Helping to Build

You can stand tall without standing on someone, and you can be a victor without having victims. – H. Woods

Jesus said “there is none greater in heaven than John the Baptist,” and all he did was preach and baptize. Hmm!

One of the worldly perspectives we digest early on in life is that there is always a winner and a loser, that someone has to come out on top; and at all costs we’re to make sure that someone is us. And in truth we spend an inordinate amount of time trying to ‘scratch and claw’ our way up the ladder of success, for success requires the type of thinking and action where one must fight for all they get. In the search for significance, however; one seeks how they may best benefit society and those around them. Their way of thinking is not self-fulfillment but the enrichment of others, which is wholly in line with God’s desires, for we never stand taller than when we reach down to help someone else up.

Until Monday….

Pastor Botts

“Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please himself….” – Romans 15:2-3

Neighborly Assistance

You can stand tall without standing on someone, and you can be a victor without having victims. – H. Woods

Jesus said “there is none greater in heaven than John the Baptist,” and all he did was preach and baptize. Hmm!

One of the worldly perspectives we digest early on in life is that there is always a winner and a loser, that someone has to come out on top; and at all costs we’re to make sure that someone is us. And in truth we spend an inordinate amount of time trying to ‘scratch and claw’ our way up the ladder of success, for success requires the type of thinking and action where one must fight for all they get. In the search for significance, however; one seeks how they may best benefit society and those around them. Their way of thinking is not self-fulfillment but the enrichment of others, which is wholly in line with God’s desires, for we never stand taller than when we reach down to help someone else up.

Until tomorrow….

Pastor Botts

“Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please himself….” – Romans 15:2-3

Personally Known

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. – Abraham Lincoln

David was the greatest king Israel ever knew, but his son Solomon was its wisest. Both knew GOD! Hmm!

Though we may admire them as we grow older we do not automatically turn into our parents. Though they instill us with wisdom, nurture us; give guidance and assistance it does not make us like them. Who we are or become takes shape when life’s trials and circumstances come upon us and what we have inside is put to the test. This is called growing. The same is true of our faith walk with God. No matter how often our parents took us to church, read us the bible, or made us participate in Easter & Christmas plays, our relationship with God has to be personal. We may know the same God our parents know, but we must know him apart from our parent’s knowledge of him. Remember, God has no grandchildren.

Until tomorrow……

Pastor Botts

“No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying ‘Know the Lord.’ Because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord.” – Jeremiah 31:34