Pastor Rich's Blog

                                                              Pastors Kathie & Rich   Religion or Christianity?   2 Tim. 3:5 Religion means you are following a "religious" person, or a set of rules, or doing good to gain God's favor, or attempting to get to heaven by your "good works".... Christianity means receiving Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior and having a relationship with the living God and being a follower of Jesus and living by faith. In these "last days" people will have a form of godliness, but will deny the power of God. They will have ceremonialism, formalism and superstitions but deny the power of the Holy Spirit. There are "spiritual" people who deny the blood-sacrifice of Jesus Christ for their sins. Not everyone who says "...Lord, Lord will enter into the kingdom of heaven..." Mt. 7:21 People honor God with their lips, but their heart are  far from Him. Mark 7:6 People profess they know God, but their l

  John 11:1-27: Get Free & Get Going Jesus is the resurrection and the life right now. He wants us free from all sin, bondages, afflictions, addictions, negative habits, regrets, shame, etc.... Jesus said, "Where have you buried him?" (v.34). Where have we buried our anger, unforgiveness, grudges...? What have we "stuffed down." hidden away, kept secret...? Who  have we buried with our anger,  unforgiveness and affairs? Jesus wants us free. We need to take the stone away (v.39). The stone of doubt, fear, shame, pride, etc. need to be removed. Remove what is blocking and hindering you from being free. If we believe, we will see God's glory (v. 40). We will experience God's grace, freedom, victory and fulness as we confess and repent of our sins. Lazarus came back to life. He was risen from the dead. Jesus is calling you by name to come back to life. Arise in faith. Jesus said to loose him and let him go (v.44). Get free and get going! There is work to do