http://www.ggwo.org Articles written by Pastor Thomas Schaller about various topics. en-us Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:27:07 GMT "The preparations of the heart in man and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord," (Proverbs 16:1).When Paul was onboard a prisoner ship sent to Rome, he was prepared. His preparation was not the result of living life on the surface of things. On the ship after the storm erupted, we see something else erupted. He stood before the crew and prisoners and said, "God, whose I am..."If you cannot say "God, whose I am...," then you will never be really prepared for http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=68 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=68 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:00:00 GMT One man prayed, \"Oh God, why would you choose me to be a pastor - there are so many other capable men?\" God\'s answer seemed to be AMEN, there are many other \"better\" than you, but they\'re not listening. One leader said \"A good leader is not the person who does things right, but finds the right things to do.\"Men who have discerned the secret of communion with God in God\'s thoughts are men who have something to give beyond themselves. They speak from Him and http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=67 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=67 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:00:00 GMT "For thou hast made Him most blessed forever," (Psalm 21:6). In this Psalm the prophet speaks of Christ as Most Blessed. These words should arrest us. The Scripture does not say, "He is blessed", or, "He is more blessed". Imagine something being red or more red or the most red.Christ is Most Blessed. It means that it is impossible for Him to be any more blessed. Can you imagine the greatness of His stature before God. It makes any contest with Him to be http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=66 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=66 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:00:00 GMT World missions is the greatest work of God taking place in the world today. Put your mind on this great phenomenon. A team of missionaries specifically trained to evangelize and serve the 'elect' on the other side of the globe is sent by a local congregation. Imagine! If Christ is real and there is healing in His wings, then what could be greater?Hardly can we compare it with anything on the earth: let's send one billion dollars to a foreign people; let's send a group of Peace Corps http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=65 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=65 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:00:00 GMT We are studying II Corinthians in ABD class and recognizing Paul's God-given skills in hitting the mark.Spiritual life is unique and experienced only by the death of Adam's self life. Resurrection results in manifestations of unique judgment calls.There are no moral boxes that are the "end all" of moral conclusion for life. What can we say morally about a tragic car accident? Only that it should not have happened, or someone is responsible.We go beyond the box to God's mind and see http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=64 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=64 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Once in Kiev, Ukraine, when knocking on doors in a typical Soviet-style apartment block house, we met a sixty-year-old woman who came to the door, started to speak to us, and then broke into tears. Oleg and I listened to her story. She spoke with confidence and then brokenness overwhelmed her. "My husband wants me to poison him. I cannot leave him alone. He is partially paralyzed and I must care for him always."Through the open door behind her, we could hear her husband crying out to http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=63 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=63 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Last night, August 15, in our service, we spoke about the need for individual believers to develop godly personal convictions.We used Aaron as an example of a spiritual marshmallow - a good voice and good speech but when pushed by people he could not stand his ground. Moses had been gone for 40 days and when the people led Aaron in their foolishness he could not stand (Exodus 32:1). The Lord said that when Aaron would see Moses, he would be glad in his heart. We all need to be with people who http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=62 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=62 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT "The Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times" (Judges 13:24)God had His eye on Samson and wanted to use him. The Holy Spirit moved him. Some people move by soulish impulse. Some people make decisions out of compulsion. Pressured living can make us poor decision-makers. Sometimes we feel that to be sly foxes - always looking back over our shoulders - is the only way to survive.A walk with God is of utmost importance. When Moses met God at the burning bush, God told him http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=61 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=61 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT In the year 2007 when the world is saying, "Preserve your life, prepare for your future, gain security, and build bigger barns." We say, "Wait a minute; Matthew 6:33: Seek first the kingdom of God, and His Righteousness; and all these things will be added unto you." We don't know the details of our life five years from today: Where we will be employed, what we will be doing, or if we will be alive. Matthew 6:33 is a verse that never grows old. Seek first the kingdom of God. http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=60 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=60 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT "You fall on the rock and are broken or the rock falls on you and grinds you to powder... And they feared when they heard these words...." Matt. 21:44, 45.God who is the God of divine order and precept has designed the physical universe with specific parameters. This is obvious to us, even more obvious to those who study its science.Jesus Christ also said very profoundly "did not He that made the outside (the physical) make the inside also (the soul)." We find it amazing http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=59 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=59 Tue, 1 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Last week before I left for Eurocon, Pastor John Love handed me a copy of Charles Finney's remarkable message on love entitled Charity Thinketh No Evil published in 1849. On the plane over, I read it and found it full of encouragement, wisdom and profitable instruction. Our European Conference held in Budapest actually revolved around this theme. I am very thankful for how the Holy Spirit used this man to clearly define the nature of the spiritual man and God's love in him. It is absolutely http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=57 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=57 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Jesus Christ said that the kingdom of heaven can be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while the man slept, someone came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. "An enemy hath done this," said the man. Notice two phenomena: The growth of wheat and then the invasion of "lying-wheat" next to them.  The parable further reveals that the man who owned the field says, "Let them grow together until the harvest" (see Matthew http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=56 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=56 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:00:00 GMT Recently, while flying to Peru, I reflected on this Proverb: "He who spares his rod hates his son but he who loves him disciplines him diligently" (Proverbs 13:24).Would it be wrong for God to discipline us, if He tells us to do so with our own children? The danger of any discipline is the possibility of a seed of bitterness growing up in our hearts.I've met people who have turned away from God because of how they feel about how they have been treated. Hebrews 3 warns us "Take http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=55 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=55 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:00:00 GMT "Jesus said unto [His disciples], My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." (John 4:34). "But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work" (John 5:17). In other words, "The Father is working up until now, and I am also working with My Father." "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work" (John 9:4). What does it mean, "I must work the works of him http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=54 http://www.ggwo.org/index.php?module=main&action=pharticle&id=54 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:00:00 GMT