Thurs June 16 "99.9% ISNT ENOUGH" Read II Cor 5:17

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new" (II Cor.5:17)

100% change of heart, a change cant happen 99.9% of the time.

100% born-again, cant be born 99.9%.

Some people say nothing is 100% "full proof" but being saved, sealed and secured by the blood of Jesus is FULL PROOF, 100% !

The fear & doubt that visited me over and over came to an end, when I finally admitted I was lost at being only 99.9% sure where I would spend eternity.

God brought me through it all, through everything because He loved me so much and spared my life so that I could be 100% sure as I John 5:13 says, "you can know you have eternal life."

Tuesday at 2pm , June 15, 2010, my name was written in the LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE, and so great is the 100% change the grace of God made in my soul! Before then, I'm 100% sure if I had died, I would have gone to hell.

A whole new world is in my soul and I will never have to worry again of only being 99.9% sure I'm saved.

IF you keep re-visiting doubt about your salvation, let God fix you, HE is the only thing thats 100% FULL PROOF.

Bro Dave Gindlesperger

CMBC Facebook Moderator

Tues June 15 "Cleanup" Bible Reading: John 8

John 8: 31-32

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

I am thankful today that I have a church that feels like home. We had church cleanup Saturday.

Strange as it may sound, it was a lot of fun. We mulched, rearranged, cleaned, joked, laughed, and had a great time. I’m happy to be associated with that group of people. Our church stands on God’s holy word. All too often, people in churches just can’t get along. Disputes inside the church keep everyone confused and off focus. Turmoil with other churches keeps lost people out. I DON’T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT KIND OF RELIGION.

I want to hear about the Ten Commandments, seas parting, manna from heaven, and honey for my journey. I want to hear about a God that can speak worlds into existence, about pillars of cloud and fire, and giants slain by boys with slingshots. I want to hear about sacrifices soaked with water being consumed by fire from heaven, about the widow’s pot of oil and meal, about the Lord, my light and my salvation: Whom shall I fear? Or the beliefs our church is founded on like the virgin birth. About 5,000 men being fed with a child’s lunch, water being turned into wine, waves about to sink the disciple’s boat but being under my Savior’s feet – “Let not your heart be troubled.”

About the trial of an innocent Jesus, His crucifixion, the blood He shed for ME, about Him being dead for three full days, but then standing up alive, full of grace and mercy and love.

These are the foundational building blocks of a strong church and a strong Christian. If we all stay focused on Jesus and God’s word we will be a much stronger group of people…God’s church.

Bro Kevin Winebarger
CMBC FACEBOOK WRITER

Fri June 11 "Exalting Self Before God" Bible Reading: I Samuel 22

EXALTING SELF ABOVE GOD

(1 Samuel 22:19) "And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.”



All too often, Saul felt justified doing whatever he wanted, even if this meant ignoring God's Word. He first demonstrated this tendency when God told him to destroy all the Amalekites. Saul reinterpreted His word and only partially obeyed.While he wasn't willing to destroy the Amalekites, he was willing to kill everyone and everything in Nob, even the animals. Why? Because, innocently, they had helped David. Instead of placing his highest priority on pleasing God, Saul pursued his own will and desires. Samuel told him he had "rejected the word of the LORD," and as a result, "the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel"(1 Samuel 15:26) “And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.”



Even though we can be critical of Saul, many people have this kind of double standard. When they hear a word from the Lord or read the Bible, they reserve the right to decide for themselves what they think God meant-without ever asking Him! Instead, they listen to the opinions of other people. Saul's example reveals why it's so important that we submit our lives to God and have a personal relationship with Him-that we live by faith, believe His Word, obey Him, and realize our own limitations.



Today, stay humble before God. When you read the Bible, ask Him to give you understanding and revelation. Don't be guilty of reinterpreting His Word to satisfy your own opinions. "Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within. (Romans 12:2 - KJV) “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Set your heart on pleasing Him. It’s not about us, it’s all about Jesus Christ and what He has done, and is doing, and will do for us. Let’s take time today just to praise Him for all He is doing in other lives.



God bless you!

Pastor Delmar James

Thurs June 10 "April's Email" Bible Reading: James 5

In the family of God, we don't know all of our relatives, but someday we will all meet in Heaven, (if we know Jesus and have ask Him to save us)!

I don't know April Turner, but she sent this email tonight and even though I dont know her, I felt the Witness of God when I read her email...and April, though I have never met you, your email was a blessing, and I know others will feel the same (who know the Lord Jesus).

I'm sure April won't mind our sharing her email with our Facebook followers. The family of God is a big one, and this is what it is all about!

James 5:16B, "...the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

April: Here's something that you can give your Pastor, a song called, "THE BIBLE STANDS" ...(he can google the music and Lyrics, but part of this song is grand and reads):

The Bible stands every test we give it,

For its Author is divine;

By grace alone I expect to live it,

And to prove and to make it mine.

Chorus:The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,

It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;

I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,

For the Bible stands.

God Bless You as you pray!

Bro Dave Gindlesperger

CMBC Facebook Moderator

Here is April's email:

My Dear Friend,

First of all thank you for adding me as a friend. It's great to have Christian friends. I attend Phoenix Baptist Church in Lansing NC. We have this program called the care ministry. We send cards to people who are sick, discouraged, and who have lost a loved one recently. I was reading Circuit Riders post and immediately dropped all that I was doing to pray for Sister Libby and Brother David. Is there any way possible that you can send me an address to Libby and David? I don't know them but that's ok....as Christians, I believe it is our duty to pray for others. I pray for healing if it be God's will. If not, I pray for comfort and strength in the days ahead. I am so thankful we can lift one another in prayer. I ask that when you pray that you remember one of our church members, Bernard Calhoun and wife Maude. Bernard just found out he has liver cancer. It started out as the size of a baseball and in a weeks time grew to the size of a grapefruit. He's currently in Charlotte from the last report I recieved. Also please pray for our Pastor, Jeff Dollar. A member in our church is against him preaching from the King James Bible. I will continue to pray for Libby and David. Please keep me updated. I will also mention their name tonight at church and put them on our prayer request.

April Turner

FACEBOOK FOLLOWER OF CMBC

Wed June 9 "Salvation Assurance" Read John 10:27-29

The Assurance of Salvation!

Jesus offers us salvation for free!


Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith."



The Bible teaches us that once God saves us, He keeps us saved. Without the assurance of salvation, we are never going to serve the Lord as we should.



We can have the assurance of salvation. I Peter 1:5, "Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."



It is important for us to settle this matter. We are saved forever and we never have to worry about dying and going to hell if we have ask Jesus to come into our heart! And HE WILL!



We are kept by God, confidently guarded by God, "through faith unto salvation." Eternal life is our present possession!



John 10: 27-29, Christ taught that we are kept safe in His hand and in the hand of the Father.



Im so glad that when things seem hopeless, I can fall back in the arms of my Saviour!



Do you have assurance of your salvation?



Bro Dave G

CMBC FACEBOOK MODERATOR

Tues June 8 "Going to Church" Read Hebrews 10

Hebrews 10:25 - "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."

Do you know what is happening in America today? People who claim to be Christians are not getting involved and becoming faithful to a church -- the local fellowship of believers. Such a thing was unheard of in the Bible. If you were a Christian, you were faithful to the fellowship. You attended when everyone gathered together. If you stopped attending, they assumed that you were an apostate. What is more important than the local visible expression of the body of Christ? It is the way we stay "plugged in" to the needs of the body of Christ. It is the way we show honor to Him in worship. It is simply the way.

What do you have on your schedule this week that is more important than being a part of the blood-bought body of the Lord Jesus Christ? The church is a very special place to be. I am not talking necessarily about the building. The church is made up of born again baptized believers in Jesus Christ.

Going to church will build your faith, strengthen each other in fellowship and God said He would always be with us as we meet together for worship.

(Matt. 18.20) "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

Bro Delmar James

Pastor - Proffits Grove Baptist Church

Mon June 07 What Are We Willing To Do For God? Read Acts 26

What Are You Willing to Do For God?

What are you willing to do for God?

That is the question I asked my Sunday School Class this past Sunday.

We discussed Paul’s willingness to go to the extreme to do anything for God. In Acts 26, we find Paul on trial. His case has already been discussed and no evidence was found against him, but false witnesses came against him. But Paul was not worried about their false testimonies against him; he was right where he wanted to be and where God needed him to be. In verse 1, I can imagine the smile on Paul’s face when Agrippa permitted him to speak to him. With a captive audience and judge, Paul was more than happy to tell exactly what he had been and Who had changed him on the road to Damascus. In verse 10, he admitted to giving voice against Christians, because they were Christians. In 13-19, he tells about his conversion. Now imagine being in the Watauga County Courthouse and giving the judge and jury your testimony. Because Paul was willing to do the extreme for God, look in verse 28 at what Agrippa says to Paul, “Almost you persuade me to be a Christian.” In verse 31 and 32 they admit that Paul is innocent and would have been set free except for the fact that Paul had already appealed to Caesar. You see, Paul was happy to give his testimony to Agrippa and the other people in the courtroom – his ‘captive audience.’ Paul was willing to do exactly what it took to give his testimony and spread the Good News of Jesus.

When I asked the question to the teens in my class not even one said they were willing to do anything God asked. One said he would do anything but fly in a plane and another said for us to pray that she would find strength to do something that God had already asked her to do. They all were honest. Then I was honest with them and said when God gave me this lesson I thought to myself ‘Sure I am willing to read my Bible and pray more!’ Then God reminded me that I read and pray for MYSELF –not Him!

Ask yourself this question: If God asked you, would you be willing to go to the worst neighborhood in your county and beat on doors and invite people to church and give your testimony? I know I would be way out of my comfort zone! If God asked you to go to Haiti and witness to the witches and black magic practitioners there, how many would go? This past week we at Cornerstone had a man of God be brave enough to step out and go in front of the church to announce his Call to preach.

We all need to have more spiritual hero's & leaders like Brother Bryan Miller-and the Apostle Paul, but always looking unto Jesus!

Bro Kevin Winebarger

CMBC Facebook Writer

June 3 “Pray, Papaw! Pray!” Bible Reading Inclusive

I had a conversation with my aunt a few days ago. We were just sitting at my grandmother’s (Nana’s) kitchen table talking when the conversation turned to my grandfather (Papaw).

You see, I’m the only grandson out of six grandchildren on that side of the family. So, naturally, I guess Papaw treated me a little differently than the five granddaughters. He kept me by his side just about all the time. He bought me pretty much anything I wanted. We would spend hours on end in the mountains looking for ginseng. He would show me huge trees and talk about how we would live the good life if we had enough trees that big. (He was a sawmiller.) He loved guns and shooting. When I developed the same interests you can guess what my Christmas present was that year. Yep, a brand new Marlin .22 rifle. The girls weren’t very happy when I got to the sixth grade and we all got off the school bus and there, waiting for me, was a Yamaha motorcycle gassed up and ready to go. In 1988 he took me out west, all the way to Yellowstone National Park. He said he wanted me to see that part of the country with him. He had contacted a rancher in Wyoming who was going to let our group (my dad, uncle, Papaw, any myself) hunt for deer on his property. And, of course, I couldn’t take a trip like that without something to hunt with. This came in the form of a new Remington .243, complete with scope and ammo. In the summer, when I was out of school, he hired me on to work for him. Most of my duties involved helping him mow his yard, shooting guns, watching TV, riding with him to the lumber yard or to get parts, wandering around in the woods and, on some rare occasions, actual work. He was just about the best friend a boy under thirteen could ask for. By the time I’d finished eighth grade I had gotten big enough to start doing more of the work at the saw mill and didn’t get as much “loaf” time. Because I was busy with my newfound duties I barely noticed when he said he wasn’t feeling good. I didn’t find it strange that he was wearing his coat in the middle of summer.

On the night of July first I had just went to bed when the phone rang. I heard my dad say, “Ok, I’ll be up there in a minute.” I jumped out of bed, got dressed and ran to catch up with my dad. When we got to Papaw’s house he was standing at his pickup, gasping for breath. Dad jumped in and I helped Papaw into the truck. We started toward the hospital. After just a few miles he looked at me and said, “I just can’t live, Kev.” He slumped forward and seemed to be groaning. I had my arm around his back and it was sweaty and cold; he seemed to be asleep. I can remember looking at the speedometer in the truck and it said we were going 85 mph. I looked over at Papaw. He was leaned back with his eyes closed. Now I stated in an earlier devotional that I was saved at a young age. And so I did the only thing I could think to do. I got as close to his ear as possible and shouted as loud as I could, “Pray, Papaw! Pray!” I was so scared. My life changed forever that night.

He spent two weeks in a coma before the doctors recommended my grandmother, dad and aunts allow him to be taken off life support. He died less than twelve hours later. I don’t even remember the next three weeks. But I do remember starting high school a short time later. I had a terrible time with it. I would beg my mom and dad not to make me go back. To beat all I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep and, even worse, I couldn’t cry. I hadn’t cried even one time since it happened.

Finally one night I was in my room – still awake – and my mom came in. She asked how I was doing and if school was going any better and then she snuck in, “Have you cried any since Papaw died?” I said no, that I felt guilty that I hadn’t, that I wanted to and needed to but couldn’t. She told me to pray that God would help me. She said that I couldn’t keep it all inside. Psalm 126:6 says, “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalm 30:5 says, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” When she left I began to pray. I felt that old lump in my throat. Once it started I think I cried half the night.

I know now that this was the first major trial of my life. Why God chose that particular time and way, only He knows. But I Peter 1:7 says, “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.” The purest gold and silver has been tried time and time again…by fire.

Now I know I’m not the purest gold or silver, but I also know that I’ve never grown in spirit without a trial. The next time you’re in a trial, just remember when you come through it that you’ll be more pure than you were when you went into the fire.

Bro Kevin Winebarger
CMBC DEVOTIONAL WRITER

June 1 "Just When I Need Him Most" Read: PSALM 46:1-3

There are so many verses in the King James Bible that we can reference when we are seeking God in times of trouble, despair and sickness...

I think of the scripture in 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 (King James Version), "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body."

What hope would we have if we didn't have the Word of God? It is how God speaks to us and prayer is how we speak to Him, and to know that God's Son makes intercession to the Father for me EVERY time I go to Him for anything...I am so foolish to ever leave God in prayer and Bible reading!

I want to know that when I need Him, that I have been seeking Him all along, and not just when I need Him most...

When we don't read our Bible and pray, it is a sin of omission, and we can't confess sins of omission, we just have to admit wrong and move forward doing right...start reading the Bible and praying, it is our source of hope, strength, and faith.

Let us not starve ourselves physically like we starve ourselves spiritually!

In closing, I think of the song, "Just When I Need Him Most" written by William Poole who died in 1907:

Just when I need Him, Jesus is near,
Just when I falter, just when I fear;
Ready to help me, ready to cheer,
Just when I need Him most.

Just when I need Him most,
Just when I need Him most,
Jesus is near to comfort and cheer,
Just when I need Him most.

Just when I need Him, Jesus is true,
Never forsaking, all the way through;
Giving for burdens pleasures anew,
Just when I need Him most.

Just when I need Him, Jesus is strong,
Bearing my burdens all the day long;
For all my sorrow giving a song,
Just when I need Him most.

Just when I need Him, He is my all,
Answering when upon Him I call;
Tenderly watching lest I should fall,
Just when I need Him most.

We must stay in fellowship and build a relationship with God every day.

God help us to do so!

God help me to do so!

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear , though the earth be removed , and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled , though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah." PSALM 46:1-3

Bro Dave G
CMBC FACEBOOK MODERATOR