Pastor Rich's Blog

 There must first be a RUDE AWAKENING , before there is a GREAT AWAKENING. Luke 15:1-7 is the Parable of the Lost Sheep. Jesus has come to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10) Jesus did not come to condemn the world, but to save it (John 3:17) All lives matter to Jesus.(John 3:16) . Life is sacred from the womb to the tomb. Abortion is murder!(Exodus 20:13) Marriage is sacred. It is between a male and a female only. Same sex marriages are unnatural. People are lost and confused without the truth of the Bible. Jesus came for the lost sheep. People need the Lord. Have you come to the Good Shepherd (John 10)? He is searching for you. He wants you. He loves you! Receive Jesus today....John 1:12 Jesus loves you!

☝😀💗 Jesus is the Shepherd:  John 15:1-7; John 10 Jesus is searching for His lost sheep! Are you lost, gone astray, MIA, off course, absent or off track? There is Hope.... Jesus is My Shepherd (Psalm 23:1); the Good Shepherd (John 10:11); the Great Shepherd (Heb. 13:20);and  the Chief Shepherd (1 Pet. 5:4). He is the Seeking-Savior & Searching-Shepherd.  Jesus is....shielding sheep, saving souls, sobering sinners, satisfying seekers, soothing  sorrows, sealing sluices, sparing stress, spoiling sickness, spreading salvation, strengthening slackers, securing Scriptures, sending soldiers, strangling snakes, stomping scorpions, shouting secrets, serving sowers, sustaining servants, seizing sin, supporting slidders, striping Satan, spanking stealers, settling strife, scorning Scribes, silencing Sadducees, sterilizing sorcery and sanctifying saints... Make Jesus your Shepherd today! Repent of your sins and receive Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord. Stand for/on t...

  Change Your Mind:  Romans 12:1-2 Present your body as a living sacrifice. Our outward life is just as important, essential and vital to our Christian life as our spiritual life.  Our eyes, mouth, hands, feet and entire body are to be dedicated to God as our reasonable worship. We are to worship God with our bodies. We are to be a living sacrifice. We are the Temple of  the Holy Spirit. As Christians we are not to be conformed to this present age, but we are to be transformed. We are not to put on the form, fashion and appearance of the world. Our minds are to be renewed by studying God's Word, praying  and fellowshipping with other Christians. In this way we will know the good, acceptable and perfect will of God. Are we conformed or transformed? Christianity is a daily living. Dedicate your body and mind to the Lord.

Psalm 127:3:  Children are reward from the Lord. When children are out in the world they are exposed to disobedience.  We are fighting against the world system where the enemy is working to take children captive. Most of a child's beliefs about God, himself and the world are set by age 6! Waiting until children are older to try to impart Godly truth to them is too late. If we are not training children in God's way, someone else will be training them in the opposite way. Children are wonderfully made (Psalm 139:13-16). As children obey parents, they will obey God. Take your children to church. Children are an inheritance from the Lord. 🙏🙋🙆😚😊💓👧👦👍☝

Ephesians 4:1-16:   Called to Minister What?    Walk worthy of your vocation (calling) . How?    in humility, meekness, longsuffering, love and peace. Why?    because there is only one body (church), one Holy Spirit, one hope, one Lord (Jesus), one faith, one baptism & one God... Who?   apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. When?  until we are mature Christians in Jesus. God, Himself gave the church these 5 offices. He appointed and anointed them to minister to the Church. They are to equip the saints. We are called to minster the Gospel. It's our vocation (not vacation). Get busy!!!

 The Church:  1 Tim. 3:15-16.. The church is a gathering, an assembly, a congregation called out publicly, visible and a witness to the community. Church is  the House of the living God. God is not dead. He is actively and personally involved and working. The church is the pillar and ground of truth. It holds up, displays, supports and sustains the truth. It is a permanent foundation of the truth. The truth is the Word of God and Jesus Christ. The church defends and transmits the truth. The truth of the Bible, and Who Jesus is is upheld in the world, by the church. The church is God, the Father's House, with Jesus as its center and the Holy Spirit as its power. God became man=Jesus, Jesus is God in the flesh. Jesus is vindicated by the Holy Spirit. Seen of angels. Preached to the Jew and Gentile and ascended into Heaven. The Church is God's idea. See you IN Church!

 Life Matters:  1 Timothy 5:24-25... Some people's sins are right in the open...not disguised and not hidden. You know who they are and what they believe... and they will be judged. Some sins are hidden...private...but they will be judged. Some people's good works are in the open...they are public...obvious... Whatever you do will effect you now, or later. In time, everything will surface. .good or bad. How you live matters.  Your life matters. Seek God...not Sin. Fear God...not man. Love God...not the world. Believe God. .not the deceiver. Obey God...not  your feelings. Worship and serve God. Trust Jesus for your salvation. John 14:6