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Dr. Kyle Bueermann - The Gospel According to Mark

pastorkb.com The Gospel According to Mark February 2020 - Present

First Baptist Church Ruidoso

Devotional from Pastor Todd
Give Me A Great Commission Perspective

What a great time of worship this past Sunday! We had the most people in physical attendance since last March. We are thankful to God for blessing us with a great staff. Yes, we will miss James and his leadership, but we are thankful for the time that God has shared him with us. We need to keep praying for him and his family as he begins a new chapter of his life. Remember that the same God that brought us James will bring us a future worship leader. God is faithful and we need to keep on asking, keep on knocking, and keep on seeking! Your Personnel team is hard at work praying through the few candidates we have received. Meanwhile, remember this too: God has already blessed us with gifted leadership in the area of music. We will continue to lean on these folks and our dependable audio/visual team for leadership during the transition…thank you Lord! Be patient…GOD IS AT WORK! KEEP PRAYING!

On another note, we are grateful for the opportunity to affirm God’s hand upon Evans Okeyo. We all heard him share his passionate, moving testimony. Evans seeks to be a man after God’s own heart. It was a blessing and privilege for us to ordain Evans. Pray for Evans and Chelsey as they prepare for their future in Kenya. Pray for them as they train for planting Movement Church in Nairobi. Pray for them as they finish developing budgets and launch into fundraising. We plan to be their “sending church”, and in the coming days you will hear how we all can be a part of their ministry in Kenya, prayerfully and financially. We still have a few months with the Okeyo family. Let's keep loving on them in Christ as they love on us!

As I reflect on the time we’ve had with James and Evans, I’m reminded of the statement I shared in church: “The true measure of a church is not its SEATING capacity but its SENDING capacity.”

Now selfishly, I’d love to have more time ministering with both of these men. We appreciate their talents and love their personalities. I could get discouraged and just tell God that “this isn’t fair,” or “you don’t know how much we will miss them.” But our All-Knowing and All-Powerful God knows these things even before they exit our mouths. Our Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 tells us to “Go make disciples.” Everyday we have opportunities to fulfill the Great Commission. Everyday we are SENT into this world to impact this world for Christ. Using this perspective, we are SENDING our brothers into the world as an extension of ourselves. We are forever connected to the process of Christian growth and service in their lives. What a blessing! I praise God for a church that is outward-focused and others-focused. The Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ demands that we have this outward-focused mentality. So, I rejoice today in the fact that we have the privilege to invest in the discipleship process of many people who pass through this church. May God continue to use us to IMPACT His kingdom and “make disciples” of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s stay focused! GOD IS AT WORK!

Keep on Asking, Knocking, & Seeking,

Pastor Todd

Prayer Vigils

Please help us (Kairos women) pray for the women in Western New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility in Grants, NM!
We can't be with them on our normally scheduled weekend, but we can cover them with prayer!
Please pray also for the officers who work there and the team that is still preparing to go inside once the doors are open to us!
The prayer vigil will begin on March 18 at 3 pm and end March 21 at 3:30pm. Prayer times are 30 minutes long and you can sign up for as many or as few as you want to. Click the link, select your time zone, and enter your info!
If you would like a list of names so you can pray specifically, let me know!
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Here's Pastor Kyle's statement on the events that occurred at the U.S. Capitol building this past Wednesday. You can listen to the whole sermon on Mark 9:14-29 at http://www.fbcalamo.com/messages

[01/08/21]   Great word from Pastor Todd Starns, FBC Ruidoso.
From Pastor Todd
LORD, WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
As I sat down this morning before the Lord, I asked Him for direction from His Word for my conflicted spirit. My spirit is conflicted because of national events unfolding. It is conflicted because of restrictions that COVID have brought to us. We enter into a new year hoping that positive change will happen. We hope for a brighter future with renewed fellowship with fellow believers. I found myself in Galatians 6.
Listen to these words:
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.” Galatians 6:7 (ESV)
As I read this verse, I wondered in my heart if it could be applied to our nation as well as our individual lives. I don’t want to be deceived (ensnared, tricked, mislead, deluded). When we mock God, we disrespect and dishonor him. It signifies ridicule, defiance, and a lack of the fear of God. People have been mocking God for years but recently it has become more and more pronounced.
After listening to a member of our U.S. House of Representatives pray a prayer to open the session, my spirit was grieved. The closing words of his prayer were a slap in the face of God. It mocked our Holy God and pushed forth an agenda that was anti-Christian. Remember what 2 Peter 3:3 says,
“knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.”
This verse is coming to fruition before us. This leader’s prayer the other day was just a sign of a deeper issue within our country. Some may think that I’m being political, but I am not. If you accuse me of anything, accuse me of being spiritual. This is a spiritual issue. Our nation has become desensitized toward sin and disrespectful to our Holy God. This leader’s prayer the other day was just a sign of the disrespect and defiance toward the ONE TRUE GOD. I try to look for the positive in situations (glass half full kind of person), but we have to see the stark reality. We are steadily speeding up on the slope of moral decline.
In the midst of all of this, what is our responsibility as believers, followers of Jesus Christ? Listen to the verses that follow Galatians 6:7:
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
In a world that is in moral decline, KEEP SOWING TO THE SPIRIT, NOT TO THE FLESH. Personally, each one of us as believers must feed our spirit nature daily. You do this through His Word and Prayer. You nurture these things through Christian accountability (Life Groups, fellowship, encouragement, etc…) and time of Worship (individually and corporately). We can’t afford to be spiritually malnourished in the days in which we live. We must refrain from feeding our flesh with the things of this world. Let us pump our lives full of God’s Word. When we are holding fast to the Word of life, we will not run or labor in vain. Listen to Philippians 2:14-15:
14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
Galatians 6:9-10 also tell us to: KEEP DOING GOOD TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY OUR BROTHERS AND SISTER’S IN CHRIST. Don’t grow weary in doing good! We need to hear those words loud and clear. As we sow the things of the Spirit of God into our lives, a natural outflow is to do good toward others. As we do this, we imitate our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who “went about doing good” because “God was with Him.”
God’s not done with us yet…Let’s all keep our focus on Jesus and keep shining for Him! We will talk more about this on Sunday…See you in person or online!
Pastor Todd

First Baptist Church Ruidoso

From Pastor Todd
LORD, WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

As I sat down this morning before the Lord, I asked Him for direction from His Word for my conflicted spirit. My spirit is conflicted because of national events unfolding. It is conflicted because of restrictions that COVID have brought to us. We enter into a new year hoping that positive change will happen. We hope for a brighter future with renewed fellowship with fellow believers. I found myself in Galatians 6.

Listen to these words:
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.” Galatians 6:7 (ESV)
As I read this verse, I wondered in my heart if it could be applied to our nation as well as our individual lives. I don’t want to be deceived (ensnared, tricked, mislead, deluded). When we mock God, we disrespect and dishonor him. It signifies ridicule, defiance, and a lack of the fear of God. People have been mocking God for years but recently it has become more and more pronounced.

After listening to a member of our U.S. House of Representatives pray a prayer to open the session, my spirit was grieved. The closing words of his prayer were a slap in the face of God. It mocked our Holy God and pushed forth an agenda that was anti-Christian. Remember what 2 Peter 3:3 says,
“knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.”

This verse is coming to fruition before us. This leader’s prayer the other day was just a sign of a deeper issue within our country. Some may think that I’m being political, but I am not. If you accuse me of anything, accuse me of being spiritual. This is a spiritual issue. Our nation has become desensitized toward sin and disrespectful to our Holy God. This leader’s prayer the other day was just a sign of the disrespect and defiance toward the ONE TRUE GOD. I try to look for the positive in situations (glass half full kind of person), but we have to see the stark reality. We are steadily speeding up on the slope of moral decline.

In the midst of all of this, what is our responsibility as believers, followers of Jesus Christ? Listen to the verses that follow Galatians 6:7:
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

In a world that is in moral decline, KEEP SOWING TO THE SPIRIT, NOT TO THE FLESH. Personally, each one of us as believers must feed our spirit nature daily. You do this through His Word and Prayer. You nurture these things through Christian accountability (Life Groups, fellowship, encouragement, etc…) and time of Worship (individually and corporately). We can’t afford to be spiritually malnourished in the days in which we live. We must refrain from feeding our flesh with the things of this world. Let us pump our lives full of God’s Word. When we are holding fast to the Word of life, we will not run or labor in vain. Listen to Philippians 2:14-15:
14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

Galatians 6:9-10 also tell us to: KEEP DOING GOOD TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY OUR BROTHERS AND SISTER’S IN CHRIST. Don’t grow weary in doing good! We need to hear those words loud and clear. As we sow the things of the Spirit of God into our lives, a natural outflow is to do good toward others. As we do this, we imitate our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who “went about doing good” because “God was with Him.”

God’s not done with us yet…Let’s all keep our focus on Jesus and keep shining for Him! We will talk more about this on Sunday…See you in person or online!

Pastor Todd

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prayervigils.net Community Name: Mountain Valley Baptist Association WMU Event Description: Praying for Kylie Wilson Event Dates: 15-22 Dec 2020 Available Prayer Vigil Times are shown in Cyan. 15-22 Dec 2020 America/Denver