The Shelter Church, San Diego

06/18/2023

Happy Fathers' Day!

Dad. A small word with a big impact. Thank you to all the men who strive to be a godly influence and set an example of faith in our homes, church, and community. We appreciate you! Happy Father's Day from all of us at Shadow Mountain.

"And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever." Daniel 12:3

05/29/2023

Amen

“Jesus has entered the Holy of Holies to make daily intercession for His people. We are a people whose King prays for us by name.” —R.C. Sproul

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12/06/2021

Here is the article about the Great Isaiah Scroll I read from on Sunday.

The Great Isaiah Scroll remains one of the most compelling archeological finds that support the Bible. In the 1940s, when the Dead Sea Scrolls were

11/24/2021

The Source of Sin
J Packer
God is not the source of sin; he neither commits nor wills nor prompts it (James 1:13). God made rational creatures who were capable of loving him freely and by choice and that meant they could freely choose not to love him—which is what some angels and all our race have done.

How such disobedience is possible, while God is Lord of this world, we cannot conceive; that it is possible, however, is undeniable, for it has happened.

How did sin enter the cosmos? Scripture tells us that Satan and his angels rebelled against the Creator before man was made (2 Pet. 2:4 ; Jude 6), so that when the first human beings appeared “that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan” (Rev. 20:2) was there to trip them up (Gen. 3). And “the tempter,” the “ruler” and “god of this world” (1 Thess. 3:5
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‘..For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter might have tempted you and our efforts might have been useless. “
; John 14:30 ; 2 Cor. 4:4) still marauds with serpentine cunning and lion-like savagery. It is right to trace moral evil back to Satan as its patron, promoter, producer, director, and instigatory cause.

Where do the inclinations to evil which I find in myself, and so often yield to, come from? The Bible says their source is my own heart

(James 1:13-15
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13 When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;

14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.

15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
; Mark 7:21-23
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21 For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

23 All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' "

Just as a cripple’s twisted leg makes him walk lame, so the motivational twist of my fallen heart—anti-god, anti-other, self-absorbed—constantly induces wrong attitudes and actions.

[Your Father Loves You by James Packer, (Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986), page for February 24

11/19/2021

First Shelter Church Men’s Bowling Night “Bowling for Bros” was a good time.

10/22/2021

It’s ON!

10/15/2021

Piper

Desiring God

Plan for Prayer

“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. . . . These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” (John 15:7–8, 11)

Prayer pursues joy in fruitful fellowship with Jesus, knowing that God is glorified when we bear fruit in answer to prayer. Why do God’s children so often fail to have consistent habits of happy, fruitful prayer?

Unless I’m badly mistaken, one of the reasons is not so much that we don’t want to, but that we don’t plan to.

If you want to take a four-week vacation, you don’t just get up one summer morning and say, “Hey, let’s go today!” You won’t have anything ready. You won’t know where to go. Nothing has been planned.

But that is how many of us treat prayer. We get up day after day and realize that significant times of prayer should be a part of our life, but nothing is ready.

We don’t know where to go. Nothing has been planned. No time. No place. No procedure. And we all know that the opposite of planning is not a wonderful flow of deep, spontaneous experiences in prayer. The opposite of planning is the same old rut.

If you don’t plan a vacation, you will probably stay home and watch TV. The natural, unplanned flow of spiritual life sinks to the lowest ebb of vitality. There is a race to be run and a fight to be fought. If you want renewal in your life of prayer, you must plan to see it.

Therefore, my simple exhortation is this: Let us take time this very day to rethink our priorities and how prayer fits in. Make some new resolve. Try some new venture with God. Set a time. Set a place. Choose a portion of Scripture to guide you.

Don’t be tyrannized by the press of busy days. We all need midcourse corrections. Make this a day of turning to prayer — for the glory of God and for the fullness of your joy

09/21/2021

Gods effectual calling brings salvation and what God saves cannot be lost. Because HE is the one who saved it.

He doesn’t start a work and not finish it.

Can people who are saved lose their salvation? If not, then how do we explain those people who have fallen away? In this message, Dr. Sproul thinks about these

08/25/2021

Traditional circle of saints saying grace. Cody of course doing the honours. God has been gracious to us.

08/24/2021

12th Shelter Church Aniversay was off the hook, so much good food, fellowship, worship and testimonials of the resilient fellowship Christ has honed and created.
I love this church!

08/22/2021

So thankful the Lord prepares His people in scripture for persecution and suffering. It is the way of Gods people in this world, for most of history.

You can see how much it hurts this man to become an enemy of the state, in his own country.

Hear a direct communication from an Afghan Christian leader on the ground in Afghanistan. "We have been left in the field by ourselves. We are not leaving th...

08/22/2021

Hey Y’all it’s been 12 years since we planted the church.

It was August of 2009 and so here is August of 2021– and he is inviting all of you for ribs, chilli & pie!

The Shelter Church 12th Anniversary Party
4ish
5651 Water St
La Mesa
Worship service after !