Since the last time the Canaan Missionary Baptist church website was updated- and the button connecting the website to this bog was not included- I have not written any blogs.
It's been a while and much has taken place.
In addition to personal growth and development The LORD Jesus Christ has blessed me with opportunities to declare His Word at a variety of places to include Pastor Appreciation service, church anniversary celebrations and even an opportunity to preach in Nottinghamshire England while attending the Proclaimers Place Oxford 2011 conference with the inimitable Dr. Joel C. Gregory.
As I write this blog I am at the Holiday Inn Express in Sierra Vista Arizona with my wife Angela and our youngest daughter Kennedi. We're here in celebration of the pastor and wife appreciation weekend honoring Rev. Shawn L. Buckhanan and his wife Roslyn. Angela has been asked to speak this evening and I've been asked to speak tomorrow. The weekend will close out with the one and only Rev. D. Previn Carr, pastor of Ekklesia Christian Church in north Phoenix preaching on Sunday.
Thank you LORD for your lovingkindness and tender mercies toward all of us.
Pray for me. I'm praying with and for you.
safe in CHRIST,
Sherman J. Fort
Friday, August 26, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES!
"For I know the plans I have for you says The LORD ..."
-Jeremiah 29:11
I'm in the midst of being RE-ENERGIZED" for ministry. My focus is becoming clearer and I'm counting the cost of discipleship in a fresh way.
Look for some CHRIST-centered, Bible regulated, HOLY SPIRIT led and very basic things from Pastor Fort and Canaan Missionary Baptist church in the near future.
Pray for me. I'm praying with and for you.
safe in CHRIST,
pastor fort
-Jeremiah 29:11
I'm in the midst of being RE-ENERGIZED" for ministry. My focus is becoming clearer and I'm counting the cost of discipleship in a fresh way.
Look for some CHRIST-centered, Bible regulated, HOLY SPIRIT led and very basic things from Pastor Fort and Canaan Missionary Baptist church in the near future.
Pray for me. I'm praying with and for you.
safe in CHRIST,
pastor fort
Friday, May 13, 2011
Holy Harmony and Biblical Balance #2
I haven't written much on my blog in some time. And even now as I write this short piece I'm immediately reminded that this subject matter is one I've visited before.
In recent weeks as in in recent years, The LORD has been unusually kind to me in that He has allowed me to receive invitations to preach or teach at a number of places for various occasions.
That said, I am reminded of the fact that every invitation we receive to do whatever it is we are called and commissioned by The LORD to do is not for us to take. In truth each invitation should be prayed over and we should receive clearance from The LORD before we say "yes". In the last month I initially accepted two invitations only to later pull out of each invitation due to circumstances. I think I knew I had no business saying "yes" in the first place ... but I did. And they were so called "good" invitations too.
But you know what? No invitation is a "good" invitation if that invitation is not intended for you. We can get in our own way, get in God's way and get in another believer's way when we accept invitations we should not take.
Finally, I want to say something about balance and harmony- about putting first things first. I'm reading a book now, recommended to me by another pastor titled: "Leading On Empty" by Wayne Cordeiro. It's a good book that speaks about the need to prioritize our lives.
This is the piece I blogged about before. And for the record I'm still working on it. Wayne Cordeiro writes that most of what we do can be done by other people. He goes on to say that we need to focus on the five percent that matters most. These are the things that only we can do.
Among the five percent is the development of our personal relationship with Jesus Christ
Are you focusing on the five percent?
Have a harmonious and balanced night. Have a holy and Bible-based night.
Remember to: KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN ... today!
safe in CHRIST,
sherman j. fort
In recent weeks as in in recent years, The LORD has been unusually kind to me in that He has allowed me to receive invitations to preach or teach at a number of places for various occasions.
That said, I am reminded of the fact that every invitation we receive to do whatever it is we are called and commissioned by The LORD to do is not for us to take. In truth each invitation should be prayed over and we should receive clearance from The LORD before we say "yes". In the last month I initially accepted two invitations only to later pull out of each invitation due to circumstances. I think I knew I had no business saying "yes" in the first place ... but I did. And they were so called "good" invitations too.
But you know what? No invitation is a "good" invitation if that invitation is not intended for you. We can get in our own way, get in God's way and get in another believer's way when we accept invitations we should not take.
Finally, I want to say something about balance and harmony- about putting first things first. I'm reading a book now, recommended to me by another pastor titled: "Leading On Empty" by Wayne Cordeiro. It's a good book that speaks about the need to prioritize our lives.
This is the piece I blogged about before. And for the record I'm still working on it. Wayne Cordeiro writes that most of what we do can be done by other people. He goes on to say that we need to focus on the five percent that matters most. These are the things that only we can do.
Among the five percent is the development of our personal relationship with Jesus Christ
Are you focusing on the five percent?
Have a harmonious and balanced night. Have a holy and Bible-based night.
Remember to: KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN ... today!
safe in CHRIST,
sherman j. fort
Saturday, May 7, 2011
LORD HAVE MERCY!
It's been a good while since I last shared anything on my blog.
That said, I'll keep it short today.
Osama Bin-Laden is dead. Mubarak is out as the leader of Egypt. Many in Lybia want their leader Moamar Ghadafi out. Thus there's an internal war going on right now. There's unrest on the continent of Asia. There is craziness right here in America.
Jesus is coming soon!
Are you ready? If not, you can be right now! Place your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and LORD! Do it today.
agape,
pastor fort
That said, I'll keep it short today.
Osama Bin-Laden is dead. Mubarak is out as the leader of Egypt. Many in Lybia want their leader Moamar Ghadafi out. Thus there's an internal war going on right now. There's unrest on the continent of Asia. There is craziness right here in America.
Jesus is coming soon!
Are you ready? If not, you can be right now! Place your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and LORD! Do it today.
agape,
pastor fort
Monday, April 4, 2011
THE FIRST FAMILY
Our Scripture Text
Genesis 3:1-19 (New International Version)
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and hers;
he will crush[b] your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”
SERMON TITLE: THE FIRST FAMILY!
SERMON TEXT: Genesis 3:1-19
SPEAKER: Pastor Sherman J. Fort
1. THE SETTING!
2.
a. It was a LUSH garden.
b. It was a LAVISH garden.
c. It was a L___________________ garden.
3. THE SITUATION!
4.
a. It was a TEST.
b. It was a matter of TRUST.
c. It was a matter of TRUTH.
5. THE SOLUTION!
a. Take RESPONSIBILITY.
b. God’s REPLACEMENT.
Genesis 3:1-19 (New International Version)
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and hers;
he will crush[b] your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”
SERMON TITLE: THE FIRST FAMILY!
SERMON TEXT: Genesis 3:1-19
SPEAKER: Pastor Sherman J. Fort
1. THE SETTING!
2.
a. It was a LUSH garden.
b. It was a LAVISH garden.
c. It was a L___________________ garden.
3. THE SITUATION!
4.
a. It was a TEST.
b. It was a matter of TRUST.
c. It was a matter of TRUTH.
5. THE SOLUTION!
a. Take RESPONSIBILITY.
b. God’s REPLACEMENT.
Friday, April 1, 2011
DEACON JAMES C. McCLELLAND
Yesterday morning, March 31, 2011 Deacon James C. McClelland transitioned from earth to heaven!
To God be the glory for a life well lived. For a man who loves The LORD, loves his family and provided a consistent example of hard work and a commitment to Jesus Christ as his legacy.
"Blessed are the dead which die in The Lord, ... that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them". -Revelation 14:13
KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN!
Agape,
pastor fort
To God be the glory for a life well lived. For a man who loves The LORD, loves his family and provided a consistent example of hard work and a commitment to Jesus Christ as his legacy.
"Blessed are the dead which die in The Lord, ... that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them". -Revelation 14:13
KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN!
Agape,
pastor fort
PRAYING WITH AND FOR THE MEN OF CANAAN!
Real men love God! Real men love their families! Real men hold one another accountable!
I am grateful to our God for His love, mercy and grace. I am grateful and excited that several of the men of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church will participate in this years Annual Men's Retreat. In fact, I'm told that this year will be the greatest year in terms of attendance at the men's retreat.
The retreat takes place at Camp Tontozona ... up north. Some will know this site as the location for the ASU (Arizona State University) football teams training ground.
Once again, I have obligations and commitments that will prevent me from going this year. Nevertheless I want the men of Canaan to know I am praying WITH you and FOR you.
My prayer is that God's will- will be done! That you will be changed by the power of God's love, impacted by the presence of The Holy Spirit and changed by the power of The Word of God.
To the ladies of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church and to our church family at large- remember to pray for our men and encourage them. A special thank you to the men who organize this event each year and work with the men's ministry at large. They include Bro. Ben Richardson, Min. Raymond Cook, Bro. Gary Miller, Bro. Fred Bussey and others.
Remember to: KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN!
safe in CHRIST,
pastor fort
I am grateful to our God for His love, mercy and grace. I am grateful and excited that several of the men of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church will participate in this years Annual Men's Retreat. In fact, I'm told that this year will be the greatest year in terms of attendance at the men's retreat.
The retreat takes place at Camp Tontozona ... up north. Some will know this site as the location for the ASU (Arizona State University) football teams training ground.
Once again, I have obligations and commitments that will prevent me from going this year. Nevertheless I want the men of Canaan to know I am praying WITH you and FOR you.
My prayer is that God's will- will be done! That you will be changed by the power of God's love, impacted by the presence of The Holy Spirit and changed by the power of The Word of God.
To the ladies of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church and to our church family at large- remember to pray for our men and encourage them. A special thank you to the men who organize this event each year and work with the men's ministry at large. They include Bro. Ben Richardson, Min. Raymond Cook, Bro. Gary Miller, Bro. Fred Bussey and others.
Remember to: KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN!
safe in CHRIST,
pastor fort
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