Archive #1

From the Pastor’s Desk

Psalm 144: 3 says this:”Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him! or the son of man that You make account of him!” If we stop to think about it for a moment and realize that each one of us is important to God that is pretty amazing. The Creator of all cares about me. So often we go through life wondering if anyone does care or if anyone would care whether we were around or not. 

When we enter into a relationship with another person, be it friendship or a relationship that is leading toward a life together the key to it working is actually getting to know that person. Spending time together and getting closer are things that must happen in order for the relationship to grow. This same holds true for our relationship with the Lord. Religion is a very broad word that encompasses so many things but hardly any of them deal with a personal relationship with Christ. 

This is one key thing that is missing in many of today’s churches, the understanding of the fact the He wants to have a personal relationship with each of us. Man created religion to try and find a way to God, but He already did that through the Cross, that is the real message. When Jesus was asked why He came, He said that it was to “seek and save the lost.” He cares for everyone of us. No matter where we are in life right now, He will meet us there. There is no sin, no wrong, no past that will make Him say, “well not you, I can’t help you.” He is unlike anyone else we will ever meet or know. 

People so often judge, criticize or develop feelings about others based only on appearance or even worse stories they have heard. Jesus looks at the heart, He knows what is real and what is true. When we stop for just a moment and think about the fact that the One who came not to “condemn the world, but to save it” was thinking about me when He gave His life, that should not only make us grateful, but it should make each one of us want to know Him better. 

I believe as we move forward together that our focus will grow stronger on getting to know Jesus better. God has put a burden on my heart for the importance of how we treat each other and how we show Him through our lives and actions. We will only reach others when they see that what we say and do are the same. It has to be real. We live in a world where reality is a word used a lot as it pertains to shows that diplay peoples lives on tv and the perception of reality is to be that it is real. Sadly very little if any of it is actually real but is for entertainment purposes only. 

God is real though and the things He has given for us to do are real and Jesus said that “if we love Him we will keep His commandments.” The two commandments that He gave were to “love God and love one another.” As believers this is what should govern what we do and how we do it. Our world has turned away from believing in this truth and certainly the fear of God is rarely spoken of. One day and I believe one day soon those who refuse to believe or listen will look around and wonder where all of us are. Jesus is coming, He promised and He will come through.

 I am truly excited about what the Lord is doing here among us and I have no doubt it will continue to grow and just keep getting better. Thank you again for your warm welcome to me and my family. I am very excited about what we are going to do together. Always know I am here for all of you so please do not hesistate to call or stop by. Until we meet again, whether here, there or in the air, God bless you all

Pastor Andy