Jon Clayton Blog Posts

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We are fallen people living in a fallen world. This was painfully obvious this past Friday as an unimaginable horror descended on an elementary school some 60 miles south of where I live. I cannot grasp the evil that visited there that morning. The...

Labor Day 2012...

The Lord showed me something a couple of days ago. He confirmed a vision He had given us of going to New Hampshire and planting another church. He showed me the cost of that undertaking. He showed me the cost of not doing it. It was sobering. I am...

Think of the times when you have felt the most energetic and ready to take on the world.

  Me: God, can I ask you a question? God: Sure. Me: Promise you won’t get mad. God: I promise. Me: Why did you let so much stuff happen to me today? God: What do you mean? Me: Well, I woke up late. God: Yes. Me: My car took forever to star...

They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus Acts 4:13 If I think of the world, I get the impress of the world; if I think of my trials and sorrows, I get the impress of my trials and sorrows; if I think of my failures, I get the impres...

Ephesus was called the "Queen of Asia": she was the proud capital of Ionia and chief harbor of proconsular Asia.

Read your Bible in 1 year: 7.31 Judges 14 Acts 18 Jeremiah 27 Mark 13 “The war between the serpent and the seed of the woman looms large across Jesus’ whole life and ministry, as he casts out demons, heals the sick, reconciles outcasts to himself...

Question: Can I be a Christian without joining the church? Answer: Yes, it is as possible as being: A student who will not go to school. A soldier who will not join an army. A citizen who does not pay taxes or vote. A salesman with no customers. An e...

This salutation (greeting) is like Paul’s salutations in his epistles and the salutation of John himself in 2 John—specifies the book’s destination.

Friends or Just Acquaintances? By A.W. Tozer There is a great difference between having “company” and having a friend in the house. The friend we can treat as a member of the family, but company must be entertained. God is not satisfied u...

We are running way behind on things. Yesterday was a day of doctor visits in search of an answer to the question, does Cheryl have a retina tear? So everything is behind schedule… <:))))><<...

Will To Be Faithful By Oswald Chambers Will To Be Faithful . . . choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve . . . —Joshua 24:15 A person’s will is embodied in the actions of the whole person. I cannot give up my will— I must exercise it...

What is your spiritual Gift? This is a really important question. God has given to each of us a particular spiritual gift to use within the body of Christ as well as at your local church. Discovering your spiritual gift can be one of the most excitin...

Is It Payback Time Yet? 21 An inheritance gained prematurely will not be blessed ultimately. 22 Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the Lord, and He will rescue you. 23 Differing weights are detestable to the Lord, and dishonest sc...

Without me ye can do nothing.… I can do all things, through Christ which strengtheneth me...

Moreover when the work presses, and the battle thickens, and the day seems long in coming, it is good for the heart to remember...

I am re-posting Daniel. New posts will resume when we get caught up.

More damage is done to lives, homes, and churches by the tongue than by any other means.