Vision for 2023.   Equipping for ministry and the Great Commission.

As I pen this weeks pastor’s desk I received the news that my mother-in-law, Sharon Byrne, is not doing well, and unless the God who created her heals her, she may not have many days here on earth.   I am hesitant to even pen this and post this because I...

Solomon, the wisest and richest man to ever live penned these words in Ecclesiastes 11, “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.”   What in the world does this even mean?!  

Some commentators (Trapp, Clarke, and others) think this speaks of generosity. Cast your bread upon the waters is to...

Vision for 2023.   Discipleship and the Great Commission.

Isaiah said, “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.  Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it?  I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” (43: 18-19)   What new...

Vision for 2023.   “Reaching the lost & the Great Commission” - is a call to personal evangelism!

  The great commission is still the mission of His church.   Individually and corporately as the body of Christ we need a burden for those that do not know Jesus as their personal Savior and Lord.

Jesus’ passion...

Vision for 2023.   Worship and the Great Commission.

I believe we would all agree that life can be challenging and difficult at times. You might even say, “Life is not fair!” - and you would be right.  No one knew that more than Job.  Job suddenly and tragically lost his sons and daughters in death.  He lost...

Any New Year’s Resolutions for the coming New Year?!   I have a few.   At the top of my list is “to know Jesus more clearly, to love Him more dearly, and to follow Him more nearly.”   I also want to lose 20 pounds and get “race” fit!   This brings up the question “are New Year’s...

Advent of Love.

Basic human need is to love and be loved.

God loves YOU!  That is the message of the Christmas season.  Have you experienced God’s love?  Have you received the most important Christmas present ever, the one that will last into eternity?!

God’s greatest gift to mankind is expressed in John 3:16,  

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Advent of Joy

“Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Let earth receive her king…”

“It is joy unspeakable and full of glory, full of glory…”

“Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love…” - these are just a few hymns of expression of joy.   The words “joy,”...

Advent of Peace.   Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you.”   Isaiah foretold of Jesus’ birth 700 years prior, “Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given…His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” - Isaiah 9: 6

Jesus is the author and sustainer...

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for…” - Hebrews 11:1

It has well been said that “Man can live forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minute without air…but only for one second without hope! ”

No matter what your age is, you are always hoping in something.   As...