PASTOR’S LETTER
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM PASTOR JEFF PERRY.
You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.Psalm 32:7 1. SING GOD’S WORD. Throughout history, the Jewish people would put music to these psalms. I’ve heard this done, and I’ll even do it myself – I’ll take God’s powerful Word and…
Continue ReadingHe [God] raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.”Acts 13:22b 1. DEVELOP A LIFESTYLE OF KNOWING GOD. Before becoming king or writing any of the…
Continue ReadingThis is my comfort in my affliction, that Your word has revived me.Psalm 119:50 1. GOD REVIVES YOU. His word produces hope, builds faith, stabilizes our confidence, and gives us security. The apostle Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, refers to God as the “the Father of mercies and God of…
Continue ReadingCome to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.Matthew…
Continue ReadingBlessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they shall be satisfied. Matthew 5:6 1. COME HUNGRY. I remember my mother-in-law, who was very hospitable and an excellent cook, would invite us over to dinner, and she’d say, come hungry. In this verse, Jesus is saying the same to us,…
Continue ReadingI have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him.Deuteronomy 30:19b-20a 1. CHOOSE LIFE. Life is filled with choices….
Continue ReadingFor 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,…
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