Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Resembling Our Father, Growing in Christ

Parents and Students,
Well the new year is gaining momentum as we approach the middle of January. You may be saying, "but we haven't even started yet?" Well..we have already been challenged by Bro. Mickey several times to get into God's Word, be a praying people, be evangelistic, and be ministry minded. If you have been in our worship services this new year you know we have a lot to do and we need to get after it!
As we get involved in these activities I want to remind you that it is extremely important to get into God's Word and let God's Word get into you. It is those daily times with God that will keep us going when the going gets tough. A man much wiser than I said, "When our output is more than our input our upkeep will lead to our downfall."
So what do we do? In 1 Peter 2:2 it says, "as new born babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby." If we have been born into the family of God we are babies in the faith. Just as babies need milk and nourishment, we as believers need God's Word daily in order to grow and resemble our Father. This year let's resemble the family we proclaim to belong to and get into God's Word!
Psalm 119:11,
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