Category: Encouragement from Your Pastor

AVAIL!

AVAIL! You most likely know the disappointed feeling in your soul after diligently and wholeheartedly putting your time, energy, and often money into a project or task only to end by saying to yourself, “that was of no avail.” The phrases “of no avail” or “to little avail” echo a tone of discouragement.  Often, it […]

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Need Answers?

Need Answers? How many times do we find ourselves intently looking for an answer from God to a specific question or need we have?  It is certain that much of our prayers should and do focus on worship and praise toward God.  But it is also true that many times our prayers are saturated with […]

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Can You Get A Good Return With No Investment?

Can You Get A Good Return With No Investment? If you want to harvest tomatoes, you’ll need to plant tomato seeds.  If you want to learn a second language, you’ll need to study.  If you want to have money in savings, you’ll need to set some aside and not spend everything that comes in.  If […]

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Getting Out of a Pit!

Getting Out of a Pit! Have you ever known that something would really make a difference but just didn’t take the time to do it?  Here is a simple example of my own. Not too long ago, I had a terrible headache. First things first, I prayed about it and continued working.  I was extremely […]

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What a Revelation!

Reading through Matthew 16:13-20 clearly shows us the vital necessity that we allow ourselves time to hear from God.  Peter received a wonderful gift that day.  It was a gift of “Revealed Knowledge.”  Jesus clarified it for us as He said, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you […]

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