Let Your Vote Be Counted

Week of November 1, 2024

Matthew 25:14-30 is the Parable of the Talents.

In this parable, Jesus teaches us about stewardship. How we manage what God entrusts to us. Voting is one way we demonstrate stewardship. Though the act may seem small your vote is a seed you plant with hope for a more just society.

As stewards, we seek God’s wisdom to use our vote for good, much as we would manage any other resource He’s entrusted to us.  When we consider our vote as stewardship, we recognize that it's not merely for ourselves but for the broader community. We also understand what happens today will affect future generations. Voting is an act of faithfulness- a moment to let God’s principles guide us.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father thank you for entrusting us with influence. Help us to be wise stewards in this election. May our vote reflect your principles. Thank you in advance for your will being done in this election.

In Jesus Christ's name- Amen.

God Bless, Pastor Rick

Don’t Grow Weary of The Wait

Week of October 25, 2024

“When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” (Exodus 32:1, NKJV)

One of the most difficult things we have to do is wait. When we don’t we act without guidance.

The people had grown tired of waiting on Moses. Moses had been gone for 40 days. “The man who brought us out of Egypt we don’t know what has become of him.” Other nations had gods they could see and touch. We want a god to live on our level and lead us to our destination. We are tired of waiting around. The result of their impatience was their faithlessness and a golden calf.

Anything we do without waiting for God’s guidance and His timing becomes a golden calf. God had done so much for those people and now it had all been forgotten in their impatience. The same will be true if we don’t learn to wait on God. Actually it’s our full time job. Seeking out the will of God and to act in His timing.

Are you growing impatient? Be very careful; golden calves still exist.

God Bless, Pastor Rick

God Still Speaks

Week of October 18, 2024

“In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways,  but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.” (Hebrews 1:1-2, NKLV)

We live in a time if we see something someone is doing and its successful then we want to do the same thing. Companies want to do the same thing and churches are no different. God doesn't want us to trust in programs or methods He wants us to trust in Him. When we expect God to speaks to us in predictable ways we limit the way we can experience God. When we read the pages of God’s Word we discover that God spoke in dreams, visions, signs, prophets, a still small voice, fire, fleece, angels. He spoke in the dead of night, at mealtimes, during funerals, while people were walking along the road and in the middle of the storms.

God in other words has many different ways and times that He speaks. So the important thing is not how He speaks but that He does speak.

Therefore don’t limit yourself only to a predictable way of hearing God speak to you. Open yourself up and allow the Holy Spirit to show you God’s message in many ways and many times. God still speaks and He will speak to you.

God Bless, Pastor Rick