Pastor's article 11-09-25

How good is your memory? Do you remember when you turned 16? When you got married, had your first child, or you retired? As we get older, we have many memories to try and hang on to. However, there are none among us who remember when there was nothing, and then all that is was created. Only the Lord remembers because He was there and He is the one who created everything that is. The Father spoke it and Jesus created it. People mistakenly mark the birth of Christ as His beginning, but the Bible teaches us that His birth was His incarnation, the time when He became flesh and dwelt among us. The truth is that Jesus has always been; there has never been a time when Christ was not. He is the creator, not a creation. The amazing story of the gospel is that Jesus, the Lord of Glory, stepped out of Heaven into His creation, to be born as a man and to die to save His prize creation, mankind. He is the life, the light and the Lord, and all that come to the Father will have to come through Him. Please don’t ever get over how much Jesus loves you! I pray that we can spend the rest of our earthly lives basking in the amazing love that He has for us. We love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19).  I have never loved Him as much as He loves me, but I am asking Him to help me grow in my love for Him every day. I hope you are pursuing a deeper love for Christ each day of your life, for it is our love for Him that motivates us to serve Him sacrificially. 
Pastor,
Rev. Wayne Marcus