Pastor’s Blog

Titus 2:11-14 When we think of God’s grace, we can’t fathom how God could give us something that we don’t deserve. It becomes hard for us to grasp because we live in a world where we receive rewards for good behavior. When we receive God’s grace, we don’t have to do anything to earn it, … Read More

“BUT GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST” —2 PETER 3:18 God wants us to know His grace. He wants us to learn about it and then experience it at work in our lives. Grace has rightly been described as “God’s unmerited favor.” The acrostic “God’s Riches at Christ’s … Read More

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift- not from works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 Maybe if you are a bit older, like me, and grew up in church, you can remember singing about grace on Sunday morning.  Older hymns were … Read More

According to Hebrews 4:15-16, our great High Priest has compassion on our weaknesses. He knows firsthand the temptations that pelt us and He understands their power and attraction. So as we dare to draw near, His shed blood, having been applied to our hearts extends acceptance to us like a royal scepter of grace, similar … Read More

2 Corinthians 12:8-9 Paul uses the testimony of his own flesh to demonstrate God’s promise of grace for strength in times of weakness. But it’s not the kind of testimony Christians want to experience. Paul’s thorn in his flesh likely reflects a physical healing he was presently seeking but hadn’t yet received. Regardless, Paul chose … Read More

2 Corinthians 12:8-9 In verse 8 Jesus says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” When reading this verse I thought about the mature Christian. Many times mature Christians fall and because we know better, we tend to be hard on ourselves. We believe that because we know better … Read More

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. … Read More

The law of sowing and reaping is a concept that we should be aware of in everything we do. In this passage, he tells us that when we sow, we sow either to please our sinful nature or to please the Spirit. Ask yourself, “By this action, which of the two am I sowing to … Read More

Paul’s final warning in Galatians 6:6-18 is for the Galatians to remember the universal law of reproduction, which simply states; whatever you sow, you will reap. Verse seven says; “One who sows to please his sinful nature will reap destruction”. But thankfully in verse eight we see that the reverse is just as sure; “one … Read More

F.O.T.O. If you have studied Galatians up to this point, it is helpful to interpret this passage by thinking of the following acronym: F.O.T.O. FOTO means to Focus On the Obvious. How do you observe the obvious in every Bible passage?   Look for repeated words: Verses 6-10 use ‘sow’, ‘sows’ and ‘sowing’. ‘Good’ is … Read More