10 Things About All Things

Romans 8:28 All things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose.

1.God will build your soul, your mind, your very being through the "all things" of life.

2.There is a difference between immediate good and ultimate good.

3.God knows all the free choices we will make and the consequences they will produce. He has formed a plan with his complete knowledge of "all things."

4.God is sovereign. "All things" remain under God’s rule and nothing happens without his direction or permission.

5.Each "all thing" in our life in itself may not be good.

6.What "all things" some mean for evil God will use for good. Gen 45:8, 50:20

7.God knows "all things", but he does not cause "all things".

8.Don't carelessly quote this verse to someone suffering, instead of being a comfort it could be a source of pain.

9.All can love God, thus all can have "all things" work together for good.

10. We define goodness by what brings us health and happiness now; God defines goodness in terms of what makes us more like Jesus.

I love you.

In Jesus' Service,

The Good Book

The Bible is often called "The Good Book." One of the reasons for this is that the word good, depending on the English translation, is mentioned a minimum of 720 times and a maximum of 1120 times. The Bible mentions the word "good" more than it mentions the words: faith, joy, hope, salvation, or love. In the first chapter of the Bible alone, the story of creation, God looks at His creation and says it is good, seven times. Seven in the Bible means completeness, and God was saying His creation was completely good because He is a completely good God. His creation fell into sin and God is now in the business of restoring His creation to it's original goodness. That is what salvation is all about, restoring mankind to it's original goodness through God's salvation plan of His Son Jesus.

God's Word is good, because God is good.

I love you guys.

In Jesus' Service

Be Sympathetic

I Peter 3:8-9 Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

How much would our lives change if we let the Holy Spirit mold us and live these verses?

-Be sympathetic with your spouse instead of directly harsh.
-Be sympathetic with your children when they need your valuable time.
-Be sympathetic with that person who is nothing like like you.
-Be sympathetic with the person you want to give a peace of your mind.
-Be sympathetic with sinners.
-Be sympathetic with saints.
-Be sympathetic with the friends that you are so use to you that it is natural to take them for granted.

Jesus perfected this. Let him wreck our wrong attitudes so we can live this way.


In Jesus' Service,

The Good of This Easter Weekend

So what good came from this Easter weekend.

1. We learned real peace comes through Jesus who is Lord of all, that's good.

2. Jesus purposely went from place to place doing good, and calls the church to do the same, that's good.

3. We had 18 kids at our Easter Egg Hunt, that's good.

4. Corynn Grace joined us for the first time at church, that's good.

5. Communion was really special, many were eager to partake, that's good.

6. We had several first time guests, that's good.

7. There was an atmosphere of joy and unity, that's good.

8. We gave a Bible to someone who did not have one, that's good.

9. I had cheesecake for dessert today, that's good.

10. What was good about your Easter weekend? Let me know.

Love you guys.

In Jesus Service,