The Way To...

I glory in conflict that I may hereafter exult in victory. - Frederick Douglass

Matthew the tax collector hated his job and was hated by his people. Along came Jesus. AMEN!

Life as we experience it can sometimes appear overwhelming, and it happens every day, like clockwork. It can often get on top of us and smother us, suck all the hope, joy, and pleasure out of us if we're not careful. That friend, is our enemies goal. To keep us so preoccupied, so self-absorbed with a defeatist attitude that we seem to stay in a gloomy, doomsday frame of mind. Hopeless despair. But life is a gift from God, not to be endured but lived to the fullest with great joy. The most critical step to overcoming the enemy's attack is to believe there is a WAY, and then to seek that WAY. Jesus assures us there is a way and HE is it. He is not just the WAY to the Father, He is the WAY to all of life. He is the 'bread' of life, 'living' water, the 'truth', the 'source' of joy and above all 'victorious' over all things. So all we really need to do is re-focus. Stop looking at life and look at Jesus.

Until tomorrow...

Pastor Botts

"...Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith......" - Hebrews 12:2