Message for October 4, 2020 from Pastor Shirley

    David said in Psalms 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Faint in this scripture means to lose heart, to grow weary.  What kept David from giving up? His hope was in God not what was going on around him.  His hope was not wishful thinking but faith in knowing better days were coming because of the faithfulness of his God.

      Our hope as Christian’s is sound because it is founded upon the redeeming work of Jesus. This is living hope. Celebrate with praises the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has shown us his extravagant mercy. For his fountain of mercy has given us a new life—we are reborn to experience a living, energetic hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 

     What great encouragement for us in the times in which we are living.  We choose to believe that we are seeing the goodness of God in the land of the living.  Don’t lose HOPE- Help-in-Overcoming-Problems-in-Everday-life. 

     May God, the source of hope, fill you with joy and peace through your faith in him. Then you will overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13