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Emotions are powerful. Emojis have been invented to express emotions of a person’s state of mind. In the age of texting, some simply send one of these emojis as a response. But emotions can be deceiving in many ways. Emotions can blind a person from rationality. Emotion can spur a person into action. Emotion can control our actions. But as a Christian, we are commanded to be controlled by the Holy Spirit and follow the leading of God in our life. Our emotion at times can lead us to a path of despair and feel as if God no longer is near nor cares. Child of God, this could be no further than the truth. God does care and He is good! Our circumstances influence our emotion but circumstances do not influence God. He is steadfast, true and loving no matter the circumstances we face. Do not allow the enemy to turn your eyes on the circumstances and make emotion your ruler. Trust that the same Jesus is with us each step of the way.
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It is no secret that we believe that God is the Creator of this universe. We believe God used the power of His Word to create all things great and small. We tend to leave the creation process at that time and give no thought to what He continues to create for each of us everyday day. Each morning, God creates a spectacular scene for us to enjoy as the sun He created blooms into full view. There are bursts of blue, pink, purple with touches of thin lined, white clouds that demonstrate a new day is dawning. The sunrise is never the same, the clouds are not placed in the same place, the purple may be more brilliant than the pink on any given day. When considering the entire world, the sunrise is not the same in every place. He creates these masterpieces constantly. Yet He still has time for you and I. He can make a beautiful sunrise in your heart today. Open up your heart today, and let a little sunshine in.
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How far is your reach? Recently, there was an item that I was reaching for and I could only get my fingertips to the surface of the item. It came to mind how hard I was stretching to reach that desired item. Do I stretch myself for the Lord? Do we try to extend our reach for Jesus or are we content with watching some things pass by without reaching for them? Is your reach limited to a few people in your home? Is it limited to those people that are in your family? It may be limited to those people that we attend church with each worship service at our church. But our reach should be much further than those that enter into these four walls. Yes, reach what is here but do we reach to touch others for Jesus’ sake every day? Our ministry has been given to us to use for the glory of God. Our ministry should not begin and end with the worship services, it must be a part of our everyday life! So go on and reach another this week. Stretch to see just how far you can be used!
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Day by day we live our life in light of what is most important to each of individual. We place the emphasis on that which is important to us. If sports are important to an individual, then emphasis, time, money and energy will be placed on those sports. There is no shortage of objects that fight to gain our attention. It can range from sports, careers, healthy living, our front yard, home, family or hobbies. You can fill in the blank for what is important to you. If you question what that is in your life, then ask, “Where have I spent my time, talent, money and interest this week?” Your answer will not take long to appear. Where is your Bible, prayer time and worship of God? The Christian has no greater important task or object than these. Take time to place God on the top of your emphasis list this week. I assure you that God will be there with open arms!
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The past week has been a fast paced, whirlwind here at Calvary. The Time Lab was in full swing and we hosted over forty children throughout the week. These precious few days of teaching the Word of God will not be forgotten! We had children from ages four to fourteen singing, playing and learning about Jesus Christ our Savior! It was wonderful! We saw God move in the lives of some of these young people in such a short time. Please keep these children in your prayers as God continues to work in their lives. There are some that God really began a great work in and He will complete it! Our prayer is God will be glorified by the VBS and the seeds that were planted God will water and bring to eternal life!