Message for October 13, 2024 from Pastor Shirley

From Rags to Riches the Story of the Born Again!

“Blessed are the poor in spirit. For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”  Matthew 5:1 

Poor in the dictionary means in need of.  We were spiritually bankrupt before we accepted Jesus as our Savior.  Blessed is a grace word that expresses the special joys and satisfaction granted the person who experiences salvation. Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast“                                        

Riches to rags is the story of Jesus, who embraced it that it might become our story of rags to riches! 

2 Cor 8:9  “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.”        

House Of The Lord  (song)                                                                        
-We were the beggars  And now we’re royalty                               
We were the prisoners  And now we’re running free And we are forgiven, accepted  Redeemed by His grace  Let the house of the Lord sing praise-