Passing it On

by Pastor Ken  

Passing it on, how good are we at doing it, I know we are good at passing on to generation after generation things that absolutely don't matter, I know we are good at passing on to generation after generation bad habits/traits.


But how good are we at passing on the word of God. Is it written on your heart so that your children can witness it with their eyes, is it heard in their ears when you speak, have you become a living testimony of the word of God in the lives of those you encounter.


When people see you, do they see Jesus, when people hear you do they hear Jesus.
Israel was instructed every 7th year to read the the book of instruction and teach people the way to be blessed, by following the Lord. This was so that children who had not heard the word would hear of the immutable God they serve and then follow Him.


12 Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the lord your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions. 13 Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the lord your God. Do this as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.” Det 31:12-13

Our Hope Lives

by Pastor Ken  

Hope

All the Pharos Tombs are empty because someone took them out, but Jesus although He had no pulse, not breath in His lungs, no life in His body rose from the dead, rolled the stone away and He Lives.
Because Jesus lives:

  •  I have Hope for the future
  •  I have Power for today
  •  I have Peace 
  •  I have Grace sufficient for all my needs
  •  I have Mercy I don'd deserve

I have found a hope that cannot be quenched, cannot be matched, cannot be replaced, my Hope is in Jesus Christ, He is who He said He was, He can do what He said He can do, He lives and now so can I
Thank you Lord!
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 1 Corinthians 15:14

Best Laid Plans

by Pastor Ken  

Little White Fences

Little white fences, even from the time we are young we are taught to make a life in this world, yet the Bible tells us that we are ambassadors, sojourners, visitors just passing through on a mission.

Often we make our plans for this life, and forget that the most important thing is to make preparations for the next, its what we do for the Kingdom we belong too that matters most. A Kingdom that will not fade, will last forever, the very place God is, that is the future I plan and hope for.

The Psalmist reminds us that no amount of wealth or good doing or work we can do can "Redeem" us only God can "Redeem" us and it is a free gift that none should boast but that God would be glorified.

Lord may my plans be for you Kingdom, for the future you laid out before I was born, may I keep my heart true and my direction sure in you. May my feet always find direction in your light and may you lamp keep me in the straight and narrow. In the matchless name of Jesus ~Amen

6 They trust in their wealth
and boast of great riches.
7 Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death
by paying a ransom to God.
8 Redemption does not come so easily,
for no one can ever pay enough
15 But as for me, God will redeem my life.
He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Psalm 49:6,7,15

Jesus the Rock

by Pastor Ken  

 
 
When I read this portion of scripture I am reminded that the rock represents Jesus, and how He was poured out as an offerring poured out for many.   God sent His Son as an offerring that would satisfy the sacrafice required to restore us to right standing with God.  He came to Renew, to Restore, to Refresh and Revive us.
 
Just as water refreshes, renews and revitalizes us, so is Jesus sacrafice meant to  do.
 
Have you taken hold of the Rock (Jesus Christ)?
  • Are you being renewed by His Sacrafice?
  • Are you being refreshed by His Presences?
  • Have you allowed the Power of His Spirit Revive You?
When we recieve Jesus like this as living water (John 4:10) we are changed by His presence, we are refreshed, renewed and revived.   See the gift of God is His Son Jesus Christ and like the water that poured out from the rock it was intended for all that gathered, irregardless of their race, size, social position anyone who gathered would receive the gift of life giving water that day.   See that is the greatness of the "Good News" it has power, it is for everyone who will "Receive" it, its for you and for me.   
 
Give your life to Jesus today, receive the free gift, it promises to change your life in a way it was meant to be changed.
 
 “You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.”   ~Numbers 20:1-12

Don't put it off. Do it now!

by Pastor Ken  



A lot of us put things off; we do just that, we say: not now, later, but I want to tell you some truth: "the when's" of life often don't come and then its too late. 

If you don't know whether you will go to heaven when you leave this place, then take the advice of Proverbs 6:4 and don't put it off, do it now! You can know for sure today: 

The Bible says: 

  •  We all need a savior: (Romans 3:23)
  •  If we recognize that we are sinners and ask for forgiveness we will receive forgiveness (1 John 1:9)
  •  if we confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts Jesus is Lord then we will be saved: (Romans 10:9)
  •  Once we make those steps now is the real blessing, A relationship with the one who saved you Jesus Christ, we move on to greater understanding of who Christ is in our lives. ( Romans 5:1)


John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

Don't put it off. Do it now! 

Proverbs 6:4 Don't put it off. Do it now! Don't rest until you do.

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