Sunday, May 12, 2024
Good morning church
And it is indeed a good morning to praise the Lord!
Martin Luther once said, “If you possess faith, your heart cannot do otherwise than laugh for joy in God…For how can the heart remain sorrowful and dejected when it entertains no doubt of God’s kindness to it…”
Psalm 34:1
NKJV - I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
TPT - Lord! I’m bursting with joy over what you’ve done for me! My lips are full of perpetual praise.
When our faith is in His goodness, our joy is continual and perpetual. It’s the real deal. It is not dictated by circumstances, feelings, or other people’s actions.
I read a quote that said “Someone may bump into our happy today.” If someone says an unkind word to us, and that’s enough to knock the joy out of us, was our joy really rooted in the right place to begin with?
Nothing anyone can say or do will ever change God’s love and kindness toward us. So even if someone bumps into our happy today, we just keep praising the Lord!
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Sunday, May 05, 2024
Good morning Church
The world has a saying...“You can’t judge a book by its cover.”
The first time a Realtor showed us our current home, I walked away thoroughly convinced that I was never buying this house. The first impression was less than underwhelming. But underneath the surface (of filth), it contained everything we wanted in a home. If I had judged it solely by its cover, we would have missed the blessing that awaited us.
In our society today, people depict themselves one way on social media but their life behind closed doors is altogether different. There is heartbreak and brokenness all around us. Let’s not be fooled by a person’s outer display of indifference. God has put eternity in every man’s heart (Eccl 3:11), and that inward longing cannot be denied.
We have the very thing that will satisfy them – the testimony of how Jesus can make one new, from the inside out. Let’s not judge them by their cover lest they remain broken and we miss the blessing that awaits us – our harvest of souls.
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Sunday, April 28, 2024
Good morning Church
When the religious leaders of His day complained that He spent time with sinners, ‘Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."’ Luke 5:31-32
Nothing has changed. He is still searching out and saving the lost, the hurting, the sinners. And the outer appearance does not necessarily represent what’s on the inside. The hurt and the broken come in many shapes and sizes, some homeless and some wearing suits and ties.
His part is to cause our paths to cross. Our part is to pick up where He left off, calling sinners to repentance….with His compassion as our compass!
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