Thoughts on Thursday

I would like to share a passage pf scripture that has been speaking to my heart the past few weeks. This passage was the text for the message that I shared last Sunday and more than likely it will be the text for this weekend's message. I would encourage you take a moment and let the Truth of this passage be deposited into your heart. The Word of God is alive and powerful and NOTHING WILL EVER REPLACE THE ABILITY OF THE WORD OF GOD TO SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS!! I believe that is one of the reasons that satan desires for the present day church to be "spiritually illiterate." But I refuse to buy what the enemy is selling. 

Let the Word of God encourage as well as strengthen you today!!

1 Peter 1:3-9, “All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, ⁴ and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. ⁵ And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. ⁶ So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. ⁷ These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. ⁸ You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. ⁹ The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls. (NLT)