Sally will be ministering in concert today. Come worship the Lord!
The service is located in Building 1.
To Tell The Truth
I have been thinking about truth lately and how much it means to me and all the ways I fall short. Little ways where I am less than honest because I don’t want to face the possible repercussions if I actually speak the whole truth. But again, I know I am not alone.
When I call pastors and leaders of churches or congregations and get their voicemail so often the recorded message states they will call me back as soon as they can, or some variation of that. And often they add in the message that my phone call is important to them. Then, of course, very few call back. I have been thinking about truth lately . . .
I always thank those who do respond via email or a phone call, even if it is to say they aren’t interested, because I want to encourage them to continue to respond. It matters. Our human interactions matter. Jesus said we should let our yes be yes and our no be no. In other words, mean what we say and say what we mean.
Clearfield Alliance Church, Clearfield, PA
Ruach Adonai, Thousand Palms, CA
Where Is Love?
“Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.” (1 John 2:9-11)
I remember reading these words several years ago when I was well into my walk with the Lord, but still struggling with what it meant to love others (not just my “brothers”) the way Jesus has loved me. It felt so beyond any ability I had to even imagine such a thing in myself.
There is so much hatred in our world today. And it seems to me it is as much in the Body of Believers as it is in the world at large.
And yet it was always there in abundance whenever I asked Him to enable me to minister in His name. That infinite, uncontainable, unconditional love, beyond all measure poured into me in power the first time I ever encountered God in a personal way as an adult. And I knew then that God is love.
Bethany Baptist, Gardner, MA
Newton Covenant Church, Newton, MA
Beth Goyim, Fairview, NJ
Beth Messiah Congregation, Livingston, NJ
AGLOW, Mission Viejo, CA
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