Chaplain’s Corner – By Pastor Ron Baptiste

Pastor Ron Baptiste Founder of Covenant Confirmers Ministries Inc. www.covenantconfirmers.org Covenant Confirmers Ministries; a “Certified Recovery Congregation” Founder of TN. Biker Medical Clinic Inc. www.Tennesseebikermedicalclinic.org Messages Available on Podbean https://covenantconfirmers.podbean.com Live You Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/ covenantconfirmers1/live

THE PREPARATION TIME

Matt.22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.” The word chosen can also be translated; “sent” or “set apart.” I noticed there is a time gap between being called and being sent. This is known as “Preparation Time.” This is like building a foundation for a building, whatever size building you want, is based on the size and strength of your foundation. There are many Christians today that have been called to the ministry, but have not been chosen-sent yet. Over my twenty-two years of pastoring a “biker church,” I have seen members come and go in motorcycle ministry, Christian motorcycle clubs, and biker churches. Today when one is Called by God into the ministry, they think they should immediately start their own ministry without any training, without any mentorship, without any accountability. They start out with great passion but quickly burn out. This is what I call “Microwave Ministry.” Acts 13:2 “separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work I have (past) CALLED them.” Vs.4 “so they being (future) SENT forth by the Holy Ghost.” Notice the time gap between being Called & Sent. I first noticed this while studying the relationship between David and king Saul. 1 Sam.13:14 King Saul had broken the commandment of the Lord and Samuel pronounce judgement on him; “Thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought Him a man after His own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his own people.’ We now know now that the Lord was referring to David, but biblical historians believe this event happened eight years before David was born. Jerm.1:5 “Before I formed you in the belly. I knew you. Before thou cometh forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, I ordained thee.” David was called to be king before he took his first breath, but he was not sent yet. 1 Sam 16:13 David was anointed King in his father’s house but he was not yet on the throne. David was 17 years old at this time. It has been 25 years since David was called. In the next several years David would kill the giant, fight armies, run from King Saul, have his own army turn on him at Ziklag. David would be 30 years old before he would ever sit on the throne as king. All those years between being called and finally being Sent; were “The Preparations years” preparing him to be king. These experiences helped shape David for the “Call” that was on his life, David would be 30 years old before he sat on the throne. “As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…’ The key word here is WALK, do not run and do not camp out, but learn from your mistakes or you are doomed to repeat them. All the challenging experiences you’ll go through are like tools in a tool box, they will only help you when it’s your time to lead.

Until next time, keep your face in the wind and your kickstand up.

To be found faithful, Pastor Ron

As a twenty-year veteran who spent most of his time in special operations, I’m shocked that the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Commander of Central Command, the Chiefs of staff of all of the branches of service and every commander of every unit in the military who had anything to do with Afghanistan would roll over to America’s biggest traitor in history and allow the world changing debacle we are seeing in Afghanistan. They should all resign and be replaced with Patriotic Americans. Even President Jimmy Carter tried to get the last American’s out of Iran in 1979. Now we have a President who is willing to throw the United States of America under the bus and pave the road for America’s enemies including China. Over 6,000 American service members and contractors lost their lives in Afghanistan over the past twenty years. Another 20,000 were wounded or disabled. Joe Biden put the Taliban and its associates, Al Qaeda and ISIS, above getting all Americans out and bringing out the Afghani’s who did so much to help us. Now Americans are hostages and those who helped us are being hunted down, beheaded, burned to death, tortured and executed. Not only did he ensure the Taliban would rule Afghanistan, he gave them billions of dollars’ worth of state-of-the-art military equipment and made them one of the most formidable militaries in the world. We sent our military to Afghanistan in 2001 to insure that never again would Islamic extremist terrorist organizations have a safe haven to plan, train and launch attacks against our country. Now Joe Biden and his administration have given the terrorist world everything they could ever want. Not only did Joe Biden give the terrorists everything they ever wanted, he stabbed our allies in the back as he did it. He didn’t just abandon Americans and Afghans who helped us, he cut and ran and left our allies hanging in the wind. The countries who aided America in fighting the war on terror will no longer be able to trust us. Osama Bin Laden did his best to strike at the heart of America but it took Joe Biden and his administration to make his dreams come true. When the terrorist world works up their plans and trains to attack America it will be next to impossible to create a coalition of nations to stop it. America took months to move supplies, equipment and military personnel into Saudi Arabia before taking down Saddam Hussein. What country would allow that if we have to go back to Afghanistan? What countries would trust us enough to join us? How could our own military trust our leaders to conduct a war that would warrant them giving their lives and limbs? Why would any Afghan civilians or tribal leaders help us after what Joe Biden has done? How could anyone take seriously any political leadership that would place LGBT rainbow flags and George Floyd murals on embassy property in one of the strictest Muslim countries in the world. The Taliban and most strict Islamic countries throw gay people off the tops of buildings. Was that supposed to win the hearts and minds of the public in Afghanistan??? To the Taliban that was the emblematic heart of evil and something to die fighting against. All it did was unify them against the United States of America and fuel their offensive to take over the country. Everyone knows Joe Biden is incapable of being the President of the United States. His brain is gone, he had no energy or train of rational thought. He constantly talks about what “THEY” have told him he can do or not do. His handlers cringe every time there is a microphone in front of him because they have no clue how dumb he’ll make himself look if he doesn’t read what they have written for him word for word. It’s so bad they couldn’t even let him speak to America on the twentieth-year remembrance of 9/11. His person in charge of cover up strategies, Jen Psaki, is the forked tongue lying spinner extraordinaire. She can spin any debacle he creates and leave you marveling at how she lied to your face with such a straight face. Satan couldn’t do a better job than she does at covering tracks for a fool. I hear many pundits talk about what a dilemma it is if Joe Biden is removed from office. They say Kamala Harris will be worse! I totally agree. She will be worse but what are the options?? I think its time for whack a mole. Remove Joe Biden from the Presidency and when Harris shows her true colors and takes us down the nut house road – remove her from office too. America can’t take three more years of brain dead or nut case leadership. Stopping Marxists in their tracks is the only option to save America. I know some Republicans are not worth re-electing but other than Joe Manchin, none of the Democrat Marxists are worth re-electing. We need to take back the legislature and senate in 2022 and in 2024 we need to take back the Presidency with someone who has Trump like competence. I’ll take tweets over hiding in the basement any day of the week. The hope we can save our constitutional nation without pulling a trigger wears thin. Keep the faith. Thank a vet for the freedoms we still enjoy and support politicians who will bring back the ones we’ve lost. Fly the flag of the people and be proud you’re an American. Hug the families of those still missing because their quest for closure has not ended. Live the good life and ride for those who can’t. You can comment at bousle19@ comcast.net - Bulldog

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