Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Pastor's Corner
for Sunday 28
Imagine when this old house is made new!
As Ramona and I traveled around Ireland recently we visited a few old castles. As you walked through the old castles you got a real sense of history; one can just imagine all those who have walked these halls before you, and what it must have been like living in those days. But as interesting as they were, and how they triggered the imagination, right now they’re just relics of the past, telling a story of times gone by. These building invoke a sense of nostalgia and sadness but there is no hope of a future. There is no hope of restoration to the point that people will once again live in these building. They speak of the past not the future. As we walk through this world we are walking among the ruins of something that once was very beautiful. As we look around we see decay and brokenness, we see evidence of something lost way back in our history. But, unlike these old castles, there is hope of restoration. God tells us of a time in the future when He will restore all things, when He will make a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness dwells. This world is like a ruined castle but this world has a hope and a future and just imagine when God makes this old house new again! Just imagine when Jesus says to us, “Come you blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” What a day that will be, come Lord Jesus!
Pastor Don.
Imagine when this old house is made new!
As Ramona and I traveled around Ireland recently we visited a few old castles. As you walked through the old castles you got a real sense of history; one can just imagine all those who have walked these halls before you, and what it must have been like living in those days. But as interesting as they were, and how they triggered the imagination, right now they’re just relics of the past, telling a story of times gone by. These building invoke a sense of nostalgia and sadness but there is no hope of a future. There is no hope of restoration to the point that people will once again live in these building. They speak of the past not the future. As we walk through this world we are walking among the ruins of something that once was very beautiful. As we look around we see decay and brokenness, we see evidence of something lost way back in our history. But, unlike these old castles, there is hope of restoration. God tells us of a time in the future when He will restore all things, when He will make a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness dwells. This world is like a ruined castle but this world has a hope and a future and just imagine when God makes this old house new again! Just imagine when Jesus says to us, “Come you blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” What a day that will be, come Lord Jesus!
Pastor Don.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Pastor's Corner
for Sunday June 21
Today in America, and about fifty other countries of the world, we celebrate Father’s Day. So I want to look at Psalm 103:13-14 which has a message particularly for fathers: “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.” God shows compassion on us his children for He knows our frame and He remembers that we are dust. He knows what we’re made of and our limitations. God does not excuse our sin because of our human weakness but He is patient with us because of it. He supplies power to us because He knows the weakness of our human nature and our brokenness due to sin. He is a compassionate father who deals with us according to our frailness and our weaknesses. By watching how God fathers His children we learn to be fathers. Therefore, we are to show compassion on our children as we remember their frame and that they too are dust. What that means is we must always remember their limitations and factor that in as we father our children. Also, we must remember that our primary job is to introduce them to their heavenly father. One other thought, fathers, remember your human father has limitations too. God is the only perfect father and so we need to be magnanimous in our attitude toward our own fathers. My father wounded me; I wounded my children and they will wound their children - why? Because we are all dust. So look to God and imitate His fatherhood and we will be better fathers. Have as great father’s day.
Pastor Don
Today in America, and about fifty other countries of the world, we celebrate Father’s Day. So I want to look at Psalm 103:13-14 which has a message particularly for fathers: “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.” God shows compassion on us his children for He knows our frame and He remembers that we are dust. He knows what we’re made of and our limitations. God does not excuse our sin because of our human weakness but He is patient with us because of it. He supplies power to us because He knows the weakness of our human nature and our brokenness due to sin. He is a compassionate father who deals with us according to our frailness and our weaknesses. By watching how God fathers His children we learn to be fathers. Therefore, we are to show compassion on our children as we remember their frame and that they too are dust. What that means is we must always remember their limitations and factor that in as we father our children. Also, we must remember that our primary job is to introduce them to their heavenly father. One other thought, fathers, remember your human father has limitations too. God is the only perfect father and so we need to be magnanimous in our attitude toward our own fathers. My father wounded me; I wounded my children and they will wound their children - why? Because we are all dust. So look to God and imitate His fatherhood and we will be better fathers. Have as great father’s day.
Pastor Don
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