The power of God through Facebook

I just sent this message out to all members of the Faith Bible Chapel facebook group, and thought I would share this here also.

There are many people out there who don't understand the power of these social networking sites. There are some who actually fear these kind of sites. Now I know that facebook as an overwhelming amount of DANGERS, but just like most things in life, it can be used to bring glory to the Father. Here is one example.

Last week one of my Facebook friends from the church where I was ordained said this is here status:

"Does anyone know a jeweler who might be willing to donate or sell us at cost sterling silver plain wedding bands? We need to bring them for our weddings we are performing while on our mission trip in Haiti. We ultimately need 20 sets of male and female but will take what we can get. Thanks!"

Well because of Facebook I am friends with someone from another church I was in, who happens to design and sell jewelry. So I sent her a copy of that status update. She then contacted my other friend and here is the update I received yesterday:

"Tim, Yes and THANK YOU so much for telling me about her. She is DONATING 50 wedding rings! We are so ecstatic and thrilled. Thank you again for putting us in contact with her."

Without facebook and the ability we have to connect with friends or even acquaintances from the past, I would not have been able to connect those 2 people. BUT I take none of the credit. God has given humans the intelligence to come up with these things. He receives all the glory for the generous offer of the 50 rings donated. He alone deserves all the glory for those who are taking a missions trip to Haiti. God is at work and will even use something like facebook to accomplish His work.

Here is the website for the jeweler. Maybe some of you might be interested in some of her stuff:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5859231

Chosen as a Doulos,

Tim

Follow Me

Okay, so I have done a horrible job at becoming a blogger. Truth be known, I didn't know if anyone ever read my first blog, and I don't know how to let people know about when I blog. Then I came on here and saw that someone actually read and commented on my post, so maybe I will continue to write things here.

Since my last post, God has chosen to open a door for my family and I at Faith Bible Chapel in Buckfield, Maine. I am what most of you would call the "Senior Pastor", but I hold the position of "Teaching/Preaching Elder". There are 3 other Elders who I will be working along side of to provide spiritual oversight to FBC. The process that God used to get us here is again an illogical one, but God is never a God of logic. But where He leads us, we will follow.

Soon after accepting the call to join Faith Bible Chapel, God decided to give me the words to a song. The title of the song is "Follow Me". It is a song about what it means to be a true disciple of Christ. The American church has reduced salvation down to the saying of a prayer, the signing of a card and then baptism, without a call to true life surrender. When we read the words of Christ, we see a call of complete submission as the minimum not as a separate road to Heaven. There are too many people who live there lives believing that salvation is a two-step process of "accepting Christ as your Savior" then maybe one day making Him your Lord. This is not the gospel presented in the Scriptures, Jesus said that we must take up our cross and follow Him, or we are not worthy to be called His disciples, and are not fit for the Kingdom of God.

My wife and I are committed to being disciples of Christ who have given up everything to follow after God. And it was this commitment, and others questioning of it, that lead to the writing of these words:

FOLLOW ME
By the Holy Spirit through Tim Nixon

VERSE 1
Take up your cross and follow Me
Take up your cross and follow Me
Jesus said, if you lose your life, you will find it in me, there is no other way
Count the cost, take up your cross and follow Me

CHORUS
Follow me down the road that’s less traveled
Follow me down the path that’s straight and narrow
Follow me, counting everything as loss
Count the cost, take up your cross and follow Me

VERSE 2
All who are weary, follow Me
All who are weary, follow Me
Jesus said, My yoke is easy, my burden is light, you’ll find perfect rest in me
Count the cost, take up your cross and follow Me

VERSE 3
If you’re thirsty, follow Me
If you’re thirsty, follow Me
Jesus said, all who thirst, just drink of me, and you’ll never thirst again
Count the cost, take up your cross and follow Me

VERSE 4
If you’re hungry, follow Me
If you’re hungry, follow Me
God said, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word I speak
Count the cost, take up your cross and follow Me

My last Sunday at Community Fellowship Church, I had the privilege of playing that song with the praise band. I have never written a song before, but I am humbled that God allowed me the opportunity to write those words down and to have the ability to put them to chords. I hope one day to record it and to post it for others to hear. The most important thing for me is that God has called me to live the words of this song through the blood of Christ and the filling of the Holy Spirit!

Chosen as a Doulos,

Tim