Thanksgiving is a time to reflect back on our lives and be thankful for the things that God has done to allow us to be here today. Some things that have happened are not things that we would have chosen for ourselves. Others, are wonderful things that are beyond anything we ever believed could have happened to us. Most things are somewhere in the middle that we take for granted, and often ignore. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “in Everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” As hard as it may be for us to understand we would not be who we are today, were it not for the things that we have undergone in our past, all the people, places, and things we have undergone is what makes us special today. I want to thank God for all those things, and learn to trust Him for those things that are to come, knowing that His desire is to make me more like Christ.

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Because of the Work of Christ seen in Acts 2, at Pentecost, we see that the plan and purpose of God is now carried out through the work of the Holy Spirit in the church, which was established. Salvation is made possible because the Holy Spirit brings us into a new and unique relationship with Christ. It is that relationship with Christ that makes the change in the life of the believer. We do not become different because we are better than anyone else, we become different because of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, which is made possible by the work of Christ. Therefore, I must understand that the power to live the Christian life is not in me, personally, but in learning to walk in the Spirit of God. Like a child has to learn to use the muscles and skeleton that they are born with, we as believers need to learn to use the spiritual “muscles and skeleton” that we possess because of the presence of the Holy Spirit. How is that done? You must spend time in the Word of God and begin to apply the principles outlined to become conformed into the image of … READ MORE

The feast Pentecost occurs 50 days after Passover, and was to picture that while at Passover the people of Israel were freed from their enslavement to Egyptian bondage, on Pentecost the people of Israel were celebrating the coming of the Torah, and when they officially became a nation committed to serving God. In Acts 2, while the nation was celebrating this feast, the Spirit of God was sent by Jesus to the body, to bring them into a new relationship with Him. This Sunday we are going to explore this new ministry, and attempt to understand the purpose of this event in the life and history of the church and individual believers. Join us this Sunday, November 5th, at 10:30 am as we examine this critical topic.… READ MORE