牧者心聲  Pastor's Message

02/21/2010


      Wow, what a busy year so far! A great New Year’s, then Super Bowl, then the Olympics, then Valentine’s and Chinese New Year on the same day! Wow, an action packed year already! This week begins Lent as well and just around the corner is Easter. With all these huge celebrations I just want to encourage each of us with a word from the Bible. In 2 Timothy 2:8‐9, Paul encourages Timothy to “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel…” The etymology of the word Paul uses for “remember” is literally “be mindful of again”. Paul hits on one of the fundamentals of walking with Christ: remember, think of Him again and again, be always mindful of Him. This year will be even busier with many activities and things to do, but I encourage you, as Paul encourages all of us, to remember Christ today, remember Him tomorrow. In all you do, remember Him, remember that He has defeated death and rose from the dead, remember that He fulfilled the Messiah prophesies and is our Christ, remember Jesus’ salvation of His people. This is our Gospel. Remember, and be blessed as we continue this faith walk with Christ Jesus, carrying His Gospel in our hearts and letting it shine before the world!



      Brother John J.