Chicken Coops For Sale In San Diego

Check out this website for whatever you want or need for your chickens and chicken coops. We are in San Diego but also build for delivery to Orange County, Los Angeles, and Inland Empire:

http://www.ibcrazycoops.com

It's awesome and so are the coops that we have for sale!

Or you can always call us at (619) 730-0568 for a free estimate, and we'll come to your house!!

"Here's our Red Barn Chicken Coop ~









The pictures of the unit above are of one of our more recent additions to the collection! It measures 8 feet long, 3.5 feet deep, and is over 8 feet tall at the peak of the roof (slanted roof standard, peak roof optional). The coop is elevated with extra run space below which is a great spot for feed and water as well. This one has all the cool optional stuff added...industrial hi-rib powder coated colored roofing, barn style paint scheme, paver perimeter foundation, doors, windows, etc!!! There are built in nesting boxes with a door on the outside so you can retrieve eggs effortlessly. Plenty of access to the entire unit with a full size door leading into the run. Roosting poles and ramp as well. Pricing on this unit starts at $785 without some of the pictured upgrades and add-ons. Imagine this in your back yard!"

Schweet!!! I love it!! And you will too, especially if you are an urban or backyard farmer like we are!!

Developing a Devotional Lifestyle #1 - The Intimacy of Prayer

Ok Ladies!

If you have anything that you want to share or anything you have questions on or want to discuss with regards to our devotional study, then let's use this forum and discuss it. If you love it or if you hate it, I need feedback, please. Or better yet, if you have anyone that you think could use this, then please get it to them or point them to my blogspot or facebook page. I hope it touches all of us just the right way, at just the right time.

Read Mark 1:35:

“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”

Read Luke 5:16:

“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”

Read Luke 6:12:

“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.”

Read Luke 9:28-29:

“About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.”

These four verses capture a dominant characteristic of the lifestyle of Jesus.

Anyone who spent any time at all with Jesus saw something unique in his daily

lifestyle. Jesus prayed. Not the perfunctory prayers of the Pharisees but the

passionate prayer of someone who knew God on intimate terms. It was no

wonder that the disciples approached him one time and asked him to teach

them to pray.

See Luke 11:1:

“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples’."

They had observed Jesus’ lifestyle of prayer for many months and had begun to realize the priority of prayer.

Read Matthew 10:24-25:

“A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household!”

In Luke 6:40, Jesus said: “…everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.” The Holy Spirit’s work is to

do exactly this - to train us to be like Christ - and that includes his lifestyle of prayer.

See Romans 8:29:

“For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.”

Our aim is not simply to get you to “pray” or “read the Bible” each day. We are

seeking to help you develop a culture of intimacy with God.

Ø There is an intimacy to be found in prayer. When we pray, we are

not simply mouthing words to God. We are meeting with God in prayer.

Ø There is an intimacy to be found in God’s Word. When we read the

Bible, we are not simply reading ink on paper. We are meeting with God

in the pages of his Word.

This subtle difference between dry role-playing and the intimacy of a Christ-like lifestyle of prayer is

the foundation upon which a vibrant prayer life is built. But be warned! Discovering the excitement

of prayer can be addictive!

Putting It Into Practice: In your devotions this morning, read Psalm 1. As you read, talk to the Lord about the content of this psalm. Let God’s Word shape your conversation with him. Now read the psalm again, allowing the Lord to speak to your heart. Remember: your goal is intimacy, not information.

Memory Verse:

Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light for my path.

Psalm 119:105

Copyright © 1999, The Online Bible College. Used with permission. Scriptures quoted from New International Version © 1984, unless otherwise stated.

Would a perfect church allow us to be a members?

Often God wakes me in the middle of the night to share or to show me something and I was awakened with this at 3:45 a.m., so I figured that there must be somebody who needed to hear it. If this resonates with you then great, but please don’t internalize it – this isn’t directed toward any one person, it is something God laid on my heart, it’s about Him.

“In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the Word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the Word."

This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

So the Word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith” (Acts 6:1-7).

~The early church had problems just as we do today. No church has ever been or will ever be perfect until Christ and His followers are united at His second coming. All churches have problems. If your church’s shortcomings distress you, ask yourself: “Would a perfect church allow me to be a member?” Then do what you can to make your church better. A church does not have to be perfect to be faithful. ¹

The church does not consist of a building and a pastor. No four walls can contain the biblical version of the church. The church is comprised of people – human beings, flesh and blood, completely and totally imperfect. People are the church! Members, leaders and guests are what make up the church - that’s why churches are imperfect, because they are a compilation of a whole bunch of perfectly imperfect human beings, human beings who are going to fail, going to disappoint, going to be human – they come together to serve God, to worship and praise Him, to know Him better, to share Him, and to grow to spiritual maturity in Christ through ministry and missions.

~As the early church increased in size, so did its needs. One great need was to organize the distribution of food to the poor. The apostles needed to focus on preaching, so they chose others to administer the food program. Each person of the church has a vital part to play in the life of the church (see 1 Co. 12). If you are in a position of leadership and find yourself overwhelmed by responsibilities, determine your God-given abilities and priorities and then find others to help. If you are not in leadership, you have gifts that can be used by God in various areas of the church’s ministry. Offer these gifts in service to Him. ²

~The most important prerequisite for any kind of Christian service is to be filled with faith and the power of the Holy Spirit. By the Spirit’s power you can exercise the gifts God has given you. ³

We can't serve others based on our own power and strength, we must have the Holy Spirit's filling to serve. That's how we hurt people and hurt the reputation of our church, because we are trying to do it on our own! Don’t fall into the trap the average Christian does when they think that their first priority is God, their second priority is others and their third priority is themselves. That is NOT what the Bible teaches!

First, the problem with that priority list is that it assumes that God and I are two separate issues, when the Bible says they are not. And secondly, it is not really a workable priority list. What does it really mean to put me at the end of the list? A biblical priority list would be: first priority, my walk with God, second priority, my family’s walk with God and the next priority, serving others. It’s important to understand that this is an oversimplification, but it illustrates the priority of your relationship with God being at the forefront. It is only when you are spiritually healthy and your family is spiritually healthy that you are in a place where you can begin to obey the Lord’s command to deny yourself and serve others. ⁴

So don’t be fooled! Your church isn't perfect and neither are you and neither am I. We should never serve God out of duty or obligation nor for fame, but to know Him better, to love Him more and to share Him with others. Be blessed!

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The Futility of Godless Thinking

"The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened" (Romans 1:18-21).

From the moment of man's fall, the human mind has been distanced from God and clouded by what the Bible calls "futile thinking".

"The LORD knows the thoughts of man; he knows that they are futile" (Psalm 94:11).

"So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking" (Ephesians 4:17).

The word "futile" in the original Greek has the meaning of becoming "void of result" or "useless". It is this handicap of mental "futility" that requires that God reveal himself supernaturally. No matter how long we may study or how cleverly we may philosophize, we will never reach a true understanding of God through our own mental resources.

The Bible describes man's heart as "deceitful above all things" (Jeremiah 17:9). This means that outside the scope of God's revelation, your heart will trick you and deceive you into thinking that all is OK, when it is not. In its most depraved state, man's heart will turn truth upside down, calling darkness light and light darkness (Isaiah 5:20). The Bible tells us, without pulling any punches, that man's mind, unaided by God's Spirit, is incapable of understanding or even comprehending God.

"The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14).

So what does this mean practically. It means that if you are to know God, you are in need of a revelation of God by God. Only God can reveal Himself to you. And the way that He has chosen to do this is through His Word. Now it’s important to understand that God’s Word is not the only place where God reveals Himself. God often and effectively reveals Himself through:

• Nature
  

"The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.

There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,..." (Psalm 19:1-4).

• Experiences

"My ears had heard of You
but now my eyes have seen You" (Job 42:5).

Yet both these revelations of God are incomplete. Nature does reveal God's "invisible qualities" - just enough so that "men are without excuse" - but it is a distorted lens. Because creation is presently under the curse of man's sin (Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 8:19-22), the message we get through the natural world is mixed and sometimes contradictory. It is true that the majestic peaks of a mighty mountain range reveal something of God's splendor and majesty, but what of a devastating earthquake? How many people have railed against God because of a so-called "act of God" - a natural disaster that has brought grief and ruin to themselves, their family or their friends?

Likewise, while it is true that when we come close to God, we begin to experience his glory and goodness, our experiences themselves cannot be the sole lens through which we view God. Experiences are subjective, and a poor measure of God's nature. How should we react when something bad occurs? What happens when a loved one dies suddenly, a spouse chests, or a time of great personal distress is endured? Experiences, if unsupported by scriptural truth, can also be a distorted lens.

This leaves but one way for us to obtain a clear, undistorted image of what God is really like. If you are to see a clear image of God, He must reveal himself to you. And the only undistorted lens through which we can view God with clarity is His Word.

"As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

so is My Word that goes out from My mouth:
It will not return to Me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it" (Isaiah 55:10-11).

This passage describes what happens when God speaks into adverse circumstances. You cannot separate God’s Word from God’s will. God’s Word is both an expression of His will and also a vehicle of His will. When God sends His Word into our lives, that Word will fulfill the purpose for which it was sent.

"I will bow down toward Your holy temple
and will praise Your name
for Your love and Your faithfulness,
for You have exalted above all things
Your name and Your word" (Psalm 138:2).

The Lord and His Word are inextricably linked. Both are exalted. Both are powerful. Both are eternal. I am lifting you up in prayer as I type these words and I am asking our Abba Father to reveal Himself to you and for Him to send His Word into your life today, tomorrow & always. <3

Born to Walk with God

"He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8).

God’s desire is that we might “walk with Him”. Many times people think that to be a Christian means that “God walks with me” – in other words, wherever I go, God goes. But we are called to align our lives to the life of God, not the other way around. We walk with God.

"Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?" (Amos 3:3).

Walking in His presence

"…God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you’ ” (Hebrews 13:5 & see also Matthew 28:20).

God has promised never to leave us. His presence is always with us (Psalm 139:1-12; Isaiah 43:2; Deut.20:1). The question, however, is not whether God is in our presence, but whether we are walking in His presence.

"Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim You, who walk in the light of Your presence, O Lord" (Psalm 89:15).

Walking in His ways

"…'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths'…" (Isaiah 2:3).

Seeking Him

"The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the Word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught" (Isaiah 50:4).

Listening to Him

"But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me" (Psalm 131:2).

Enjoying His presence

"One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple" (Psalm 27:4).

Following in His footsteps

"My feet have closely followed His steps; I have kept to His way without turning aside" (Job 23:11).

Walking with Jesus

"Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did" (1 John 2:6).

Following Him

"Then he said to them all: 'If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me' " (Luke 9:23).

Yoked with Him

"Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matt.11:29-30).

Our walk with God is an exciting, daily experience. Seize the opportunity, today. <3

Believe and Proclaim God's Power and Promises...At Any Cost

Imagine how the story of Moses would have changed if he had decided to lower the expectations of what God had promised in order to protect himself from disappointment or failure. In Exodus 14, as the leader of God's people he was in an impossible situation. As a result of following God's direction, Moses had led the people of Israel into an inescapable setting. They were trapped by geography on every side but one. Unfortunately, the only way out was now blocked by the approaching army of the world's great superpower...Egypt. Egypt's goal was to humiliate the people of God, and God himself. Trapped by circumstances beyond his control and ability, Moses had only two options. Declare the audacious promise that God would rescue them by parting the Red Sea, or protect his leadership position (along with his salary and benefits package) by admitting the impossible and surrendering to Pharaoh and the Egyptian army.

Of course, adding to the drama and the difficulty, the people he was leading wanted to surrender. They said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn't we say to you in Egypt 'leave us alone let us serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!" (Exodus 14:11-12). They saw only the impossible circumstances.



Moses saw the same circumstances, but, unlike the others, he also saw the God who controls the circumstances. So with no thought of the very possible disappointment or failure that he could experience, he boldly declared the promise of God. In Exodus 14:13-14, "Moses answered the people, 'Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still'." God did show up and fight for them and the people were saved. The Egyptian army was destroyed. God's power and promise were seen and experienced, and Moses was celebrated by the same people who had just castigated him. But the real reward was that he was honored by God.

Like Moses, Christians and the church are called to both believe and proclaim God's power and promises...at any cost. When they do, lives are changed, God is pleased, and the church (and those who make up the church) experience His blessing. We should never dumb down God's power to our level in order to protect ourselves from disappointment. I'd rather fail believing in God's promises and power than succeed by diminishing them. After all, it's impossible to please God apart from faith (Hebrews 11:6).

[change your church for good/the art of sacred cow tipping by brad powell]

A Race Worth Running

Guest blog I did for Seven San Diego Church @ sevensd.blogspot.com:

What is the purpose of mankind's existence? To put it simply, we were created to bring God pleasure (Revelation 4:11b KJV). And is it possible to please God without faith? (Hebrews 11:6a NIV). No, it is not possible. In fact, faith and understanding are fundamental to fulfilling our true purpose in life. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 11:1 that, "...faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see". The writer adds on that, "Because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him (Hebrews 11:6b NIV). So in other words, God not only wants us to believe in Him in the same way a demon would (James 2:19 NIV), but he wants us to believe in His Word, love, and countless promises.


When we believe that God will fulfill His promises even when we don’t see those promises materializing, we demonstrate true faith (John 20:29 NIV). This is what the ancients were honored for-– those few listed as heroes of faith in Hebrews 11. Much like a runner, those heroes had crossed the finish line at the end of a very long race. And yet those heroes who lived by faith never received everything that they had hoped for on Earth; they only saw it and accepted it from a distance (Hebrews 11:13 NIV).

But why? Because God had planned something better for [them] so that only together with [them] would they be made perfect (Hebrews 11:40 NIV). Just as we need them, for they are our roots, so they need us, for we are their fruit. It is one tree, one story, one awesome chronicle of salvation and we get to be a part of it! God has included a plaque for our names in His hall of faith “so that only together with [them]” would all those listed in Hebrews 11 find their hope complete. Through our faith in Christ, we are intimately connected with them. Their faith and our faith make us co-believers.

Picture a sports arena with a great race track. A marathon race is in progress. The heroes of faith listed in Hebrews 11 have already run their race and they are now seated in the stands cheering you on as you begin to run the lap set out for you (Hebrews 12:1 NIV). We are finishing the race they began thousands of years ago. The baton that has been passed to you is the same baton they ran with. It is not just you crossing the finishing line. They are “with you” as you run. It is together that we win the race!

Jesus is there too, but He is running right beside you. He is there to encourage you and to help you to run the race set before you. He tells you to fix your eyes on Him (Hebrews 12:2a NIV), for He is the one who built this great race track. He has already run this race and won. He has already received His victor’s crown. He is right beside you every step of the way. He is encouraging you to keep your eyes on Him because if you will have faith in Him, he will show you the way to victory!