Inspirational Devotion... It’s the autumn season already! Change is all around us as we begin to make preparation for the coming winter season. Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us: “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the sun.” The last of the harvest is being gathered into the storehouses. Jesus tells us to look around us and see the people who are ready to hear the Good News of forgiveness and salvation. He calls these the harvest. In John 4:36 Jesus says, “Even now, the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.” Whatever we do for eternity while here on the earth will follow us in
Well, fall is here, we have some great plans going on in the church... Weddings, baby dedications, new classes starting on Thursday nights and Celebrate Recovery beginning in October, children and teen ministry growing with joy, fall harvest party at Harvest Acres, Christmas Parade coming up in November, Revival in January, and a Women’s Seminar in February! Interestingly enough, the Thursday night Bible studies are expanding. Chaplain Jim is starting an invitation only study for those who want their relationship with Jesus deeper in commitment, richer in Spirit and to find a love so high that they drown in it. Pastor Pam and Pastor Tom will be taking Frank’s place for the winter hockey se
I love the fall time of year, it reminds me more than anything about the seasons of life and how our Creator God is so sovereign over His Creation. I see the magnificence of the trees in full color; there is no artist in this world that can create such beauty. How about the flowers, how they sprout in the spring, grow and bud, and somehow the buds turn into the Glory of God’s majesty. Then in the fall they seed before they die so the seasons continue to go on and on. Man’s life mimics those flowers, God walks with us all the way through our life, and when our season changes and the end is near, we see life in a different perspective. Family and friends become the most important, no matter ho
