2012
Peru
This will be my last blog for 2 weeks as I am leading a group of 11 on a mission trip to Peru. Keep us in your prayers as we work for the 11th year with the rescued street boys. We will tell and show them of God's love for them, take water to the shanty towns, labor at both boy's home sites, and teach about Jesus in the public schools. -Pastor Mike
Peru
This will be my last blog for 2 weeks as I am leading a group of 11 on a missionary trip to Peru early tomorrow morning. Paul tells Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:2 to "Preach the Word". Our team will be preaching the Word in thought, action, and speech, as we reconnect with the rescued street boys that we have been working with for over 11 years. -Pastor Mike
Peace
Christians should live in peace. That does not mean that we will always agree on everything, but it does mean as Christians, we must work together despite our differences. This type of love is not a feeling but a decision to reach out and fill someone else's need. Love leads to peace, and this is the only way the body of Christ can function productively. -Pastor Mike
Prosperity
Ever feel sometimes that evil people prosper while good people suffer? Habakkuk felt that way. In Habakkuk 1, we see him complain to God twice before he realizes that God's answer is that evil doers don't prosper in the long run. God is God and he will do what is right. This can give us confidence and hope in a world that is confusing. - Pastor Mike
Hand
When we were little, some adult was always holding our hand. I remember my grandmother walking me to the grocery store, softly humming a favorite hymn. "The Lord God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." -Zephaniah 3: 17. Let God lead you by the hand. -Pastor Mike
Morph
Investing in someone's life is one of the greatest gifts that you can give. You can assist that person to morph into all that God has created them to be. "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! -2 Corinthians 5:17. You morph, and so does the person that you pour into to! -Pastor Mike
Weaknesses
Ever wonder about how power can be displayed in weaknesses? I recently pulled a muscle when I was crouching for over an hour, filling water balloons. I was hoping to work through it, but it only got worse. God spoke to me about returning to a Christian chiropractor that helped me in the past. God works by gifting others who can do his will. -Pastor Mike
Nothing
Ever wonder about how something in your life that has gone wrong can be made right? God doesn't want us focusing our attention on our problems. He desires that we focus our attention on him. "For nothing is impossible with God." -Luke 4;37. While it may be scarey, even feel dangerous, the safest place is to be in God's will. -Pastor Mike
Eyes
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus...." - Hebrews 12;2a. Jesus is our author and perfector of faith. If we keep our eyes on him and follow him, we will never get lost. Even if the road ahead of us is filled with dead ends and forks, Jesus will point the way that we should take. While our trip may be bumpy and have detours, Jesus will get us to our destination.
Peace
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." - John 14:27. Jesus is telling us that we will have peace because he will send the Holy Spirit which will give us confident assurance in the present or future. This will keep our heart and mind close to Jesus. -Pastor Mike
