Stonybank Community Church with Pastor James Carroll

All I know is, once I was blind but now I can see.  Jesus saves and all who call upon the Lord shall be saved.  So long as the Lord tarries there is room at the cross for you.

In todays beatitude, Jesus takes a passive noun and turns it into an action - peacemaker.  A unique and sometimes costly characteristic of Christians is to bring peace to an otherwise chaotic situation and forgiveness instead of vengeance.

Oct. 4, 2020 opening scripture and prayer

To see God is to know God.  Jesus and His word is the revelation of God.  To see Jesus and understand His word we must have a change of heart.  Pure includes the idea of purging out those things that distract us from seeing God in the circumstances of our life.

Mercy cannot be earned but given, which is the word "obtain."  God not giving to you what you deserve (mercy), in order to give you what you don't deserve (grace).  The cry of mercy is always answered with the grace of God.  And you will never go wrong by doing the gracious thing, which after all is a reflection of your own salvation.

This Righteousness referred to is simply to do right as in justice.  Blessed are they who’s deepest desires of life are the things that matter to God.  This beatitude is all about what you do to get what you want.  I can promise from experience and God's word, it gets sweeter as the days go by.

Jack Robinson

Meekness is not weakness but is power under control.  Give into the anger, resentment or even the sorrow and the circumstance will own you.  We must believe that God is, and that God is a rewarded of them who diligently seek Him.

9/13/20 - reading from Psalm 8 and leading in prayer to begin our service

The quickest way to blessing is when we weep together over the things that break the heart of God