Pulpit Poetry

Dear Brethren,

I have been blessed beyond measure to have had my God directed journey cross paths with an extraordinary group of Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Their light is certainly a very strong presence in my own life, as I'm sure it is to many others.
My prayer for you, is that you too are able to surround yourselves with such God centered  Brothers and Sisters. May we forever grow in Christ together, and inspire any 'lost sheep' to do likewise.

Prior to sharing some ' Pulpit Poetry ' with you, may I be so bold as to ask a personal favor of you?
That personal favor would be fervent prayer today for two situations.
     * May I humbly ask that you pray for my Step Mother Terry Bayliss. On Tuesday she will undergo a significant surgical intervention to her neck (cervical spine).

Loving God, please entrust the care for Terry entirely to yourself today. Guide with wisdom and skill the minds and hands of Tuesdays surgical team to a successful conclusion and show the awesome power that only You posses. Please grant that every cause of illness be removed, that Terry may be restored to soundness of health so that she may live in perfect harmony with You and those around her.
                                In Jesus' Holy name we pray,

     * M y presumptuous request for a second prayer.  As most of you know, my journey to minister the ' Good News ' of Christ Jesus, began with a ministry by the name of 'Celebrate Recovery', which is a Christ Centered addiction and recovery ministry, and SO much more. (feel free to access a CR link on the blog home page)
As of late, my activity with this ministry has consisted of the most dire and serious of situations requiring intervention and more.
First and foremost may I ask that you not only pray for a very sweet Child of God whom we will call Amanda for the sake of anonymity.
Tomorrow I will join (Amanda) for a very intricate phase of this family intervention effort. I would ask that you pray that merciful and graceful loving God place the correct words in not only my mouth, but the mouths of the people involved in this effort to bring the situation to an effective conclusion that would honor God, and save this family!

Please pray that God redeem Amanda and her entire family from all curses of family destruction. 
" May they be redeemed from the madness, blindness, and confusion of heart."...(Duet. 28;29).
   May the Peace of life in Christ Jesus come to Amanda, her household, and all she has.
                              ............in Jesus' name we pray!   
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Welcome to Rev. Dr. Gough's

Pulpit Poetry Weekend

We pray you open your hearts to the poetic prowess of Dr. Gough's God-Centered writings.

With discerning prayer that these two selections may stir the Holy Spirit within each of you!

                                                    ...... blessings in the name of Yeshua

WITH  GOD

With God, our path may not always lead

   by pleasant pastures, or water still.

What matters is ... that I am His,

  and in His perfect will.

With God, I know some suffering comes -

  we each must bear our share.

What matters is ... that I am His,

  and have His blessing there.

With God, a day will be when sorrows rob

  of greatest joys, or those we love.

What matters is ... that each of His,

  is to meet, at Jesus' feet, above.

With God, He only knows if long my life

  or brief shall be my days.

What matters is ... that I am His,

  and keep walking in His ways.

With God, we have today because He cares

  in ways high above our own.

What matters is ... that WE are His,

  to live for God's dear Son.

                        ....... Wilbert D. Gough

LOOK TO THE LORD

Look to the Lord, in your trouble,

He can truly give your heart rest.

He looks to you and me, Ever-Present to be,

Trust Him, and all will be blessed.

Look to the Lord, in your suffering,

He has endured the pain that you bear.

He looks on you and me, our Physician to be,

To heal us - or our suffering to share.

Look to the Lord, in your sorrow,

God's sweet peace - let it never depart.

He looks to you and me, our Comforter to be,

His grace, binds the broken in heart.

Look to the Lord, even in your weakness,

For in His strength, you may o'ercome.

He looks on you and me, the Almighty to be,

As we pray - for God's will to be done.

....... Wilbert D. Gough

" God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear "

..... ( Psalm 46;1,2 )

We thank you for visiting, and pray that our blog may in some small way add to your relationship with Christ.

See Ya Soon !

Pastor Bill

A Broad Brush Remembrance of Pentecost

Dear Beloved,



I pray that today's brief post may touch your hearts in such a way that the Holy Spirit within us all is 'stirred', to reflect on the ancient roots of our Christian faith, and that it causes us to always remind ourselves of the significant essence of the Jewishness of our Savior Jesus Christ as flesh, at he design of our Creator ( father ABBA ). And ultimately the quest of our faith in becoming fulfilled with His graceful gift of the divine guidance of The Holy Spirit ! Righteous to us as born Again Believers as a result of the Calvary Love Sacrifice.



Many of my closest brothers and sisters, as well as my mentor/teachers are aware that in my conviction to always broaden my ministry efforts with deeper scriptural education. The past few months have been filled with studies of ancient Judaism, and Aramaic and Greek root word concentration to fortify and build on ancient scriptural understandings of Old Testament faith building blocks.

As one of my God blessed Jewish doctors described his Jewish description of Pentecost to me in a discussion about Pentecost,........... he conveyed that:



Bill, the holiday that occurs coincident to Pentecost is called 'Shavuot' by us Jews. The Talmud refers to Shavuot as 'Atzeret', ... ( a literal Hebrew word for ' refraining' or 'holding back' , referring to the ancient prohibition against work on this holiday and to the conclusion of the holiday and season of Passover,.

Hellenistic ( Greek ) Jews gave it the name of ' Pentecost ', meaning fiftieth day. Or, the 50th day of Passover.

According to Jewish tradition, Pentecost commemorates God giving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai 50 days after the Exodus. The 'Talmud' derives this from a calculation of biblical texts.

Most Jews faith involves the ancient understanding or belief that David was born and died on Pentecost. This may be why, in Peter's speech found in Acts 2, he explains the current happenings using David's tomb and some of his writings and quotes.



I personally find this to be good background insight as we team it with our gentile or Christian Pentecostal understandings.

Through my own studies on this topic, we understand that Pentecost commemorates the likened tongues of fire sent by God Himself while inscribing the understanding,will, and power of the promised wonderful counselor, comforter, and complete understanding of God's will for man to posses after the death and Ascension of Christ Jesus.

" Pentecost " a holiday that had been celebrated back 1500 years to Gods direct intercession in His personal gift of our Ten Commandments.  " Amazing Faith Fortification and sign of God's loving will for all His children to have opportunity to grow through Godly and Discerning Guidance!"



In closing, I seem to have found a strong,coherent, and concise 2 minute 'You-Tube' video put out by leading Messianic Jewish Rabbi K.A. Schneider from ' Discovering The Jewish Jesus '. I pray you find it to be helpful as we reflect on Pentecost, and grow closer to our Messianic Jewish Brothers and Sisters.

Please click on the short video ,..... and Shalom to All in His Holy Name.

Back to Basics !

Dear Brethren,

Having received nothing but positive feedback regarding an inter-church  Old Time Tent Revival,
we have initiated plans for this worship event for a TBD Fall 2015 date.

" Create in us a clean heart O God; and renew a steadfast heart within me. "

             Psalm  51:10

" You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of

your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever. "

Psalm  16:11

A Christian brother of mine ( whom I met at a church fellowship initiative, through his light ), once made the comment to me that " churches should COMPLETE one another, rather than COMPETE with one another. "  What a simple yet observant statement this was. A statement which very much affected the overall mission initiative of our ministry.

Shouldn't the Christian Church act in coalition rather than competition ?,... Can this be done ?

Surely it can !!!  As long as we maintain a Godly perspective with the realization that as Jefferson Behtke puts it, and is the title of his excellent book,..... JESUS  > CHURCH  (Jesus is greater than the Church!)

Note:  Jefferson is a wonderful 'next generation' minister of Christ to whom I encourage my own children to watch. He has a wonderful You Tube channel easily found on the net.

So, whereas we are still in the infancy stage of this fellowship initiative, we encourage you to check back for developing details. Or, should you wish, you may always subscribe to our blogsite by scrolling down the homepage on the right side and do so. We welcome individuals, church leaders, and Pastors in southern Maine, and seacoast New Hampshire to contact us regarding interest and/or participation in the upcoming Back to Basics, Old Time Tent Revival via email (bill.bayliss@aol.com) or, a comment to our blog.

Meanwhile we humbly ask for your prayers that this multiple church event may REVIVE God's spirit that indwells every man's heart through the Love Sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

ERRORS and OMISSIONS

To ' err ' is human, to ' forgive ' is divine !,....... and to ' omit ' is my short term memory loss issue !

Dear Ones,

Within our blessing of the announced addition of Reverend Dr. Wilbert Gough in his ministry advisory role to sound doctrine, we neglected to present you with a link to Pastor Gough's website which contains a literal ' Treasure Trove ' of  discerning sermons selected from his many years of ministry.Pastor Wilbert D. Gough

I can say without reserve that all would be well served to visit this broad array of God Centered topical sermons. Pastor's breadth of experience serving the Lord throughout these United States as well as many ministry trips to The Holy Land will surely serve as a wonderful and enlightening addition to any Christian's desire to augment their ' God Centered Worldview ', and to strengthen 

their personal fellowship with Yeshua, ( Jesus ).

Please visit Pastor's website by clicking on the above Highlighted area of Pastor Wilbert D. Gough

Blessings in The Holy Name of Jesus

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