Pastor’s Blog

Just a Thought: Wisdom doesn’t naturally come from old age. Job said this, not me. In the course of his suffering, Job’s friends came to offer council, solutions and probability for his problems. Job was amazed at their lack of display of elderly wisdom. He told them they could learn

Just a Thought: Have you been missing it? I often say as a pastor that “I am amazed at the disconnect people seem to have between what is happening in their lives and their spiritual state.” Sometimes we so separate our physical, financial, mental and emotional life from our spiritual

Just a Thought: Don’t embarrass yourself through acts of selfishness. Selfish people are often easily identified by their actions. Jesus used this illustration to teach a parable. Witnessing a wedding being held, Jesus noticed as the guests filed in they each scrambled for the best seats. A seat up front

Just a Thought: The opposite of selfishness is putting others first. What is the first thought that comes to mind when you’re having dinner with friends. Jesus said, “the first shall be last and the last shall be first” He wasn’t taking about the serving line at dinner. He was

Just a Thought: The best way to get over being selfish is to become a giver. Our truest expression of love is not in what we say, but rather, in what we do. Selfish people have no problem saying they love others. But they do have a problem showing their

Just a Thought: Selfish people are also self-serving people who make everything about them. Simon, in the New Testament is a perfect example of this. Here he is going around Samaria practicing magic and miracles by sorcery (demonic power). He is doing it for the praise of men. He is

Just a Thought: When we think only of ourselves, it ultimately ends up hurting us. The record of Abram and his nephew Lot are a good example of this. Abram was told to leave home and move with God to a place the Lord would show him. When they came

Just a Thought: You are of such worth and value, that you are always on God’s mind. Don’t move on until you re-read that statement several times. Let it sink in. Maybe you think you’re not worth much. Maybe others have devalued you. Maybe today you suffer from a lack

Just a Thought: God knew us before we knew Him. Throughout the Bible several individuals were told by God that they were known and set a part before they were born by God. What this tells us are a number of things. First, if you were ever told you were