Well today I gave my letter of resignation to my boss and it felt pretty good. I have been waiting for around 3 years or so to finally fulfill God's call on my life into itinerant evangelism. I am excited as my wife and I will pursue His will and will be stretched and grown into what He wants us to be. I'll put my actual letter I gave her below. Please keep us in your prayers that God will move and reveal Himself to us!
7/6/09
Chase Bank 3415 Vision Drive Columbus, OH, 43219
Dear Mrs. Sanders:
I regret to inform you that I am resigning from my position as Default Reconciliation Senior Analyst for Chase Bank. My last day of employment will be August 1, 2009.
I will be pursuing my call to itinerant evangelism and look forward to the new chapter of my life, even though I will miss my job and Chase Bank.
In Acts 20:23-24 it says “I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given to me-the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.” I must pursue this even though tough times are facing me because of the unique and distinct call upon my life. I pray that you will do the same in your life because He is holy and worthy to be praised.
Thank you for the support and the opportunities that you have provided me during the last few years. I have enjoyed my tenure with the company.
I wish you and the company all the best. I do hope our paths cross again in the future.
Sincerely,
Nicholas B. Jones
Monday, July 6, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Update on Life
Mindy and I are getting ready to take not just a step, but rather a leap of faith. She will be quitting her job as will I and we will be going full time in iterant evangelism in August. It is exciting and we are anxious to follow God’s will. We know that He will provide and we are eager to see how that is fleshed out. We are thankful for everybody involved with CSIM and the encouragement and support that they provide us as we answer the call on our life. We have both grown in Jesus and been stretched and molded to look more and more like Him. We will pursue Him with every mile we drive, sermon we preach, and prayer that we pray.
Tremendous things have been happening in the revival meetings that have been held. One in particular the Spirit so descended upon the place that once the altar call was over people did not want to leave. We then began to sing songs to Jesus for an hour and a half after the service was normally over. Another church experienced the true meaning of community when revival happened and the entire church got in on it. Lives were changed, souls were won, and morale renewed, Jesus was revealed.
Please pray that throughout the next chapters of our life God will continue to stir us in a unique way. We want nothing more than to reflect Him in our words and also in our lifestyle.
To follow where we are at and the movement of God in our lives visit www.pilotministries.com
Tremendous things have been happening in the revival meetings that have been held. One in particular the Spirit so descended upon the place that once the altar call was over people did not want to leave. We then began to sing songs to Jesus for an hour and a half after the service was normally over. Another church experienced the true meaning of community when revival happened and the entire church got in on it. Lives were changed, souls were won, and morale renewed, Jesus was revealed.
Please pray that throughout the next chapters of our life God will continue to stir us in a unique way. We want nothing more than to reflect Him in our words and also in our lifestyle.
To follow where we are at and the movement of God in our lives visit www.pilotministries.com
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Desensitized
I was recently asked a question..."Are the hearers of these words being desensitized to the impact that is capable if only they would listen to the words?"
This was my answer to this question:
I think that too often we play church and seem to go through the motions. It is as though we are putting on a show on Sunday morning and everything has to be just perfect. However this says to me that the Holy Spirit can move as long as He follows the schedule. We have seemed to get off track with allowing the Spirit to move, not only in the way we worship, but also in the way we preach. We have become wimpy preachers and don't allow God to speak Truth to our people. We try to soften up the raw Truth that the scripture is. There is no unction or conviction when we preach. So are the hearers of The Word becoming desensitized? Well yes, but at the same time we are allowing them to become that way. I would love to be in a service where the Spirit actually moved and nothing went according to plan. That would be truly awesome and unfortunately it's seldom seen. I obviously am getting worked up about this, however this is the kind of stuff that matters to me, I want to hear Truth and have my toes stepped all over. I want conviction in my life, and I don't want to come on Sunday to hear a sermon about God. Rather I want to come on Sunday to meet God face to face. May the speakers of The Word not become desensitized to Him and may the hearers of The Word never stop seeking His face.
This was my answer to this question:
I think that too often we play church and seem to go through the motions. It is as though we are putting on a show on Sunday morning and everything has to be just perfect. However this says to me that the Holy Spirit can move as long as He follows the schedule. We have seemed to get off track with allowing the Spirit to move, not only in the way we worship, but also in the way we preach. We have become wimpy preachers and don't allow God to speak Truth to our people. We try to soften up the raw Truth that the scripture is. There is no unction or conviction when we preach. So are the hearers of The Word becoming desensitized? Well yes, but at the same time we are allowing them to become that way. I would love to be in a service where the Spirit actually moved and nothing went according to plan. That would be truly awesome and unfortunately it's seldom seen. I obviously am getting worked up about this, however this is the kind of stuff that matters to me, I want to hear Truth and have my toes stepped all over. I want conviction in my life, and I don't want to come on Sunday to hear a sermon about God. Rather I want to come on Sunday to meet God face to face. May the speakers of The Word not become desensitized to Him and may the hearers of The Word never stop seeking His face.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Willing to Die for Jesus?
I often wonder why can't we win our world? Is it because we are not willing to go to the extent of what God wants to do in our life no matter what?? I looked up the deaths of some of the Apostles. I found it interesting and it brought conviction upon me that I need to not have a fluffy kind of Christianity, but rather a kind that I believe in so much so I'm willing to die for it. As you read through these try to ask yourself how far am I willing to let Jesus take me.
Matthew suffered martyrdom in Ethopia, killed by a sword wound.
Mark died in Alexandria, Egypt, dragged by horses through the streets until he was dead.
Luke was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous preaching to the lost.
John was boiled in a huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution in Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison island of Patmos where he wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation. The Apostle John was later freed and returned to serve as a bishop in modern Turkey. He died an old man, the only Apostle to die peacefully.
Peter,was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross, according to Church tradition, because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
James the Just, the leader of the Church in Jerusalem and brother of Jesus, was thrown down more than a hundred feet from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club. This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.
James the Greater, a son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader of the Church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem. The Roman soldier who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian.
Bartholomew, also known as Nathanael, was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed about our Lord in present day Turkey. He was whipped to death for his preaching in Armenia.
Thomas was speared and died on one of his missionary trips to establish the Church in India.
Jude, another brother of Jesus, was killed with arrows after refusing to deny his faith in Christ.
Matthias, the Apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and beheaded.
Barnabas, one of the group of seventy disciples, was stoned to death at Salonica.
Paul was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment which allowed him to write his many epistles to the Churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire. These letters, which taught many of the foundational doctrines of Christianity, from a large portion of the New Testament.
The Deaths of the Apostles
Matthew suffered martyrdom in Ethopia, killed by a sword wound.
Mark died in Alexandria, Egypt, dragged by horses through the streets until he was dead.
Luke was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous preaching to the lost.
John was boiled in a huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution in Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison island of Patmos where he wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation. The Apostle John was later freed and returned to serve as a bishop in modern Turkey. He died an old man, the only Apostle to die peacefully.
Peter,was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross, according to Church tradition, because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
James the Just, the leader of the Church in Jerusalem and brother of Jesus, was thrown down more than a hundred feet from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club. This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.
James the Greater, a son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader of the Church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem. The Roman soldier who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian.
Bartholomew, also known as Nathanael, was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed about our Lord in present day Turkey. He was whipped to death for his preaching in Armenia.
Thomas was speared and died on one of his missionary trips to establish the Church in India.
Jude, another brother of Jesus, was killed with arrows after refusing to deny his faith in Christ.
Matthias, the Apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and beheaded.
Barnabas, one of the group of seventy disciples, was stoned to death at Salonica.
Paul was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment which allowed him to write his many epistles to the Churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire. These letters, which taught many of the foundational doctrines of Christianity, from a large portion of the New Testament.
What kind of faith do you have?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
A Woman's Heart
This is a short blog entry, however very effective. Especially for all of those singles out there, and that means both men and women. Here is a quote that stuck out to me:
"A woman's heart should be so lost in God that a man needs to seek Him in order to find her."
That's how I found my girl, and I pray that for your life! In fact I pray that even after you're married this is still your goal and objective. Good truth!
"A woman's heart should be so lost in God that a man needs to seek Him in order to find her."
That's how I found my girl, and I pray that for your life! In fact I pray that even after you're married this is still your goal and objective. Good truth!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Fast Modified
So I was talking with my wife and one of my biggest things I want out of my fast is to be a more Godly husband. However when I fast most of the time I don't eat, and this leaves no intimacy time with my wife where we just talk. This is a terrible thing because intimacy is a staple to a good marriage especially a Christ centered one. Well since she said to me that "We haven't talked since you've been fasting!" Well that made me feel like crap because it was defeating the purpose that I was trying to accomplish. I realized that I was being more religious than a Christian and me being religious was keeping me from being a Christ centered husband. So we came up with the compromise for me to eat 2 meals a week with her that I like to call "Intimacy Meals". I have left it up to her discretion on when I can eat and sometimes she gives me the option. They don't all have to be just me and her however at least one a week does. I like this idea because it allows me to eat (obviously I'm all for that) and we can look forward to talking together. I encourage you if you're married or in a relationship to take time to find "Intimacy Meals", they really are a good time and you'll enjoy them! I'm looking forward to this week because of them and know that Christ will be in the middle of them!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Respectful Hand Washing
In my class I'm takng (The Old Tesstament) we had to read some chapters in our book and comment on things that stuck out to me. So here is one of the things I wrote:
On page 600 of our text book I found the part where it says “The rabbinic ruling, which reflected the value of the books, discouraged irreverent mishandling of them by insisting on the washing of hands after touching them.” I find it very interesting that they took it so seriously that they were even handling the Word of God that they had to wash their hands. It makes me think of how they were with the very name of God and how they wouldn’t speak it. I think of how we as modern day Christians handle the Word of God and His name. Do we view God in such reverence as they did or do we view Him as an obligation. They didn’t look upon reading the scriptures as something they HAD to do, but rather something they got to do. I want to live in that spirit where I have a longing and passion for God and His Word. I want to show respect to it by preaching it with such passion and desire that others may see Him. I want to wash my hands with my life by showing others a life lived for Christ.
On page 600 of our text book I found the part where it says “The rabbinic ruling, which reflected the value of the books, discouraged irreverent mishandling of them by insisting on the washing of hands after touching them.” I find it very interesting that they took it so seriously that they were even handling the Word of God that they had to wash their hands. It makes me think of how they were with the very name of God and how they wouldn’t speak it. I think of how we as modern day Christians handle the Word of God and His name. Do we view God in such reverence as they did or do we view Him as an obligation. They didn’t look upon reading the scriptures as something they HAD to do, but rather something they got to do. I want to live in that spirit where I have a longing and passion for God and His Word. I want to show respect to it by preaching it with such passion and desire that others may see Him. I want to wash my hands with my life by showing others a life lived for Christ.
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