A MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH

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                                 A MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH

                                       (For the local News Paper)

    During this Global pandemic many of us have been left disoriented, frustrated, and confused, but you can be sure that we are never helpless or without hope.

 While we are waiting on God there are things we should be diligently doing:

 - Keep your daily walk with Jesus Christ personal and fresh, and be fervent in prayer.

- Be consistent in your Bible reading and study.

- Live a life of faith and worship.

- Remember the call to holiness in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.

- When and however you can, encourage one another daily while it is stilled called today.

- Do not engage in unnecessary squabbles. The Scripture says, “As much as lies within you, live peaceably with all men.

- Co-operate with the authorities where you are able. The Bible teaches, “Obey every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake.” As inconvenient and restrictive as these rules are, we must trust God for the outcome. If you feel a check in your spirit, do what you must, but keep a humble spirit.

- The Bible teaches us to pray for our leaders that we may live a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness.

- Pastors, please make every effort to maintain contact with your people by whatever means you are able. People are getting discouraged. With most people, especially youth, do not expect them to come to you, you must somehow reach them.

- Let the Love of Jesus be in the forefront of all your efforts, and wait for the Lord with patient expectation.

- Take up your cross daily = not our will but His be done.

-Finally, to everyone, fear God and Keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.  

 

Genesis 5:24, Psalm 63:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 2 Timothy 2:15,

Matthew 4:10, Philippians 2:15, 1 Peter 1:15-16, Hebrews 3:13,

Romans 12:18, 1 Peter 2:13, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Luke 15:4-7,

1 Corinthians 13, 16:14, Psalm 27:14, Luke 9:23, Mark 14:35,

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.                                    

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