Pastor’s Messages (Page 2)

We worry and are concerned about how to make our lives more comfortable, while God is focused on our character. We think that comfort will bring peace of mind, but we see example after example of those with more than they could ever want, living lives of depression and shame. There is only one thing that can bring eternal hope which leads to joy and that’s finding your identity and purpose through faith in Jesus Christ. Romans 15:13    May the…

Galatians 5:1 So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. In a world full of secrets, habits, and fears, it’s difficult to truly feel free. The pressures we struggle with lead us to live lonely broken lives that hide who we really are. Is there any sin that you are a slave too? God has a plan for you to be free in…

Don’t Bully Your Bullies Hebrew 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.When we are harassed moment, of course we want to fight back. It takes faith to overcome the flesh. Only through our faith can we battle darkness with light. Our Savior suffered greatly at the hands of evil men. Instead of summoning the angels to come…

Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one”. We all have a good reason to feel guilt and shame. Not one of us is righteous. We are all selfish and we hurt the people around us, especially those closest to us.God is holy, and sin and God cannot go together. When we try to hide our feelings of guilt from God, anxiety and shame become our closest friends. Are we destined to the discouragement…

Life Transformation Starts With Our Thoughts Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. We tend to make a few resets in our lives when we want to make a new start. We experience justification at salvation, but we continue to be transformed in our sanctification. The Journey we are on, while working out our…

Road rage is out of control. Someone beeps at a car, and they end up in the hospital. Uncontrolled anger has a painful price tag. We’ve all seen too many examples of stupidity unleashed in anger. Proverbs 29:22 An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins. The Bible is very clear on the cost of anger. The one who gives in to anger creates a multitude of sins. Anger usually gets a response. It grows…

The Power Of Scripture It was the summer of 1984, and I was at Lakeside Bible Camp. I had just accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior the previous day. For the first time in my life, the word of God was important to me. The verse I was challenged to memorize in my devotional time was from the book of Galatians that day. Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ…

Who Will You Trust Most Today?Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Who do you trust? The answer to this question can bring heartache or peace of mind. Whether your life has purpose or you whether you’re just spinning your wheels.One of the biggest mistakes we make is trusting ourselves. The problem with…

Trust God To Be Your Defender Most of us waste a lot of time and energy worrying about what could happen if things don’t go as we have planned. Anxiety can take its toll as we strive to defend our plans, decisions, and failures. How can we find peace of mind when things go sideways, and our efforts come up empty? Psalm 25:1-5 In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. 2 I trust in you; do not let…

1) Am I being directed by God’s Word?2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.All of us tend to be controlled mostly by what we want. After we trust Jesus in faith, those things change and we desire to be directed by His will. The only place we can turn to for God’s truth is His…

The Power and Importance Of Mercy From God Psalm 25:6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Grace means getting what we don’t deserve, and mercy means not getting what we do deserve. Both are true of God’s love for us, and we need both in our lives. We don’t deserve God’s mercy and we definitely can’t earn it, but whenever we turn to God in prayer, we can take comfort in knowing He…

2 Timothy 3:11-12  11 You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—but the Lord rescued me from all of it. 12 Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. These are three cities that Paul visited on his first missionary journey. Suffering was a major part of all of Paul’s work and in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead.…

God Equips Us For His Challenging PathEphesians 3:16-2116 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you withpower through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell inyour hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and establishedin love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasphow wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to knowthis love that surpasses…

Blessings The Hard Ward Way I had only been in Uganda for about ten months. As Missionary Matthew, I had all those romantic ideas about what it meant to serve the Lord deep in the jungle. I was prepared for everything, or so I thought. Rose was an older lady who was under eighty pounds and in a wheelchair. She was dying slowly and was in excruciating pain. On Sunday, after our church service, she had asked to pray with…