Death To Sin Through Christ ( except from a sermon by C.G. Finney )

How perfectly chilling and horrible for persons to oppose the idea of expecting deliverance from sin and yet talk calmly of going on in sin all the rest of their earthly days! As an elder whom I knew rose in meeting and told the Lord he had been living in sin thus far and expected to go on in sin as long as he lived; he had sinned to-day and should doubtless sin to-morrow and so on--and yet he talked as calmly about it all as if it were foolish to make any ado, as well as impossible to attempt any change for the better. Talk of all this calmly--think of that! Quite calmly of living along in sin all the rest of his days! How horrible!! Suppose a wife should say to her husband, "I love you some, but you know I love many other men too, and that I find. it pleasant to indulge myself with them. You certainly must be aware that all women are frail creatures and liable to fall continually, and indeed you know that I expect to fall more or less as it may happen every day I live, so that you certainly will not expect from me anything so impracticable and fanatical as unblemished virtue! You know we have none of us any idea of being perfect in the present life--we don't believe in any such thing!"

Now let me ask you to look at this woman and hear what she has to say. Can you hear her talk so, without having your soul filled with horror? What! is this woman a wife, and does she think and talk in this way about conjugal fidelity?

And yet this is not to be compared in shocking guilt and treason with the case of the Christian who says, "I expect to sin every day I live," and who says this with unmoved carelessness. You expect to be a traitor to Jesus each day of your life; to crucify him afresh each day; to put him each day to an open shame; each day to dishonour his name, and grieve his heart, and to bring sorrow and shame upon all who love Christ's cause; and yet you talk about having a good hope through grace! But tell me, does not every true Christian say, "Do not let me live at all if I cannot live without sin; for how can I bear to go on day by day sinning against him whom I so much love!"

Outreaches

We continue to have outreaches every week: feeding and ministering to the homeless, drug-addicts. alcoholics, pimps, prostitutes and even some so-called "normal" people on the streets of the ATL.

Last Tuesday night, we had a team of about 25 volunteers from Christ Chapel in Zebulon, Georgia who prepared and served the food to feed about 40+ of our homeless friends. We were also joined by 29 people from two youth groups: one from Dallas, Texas and another from Greensboro, North Carolina. We sang songs, preached the Gospel and saw about 20 people respond to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ.

Last night we had about 12 volunteers from Mableton Assembly of God who prepared and served a spaghetti dinner to the people at our Whitehall Street site. There was also a team of high school students from Indiana who came with AIM ( Adventures in Missions ) from Gainesville, Georgia. There were approximately 60-70 homeless. We preached the word from Mark 8:34-38. Five men responded and came forward to surrender their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.

We appreciate all the prayer and support from all our partners. Without your help we couldn't do this.
THANK YOU!!!

To God be the glory!

Charles G. Finney - from "The Infinite Worth of the Soul"

Come to Christ, and say, "Oh, Jesus! thou hast bought me,--I will be thine. Thou hast died for me, and purchased my life; and shall the life which thou has redeemed be given to Satan? No! no! as I am a man. No! as I have an immortal soul. No! as I belong to the government of God. No! as I hope for salvation. No! I dread to displease God, and desire to please my Saviour. Heaven beareth witness that I renounce my sins; and let God write it in heaven." Are you not ready? Why not? Make up your minds now and for ever, right here on the spot, in the house of God where the angels wait to tell the story, where the Holy Spirit breathes upon the people. What say you sinner,--are you willing to come over from Satan to God?You must decide now, one way or the other; and if we could see what infinite consequences, in respect to persons here, are turning on that decision, methinks the congregation would wail out with agony to see what destinies are trembling on this momentous point! See that needle, trembling on its pivot! It must, when it settles, point either one way or the other--to heaven or to hell. Sinner! such is your destiny. What do you say?

Partner With Us...

Broken Pieces Outreach Ministries is dedicated to reaching the lost and broken of this generation with the life changing Gospel of Jesus Christ. Not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with the demonstration of the Spirit and of power. We are also dedicated to equipping God's people to be witnesses that Jesus Christ is alive from the dead. If you would like to partner with us in this ministry, click on the link below. If you'd like to donate online, be sure to type, "Joel and Pat Crumpton" in the "Missionary" box for proper allocation. Thanks, and God bless you!

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Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

Summer Outreaches for 2013

We are entering our busy season at BPOM, and with the addition of Thursday night outreaches with our friends from Abundant Life Church in Jackson, Georgia we will have plenty of action. We are scheduling weekend outreaches between now and September for teams of youth and/or adults who desire to be trained and equipped for evangelism and healing ministry outside the walls the church building. Training and lodging and outreach on the streets is FREE. Registration is open and we are starting to fill up quickly, so contact us now to schedule your group. We have separate dorms for guys and gals, and room for 10 in each dorm. Each dorm has 2 showers and 2 sinks. The ministry loft is located in Covington, about 40 minutes east of Atlanta. Each person is responsible for their own meals, and there is a Super Walmart nearby. The loft has a large kitchen so that everyone can prepare their own meals. We suggest something quick and easy such as sandwich meats, bread, chips, etc...
Contact us for more information at thatjoelguy@gmail.com or call (404)642-8201



Da Bus

BPOM has recently purchased a ministry bus to be used for outreach, and it is exactly what we were looking for! It can carry up to 14 people, as well as ministry supplies and outreach materials.



Pine Ridge, South Dakota

I was recently invited to go on a weekend mission trip to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Our dear friends, Wade and Katie McHargue are ministering there among the Lakota Indians. We saw some significant breakthroughs while we were there, as a group of men gathered from 10 states to minster to and pray for these precious people. I was asked to teach the men who had come there on how to minister healing to the sick and afflicted in order to open the hearts of the people to receive the Gospel. About 24 people were healed in 2 days of ministry on the Rez, and approximately 14 surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ! To God be the glory!

SUMMER OUTREACH SCHEDULING

During the months of May though September we we be scheduling outreaches for individuals and/or groups who want to come to our minstry facility to be involved in outreach for a week or a weekend. This is an aweaome opportunity for youth groups and others to get trained and equipped for outreach, then take that experience back to their own local communities. There is no fee for lodging or training, and each person will be responsible for food. Although we have a full kitchen at the facility, we strongly recommend lunch type foods which can be purchased at the local Wal-Mart.
These outreaches will train and equip in the areas of personal evangelism, healing and outreach. For more information, contact us at (704) 271-3028

Three Outreaches in One Week

Busy week this week...and we LOVE it! Tuesday night we had our weekly Broken Pieces outreach on Whitehall Street in the ATL. We had about fifty volunteers from several churches who came to help us as we fed and ministered to about seventy of our homeless friends. Because of support from faithful parnters like YOU, we were able to bless many of them with tube socks, skull-caps and new underwear. Some of our volunteers also brought a few coats and hoodies. It was cold outside, but we had four large trays of hot lasagna for them, provided by a team of our volunteers from Oak Hill Baptist in Griffin, Ga. We preached, several responded to the message, and one lady we have been ministering to for years testified that Jesus Christ has completely changed her life! She told me, "Pastor Joel,I've been listening to you out here all this time, and I finally got it!" She used to practically beg us for money every week to support her habit. We would sometimes give her $2-$3, but we would always pray for her deliverance and healing. She had suffered with severe pain throughout her body for years. Tuesday night, she testified that she was pain free, delivered, and didn't need anything! To God be the glory!!!

Toinght (Thursday, Nov. 15th), we have our monthly Broken Pieces outreach at the "Making A Way" transitional housing facility in Atlanta's West End. A team of volunteers from Abundant Life Assembly of God in Jackson, Ga. will be with us, and will supply the food, lead us all in worship and share testimonies. We expect a good crowd. Afterwards, we will take the leftover food to the regular location on Whitehall Street, and feed and minister to our homeless friends there. We expect to be out till around midnight tonight.

Tomorrow afternoon, we have an outreach in Athens, Georgia. It is being organized by one of our volunteers who lives there. We plan to equip the saints there for front-lines, open-air and one-on-one minstry as well as power evangelism and healing the sick in the name of Jesus Christ. We will be taking the big cross out on the street with us, as it always helps us in drawing a crowd (the cross is 10 ft. tall and 5 ft. across at the cross-beam ).

As I write this post, our ministry van is still in the repair shop. Please agree with us in prayer for a newer van so that we can continue to reach out here in the inner-city. We are also beliveing God for a ministry trailer to help us transport food, blankets, clothes, tables, chairs and other items we use regularly for outreach.

Please agree with us in prayer that lost souls will be convicted of sin and born from above, that the backslidden will experience godly sorrow and return to their first-love, that the sick and afflicted will receive healing and deliverance, and the saints will be filled with the Spirit of God and equipped for service, in Jesus name, amen!

We love and appreciate you all!