The Seasons of Change
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Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
1. Reflecting on 2019
2019 has been a year of Joy of Growth of excitement of encouragement but also a year of pain of sickness and of Loss
I marvel at the fact that the hand of God in this Church this Last year
When I got here there was 7 of us....... 7 .................. I didn't know what to expect................ What would happen but I prayed ............. I believed.............. I had Faith......................... You see God would not uproot a man like me move me across the state for things to just be ok................... He did it because he was creating something spectacular.................. Now don't get me wrong it has not been easy the Lord and I have been working.................... He had to move some folks out and he has moved some folk in to in what I believe build the foundation of believers here at Faith Baptist Church
Now I know people have new years resolutions , probably many have already failed at them. I want to put one on you
Make a resolution to spend more time in the word of God start with 5 min a day and progress from there
Make a resolution to pray more to be more open with God not falling into the habit of repetitive meaningless prayer
Make a resolution to serve God in a new way
Make a resolution to know god more intimately not just on the surface as some acquaintance but intimately as I don't know like you love him and cant wait to know more about him
Do this be serious about it and watch how God works in your life and in this Church
Watch this Church Explode with the fullness of God
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.
Matt :
Now It has been such a blessing to watch this church grow this year.
In my personal Life The Good Lord has blessed me with another Child my Son Samuel Who I am so proud of. There has been friendships build allainaces made within the ministries Its been a good year.
Along with those blessings there was some pain along the way................... In my personal life you may know about the loss of my sister.... the tradgady that took place and the great affect it had on me and my family................ many were effected by the storm last year some battled and are still battling major health complications, family issues and financial crisis in their lives.
2019 Was a blessing
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
The Devil is a raring lion seeking whom he may devour I know that I know Faith Baptist is on its way because we got the devil acting scared. WE are dong the Lords work
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Count theses trials in our lives as victories in Jesus as we continue to grow towards him as individuals and as a body through Faith Baptist
The Devil is knocking because you are a fighting don't give up now , There is more to be done.
2.Forget about what lies behind you look towards the Future in Christ
Dont look back ! Looking back is a natural tendency for us. Paul reminds us not to look back but to look forward. You cannot change the mistakes of yesterday anymore that you can cling to blessings of last year you must look forward. Many of us miss our blessings today because we are focused on yesterday either in the bad things we experienced or we relish in how God once worked in our lives so we think he surly will always work this way. When you live in the past you are a strong candidate of depression anxiety anger or rage, let go of yesterday and look towards the future.
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
“Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
“Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
Is
Phil 3:13-14
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.
is 43:18-
But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.
For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Since you were precious in My sight,
You have been honored,
And I have loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you,
And people for your life.
Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And gather you from the west;
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—
Everyone who is called by My name,
Whom I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the deaf who have ears.
Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the people be assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
And show us former things?
Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
“You are My witnesses,” says the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and believe Me,
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.
I, even I, am the Lord,
And besides Me there is no savior.
I have declared and saved,
I have proclaimed,
And there was no foreign god among you;
Therefore you are My witnesses,”
Says the Lord, “that I am God.
Indeed before the day was, I am He;
And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I work, and who will reverse it?”
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon,
And bring them all down as fugitives—
The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
I am the Lord, your Holy One,
The Creator of Israel, your King.”
Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea
And a path through the mighty waters,
Who brings forth the chariot and horse,
The army and the power
(They shall lie down together, they shall not rise;
They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
“Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
The beast of the field will honor Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I give waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My people, My chosen.
This people I have formed for Myself;
They shall declare My praise.
“But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob;
And you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings,
Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings,
Nor wearied you with incense.
You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
But you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
“I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake;
And I will not remember your sins.
Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be acquitted.
Your first father sinned,
And your mediators have transgressed against Me.
Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary;
I will give Jacob to the curse,
And Israel to reproaches.
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But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.
For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Since you were precious in My sight,
You have been honored,
And I have loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you,
And people for your life.
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“You are My witnesses,” says the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
That you may know and believe Me,
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.
I, even I, am the Lord,
And besides Me there is no savior.
I have declared and saved,
I have proclaimed,
And there was no foreign god among you;
Therefore you are My witnesses,”
Says the Lord, “that I am God.
Indeed before the day was, I am He;
And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand;
I work, and who will reverse it?”
Look at verse 18
“Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
The beast of the field will honor Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I give waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My people, My chosen.
This people I have formed for Myself;
They shall declare My praise.
Is
3.Launching into 2020
I look forward to the Future the newness of Life of Hope Of Purpose
I pray continually as should you that the Lord would breath life into the church that we would see new families Children come to the saving grace of God
That Faith Baptist would be the light house of Hamilton That the new sanctuary would not be the Goal but that the Goal would be never ending untill the Lord comes Home always pressing forward to the Goodness of God
I pray We would each bear witness to that of Christ Being the example of Him
As we are the Salt of the earth, no longer remaining lukewarm or as mere babes in Christ but passionate warriors of the one true God through that of Jesus striving to reach the lost within this community
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
So let us put away our former lives let us live the life that God wants for us a life in Him filled by Him led by Him devoted to Him in Service to Him That We would be filled with the Hope that comes by Him, The love that is in Him, The Joy that radiates from with in Him, The Peace that only He can offer
Let our your Hope be in Christ this morning
And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
Let us not just cry out to God for Help but have the faith that God will provide
Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.”
The Man stood and walked it was by His faith This man waled just like the bleeding woman it was her faith You must have Faith in Jesus not in your self, So to grow this Church we must go out in the streets tell those that are lost bring them to church and have Faith that God is with us and He will bring forth those whom He has called.
“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem;
See now and know;
And seek in her open places
If you can find a man,
If there is anyone who executes judgment,
Who seeks the truth,
And I will pardon her.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.