Thursday, March 09, 2006
It's CATCH UP time From Chattanooga!
Well, the hotel "hot spot" for the wireless internet connection was down last night!
But thank the Lord, it's better tonight and I can update you on what the Lord has been doing, and Oh my friends, He has been doing great things in Chattanooga!!!
I must confess that EVERY speaker that I've heard since Monday night, has been Divinely (is that spelled right?) appointed JUST FOR ME! As usual, my greatest problem with coming home from Fresh Oil, New Wine each year, is HOW to share with you all that God has poured into my spirit this week! It's a little like trying to take a drink from a fire hose! It's great, it's just a whole lot coming real fast! If you don't gulp every now and then, you'll drown!
I have heard about the New Seasons, and New Days that God is bringing upon His Body. I have heard about the fact that FOR EVERYONE ELSE, 2005 was a year of great difficulty and struggle, but 2006 will be the year of abundance and 2007 will be the year of perfection (maturity)of the church!
I have seen the struggle and the victories that God brought Central Baptist through in the finishing of their new building. They were at the EXACT same place that we were at this time last year in the finishing of their building. They had a little steel up and were having difficulties in going on. At one time, they even voted to STOP altogether. However, we have met this week in their brand new, 20 million dollar facility that would blow your mind! Guess when they had their first services in it and dedicated it to the Lord? December the 4th!!!! Isn't that wild? I must tell you that I feel a stronger kindred spirit with their dear pastor, Ron Phillips, than I do with any other man of GOd on the planet. He is more like Jesus in the flesh than anyone I know. I love him, I appreciate his leadership, I beg to be under his mantle of apostleship, and I look to him as my spiritual father in the faith!
I have heard messages that God has used to confirm so many things for me about the future direction of our church. I HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD PROPHECTIC WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE IN THE HARVEST OF SOULS, THE INFLUX OF THE WEALTH OF THE NATIONS, AND THE OUT POURING OF HIS SPIRIT UPON OUR CHURCH! Like I said, it's a tuff job figuring out how to start sharing all of this without overwhelming you. But be of Good cheer my friend! I believe that God has promised us three of four things this week:
1. That the harvest of new souls, the coming world-wide revival, the gaining of many saved souls and new members is about to explode upon us! We are already receiving the first fruits of this with the many wonderful new members we have already received since getting in our new building.
2. That we are NOW in a new day and a new season. The OLD way of doing things, the dead, lifeless way of knowing God, is over! ITs'a new season, it's a new day.
3. That God is MORE THAN ABLE to supply all our needs. God is able to pay any bill, to pay off the debt of this new building, and that we are about to see a new day of abundance flow into our church.
4. That the spirit of infirmity that has drained the life and the energy from our church and has caused us to endure broken marriages, out of wedlock children, addictions and hatreds, is NOW cast out and he shall keep us bond us NO MORE, in Jesus' Name!!!!!
5. We are going to see new victories come through the mechinisms of PRAISE AND WORSHIP, and the WORD OF GOD. Jesus said that the Father is looking for those who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth (The Word and in the Spirit). We've neglected the Spirit, but we cannot any more if we expect God to move on our behalf!
There's so much more, but I will try hard to pace myself, according to the Spirit, so that I don't overwhelm you.
God bless you and thanks again for allowing me to come.
Oh, by the way, tonight's main speaker was Perry Stone. Those of you who know him know that I had a great night in the Lord tonight!
I will head out for home tomorrow morning. Please pray for a safe trip. (3 busses of kids moved into the hotel tonight, so pray that I get SOME sleep!!)
God Love you,
Brother Buster
But thank the Lord, it's better tonight and I can update you on what the Lord has been doing, and Oh my friends, He has been doing great things in Chattanooga!!!
I must confess that EVERY speaker that I've heard since Monday night, has been Divinely (is that spelled right?) appointed JUST FOR ME! As usual, my greatest problem with coming home from Fresh Oil, New Wine each year, is HOW to share with you all that God has poured into my spirit this week! It's a little like trying to take a drink from a fire hose! It's great, it's just a whole lot coming real fast! If you don't gulp every now and then, you'll drown!
I have heard about the New Seasons, and New Days that God is bringing upon His Body. I have heard about the fact that FOR EVERYONE ELSE, 2005 was a year of great difficulty and struggle, but 2006 will be the year of abundance and 2007 will be the year of perfection (maturity)of the church!
I have seen the struggle and the victories that God brought Central Baptist through in the finishing of their new building. They were at the EXACT same place that we were at this time last year in the finishing of their building. They had a little steel up and were having difficulties in going on. At one time, they even voted to STOP altogether. However, we have met this week in their brand new, 20 million dollar facility that would blow your mind! Guess when they had their first services in it and dedicated it to the Lord? December the 4th!!!! Isn't that wild? I must tell you that I feel a stronger kindred spirit with their dear pastor, Ron Phillips, than I do with any other man of GOd on the planet. He is more like Jesus in the flesh than anyone I know. I love him, I appreciate his leadership, I beg to be under his mantle of apostleship, and I look to him as my spiritual father in the faith!
I have heard messages that God has used to confirm so many things for me about the future direction of our church. I HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD PROPHECTIC WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE IN THE HARVEST OF SOULS, THE INFLUX OF THE WEALTH OF THE NATIONS, AND THE OUT POURING OF HIS SPIRIT UPON OUR CHURCH! Like I said, it's a tuff job figuring out how to start sharing all of this without overwhelming you. But be of Good cheer my friend! I believe that God has promised us three of four things this week:
1. That the harvest of new souls, the coming world-wide revival, the gaining of many saved souls and new members is about to explode upon us! We are already receiving the first fruits of this with the many wonderful new members we have already received since getting in our new building.
2. That we are NOW in a new day and a new season. The OLD way of doing things, the dead, lifeless way of knowing God, is over! ITs'a new season, it's a new day.
3. That God is MORE THAN ABLE to supply all our needs. God is able to pay any bill, to pay off the debt of this new building, and that we are about to see a new day of abundance flow into our church.
4. That the spirit of infirmity that has drained the life and the energy from our church and has caused us to endure broken marriages, out of wedlock children, addictions and hatreds, is NOW cast out and he shall keep us bond us NO MORE, in Jesus' Name!!!!!
5. We are going to see new victories come through the mechinisms of PRAISE AND WORSHIP, and the WORD OF GOD. Jesus said that the Father is looking for those who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth (The Word and in the Spirit). We've neglected the Spirit, but we cannot any more if we expect God to move on our behalf!
There's so much more, but I will try hard to pace myself, according to the Spirit, so that I don't overwhelm you.
God bless you and thanks again for allowing me to come.
Oh, by the way, tonight's main speaker was Perry Stone. Those of you who know him know that I had a great night in the Lord tonight!
I will head out for home tomorrow morning. Please pray for a safe trip. (3 busses of kids moved into the hotel tonight, so pray that I get SOME sleep!!)
God Love you,
Brother Buster
Monday, March 06, 2006
Monday at Central Baptist
Monday is the Easy day!
There are no sessions on Monday mornings or afternoons, I guess it's to allow out of town pastors to have time to make it in after ministering all day Sunday. I thank my God for a church that allows me to come on Sundays so that I can take part in some of the early worship and don't have to "rush" here.
Central has finally entered into the use of their new worship center called, "Abba's House". It is an absolutely marvelous facility! Unbelievable actually. It will seat at least 7000 people! It is absolutely the most modern in every aspect. The television and media equipment is top of the line, some of the most fantastic stuff much of which I've never seen before it's so new. The seats are the stadium type fold up seats fashioned in a huge semi circle around the stage. The orchestra pit is between the pulpit area of the stage and the "choir loft". The choir, Oh My goodness, is called the "Abba's House Army of the Lord"! There are about two hundred people in the "army". The guys at the church would love to see how they designed the ceiling in the "House". It's open, there's no ceiling tile, you can see the air ducts, etc. It's all painted pitch black, there are all kinds of huge lighting systems, the kind that turn 360 degrees and turn all colors with various patterns. What I'm trying to say is that it's a room that is very condusive to WORSHIP!
One of the themes already of this week is that God is bringing a great revival to the land and He has given a "prophetic word" to many of these men that this "3rd Great Awakening" will come THIS YEAR! Oh, how I hope that they are right!
The most wonderful message tonight was from Pastor Ron at the very first. He preached from the Song of Solomon and from the material of his new book, "Secret of the Stairs". One great statement, which I am going to give you one great statement from each day, was this:
GOD HAS NEVER USED ANYONE WHO WAS NOT INTIMATE WITH JESUS!
I love you and look forward to what God has in store for tomorrow. Please pray for me that I will hear from God in a strong and personal way.
Brethern, pray for us. 1 Thess 5;25
Buster Wilson
There are no sessions on Monday mornings or afternoons, I guess it's to allow out of town pastors to have time to make it in after ministering all day Sunday. I thank my God for a church that allows me to come on Sundays so that I can take part in some of the early worship and don't have to "rush" here.
Central has finally entered into the use of their new worship center called, "Abba's House". It is an absolutely marvelous facility! Unbelievable actually. It will seat at least 7000 people! It is absolutely the most modern in every aspect. The television and media equipment is top of the line, some of the most fantastic stuff much of which I've never seen before it's so new. The seats are the stadium type fold up seats fashioned in a huge semi circle around the stage. The orchestra pit is between the pulpit area of the stage and the "choir loft". The choir, Oh My goodness, is called the "Abba's House Army of the Lord"! There are about two hundred people in the "army". The guys at the church would love to see how they designed the ceiling in the "House". It's open, there's no ceiling tile, you can see the air ducts, etc. It's all painted pitch black, there are all kinds of huge lighting systems, the kind that turn 360 degrees and turn all colors with various patterns. What I'm trying to say is that it's a room that is very condusive to WORSHIP!
One of the themes already of this week is that God is bringing a great revival to the land and He has given a "prophetic word" to many of these men that this "3rd Great Awakening" will come THIS YEAR! Oh, how I hope that they are right!
The most wonderful message tonight was from Pastor Ron at the very first. He preached from the Song of Solomon and from the material of his new book, "Secret of the Stairs". One great statement, which I am going to give you one great statement from each day, was this:
GOD HAS NEVER USED ANYONE WHO WAS NOT INTIMATE WITH JESUS!
I love you and look forward to what God has in store for tomorrow. Please pray for me that I will hear from God in a strong and personal way.
Brethern, pray for us. 1 Thess 5;25
Buster Wilson
Sunday, March 05, 2006
WELL, I'M HERE!!
Well, I made it to Chattanooga by 8:15 PM tonight! Too late to make it to the evening services! Man! That's why I come on Sunday night! But, I ran into a friend who needed a little counsel of an understanding "pastoral kind" and that held me up just a little Sunday afternoon. Then, add to that the fact that Chattanooga is in the Eastern time zone (one hour later than Ecru! which I DID remember.....), well, I just didn't make it in time. But, that's o.k. God knew about that before history began.
I can't tell you how excited I am to be here. I was afraid that I wouldn't get to take part in this year's conference. I have done so for the last 4 years. But God gave me the faith to move forward with plans to come. Then, the people of FBC acted in such a precious way!!! I had no conference expense money left in the church budget for this year, which I knew about and actually was responsible for that money being moved around in the church budget. Pat and I had planned for that fact and that's why I was moving on in faith. But before I could leave the parking lot this Sunday morning, 5 people had placed in my hands MORE than ENOUGH money to cover my trip for the week! Can you believe the Goodness of our God? That's why I am NOT afraid of the future and any expenses we have in this new building indebtedness. God can, and does, AND WILL work miracles on our behalf IF we will remain FAITHFUL, trusting ONLY HIM to meet all our needs (Read Phillipians 4:19).
The reason that this conference is so special to me is that Central Baptist Church is a SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH that TRULY knows what it means to be SPIRIT FILLED! I cannot convey in writting what God does here at this place, among these people, and He does it simply because they are willing to believe His Word and trust in Him to ACTUALLY work real, New Testament type miracles! And He does! Here at CBC, I see pastors who are walking in the supernatural. I see church members who are doing more and in more power than most pastors I know. At Central, I find the power of God moving on lost people that are getting saved, saved, saved. "Being filled with the Spirit" is far more than just a phrase or a "thing"! It is a real experience that is as strong an experience for people as if they had walked into a wall! And it leaves as real a mark on their lives!!
I always come away from this week with a million ideas; a renewed spirit; a real belief that God is real and loves me and wants to do some supernatural stuff in my life and in the life of my church! Who wouldn't love a week that does all of those kinds of things for them?
So, I will do my best to share with you as much of what I can of my experience with God this week through this blog site. I hope that you will check daily, encourage your friends and others to check daily, and pray with me that God will use this week in both of our lives!
I LOVE you dear Friendship family. Thank you for allowing me to come again to this blessed week. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your shepherd under the Chief Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ. Have a great week. "Brethern, Pray for Me!" 1 Thess. 5:25
For the Master,
Buster Wilson
I can't tell you how excited I am to be here. I was afraid that I wouldn't get to take part in this year's conference. I have done so for the last 4 years. But God gave me the faith to move forward with plans to come. Then, the people of FBC acted in such a precious way!!! I had no conference expense money left in the church budget for this year, which I knew about and actually was responsible for that money being moved around in the church budget. Pat and I had planned for that fact and that's why I was moving on in faith. But before I could leave the parking lot this Sunday morning, 5 people had placed in my hands MORE than ENOUGH money to cover my trip for the week! Can you believe the Goodness of our God? That's why I am NOT afraid of the future and any expenses we have in this new building indebtedness. God can, and does, AND WILL work miracles on our behalf IF we will remain FAITHFUL, trusting ONLY HIM to meet all our needs (Read Phillipians 4:19).
The reason that this conference is so special to me is that Central Baptist Church is a SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH that TRULY knows what it means to be SPIRIT FILLED! I cannot convey in writting what God does here at this place, among these people, and He does it simply because they are willing to believe His Word and trust in Him to ACTUALLY work real, New Testament type miracles! And He does! Here at CBC, I see pastors who are walking in the supernatural. I see church members who are doing more and in more power than most pastors I know. At Central, I find the power of God moving on lost people that are getting saved, saved, saved. "Being filled with the Spirit" is far more than just a phrase or a "thing"! It is a real experience that is as strong an experience for people as if they had walked into a wall! And it leaves as real a mark on their lives!!
I always come away from this week with a million ideas; a renewed spirit; a real belief that God is real and loves me and wants to do some supernatural stuff in my life and in the life of my church! Who wouldn't love a week that does all of those kinds of things for them?
So, I will do my best to share with you as much of what I can of my experience with God this week through this blog site. I hope that you will check daily, encourage your friends and others to check daily, and pray with me that God will use this week in both of our lives!
I LOVE you dear Friendship family. Thank you for allowing me to come again to this blessed week. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your shepherd under the Chief Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ. Have a great week. "Brethern, Pray for Me!" 1 Thess. 5:25
For the Master,
Buster Wilson
