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Violent Men

This episode of The Life Cast was recorded at New Life Assembly of God on Fathers Day, June 15, 2008. This week we featured Missionary David Broberg. He shared about his work in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia.

David Broberg also shared about what sort of men God wants us to be. God desires violent men. Wait, does that sound right? Listen to the podcast and decide for yourself.

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The Danger of a Civilized Church

Are you a civilized Christian? If so, episode 16 of the Life Cast is for you. Pastor Randy Williamson shares a message about the dangers of a church that has become civilized. Enjoy the podcast

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Freedom Sunday Service

Episode 15 of the Life Cast was recorded during our Freedom Sunday Service which was held at New Life Assembly on Memorial Day Weekend. During this service we took time to recognize everyone who has and is serving our country. The podcast starts with a special song from musicians Matt and Sherry McPherson. Pastor Randy Williamson concludes the podcast with a message about the importance of military power in our spiritual lives. Enjoy the podcast.

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Missionary Letter from Moldova

Yesterday New Life received this letter from Missionaries Andy Raatz, missionary to Moldova.

A letter form the Raatz Family,

It was 5:47 am. I really should have been sleeping. A team from Florida had left at 3 am. I had laid back down to sleep at 4:30 am. The week had been extremely full, morning to night.

Then something woke me up.

I thought it was the neighbor chopping wood in his backyard. I stumbled to the window, pressed my face to the glass and attempted to spot his cursed endeavors. As my eyes slowly focused, I found myself face to face with a 2-inch sparrow.

That tiny bird was my perceived lumberjack. He was perched on the windowsill, pecking at his impressive reflection. He was prepared to show the “other sparrow” who was boss, and if it took 1,000,000 pecks, he was going to show him!

Stupid bird.

The five a.m. lumberjack routine continued for four tortuous days, at which I was now making plans to exterminate the infidel. Since the window was on the thrid floor, my assassination plans were a little more complicated, but I figured that my tennis racket duct-taped to a twelve-foot pole would just about do the trick.

As I reached the day of decision, my little friend must have reached the 1,000,000-peck threshold and he departed, never to peck again! My vengeance was not assuaged, but at least I could sleep!

I am amazed at the impact of his tiny almost-imperceptible taps. I wanted to ignore him, pretend he didn’t exist. I tried to shoo him away, banging on the window to make him stop. But his little taps would wake me up, over and over again.

I wonder how many times God has been tapping at my window, trying to wake me up to the world around. How many times have I tried to shoo Him away, just wanted to sleep through it all, to go on living my “nice Christian life?”

I wonder if God was tapping for the eight month journey for our living permits, trying to say, “Andy, you need to learn patience and trust.”

I wonder if God was speaking through lonely kids like Tanya, trying to shake me up and say, “Who is going to reach these kids?”

I wonder if God is tapping me with every bone-jarring pothole, shaking loose my wallet to give, shaking loose my spirit to pray, and shaking loose my limited vision to expand to His expanding vision of a transformed Moldova.

“Lord, help me to not drown out Your still, small voice in order to retain my comfort. Help me to cut loose from my personal agenda, my self-centeredness, and my complacency.

“Keep tapping on my life. And help me to hear.”

Awake in Moldova,

Andy Raatz

PS: The Home of Hope is almost ready to open! We are working feverishly finishing the construction, training workers, and getting the pieces together to give life-changing ministry to victims of trafficking. We are out of money, but not out of vision. We are almost out of time, but not out of eternal perspective. We are at the end of ourselves, but with less of us there is more room for God. Thanks for praying, giving, and supporting. Please continue.

AND…we had a major computer crash, so please let me know if you want to unsubscribe. If we accidently readded your email, forgive us and let us know.

We are updating our website, and it will be a couple more weeks before we finish. You can check out our blogs a http://raatz.blogs.com and at http://raatzmoldova.blogspot.com.

You can send support to: World Missions, 1445 N Booville Ave., Springfield, MO 65803, Acct. 2477537 or click to give online (http://ag.org/top/missionary_directory/world/world.cfm?Display=Yes&churchdetail=AGFM049B) . We have some much going; church construction, Teen Challenge, Elderly Home, Stella’s Home and finished the Home of Hope. Amazingly, God speaks to people’s hearts over and over again, just when we need the support. Thanks for your partnership in building His Church.

Fear, Faith and a Baby in a Basket

What a pleasure it is to bring you Episode 14 of the Life Cast. This week the Pastor’s Wives of New Life Assembly of God will be sharing a special mothers day message. This message is not only for mothers, you might be surprised about how applicable it will be for those of us who are not mothers. Thanks for joining us for this Mothers Day episode of The Life Cast

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Life on a Short Leash

We’re back. Last week we suffered some technical difficulties and were not able to produce the podcast. This week we are back on track with a message from Senior Pastor Randy Williamson entitled, Life on a Short Leash. Pastor Randy enjoys bird hunting and has owned several bird dogs. Those of you who own a dog will have an easy time identifying with this message. Enjoy the podcast.

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Is God Hiding?

Episode 12 of the Podcast features Senior Pastor Randy Williamson sharing a message entitle, Is God Hiding? Have you ever wondered where God is? Where did he go? Pastor Randy wants to encourage you to search God out he wants to be found by you. Enjoy the podcast.

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God in a Box

Episode 11 of The Life Cast features Senior Pastor sharing a message entitled God in a Box. Do not miss this episode of The Life Cast. God desires to work in us and through us. All too often we will only allow him to work within our box. Pastor Randy’s message will help you allow God out of your box. Enjoy the podcast

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Your Cash, Your Time, Your Talent; God’s Kingdom

Episode nine of the Life Cast features associate pastor Aaron Broberg sharing a message entitled Your Cash, Your Time, Your Talent; God’s Kingdom. You can listen to this podcast by clicking the player below. If you would like to here more from New Life Assembly of God you can visit the podcast page for other audio content. We trust you will enjoy the podcast.

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