Is that you? Are you a young woman listening to Summons today...pregnant out of wedlock? Listen, God loves you and can and will forgive you if you'll cry out to Him. Don't listen to the lie of the enemy that your baby was a mistake and that you should commit murder by aborting your baby. There are other solutions!

Life long, personal change doesn't just happen. A person must be completely changed from the inside out for that to begin affecting their lives. Once, you've accepted Jesus as your LORD and Savior, He then begins making you into the person that He's created you to be...but it must begin with an internal heart change.

The world has all kinds of different methods to attempt to change a person's life. Most of these methods address the symptoms of a person's life rather than the core problem, which is sin. In order for a person to truly be changed, repentance must come first. Then, and only then, Jesus will begin affecting real and permanent change in that person's life.

Did you hear that Christian? When we show kindness to others, it's just like showing kindness to Jesus. We don't always remember that when serving others...most of the time our second best is what's offered. So, the next time you have the opportunity to serve someone else, try keeping in mind that you're actually serving Jesus.

Breaking bread with one another is a major way that we can enjoy fellowship. Stop and ask yourself, what are some of your most precious memories from your times of fellowship? Most likely, you're remembering meals that you've shared with your church family. There's just something special about eating with people of like minds.

Looking forward and looking back is probably the best way to describe how a person could and can be saved through the old and new covenant. In the old covenant a person of faith looked forward to the coming of the Messiah. In the new covenant we look back at what Jesus, our Messiah, accomplished on the cross.

A unilateral contract. What does that mean? It means that one of the two parties represented in the contract is committing to the FULL terms of the contract. The other party simply accepts the terms of the contract...sound familiar? That's a lot of verbiage to simply communicate the Gospel...Jesus provided all that we need to be saved...we just need to accept His free gift.

There is nothing that we can do to be saved! NOTHING! We can't tithe enough, pray enough, or attend church enough. God offers His gift of salvation with no strings attached. Now, that doesn't mean that we can live however we want. In fact, it means the exact opposite...once we're saved, our hearts are changed to WANT to obey God.

God doesn't need our help! Sometimes we get the notion to push God along or make His will happen in our time. This is the story of Abraham and Sarah...instead of waiting for God's timing, they took things into their own hands and the result was catastrophic. We need to trust God for His perfect will and His perfect timing.

We're reminded again today to wait on the LORD's perfect timing. Can you imagine being given a promise from God and then because of unbelief having to wait forty years to see that promise come to pass? And yet, that's just want happened to God's people Israel...they had to wander for forty years in the wilderness due to unbelief.