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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Pastor's Weekly Message - 8/28/11


August 28, 2011

If you missed last Sunday’s services you missed Rondale Banks giving his testimony. It was powerful, touching and funny. (All but his baptism.)  The part “made in God’s image” was priceless and powerful, and where he talked about finding God’s purpose for his life made us all stop and think.  Everyone has a testimony. God always give us something to say. If you missed it go our website and listen to it.
 
We have finished up the Book of Genesis and will be starting a study on Psalm 23. It is one of the most familiar passages of Scripture in the Word of God. Its familiarity is only rivaled by John 3:16. For nearly thirty centuries the 23rd  Psalm has been one of the most beloved passages in the whole Bible. There are only 118 words in this great Psalm, but sometimes we miss what it is all about. I hope to do an in-depth study on these six verses.  The Psalm was written by the would-be king of Israel, David, the son of Jesse, who spent much of his early life tending to the sheep of his father. Psalm 23 contains a short yet beautiful portrait of our relationship with God. It promises comfort and protection to those who remain close to the Shepherd and demonstrates how our spiritual needs are met in the Lord.  Interestingly, it is written not from the perspective of David as the shepherd, but from the perspective of a sheep and his relationship with the shepherd. The idea of the sheep and shepherd relationship is taught in the Word of God to describe the relationship between believers and their heavenly Father. Psalm 95:7 “For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Pastor Tommy

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