any effect on me unless they're open to accepting Jesus into their lives. May many more be grafted in before He comes.
AMEN’ Kari To God be the Glory for the Great things He has done, is doing, and will continue to do as we wait patiently for His soon coming. Hallelujah 🥳 Happy New Year. Thankful. Your word ! Great choice. 🙏
Good word, Kari! I already started ordering New Testaments in other languages (Spanish, Vietnamese, etc.). Jesus keeps bringing people into our path for whom English is not their primary language, and He makes a way to share a small gift and a copy of the New Testament in their primary language. I’ve found ChristianBook.com and Amazon.com to be good resources for these.
Can you imagine after the rapture all the Christian bookstores/warehouses that will be looted for all the brand new believers on earth??? Sometimes I think about the many many underground churches and how many of our Bibles will be in new hands with all of our notes, so I leave special letters inside my Bible for such a time as this. 💛
😊🙏 You’re ‘fair-dinkum’ (that’s Aussie for ‘genuine, honest, upstanding, fair and square’) Kari - and I’m sure your family is the same as well! 😊 As a matter of fact that’s one of the reasons I like Jimmy Evans so much - he’s fair dinkum 😊👍
You know I’m from Texas so… here’s a few of our slangs😂😂 Howdy partner….Y’all are a hoot! This ain't my first rodeo (experienced Texan like Jimmy Sat this) Of course, Texas sweet tea is the sweetest and Fixin’ To (I’m about to) Bless your heart— means you’re sweet as pecan pie!! If someone’s “all hat and no cattle” then it means that they’re all talk and no followthrough (Definitely not you, Ted!) Lastly, Git-R-done (we gotta lot of work to do) 🙏🤠
Excellent words today! And Happy New Year people! I just wanted to let you good folk know I saw that Joni Lamb show with Perry Stone. Man alive, that was good! I encourage people to watch it if you haven't here is the link
That was a really good show. Both of the recent shows (Revelation and Heaven) with Perry Stone were great!! Perry Stone has a very precise way of explaining things that make even the difficult easy to understand!
Happy New Year Miss Glee! And man, I went to the grocery store yesterday and I almost choked when I saw the price of the eggs, but I should have known as well as anyone. Ours was $4.89/doz.
That $9.27...😧. Way too expensive to be scrambling!
With any luck, maybe the chickens will come home to roost this year 😂. Ok, well maybe, more in a literal sense 😂. I think we are going to try to get some. Prices sure make a person say wow. Happy new years friends.
G_d truly does hold us in the palm of His hand. 9 months ago the Holy Spirit told me to take the little money I had in savings and buy dehydrated eggs that last 15yrs, and freeze dried chicken that lasts 25yrs. The Holy Spirit told me there will be a problem buying eggs and chicken. Here we are. The avian flu has caused a rise in price of eggs and chicken. There may be shortages soon.
Nice message pastor. He’s still got family He needs to bring in. We give to a few of the Bible printing organizations that do the audio Boles in peoples’ native tongues. They send videos and pictures of the new believers that are receiving these Bibles. When I see the look on their faces and the joy, I better understand why we are waiting. There are still some really precious people He is brining on our current day ark. So while we wait, I try to keep their faces in my mind, these children of His that are so precious to Him. It really is leaving the 99 to go out and rescue the one. Applies exactly to our days. Happy new years brothers and sisters. It will be soon though 😂
So true. Once you see the face of a new believer or hear the song of the redeemed, it kind of slows a person down. I just hope Pastor Jimmy's new book gets delivered before the POOF💨 or I'm gonna be bugging him at the Supper. 🤣
Happy New Year y’all. Great message today. If the early Church can do it so can we! Looking forward to the new year! Up and onward! Full steam ahead!! 🌺
Luke 2:52 is like the one transitional verse we have about Jesus where he grew, and he grew in 4 ways: “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”
1. He grew in wisdom (intellectually)
2. He grew in stature (physically)
3. He grew in favor with God (spiritually)
4. He grew in favor with man (relationally)
If Jesus grew, how much more important is it that you and I grow? In 2023, I’m making a plan to grow because without a plan, I am already planning to fail. You can make a plan too by dividing a piece of paper into four sections and filling it in with anything. This is just an example:
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WISDOM (Intellectually)
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*This year I want to learn about_______
*Read 1 book per month:
*Listen to (audiobook/podcast) about ________
*Personal finances: Learn how to budget. How to invest. How to get out of debt.
*Learn a new skill, hobby, language, instrument.
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STATURE (Physically)
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*Find a gym
*Workout ___ days per week
*Eat better. Cut certain foods. Stop eating after 7pm. Stop drinking soda.
*Sleep more: Goal: is 7 hrs per night. Go to bed earlier & wake up earlier.
*Intermittent fast: 8am to 12pm (Noon)
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FAVOR WITH GOD (Spiritually)
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*Read my Bible
*21 Days of Prayer and Fasting
*Get in a small group
*Lead a small group
*Go through the Growth Track at church
*Serve on the Dream Team at church
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FAVOR WITH MAN (Relationally)
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*Date night once per week
*Go on vacation without the kids
*Invest in a specific friendship with________
*Meet new friends-Find friends and community at church
*Get in a group in February at church
*Schedule a play-date with other families
My hope is that this encourages someone to make a plan. Even if you fail miserably, you will gain so much!
Hi Steve. My Pastor preached this very same Scriptures passage this Sunday and taught the very same teachings. Great message. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year and stay well. Shalom 🙏
It's such a great message to give at the beginning of the year. This was the first time I ever heard it used for this, and I loved it. They must be getting their sermons from the same place! 🤣
The message today at church was Revelation 21: 1-5. Behold our loving Saviour makes all things NEW. Stop dwelling on the past. God has deleted it. Our future looks brighter with each passing day. That is all. Shalom
Pastors Jimmy, Mark, Greg and our Tipping Point Family:
Last night as the clock struck 12 midnight the new year of 2023 began. Remember God knows the end from the beginning. No mater what transpires in the world and in our individual lives in 2023 God already knows and has the world and us in His hands. Fear nothing for our God is sovereign and has complete control and purpose over all things!
Eggs here in Fort Myers, FL are $5.50 a dozen. There is one thing though that is priceless and that is the BLOOD OF GOD'S LAMB. It can't be bought or earned as it is freely given to all who own their sin and receive Jesus' forgiveness through His Blood shed on Calvary's cross. Remember there is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood. God shed blood the first time in the Garden of Eden to cover Adam and Eve's nakedness. God shed blood the last time when His plan for the Blood of Jesus was shed not as a covering for our sin but for our total redemption from sin.
Hi Glee! Did not realize we are in the same state. You are in the Panhandle and I am in SW Florida a distance of 550 miles which is about an 8-hour drive. Eggciting!! When tired I have a sick humor!!!
home of 70 years in Ft. Worth, TX to Ft. Walton Beach, FL? Thank you for all your prayers for me during Ian! My family of 11 Floridians sheltered under the shadow of the Almighty's wings and were all kept safe. Damage to homes but nothing that insurance claim $$ can't fix!
I will be praying for the Holy Spirit to lead you to a Bible believing Spirit filled church that welcomes you into their family!
Happy New Year family. How can we truly be happy in this world today? We all see the evil all around us. Skyrocketing prices for just about everything. Wars, rumors of war, famine, pestilence, severe weather, earthquakes, good being called evil, evil called good, and incredible deception. Sound familiar?
Yet as a believer we can peace, great joy, and true happiness because we are not of this world. Our citizenship is in Heaven. We see all in this world falling right into place. Just like Jesus and the Apostles said it would.
Oh Pastor Jimmy, I loved your message this morning. What sharing the gospel truly meant to the early church. Seeing His ascension and being eagerly expectant of His return for them. How else should we want to live?
As a believer, I’m ready for Jesus to come get us. Today would be great!!! Yet, what about all those who will be left behind. Maybe family members and close friends? Co-workers, neighbors, those kind people at the stores we frequently visit. They need Jesus just as much as I did.
Lord, I pray that my heart will continue to renew this year, so I can be more long suffering like you and urgently reach out with the gospel message. Direct my paths, anoint my words, and let your love shine thru me to those who don’t you. Help me lead many to Christ before you come for us.
I love you TP family. Thank you for all your prayers and including me in all these discussions. I look forward to what God is going to do 2023 thru TP Pastors and all my brothers and sisters in Christ here in our community. May the praise reports be supernaturally abundant.
It's funny how you describe all the encroaching mayhem that's creeping in on our personal zipcodes. I liken this life that Jesus has given us to walking thru a minefield while singing praises to God while simultaneously sharing the gospel with people who have never heard about God is like them living on a second story house and their bottom floor is in flames.....all the while looking in the distance there's a volcano spewing lava that's coming towards us with tornadoes 🌪 in the distance beyond the volcano...But Praise the living God, he has saved us eternally and continues to save us daily!!!!! Thank God for his daily benefits!. Good word Art Martin! Be blessed
Just before I comment, Happy 2023 everyone - thanks so much for your fellowship and encouragement over the past year.😊🎉🙏
Thanks for that Ps Jimmy - I must admit I do get a bit impatient awaiting Christ’s return, especially with the way the world is heading at the moment. But as our church pastor mentioned yesterday, it’s us that needs to change - God is the potter and we are the clay, not vice versa. God does know what’s best that’s what I have to make sure I get into this head of mine 😊
Ok, well I finally found a reference to the 4th temple in my new commentary called Exploring Bible Prophecy from Genesis to Revelation by Tim LaHaye and Ed Hindson. For those of you that have this book it is on page 257. It has been bugging me because I referred to the 4th temple one day at Church, at a ladies Bible Study, and pretty much the whole room turned on me to say they had never heard of a 4th temple. So Tim and Ed say the Messianic or Kingdom age temple during the Millennium, is the 4th Temple. Thank-you Lord. I got it. 🌺
Hi Bruce! I hope you enjoy it as much as I am! It is the first time in all my years studying end times prophecy that I have had ALL the end times prophecy in one place with commentary. I know that all prophecy teachers do not agree on everything, but I know Pastor Evans has great respect for Tim LaHaye and so do I. Ed Hendson wrote so many books and taught at Liberty for so many years, that he is definitely credible. I had lunch with a dear friend this week who is older than me, and she remembers being a young girl sitting in his classroom at Liberty…. So fun! Enjoy the book! 🌺
Hi David, yes! Used by permission and they adopted it. That was the part I was actually trying to figure out.... Was Randall Price the only one who referred to it that way, or was there others? Ed Hindson is pretty well know in these parts, diseased now, but was the assistant chancellor and dean of the Institute of Biblical Studies at Liberty University in Virginia. And, of course, Tim LaHaye. I was concerned about giving “misinformation” in church, but I guess with those 2 guys behind me, I was ok in what I said. Again, thank-you Jesus. I did not want to be leading people in the wrong direction. Hopefully they looked it up and we’re able to find some understanding of that term. 🌺
Also, I’ve been blubbering my way through The Chosen season 3😭😭😭😭 It’s been fantastic! Everything is even better— the actors are on fire, superb editing, stunning cinematography, etc!
Yes!! I am with you there too! That 3rd episode really got me. When He finally tells them that He is the Messiah, and how they reacted. And then how He “slips away.” The acting is great as you say and it really brought it home for me. Glad you like it!! 🌺
Hi Pastor Jimmy and team. I appreciate all the work you guys do and I want to thank you. This is my first comment, and this is a question I've had for a very long time as a Christian and especially since one of my closest friends passed away. His name was Daniel and he was an atheist and I would talk to him about God fairly regularly basis and I think that's one of the reasons why he stopped talking to me. We were friends for many years and then we just kind of grew apart and I didn't talk to him for probably two or three years and then out of the blue I get a link from him to a Facebook message that was from years earlier. The post on Facebook basically read that I was a really good friend to him and he missed me. He was just putting that out to the world I guess but I didn't see it at the time he put it out because I didn't even have Facebook. At the time we started to trip apart I was getting strong Vibes that he didn't really want to talk to me anymore so I just kind of left him alone and decided I'd wait for him to contact me which happened shortly after I got that Facebook message post. He told me he didn't contact me for so long because he lost his phone and got a new phone number. He said he lost all his contacts but we had several mutual friends who I still talked to that he could have got my number from anytime, so it rang very hollow to me. I did not mention that though, I was just glad to hear from him. Anyways we talked about our families and caught up with each other's lives. It was near holiday time and he had moved to Texas unbeknownst to me but said he said he was coming back for Thanksgiving and wanted to get together. That never happened but shortly before Christmas I got the sad news that he had passed away in a car accident. He was very young at the time, I think we were both around 30 or so(I'm 41 now)and I always wondered if any of my messages got through to him because I was very concerned for his eternity. So my question to you is, why is it that some people get to make mistakes all their lives, be the worst person for 30 40 50 60 plus years and then find their way to Christ and some people die when they're still young and dumb and haven't really had a chance to figure that out? Does God already know their future, that they would never turn around and so let them pass away early into damnation? This rings extremely unfair in my mind but I know God is the ultimate of impartial judges, just, kind and fair in His wisdom. I was wondering your opinion on how this exactly works? Thank you.
Hi William, I just read your comment and it touched my heart. First of all, I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend and how much that hurt your heart. This much I know.... only God knows our hearts. If you friend (even at the last second of his life) confessed that Jesus is King and Savior, he would be saved. Think about the thief that hung next to Jesus on the cross. At the very last moments of his life, he believed that Jesus was the Savior. Jesus told him, I will see you soon in glory. https://www.gotquestions.org/thief-on-the-cross.html Also, take into account when we are raptured and millions, billions of people globally are left behind. Through the ministry of the two witnesses and the 144K radical Jewish messengers, possibly millions/billions of people will refuse the mark of the beast. Most of those new, tribulation believers will be murdered for their new faith in Jesus. God's great mercy & gift of salvation will still be available until the very very end of the tribulation. Those new believers will also be in glory with those seasoned believers who knew Christ for years. No one knows how long we will live on this earth. My prayer for you, that someday you will see your friend in paradise. He had a loving friend in you that was deeply concerned for his eternity. We all have to make that eternal choice and prayerfully he did that before he died. Again, I'm so sorry..... I really like this song. It talks about sitting at the wedding table in heaven with brand new believers who have only just believed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIpxpjrInA8 💛
I'm so sorry for the uncertainty and heartbreak you are going through William. I have a niece that passed away unexpectedly in 2013 at the age of 24. I honestly don't know if she was saved when she passed away. Sometimes when I think of the reunion we will have with our loved ones who passed away, I wonder if she will be in heaven. We all have loved ones who refuse to listen to us with the end times warnings to get right with the Lord. We have even used the logic of us not knowing when we will take our last breath. Still can't get through to these particular people. It's heartbreaking to see their refusal, rejection or blindness. All we can do is plant the seed of the gospel of Jesus Christ and let the Holy Spirit take over. Ask the Lord to give us the peace during these stressful times. God bless you.
Ladies: I don't know if you know this or not but the proper etiquette is to still keep your Christmas decor up through the new year so tomorrow you can take it down. You are not allowed to take it down until after New Year's Day so if you already took it down please identify yourself in a reply here so that we can all judge you. You cannot have a happy New Year without it so I advise you to go back immediately and put the decor back up.
I took mine down and packed it away the day after Christmas. Usually I take it down just before New Year's Eve, but knew I was going to be too busy. I like to start the new year fresh without packing away Christmas decorations that have been up for over a month. That's just me. 😜
Haha! That was the same thing our pastor told everyone yesterday (as a funny joke of course). I was pushing the agenda strong until one of my church family replied and said "Steve Branson, you and Pastor Dusty and his army of angels can come take down my Christmas decorations tomorrow if y'all don't like me doing it today! Hahahaha! And if y'all come do that, I need my upstairs carpets cleaned too while you're at it!!
Needless to say, my Pastor found out real fast that he was swimming alone because we all threw him under the bus. Her response is effective so you might keep it handy! 🤣
Happy 2023 Tipping Point Family! It was a nice surprise to log in between church services and see that we had something new to start off the new year! And thank you for the reminder about the book Pastor Jimmy...I had forgotten I even ordered it. That explains the order on my Shop app that keeps showing undelivered! 🤣
I'm starting the new year off with new music that our Heartland Worship Team just released and it's setting the tone for my 2023. Love them all but this song Mystery Of You...🔥💥😍
Aww, I get so much more in blessings from you and everyone here. Thank you for poking me in fun this last year and making me feel loved...that's when I know I'm with "my people". 😁😁We love you!
Happy 2023 TP family!!!! Instead of feeling anxious that we’re still here and not raptured I want to encourage you to thank Jesus every day we have breath on this earth for more opportunities to share the good news! (My word this year is thankfulness) In a twinkle of an eye, our Groom will rescue us and we will have perfect, new, resurrected bodies. We are THAT generation. What a beautiful post to start off the new year…. Thank you Jimmy! Let’s continue to encourage one another, support, love, and pray for each other on the Tipping Point! This community is a unique place— let’s dive in the Word deeper, renew a teachable spirit and focus our heart & mind on these 5 teachings from the early church. Love y’all…..💛
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].” 2 Corinthians 5:17
Great Point Kari!! Guess I find myself not really worring about the rapture of the church and wandering when it wil happen, but am I doing all that Jesus would want me to do to bring other nonbelievers with us to an understanding for how much Jesus loves us and especially during these trying times. (Matthew 28:19-20)
I've had friends that want to "disown" me for my beliefs of a "pretribe" rapture. I believe the Bible, when Jesus said only the Father in heaven knows the time or day, but you will know the signs.
Personally I've lost a job of 35 years because of my beliefs in God's word, (Revelations 18:23) and I know that I am blessed and a better person for all that God continues to do through me and I have been tested and things that I thought were important, just aren't anymore. I am continuing growing in faith and I'm always looking for opportunities to share our Jesus with others. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
Each day is a blessing....I am always reminded to be grateful of another day that can be used to tell someone of our Jesus!!
Bev, I will be keeping you in my prayers. May Jesus guide you and direct you now on the path He would have you take. Watch for it. May He sustain you in every way. Yours in Christ Jesus.
Thank you!! :)
Bev, I'm so sorry that you lost your job. I pray that God helps you to find a much better one with better pay and benefits. GBU
Sweet Kari, your post COULDN’T have been more encouraging!!!
Thanks so much for your witness!!
I am crazy excited about the new year!!
Maranatha sister
Wow, there is so much to glean from your comment as always...thank you! This is definitely a unique place, with unique people, and like anything else in life-we get out of it what we put into it...only the return is tenfold!
Thank you for the reminder of keeping a teachable spirit. I always need that. ;)
Steve, you are always a great complement to this platform! Your life experience coupled with your knowledge does great things to this body of believers!
Ah man, thank you. That honestly means a lot to me. I try but man do I fail sometimes. I take away much more than I could ever give here, and you're a huge part of that yourself. I'm grateful for you.
And I saw your comment up there about the ADD thing...I get it! 🙋I'm the same, only with the "H" added in. T and the kids tell me they hear "BOING BOING" when I walk. I've learned that what I used to feel was a curse is actually turned around as a blessing from God!
Thank you for the smile!
Lol!
Hi Kari! Thank you for your encouraging words! Please tell this old ADD afflicted OCD believer how you are able to type in large text. If it's in the settings I can't find it, I've looked. Extra Large type set stands out mo bettah to this old guy!☺
I went into my settings. Then go into font, size. You should be able to enlarge the size of tge letters and numbers there.
This must be a treat for Apple IOS users. I am a Droid user so I am not worthy. My Samsung note 9 does not give me the option
Beautiful post Kari, thank you. The time does feel shorter. I feel the excitement and urgency to share the Gospel at every opportunity. People's responses no longer have any effect on me unless they're open to accepting Jesus into their lives. May many more be grafted in before He comes.
🙏 amen
AMEN’ Kari To God be the Glory for the Great things He has done, is doing, and will continue to do as we wait patiently for His soon coming. Hallelujah 🥳 Happy New Year. Thankful. Your word ! Great choice. 🙏
Good word, Kari! I already started ordering New Testaments in other languages (Spanish, Vietnamese, etc.). Jesus keeps bringing people into our path for whom English is not their primary language, and He makes a way to share a small gift and a copy of the New Testament in their primary language. I’ve found ChristianBook.com and Amazon.com to be good resources for these.
Can you imagine after the rapture all the Christian bookstores/warehouses that will be looted for all the brand new believers on earth??? Sometimes I think about the many many underground churches and how many of our Bibles will be in new hands with all of our notes, so I leave special letters inside my Bible for such a time as this. 💛
Good onya Kari 😊 Agree 100%! 👍😊🙏
You make me happy every time you post!! I need to learn more Aussie slang for the new year! You’re my #1 Bloke from 🇦🇺
And you’re my #1 sheila (that’s Aussie slang for ‘lady’) from the USA 🇺🇸.
Always great having a chinwag with you Kari - yep, whenever you want to know about the good old Aussie lingo, give me a yell.
Have a great day and keep shining! 😊👍🙏
I always read your comments outloud to my fam!! This makes me smile 😃
😊🙏 You’re ‘fair-dinkum’ (that’s Aussie for ‘genuine, honest, upstanding, fair and square’) Kari - and I’m sure your family is the same as well! 😊 As a matter of fact that’s one of the reasons I like Jimmy Evans so much - he’s fair dinkum 😊👍
You know I’m from Texas so… here’s a few of our slangs😂😂 Howdy partner….Y’all are a hoot! This ain't my first rodeo (experienced Texan like Jimmy Sat this) Of course, Texas sweet tea is the sweetest and Fixin’ To (I’m about to) Bless your heart— means you’re sweet as pecan pie!! If someone’s “all hat and no cattle” then it means that they’re all talk and no followthrough (Definitely not you, Ted!) Lastly, Git-R-done (we gotta lot of work to do) 🙏🤠
Excellent words today! And Happy New Year people! I just wanted to let you good folk know I saw that Joni Lamb show with Perry Stone. Man alive, that was good! I encourage people to watch it if you haven't here is the link
https://youtu.be/U-UYw2De40U
Thanks Chris!!!!
I just watched Joni Lamb with Perry Stone
Awesome !!!
I agree! There was a real special anointing on that round table that day, and I could feel it all the way in Northern Virginia!! 🌺
Amen Kris, he was great
Happy new year
crazy Chris🥰🥰
You are a dear!! This site will be our strength this year!!
God is in control and rolling up his sleeves!!
Love you all!!
That was a really good show. Both of the recent shows (Revelation and Heaven) with Perry Stone were great!! Perry Stone has a very precise way of explaining things that make even the difficult easy to understand!
Very much so. Just like Adrian Rogers.
Congrats on the new book! Look forward to reading it!
Wow!! Pastor Jimmy. What a wonderful way to wake up on January 1, 2023!!
in a world in total chaos,
God holds me in the very palm of his hand.
it’s almost crazy it’s like everything is falling apart around me, eggs are $9.27 a dozen and I couldn’t be happier.
I may not eat eggs as much as I like to, but I could not be more at peace and excitement about the coming year!!
it is going to continue to fall and I’m going to stand outside the devastation knowing God‘s got me!!
Blessings to all of you precious, precious people!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎊🎆🎈
Happy New Year Miss Glee! And man, I went to the grocery store yesterday and I almost choked when I saw the price of the eggs, but I should have known as well as anyone. Ours was $4.89/doz.
That $9.27...😧. Way too expensive to be scrambling!
With any luck, maybe the chickens will come home to roost this year 😂. Ok, well maybe, more in a literal sense 😂. I think we are going to try to get some. Prices sure make a person say wow. Happy new years friends.
I don't know about the chickens coming home to roost this year but those Canadian Geese sure are 😡.
We've been so focused on the southern border when we should have built one big net on our border with Canada!🤣
Happy New Year to you buddy!
Thanks buddy and for you too 😊
Thanks I love my eggs,
I’ll head back to Walmart, it’s a little better there
G_d truly does hold us in the palm of His hand. 9 months ago the Holy Spirit told me to take the little money I had in savings and buy dehydrated eggs that last 15yrs, and freeze dried chicken that lasts 25yrs. The Holy Spirit told me there will be a problem buying eggs and chicken. Here we are. The avian flu has caused a rise in price of eggs and chicken. There may be shortages soon.
Nice message pastor. He’s still got family He needs to bring in. We give to a few of the Bible printing organizations that do the audio Boles in peoples’ native tongues. They send videos and pictures of the new believers that are receiving these Bibles. When I see the look on their faces and the joy, I better understand why we are waiting. There are still some really precious people He is brining on our current day ark. So while we wait, I try to keep their faces in my mind, these children of His that are so precious to Him. It really is leaving the 99 to go out and rescue the one. Applies exactly to our days. Happy new years brothers and sisters. It will be soon though 😂
Oops, meant this face 😊
So true. Once you see the face of a new believer or hear the song of the redeemed, it kind of slows a person down. I just hope Pastor Jimmy's new book gets delivered before the POOF💨 or I'm gonna be bugging him at the Supper. 🤣
Me too I just ordered it
Amen Justin, thanks so much for your prayers and input this past year
Maranatha
Maranantha Glee and always love yours too.
AMEN AND AMEN BROTHER!
Happy New Year y’all. Great message today. If the early Church can do it so can we! Looking forward to the new year! Up and onward! Full steam ahead!! 🌺
Make a plan for 2023!
Luke 2:52 is like the one transitional verse we have about Jesus where he grew, and he grew in 4 ways: “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”
1. He grew in wisdom (intellectually)
2. He grew in stature (physically)
3. He grew in favor with God (spiritually)
4. He grew in favor with man (relationally)
If Jesus grew, how much more important is it that you and I grow? In 2023, I’m making a plan to grow because without a plan, I am already planning to fail. You can make a plan too by dividing a piece of paper into four sections and filling it in with anything. This is just an example:
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WISDOM (Intellectually)
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*This year I want to learn about_______
*Read 1 book per month:
*Listen to (audiobook/podcast) about ________
*Personal finances: Learn how to budget. How to invest. How to get out of debt.
*Learn a new skill, hobby, language, instrument.
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STATURE (Physically)
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*Find a gym
*Workout ___ days per week
*Eat better. Cut certain foods. Stop eating after 7pm. Stop drinking soda.
*Sleep more: Goal: is 7 hrs per night. Go to bed earlier & wake up earlier.
*Intermittent fast: 8am to 12pm (Noon)
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FAVOR WITH GOD (Spiritually)
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*Read my Bible
*21 Days of Prayer and Fasting
*Get in a small group
*Lead a small group
*Go through the Growth Track at church
*Serve on the Dream Team at church
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FAVOR WITH MAN (Relationally)
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*Date night once per week
*Go on vacation without the kids
*Invest in a specific friendship with________
*Meet new friends-Find friends and community at church
*Get in a group in February at church
*Schedule a play-date with other families
My hope is that this encourages someone to make a plan. Even if you fail miserably, you will gain so much!
Awesome thanks
Hi Steve. My Pastor preached this very same Scriptures passage this Sunday and taught the very same teachings. Great message. Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year and stay well. Shalom 🙏
Hi Miss Gladys🤗
It's such a great message to give at the beginning of the year. This was the first time I ever heard it used for this, and I loved it. They must be getting their sermons from the same place! 🤣
Hope you are doing well!
The message today at church was Revelation 21: 1-5. Behold our loving Saviour makes all things NEW. Stop dwelling on the past. God has deleted it. Our future looks brighter with each passing day. That is all. Shalom
Great reminder Chris, thank you. This is such a timely word for me. God bless.
Pastors Jimmy, Mark, Greg and our Tipping Point Family:
Last night as the clock struck 12 midnight the new year of 2023 began. Remember God knows the end from the beginning. No mater what transpires in the world and in our individual lives in 2023 God already knows and has the world and us in His hands. Fear nothing for our God is sovereign and has complete control and purpose over all things!
Eggs here in Fort Myers, FL are $5.50 a dozen. There is one thing though that is priceless and that is the BLOOD OF GOD'S LAMB. It can't be bought or earned as it is freely given to all who own their sin and receive Jesus' forgiveness through His Blood shed on Calvary's cross. Remember there is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood. God shed blood the first time in the Garden of Eden to cover Adam and Eve's nakedness. God shed blood the last time when His plan for the Blood of Jesus was shed not as a covering for our sin but for our total redemption from sin.
See you soon; here, in the air or up there!
ETERNITY WITH OUR GOD IS IMMINENT!
(((HUGS))) to all, Carol
Eggs, ha ha, I’m in Fort Walton Beach
Hi Glee! Did not realize we are in the same state. You are in the Panhandle and I am in SW Florida a distance of 550 miles which is about an 8-hour drive. Eggciting!! When tired I have a sick humor!!!
Oh sweet Carol I prayed so much for you during the hurricane.
I retired in October and didn’t move here till December 3!
I’m having a blast, a little scared, bc I left my Fort Worth Texas home of 70 years and moved here by myself!!! Now I’ve got to find a church home!!
Happy new year 🎊🎆🎈
https://destinyworshipcenter.com/locations/fort-walton-beach-campus/
Seek the Holy Spirit about above church.
MayI ask why you moved from your
home of 70 years in Ft. Worth, TX to Ft. Walton Beach, FL? Thank you for all your prayers for me during Ian! My family of 11 Floridians sheltered under the shadow of the Almighty's wings and were all kept safe. Damage to homes but nothing that insurance claim $$ can't fix!
I will be praying for the Holy Spirit to lead you to a Bible believing Spirit filled church that welcomes you into their family!
(((HUGS)))
Happy New Year family. How can we truly be happy in this world today? We all see the evil all around us. Skyrocketing prices for just about everything. Wars, rumors of war, famine, pestilence, severe weather, earthquakes, good being called evil, evil called good, and incredible deception. Sound familiar?
Yet as a believer we can peace, great joy, and true happiness because we are not of this world. Our citizenship is in Heaven. We see all in this world falling right into place. Just like Jesus and the Apostles said it would.
Oh Pastor Jimmy, I loved your message this morning. What sharing the gospel truly meant to the early church. Seeing His ascension and being eagerly expectant of His return for them. How else should we want to live?
As a believer, I’m ready for Jesus to come get us. Today would be great!!! Yet, what about all those who will be left behind. Maybe family members and close friends? Co-workers, neighbors, those kind people at the stores we frequently visit. They need Jesus just as much as I did.
Lord, I pray that my heart will continue to renew this year, so I can be more long suffering like you and urgently reach out with the gospel message. Direct my paths, anoint my words, and let your love shine thru me to those who don’t you. Help me lead many to Christ before you come for us.
I love you TP family. Thank you for all your prayers and including me in all these discussions. I look forward to what God is going to do 2023 thru TP Pastors and all my brothers and sisters in Christ here in our community. May the praise reports be supernaturally abundant.
It's funny how you describe all the encroaching mayhem that's creeping in on our personal zipcodes. I liken this life that Jesus has given us to walking thru a minefield while singing praises to God while simultaneously sharing the gospel with people who have never heard about God is like them living on a second story house and their bottom floor is in flames.....all the while looking in the distance there's a volcano spewing lava that's coming towards us with tornadoes 🌪 in the distance beyond the volcano...But Praise the living God, he has saved us eternally and continues to save us daily!!!!! Thank God for his daily benefits!. Good word Art Martin! Be blessed
Wow Chris!!! Maranatha
Amen and thanks for all of your input this past year!
Pre-ordering today! Great way to start the new year! Keep looking up!
Just before I comment, Happy 2023 everyone - thanks so much for your fellowship and encouragement over the past year.😊🎉🙏
Thanks for that Ps Jimmy - I must admit I do get a bit impatient awaiting Christ’s return, especially with the way the world is heading at the moment. But as our church pastor mentioned yesterday, it’s us that needs to change - God is the potter and we are the clay, not vice versa. God does know what’s best that’s what I have to make sure I get into this head of mine 😊
Thanks once again 👍🙏😊
Ok, well I finally found a reference to the 4th temple in my new commentary called Exploring Bible Prophecy from Genesis to Revelation by Tim LaHaye and Ed Hindson. For those of you that have this book it is on page 257. It has been bugging me because I referred to the 4th temple one day at Church, at a ladies Bible Study, and pretty much the whole room turned on me to say they had never heard of a 4th temple. So Tim and Ed say the Messianic or Kingdom age temple during the Millennium, is the 4th Temple. Thank-you Lord. I got it. 🌺
I saw you mention that commentary just after Christmas so I purchased it. It just arrived and I'm looking forward to digging in!
Hi Bruce! I hope you enjoy it as much as I am! It is the first time in all my years studying end times prophecy that I have had ALL the end times prophecy in one place with commentary. I know that all prophecy teachers do not agree on everything, but I know Pastor Evans has great respect for Tim LaHaye and so do I. Ed Hendson wrote so many books and taught at Liberty for so many years, that he is definitely credible. I had lunch with a dear friend this week who is older than me, and she remembers being a young girl sitting in his classroom at Liberty…. So fun! Enjoy the book! 🌺
Great! I looked and noticed that diagram came from Dr. Randall Price's book.
Hi David, yes! Used by permission and they adopted it. That was the part I was actually trying to figure out.... Was Randall Price the only one who referred to it that way, or was there others? Ed Hindson is pretty well know in these parts, diseased now, but was the assistant chancellor and dean of the Institute of Biblical Studies at Liberty University in Virginia. And, of course, Tim LaHaye. I was concerned about giving “misinformation” in church, but I guess with those 2 guys behind me, I was ok in what I said. Again, thank-you Jesus. I did not want to be leading people in the wrong direction. Hopefully they looked it up and we’re able to find some understanding of that term. 🌺
Grabbing my book now and marking the page Kris. Thank you!
Glad you got it Kari! It is a fun little reference book. 🌺
Also, I’ve been blubbering my way through The Chosen season 3😭😭😭😭 It’s been fantastic! Everything is even better— the actors are on fire, superb editing, stunning cinematography, etc!
Yes!! I am with you there too! That 3rd episode really got me. When He finally tells them that He is the Messiah, and how they reacted. And then how He “slips away.” The acting is great as you say and it really brought it home for me. Glad you like it!! 🌺
Hi Pastor Jimmy and team. I appreciate all the work you guys do and I want to thank you. This is my first comment, and this is a question I've had for a very long time as a Christian and especially since one of my closest friends passed away. His name was Daniel and he was an atheist and I would talk to him about God fairly regularly basis and I think that's one of the reasons why he stopped talking to me. We were friends for many years and then we just kind of grew apart and I didn't talk to him for probably two or three years and then out of the blue I get a link from him to a Facebook message that was from years earlier. The post on Facebook basically read that I was a really good friend to him and he missed me. He was just putting that out to the world I guess but I didn't see it at the time he put it out because I didn't even have Facebook. At the time we started to trip apart I was getting strong Vibes that he didn't really want to talk to me anymore so I just kind of left him alone and decided I'd wait for him to contact me which happened shortly after I got that Facebook message post. He told me he didn't contact me for so long because he lost his phone and got a new phone number. He said he lost all his contacts but we had several mutual friends who I still talked to that he could have got my number from anytime, so it rang very hollow to me. I did not mention that though, I was just glad to hear from him. Anyways we talked about our families and caught up with each other's lives. It was near holiday time and he had moved to Texas unbeknownst to me but said he said he was coming back for Thanksgiving and wanted to get together. That never happened but shortly before Christmas I got the sad news that he had passed away in a car accident. He was very young at the time, I think we were both around 30 or so(I'm 41 now)and I always wondered if any of my messages got through to him because I was very concerned for his eternity. So my question to you is, why is it that some people get to make mistakes all their lives, be the worst person for 30 40 50 60 plus years and then find their way to Christ and some people die when they're still young and dumb and haven't really had a chance to figure that out? Does God already know their future, that they would never turn around and so let them pass away early into damnation? This rings extremely unfair in my mind but I know God is the ultimate of impartial judges, just, kind and fair in His wisdom. I was wondering your opinion on how this exactly works? Thank you.
Hi William, I just read your comment and it touched my heart. First of all, I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend and how much that hurt your heart. This much I know.... only God knows our hearts. If you friend (even at the last second of his life) confessed that Jesus is King and Savior, he would be saved. Think about the thief that hung next to Jesus on the cross. At the very last moments of his life, he believed that Jesus was the Savior. Jesus told him, I will see you soon in glory. https://www.gotquestions.org/thief-on-the-cross.html Also, take into account when we are raptured and millions, billions of people globally are left behind. Through the ministry of the two witnesses and the 144K radical Jewish messengers, possibly millions/billions of people will refuse the mark of the beast. Most of those new, tribulation believers will be murdered for their new faith in Jesus. God's great mercy & gift of salvation will still be available until the very very end of the tribulation. Those new believers will also be in glory with those seasoned believers who knew Christ for years. No one knows how long we will live on this earth. My prayer for you, that someday you will see your friend in paradise. He had a loving friend in you that was deeply concerned for his eternity. We all have to make that eternal choice and prayerfully he did that before he died. Again, I'm so sorry..... I really like this song. It talks about sitting at the wedding table in heaven with brand new believers who have only just believed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIpxpjrInA8 💛
I'm so sorry for the uncertainty and heartbreak you are going through William. I have a niece that passed away unexpectedly in 2013 at the age of 24. I honestly don't know if she was saved when she passed away. Sometimes when I think of the reunion we will have with our loved ones who passed away, I wonder if she will be in heaven. We all have loved ones who refuse to listen to us with the end times warnings to get right with the Lord. We have even used the logic of us not knowing when we will take our last breath. Still can't get through to these particular people. It's heartbreaking to see their refusal, rejection or blindness. All we can do is plant the seed of the gospel of Jesus Christ and let the Holy Spirit take over. Ask the Lord to give us the peace during these stressful times. God bless you.
Oh yeah I almost forgot...
Ladies: I don't know if you know this or not but the proper etiquette is to still keep your Christmas decor up through the new year so tomorrow you can take it down. You are not allowed to take it down until after New Year's Day so if you already took it down please identify yourself in a reply here so that we can all judge you. You cannot have a happy New Year without it so I advise you to go back immediately and put the decor back up.
Men: You're welcome. 😬🤣
Steve, you are officially crazy! And we all love you! Thanks for keeping our spirits up!
HA! It's hard to deny it when you have a certificate stating so as I do. 🤣 We sure love you too, and Happy New Year Miss Phycilla!
I took mine down and packed it away the day after Christmas. Usually I take it down just before New Year's Eve, but knew I was going to be too busy. I like to start the new year fresh without packing away Christmas decorations that have been up for over a month. That's just me. 😜
Haha! That was the same thing our pastor told everyone yesterday (as a funny joke of course). I was pushing the agenda strong until one of my church family replied and said "Steve Branson, you and Pastor Dusty and his army of angels can come take down my Christmas decorations tomorrow if y'all don't like me doing it today! Hahahaha! And if y'all come do that, I need my upstairs carpets cleaned too while you're at it!!
Needless to say, my Pastor found out real fast that he was swimming alone because we all threw him under the bus. Her response is effective so you might keep it handy! 🤣
That's funny. 😂
Happy 2023 Tipping Point Family! It was a nice surprise to log in between church services and see that we had something new to start off the new year! And thank you for the reminder about the book Pastor Jimmy...I had forgotten I even ordered it. That explains the order on my Shop app that keeps showing undelivered! 🤣
I'm starting the new year off with new music that our Heartland Worship Team just released and it's setting the tone for my 2023. Love them all but this song Mystery Of You...🔥💥😍
https://open.spotify.com/album/2ckTTZEtiY8tqHEtRlkBO1?si=ssDlD_DPTmGBQQ7mGxwxfg
Steve your the best!!!
Thanks so much for your prayers and blessings this past year
Maranatha
Aww, I get so much more in blessings from you and everyone here. Thank you for poking me in fun this last year and making me feel loved...that's when I know I'm with "my people". 😁😁We love you!
God is holding on to us all,
I cherish this site and can’t wait for new teaching!