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1/19/2025 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, good friends are a treasure from the Lord. Combine good friends with a loving and powerful Savior and you have an incredible combination. This is what happened when friends of the paralytic brought him to Jesus. Jesus not only healed the man but when He saw their faith, He more importantly forgave the man his sins.
Beloved, Jesus has the power and the authority to heal, restore and forgive us of our sins. Not only does He have the authority to do this, but He also has the will to do this. Jesus wants to forgive us, cleanse us and restore us. Maybe you have an impossible situation in your life. Take it to Jesus. Let us witness His power at work in you and through you! In His Strong Name- Pastor Joe
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1/12/2025 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, we know that nothing is impossible to God. Luke 1:36–37 says, “And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Yes, God can do anything He wishes to do, but God will not do things that would be against His holy will or contradictory to His purposes. He can commit no sinful act, for example, for He is completely holy, and sinning is not in His character. This is why the leper came to Jesus asking Him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” The leper knew that Jesus could do the impossible, but would He? The leper found out that Jesus was willing and that his healing here on earth was part of God’s will for his life. Beloved, you may be facing an impossible situation. Only God can perform the miracle that you need. Ask Him. Say, “If you will…” Then leave the answer up to the Lord. Whatever the answer, He always wants what is best for us. Blessings- Pastor Joe 1/5/2025 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, as we begin the year 2025, we look back at what the Lord has done, and we also look forward to what the Lord is going to do. Looking forward, our theme verse for 2025 is Titus 2:11-14.
Now, Titus 2:11-14 is a single sentence in Greek and surely is one of the great theological statements in the Bible. It focuses on the grace of God and what that grace has accomplished in our lives and how we are to respond to God’s grace. My prayer is that we will live out God’s grace in our lives. I pray that we will live God’s grace individually and corporately. May we truly embody what it means to be a part of God’s grace in our lives and our congregation. BELOVED, may you and your loved ones be filled with the grace of God, “to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.” IN HIS GRACE- Pastor Joe 12/29/2024 0 Comments Pastor’s PenI hope everyone had a very merry Christmas.
Beloved, this morning we are having our Youth Led Service, encouraging them in their service unto the Lord. We will be learning what the Lord Jesus teaches on the “cost of discipleship” and how those lessons can be applied in our relational commitments. In our walk with the Lord may we be “All In” every day and every step of the way. In His Service, Jimmy Rosas 12/22/2024 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, we are soon to once again celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the human Son of Man and the divine Son of God. He is one hundred percent human and one hundred percent God.
While there were many people instrumental in the birth of Christ, this morning we will look at His birth through the eyes of Joseph, His legal father. There is not too much known about the man who would care for Christ as He grew up. We know that Joseph was possibly a carpenter but most importantly we know that he was a righteous man who did the right thing. When others would have ran away from a responsibility that was not even their own, Joseph stood steadfast and remained faithful to the end. We can learn much from his character and apply his attributes of faithfulness, purity, and perseverance to our own lives. May you have a Blessed Christmas week and may Christ always be at the center of your lives! We hope to see you at our Christmas Eve Service, Tuesday @7:00PM. Blessings- Pastor Joe 12/8/2024 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, the message of Christmas is God with us. That is important to know, especially during those times when we are going through great difficulty. We know that the Bible never teaches that we will have problem-free lives as followers of Christ. But the Bible does teach that we never will be alone. God is with us: Immanuel.
What a staggering thought, God is with us. That is the message that this sin-sick world needs to hear, that God is with us! To do this, Beloved, God had to become a Man. Today we will explore what this meant for Him and for us. Today beloved, I want you to place the hopes and fears of all of your life on that little baby, who grew up to be a man who came to the earth to die for the sins of the world. He wants all of them so that He can comfort you and bring you peace! Beloved, today, the hopes and fears of all the years are met in the person of Jesus Christ! Blessings- Pastor Joe 12/1/2024 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, next Sunday we will commence our Advent series as we focus on the birth of Christ, look at His first arrival and anticipate His Second Coming. Today however we will continue our study through the Gospel of Mark.
Here in these eleven verses we find Jesus ministering to Peter’s Mother-in-Law and then to many others. Jesus was often healing and preaching, and we will focus on those two elements today. Now, as Christmas approaches, I pray that you will find yourself in awe of the wonder of Jesus and His love to each of us. Allow yourself to focus on Christ’s love for you this season. Blessings- Pastor Joe 11/24/2024 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, do you have a grateful heart? In light of today’s message, my prayer for each of us is that we would not take God’s blessings for granted but rather like the Samaritan Leper, we would thank Jesus for everything He has given us. Luke 17:15-16 says, "Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan."
May we each have a grateful heart! May we display God’s grace on our lives both through thanks and through giving. I pray that you and your family will have a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving! Blessings- Pastor Joe 11/17/2024 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, as I was reading these verses the key verse, Mark 1:17 stood out to me. It reads as follows, “And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
Now Jesus said these words to Peter and his brother Andrew, but Jesus is also speaking these words to us today, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men!” Notice a couple of things about this key verse. One, we all start by following Jesus. Where does Christianity start? It starts with following Jesus. He is the leader, we follow him! Secondly, He will make us fishers of men. Now, Jesus was the world’s greatest fisher of men. But He wants us to fish for men as well. So, how do we do it? Beloved, He will show us how, for He says, “I will make you fishers of men.” This discipleship takes time but don’t worry, Jesus is a great teacher. Beloved, if you have ever wondered how to fish for men, I want to give you an opportunity. Next Sunday we have Ryan Reis coming in to hold a revival night. Invite someone to come with you! Invite an unbelieving friend or relative or neighbor. Let’s start fishing for men and women! Blessings- Pastor Joe 11/10/2024 0 Comments Pastor’s PenBeloved, as we meet Jesus here in the Gospel of Mark, we find Him displayed in humble beginnings. First, Jesus had a rather common, unremarkable name. Secondly, He was from Nazareth, which was an unremarkable, despised village. In addition, Nazareth was in Galilee, which was an unspiritual region and not the “Bible belt” of Israel at that time.
But remember the theme of the Gospel of Mark. Jesus came not to be served but to serve. Thus, as many other servants, He had a humble upbringing. To further illustrate the point of His servitude, Jesu was baptized. He was baptized, not because He needed to be baptized but to identify with sinful man. In today’s study, we learn of Jesus’ arrival through His baptism, His temptation and His ministry. May we also follow His example of service to a lost and dying world! |
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