PASTOR’S LETTER
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM PASTOR JEFF PERRY.
For this is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:“In repentance and rest you will be saved,In quietness and trust is your strength.”But you were not willing.Isaiah 30:15 STEP 1 – SET AND MAINTAIN A QUIET TIME. There are disciplines that create delight. What has helped me greatly…
Continue ReadingSeven times a day, I praise You,Because of Your righteous ordinances.Psalm 119:164 THE BENEFIT OF THE BIBLE. I love going to Psalm 119 because it reminds me of how powerful God’s Word is. I have such gratitude for it. Where would I be without the Word? I would not have known…
Continue ReadingFor it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord,You surround him with favor as with a shield. Psalm 5:12 Favor is a gift from God. We don’t earn it. It is like grace, unmerited and undeserved. But there are things that can hinder it, and there are things…
Continue ReadingI will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart; and I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, and how I may reply when I am reproved. Then the Lord answered me and said, “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets,…
Continue ReadingWhat then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?Romans 8:31-32 1. CONSIDER THE GIFT OF…
Continue ReadingTherefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time, casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on…
Continue ReadingMy son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those who find them and health to all their body. Proverbs 4:20-22 1. GIVE FIRST PLACE…
Continue ReadingI will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 1. SPEAK GOD’S PRAISES. The best way to use our words is to magnify the Lord. We can develop a habit of looking at things that are praiseworthy and looking to the One…
Continue ReadingSo that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Hebrews 6:12 1. RESIST APATHY. Faith and patience are essential ingredients in advancement and achievement. They are the opposite of the word sluggish. The book of Proverbs warns about being a sluggard…
Continue ReadingFor though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the…
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