Message for March 26, 2019 from Pastor Shirley

      There are going to be many times in our lives when we will be confronted to make a choice between “sense knowledge” and “Word knowledge.”  Situations come and go in our lives. Things change and we sometimes have no choice but ride the tide. But one thing I know for sure God’s Word is unchanging.  He has told us that He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Now that is shouting good news!

      What does it mean when we choose to make the Word the first and final authority in our life.  It means believing what He has promised in His Word. It means believing the Word instead of what the circumstances says.  It means believing what God has given us in the Word to live by instead of what people say.

      I have found in my walk with God that when I have chosen the Word as my final say so there is stability that comes when everything is saying contrary.  There is peace knowing His Word is working on my behalf.

      Make the choice that no matter what circumstances come along in your life that will you go to the Word and make it your first and final authority.  

      Psalms 119:89-90  “What you say goes, God, and stays, as permanent as the heavens. Your truth never goes out of fashion; it’s as up-to-date as the earth when the sun comes up. Your Word and truth are dependable as ever; that’s what you ordered—you set the earth going. If your revelation hadn’t delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came. But I’ll never forget the advice you gave me; you saved my life with those wise words; save me I am all yours.                 

      Man may change his opinion about what God has declared.  But what He had promised would be sure forever. The word settled means fixed, or to stand firm.