Posts with the category “pastor-pett”

So let us look for those opportunities to present themselves, watching and waiting to give an answer as to the source of our hope and joy. For the source of that hope and joy is Christ Jesus Himself....  Read More

And then next week, when they have the ceremony to honor your son, and some folks sleep through it, and some folks don't even come because they go to the lake, and some folks come with a pretentious s...  Read More

God is with you wherever you go, so please take a little time to listen to Him with you are traveling away from home. It will make your trip even more restful and refreshing....  Read More

If He did and gave all of this to love us and to save us, why in the world would He withdraw His love from us, or abandon us when we need Him most? The answer is that He wouldn’t. ...  Read More

Dear Friends in Christ,A few of years ago on Easter Sunday, this poem was part of the B.C. comic strip in the Sunday newspaper:What is this day all about?Hiding eggs for kids to rout?Cakes and cookies...  Read More

God in Christ gives His people the power to endure, persevere, and resist, the power to negate the negatives....  Read More

So before we honor notable people or presidents for their contributions to our nation and our society, let us take the time to honor the One who made the most loving contribution of all....  Read More

God doesn’t wait to make a promise like those just once a year. God renews them every day....  Read More

There are a lot of people who approach CHRISTmas in this way. They put up lots of pretty and bright decorations on the inside and outside of their homes, while they do nothing of any real substance to...  Read More

When we step back and look at things from this perspective, we cannot help but have a renewed attitude of thankfulness and gratitude....  Read More

Lots of people like to carve pumpkins and display them on their front porches, putting a light or a candle inside to make them glow. Now let’s compare that with what God does for us....  Read More

Just as students from preschool all the way through graduate school invest in their futures by listening in class and studying, so every Christian should invest time in a Bible study class and invest ...  Read More

And even more so, God gave us the gift of our salvation through Jesus Christ, His Son. Shouldn’t we take the time to worship Him for that eternal gift of hope and peace?...  Read More

In the month of July, we think a great deal about freedom, and the cost of that freedom. Freedom is not free. It has been fought for, and it has been died for, and we all must continue to fight for fr...  Read More

Is life really supposed to be this hard and this busy all the time? Is life really supposed to be so over-scheduled that we don’t even have time to sit down to a nice and relaxing meal with family and...  Read More

However, we received a promise filled with hope. The promise of a Savior, who would free us from the winter of our sins....  Read More

Sometimes we all need to be startled and shaken out of our own self-deluding sleep of sin and awakened into true repentance. It may not be an easy or pleasant experience, but a very necessary one, if ...  Read More

I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude to God....  Read More

Jesus suffered all the pain that sin causes when He died on the cross for us. He wants to take all the pain of sin away. So the question is: Will we let Him?...  Read More

In the first verse of Joy to the World, we sing, “Let every heart prepare Him room”. This is a phrase that deserves more than mere lip service....  Read More

Just like we want to prepare our homes and yards for the winter, so we also need to prepare our hearts, minds, and souls for Jesus’ return....  Read More

"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few..."...  Read More

I always feel more energized when I’ve take the time for daily devotions and the time for prayer. God feeds my mind and soul, renews strength to my body....  Read More

Jesus is the source of our truest and most complete rest....  Read More

With the Holy Spirit’s work through our witness and service, our nation and its people can be eternally free!...  Read More

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,Solomon writes in Song of Songs 2:11-12 (ESV) (or Song of Solomon, depending on which translation you are using), “for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over ...  Read More

Dear fellow redeemed Brothers and Sisters,April showers bring… I was thinking of this recently when I went to have a blood test, and the nurse who was taking my blood sample and I were making small ta...  Read More

Dear Friends in Christ,I always remember that when I was in grade school, my teachers would decorate their bulletin board for March by putting up pictures of a lion and a lamb. They were communicating...  Read More

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,As we enter February, preparations for Lent have already begun. Planning and preparing services during this time of the year starts to refocus my attention on a differen...  Read More

"He gives us a perfectly fresh start by giving us a perfect cleansing of all our sins...."...  Read More