How would you live if you knew that you would not fail?
What would your attitude be when you woke up in the morning if you knew that you would be a success at the end of the day?
Talk about a sense of confidence!
Those of us who have placed our faith in JESUS and have been regenerated can truely live this way! GOD'S Word promises it!
We are told that we are GOD'S workmanship - GOD made us.
HE created us to do good things - that is our purpose.
GOD prepared those good things for us to do - we just do them.
You may be asking yourself, 'So let me get this straight - the GOD that created all things by just a word, all-powerful, immense, perfect, righteous has prepared things for us to do?' Sort of a divine project manager. Let's think about that for a moment. The first thing that comes to mind is why would HE choose me to do anything? I know me. There are sometimes that I would not choose me. I am weak - flawed - selfish - mean. Why would GOD choose me ( or you ) for anything? Now we begin to see the true nature of the LOVE of GOD. Remember, GOD loved the world enough to send JESUS to die for it so that we would have a healed relationship with HIM. If GOD loved us while we were strangers from HIM - not just strangers that did not know HIM but people that ran from HIM and sometimes hated HIM. WOW! Thats a lot of LOVE!
OK so GOD loves us. But HE still knows us. After all GOD is all-knowing - there are no secrets from GOD - GOD sees everything we do and knows every thought we think. WOW. So even if our relationship is healed with HIM. HE still knows how we really are...right? Here comes the really great part...wait for it...wait for it. When we are saved GOD has chosen to not see the bad in us any more. WHAT???? HOW CAN THAT BE???? It is true GOD only sees us through the perfection of JESUS. JESUS' sacrifice - ON THE CROSS, IN OUR PLACE, FOR OUR SINS paid the total price for all of our sins. HE took our sins and gave us HIS perfection. Now GOD only sees us as perfect. Now back to my original thought - How would you live if you knew that you could not fail?
GOD has prepared good works for us to do. How do we know what these works are? Get your head in the WORD and find them. We are told to take care of widows and orphans, we are told to tell our neighbors about JESUS, we are told to live a life that makes people wonder and when they ask us why we live like we do we tell them that we can't lose! Remember, if you have been saved - you are a winner! Lets start living like it and make a difference in our families and our community!
WHO'S WITH ME?
Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Save the Date!
We finally have a date! Take out your calendars right now and circle Tuesday, September 1 from 7-8:15pm. Home Town Community Church is hosting an info session at the new North Richland Hills public library. Everyone is welcome to come and see what Home Town Church is all about.
We are very excited to have this opportunity to show everyone what Home Town Community Church will be. You will be challenged to think of church in a new/old way. We are not about more entertainment for Christians. We searched the Bible and could not find the importance of being entertained. What we did find was the joy of being the church. We found that we have things to do. We are supposed to care for those around us. We are supposed to be JESUS to our neighbors. We are supposed to live our lives in such a way that those around us will see our good deeds and glorify our FATHER in heaven!
We know that life is hard. We know that everyone has challenges. GOD'S Word tells us that we are to help each other. I help you. You help me. We help those in our community.
Home Town Community Church will be built around Community Groups.
Community Groups are small groups that gather together and study GOD'S Word.
They are committed to each other. They do life together. They grow together. They help their neighbors together.
Speaking of helping our neighbors - There will be an opportunity to be a part of our first Community Service Project to be JESUS to one of our neighbors. We are surrounded by many people less fortunate they we. Many of our neighbors are elderly and alone, many are disabled. Home Town Community Church will be known as a group of people that are changing their community one life at a time.
We are very excited to see what GOD will do on September 1!
Tell your friends and neighbors!
We are very excited to have this opportunity to show everyone what Home Town Community Church will be. You will be challenged to think of church in a new/old way. We are not about more entertainment for Christians. We searched the Bible and could not find the importance of being entertained. What we did find was the joy of being the church. We found that we have things to do. We are supposed to care for those around us. We are supposed to be JESUS to our neighbors. We are supposed to live our lives in such a way that those around us will see our good deeds and glorify our FATHER in heaven!
We know that life is hard. We know that everyone has challenges. GOD'S Word tells us that we are to help each other. I help you. You help me. We help those in our community.
Home Town Community Church will be built around Community Groups.
Community Groups are small groups that gather together and study GOD'S Word.
They are committed to each other. They do life together. They grow together. They help their neighbors together.
Speaking of helping our neighbors - There will be an opportunity to be a part of our first Community Service Project to be JESUS to one of our neighbors. We are surrounded by many people less fortunate they we. Many of our neighbors are elderly and alone, many are disabled. Home Town Community Church will be known as a group of people that are changing their community one life at a time.
We are very excited to see what GOD will do on September 1!
Tell your friends and neighbors!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Are You a Noun or a Verb?
I can remember from my earliest school days the difference between a noun and a verb. a noun is a person, place or thing and a verb is an action word like run or jump.
When we come to the point of faith and trust in Jesus and His work on the cross we are a new creation, the old is passed away. We are saved. We are set free from the bonds of sin and death.
PRAISE THE LORD!
Now what? We had only to believe for this change to occur. Do we have to do anything to stay saved? What if we are suppossed to do something and don't do it and Jesus comes back? Are we unsaved? How do we know?
Fortunately the Bible is clear on this and we will look at a couple of verses that will help in a second but first a question....
Who does the saving? Is it us? Do we earn it? Is it because we are good people and GOD wouldn't send good people to hell.
Remember, the Bible says that all have sinned-period (Romans 3:23). Not most. Yes even you! The only way to make it to Heaven is to be perfect..totally perfect. How can we who have already blown it- (even 1 small lie will taint you) -make it to Heaven? That is why GOD sent HIS SON, JESUS to come and live a lowly (but sinless) life as a human and then be our sacrifice on the cross. In our place - On the cross - For our sins. We add nothing to this transaction. We could not - we are tainted by sin.
The Apostle, Paul says that 'We are saved by grace (GOD'S free gift) through faith (only belief) and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of GOD, not of works (anything that we could do), lest anyone should boast.'
So we see that GOD does the saving (seems pretty basic). How could a drowning person save themselves? GOD is the lifeguard!
OK so if GOD does the saving and HE is the ALL POWERFUL CREATOR of EVERYTHING how could this come undone? We know that GOD is very good at what HE does...right?
In Romans 8.38 Paul tells us 'For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing (that includes us), shall be able to separate us from the love of GOD which is in Christ JESUS our LORD.' Read that a few times and see how totally comprehensive the list is. There is nothing that can separate us from JESUS not even ourselves. AWESOME!
So what do we do with this? Do we sit back and rest? Maybe for a minute or two. But we were made for good works. That means we are to be busy with the things of the LORD. What things are these? How about if you start by praying! Pray for your family and friends. Pray that they come to faith like you did. Pray for our country. GOD tells us to! Pray for me. I need it. I will pray for you. Read Ephesians 2.10.
See you soon! GOD Bless you! Make difference in someones life today. GOD will help you!
When we come to the point of faith and trust in Jesus and His work on the cross we are a new creation, the old is passed away. We are saved. We are set free from the bonds of sin and death.
PRAISE THE LORD!
Now what? We had only to believe for this change to occur. Do we have to do anything to stay saved? What if we are suppossed to do something and don't do it and Jesus comes back? Are we unsaved? How do we know?
Fortunately the Bible is clear on this and we will look at a couple of verses that will help in a second but first a question....
Who does the saving? Is it us? Do we earn it? Is it because we are good people and GOD wouldn't send good people to hell.
Remember, the Bible says that all have sinned-period (Romans 3:23). Not most. Yes even you! The only way to make it to Heaven is to be perfect..totally perfect. How can we who have already blown it- (even 1 small lie will taint you) -make it to Heaven? That is why GOD sent HIS SON, JESUS to come and live a lowly (but sinless) life as a human and then be our sacrifice on the cross. In our place - On the cross - For our sins. We add nothing to this transaction. We could not - we are tainted by sin.
The Apostle, Paul says that 'We are saved by grace (GOD'S free gift) through faith (only belief) and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of GOD, not of works (anything that we could do), lest anyone should boast.'
So we see that GOD does the saving (seems pretty basic). How could a drowning person save themselves? GOD is the lifeguard!
OK so if GOD does the saving and HE is the ALL POWERFUL CREATOR of EVERYTHING how could this come undone? We know that GOD is very good at what HE does...right?
In Romans 8.38 Paul tells us 'For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing (that includes us), shall be able to separate us from the love of GOD which is in Christ JESUS our LORD.' Read that a few times and see how totally comprehensive the list is. There is nothing that can separate us from JESUS not even ourselves. AWESOME!
So what do we do with this? Do we sit back and rest? Maybe for a minute or two. But we were made for good works. That means we are to be busy with the things of the LORD. What things are these? How about if you start by praying! Pray for your family and friends. Pray that they come to faith like you did. Pray for our country. GOD tells us to! Pray for me. I need it. I will pray for you. Read Ephesians 2.10.
See you soon! GOD Bless you! Make difference in someones life today. GOD will help you!
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