Worshipping our Maker and Shepherd

November 13, 2020 / pastorpete51 / Leave a comment

Come let us now down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, for He is our God and we are the flock under His care. Today if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts… Psalm 95:6-8a NIV

First thing every morning I make my coffee, find my Bible and sit in the same chair to pray. But commendable as it is to be consistent, real worship isn’t about the position or our words. Worship begins instead only as we listen with softened hearts, ready to hear what God has to say.

He is our Creator. All we are and have came from Him. He never asks us to give anything that didn’t come from His hands.

He is our Shepherd. We belong to Him and He will never lead us anywhere that He will not go. Our Good Shepherd has committed Himself to His sheep and true worship is simply a reflection of His great love! So this morning without fear or second thoughts let’s give Him praise!

Counting Blessings

March 9, 2020 / pastorpete51 / Leave a comment

Some people from a church in Alabama were talking to me at the annual Strawberry festival here in Florida. They asked me if I could guess three things that God could not do. The first one I did get right because I knew that God can not lie; but the second I had forgotten which is that He also cannot change. That is what I was thinking of today with the recent stock market gyrations coupled with Corona virus hysteria gripping the world. But in the middle of it all the Greatest news of all is that Jesus Christ is the same Savior today that He was yesterday and that He has promised to be with us. In the book of first Thessalonians the Apostle Paul writes to the believers there and tells them that He is thankful for them. Even in the middle of the persecution and even beatings and imprisonments Paul points to the unchanging hope we have in our Lord Jesus Christ.