Uncle Hansford

I gave Uncle Hansford lots of sugars and hugs for all of you. He is doing very well. He is still sore and fragile. Keep him in your prays. His progress has been slow but he is doing much better withe each day that passes.

L-O-V-E

A recent sermon about Love. The scripture was from John 13: 34-35 and John 15: 12-13. We are commanded to Love the Lord, Love one another and Love our enemies. We are to Love the person because they are a creation of God, we do not have to love their ways, no matter how evil, vile or destructive they are. When we love someone else we deny our self on behalf of someone else. When we pattern our life after Jesus we gain happiness, salvation, and redemption; all are the results of genuine sacrificial love. Do people know that you are a follower of Jesus? Do people know that you are born again and you are a new person when you are saved? A distinguishing mark of who you are should be your loving manner if you are a follower of Jesus because Jesus is Love. We should love selflessly-a love that is not about yourself but the other person, you may suffer when you love selflessly. We should love understandingly- love with an understanding of the emotional make up of that person. We should have personal interpretation of the person and love affectionately, thoughtfully and in an understanding manner. With true love we see the person they really are and we love them anyway, for better or worse. We should love forgivingly- God has forgiven us continually, so should we. We should love sacrificially- We deny our self to show love to the other person. To surrender yourself for the sake of someone else. We should be willing to “lay down our life” for the other person. An example of this love is a soldier, a police officer, a fireman, a care giver, a mother and for marriage( for the commitment you make to each other you give totally to the other person) Give your love wisely, give love sacrificially and desire to give to the other person. You may go through a season in your marriage that seems you are the giver and the other person only takes but because of the commitment you made to that person as God as your witness you continue to give 100 % . Jesus was atoning love so we could have salvation and eternal life. Do you love as we are commanded to love as Jesus first loved us?

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back in time

Shawn David 16 days old

Thought for the day

I heard this today and it struck a cord; When you spend your day focusing on problems you will only have more problems. When you choose to focus on possibilities you will find more opportunities. So try to think of possibilities not problems. Love and prayer, Edith Ann

Shawn David

WORSHIP

We had another good message about worship. The question was “Why do we worship and how do we worship”? He said we worship to have a relationship with Jesus. To feed our soul, to strengthen us and lift our spirit. We worship by reading the truth found in the Bible. We get instruction in the Word of God and we can believe the living Word of God. We must have the word of God hidden in our heart so we know the truth. We must know the will of God not our will. We are to carry on the Great Commission and together we gain strength and to protect us. No Christian has been called to “go it alone” We all need one another to love one another, to comfort, to forgive, to show kindness and patience. We worship to fellowship with a body of believers that share your beliefs and to be held accountable. How do we worship; sing, praises to the Lord, pray, read the Bible and use our spiritual gifts. This is just a brief note of the sermon and it was good.