PASTOR'S CORNER

Eph 6:1-4 The family is a wonderful and precious gift to us, from God!  The family is a place where we can find comfort, protection, wisdom and love and the occasional argument and disagreement. But dad is always right though! The family is a place where you build memories and traditions that will carry with them as they have their own family traditions. [e.g. family vacations or those special traditions you do as a family at Christmas time.  Nothing is better than a strong family life as you grow together, preparing the next generation and the next and so on.  John Bunyan said “If you want to be a godly head of a family, you must ensure that there is Christian harmony among those under you, appropriate for a house where the leader fears God.”     But! Something is happening to the family!  The family is drastically changing more and more by the influence of today’s postmodern world.  With its “Self-centeredness”, “Freedom of Express...

2 Cor 5:15-20 Ever since the fall of mankind we have been forever condemned because of our rebellious and sinful hearts wanting to be like God.  This historical event that happened in the garden is for the same reason that many years later John would warn us about.  “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.” 1 John 2:15-16.  To help you understand the contrast between the two passages,  Genesis 3:6 we read “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food , and that it was a delight to the eyes , and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise , she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.”  Sin has separated, given us the title of Lost, destined to Hell for all eternity...

Gen 3:1-15     Why is Christmas so important to the child of God?  Why does this time of year bring about mixed emotions of joy and sadness?  In order to answer that question we need to go back to a certain place in history were things were beautiful, innocent and lacking nothing at least we thought, until something turned extremely bad for all of us. It’s a place, that at one time, was the most beautiful to the LORD God…….     It was a place of special interest to the LORD. It was a place of extra care and concern for mankind. It was a place of the bird’s singing and praising the Godhead. It was a place where animals roamed around together. It was a place of peace and harmony and perfect rest. It was a place of beauty and perfection. It was a place that flowed out 4 rivers. It was a place where God poured super abundantly in a special ways. It was a place where two important trees were located. It was the places wer...