Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Colossians 1:17, “And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”
The last part of this verse can also be translated “all things are held together in Him.”
This is very deep because it tells us that the Lord Himself is the cohesive factor that causes us to be held together.
Whenever we are experiencing Christ with one another, there is such a sense of being glued together.
Our cohesion is Christ.
What is the church?
The church is Christ.
How is the church Christ?
The church is Christ when the members, in their daily living, in their relationships with one another, allow Him to have first place.
You are not qualified to talk back to your husband.
You are not qualified to say those words to your wife.
Simply walk in spirit.
Experience Christ with your husband or your wife.
You are not even qualified to deal with your failures.
You are not qualified to deal with your sinking feelings of condemnation.
Instead, sink yourself into Christ.
Call “Jesus.”
Paul said, “O wretched man that I am!” (Rom. 7:24).
He was at the bottom.
He was in the pit. He had failed over and over again.
What he wanted to do he did not do, and what he hated he did.
He was a wretched man.
Finally he asked, “Who will deliver me?”
Then he replied, “I thank God–through Jesus Christ.”
It was through Jesus Christ.
He was the means by which Paul handled his own wretchedness.
This shows us that the church is not a group of perfect people.
Rather, it is a group of failures who handle Christ.
We are not condoning sin or failure, but we can handle our failures and condition through Christ.
When we experience Christ in this way, the church is full of the cohesion of Christ, full of the glue that holds us together.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
FRIDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Pastor Jackson
Marlon Cook
Jim Mabe
Mike & Paula Ferus – Covid
June Cronan
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Charlene Palmer
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Thaxton
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Jillian Gray
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan
June Cronan’s Sister
Karen Slane
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lamar Knight
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Alexander
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Jayne Hammond
Terrell Loyd
Tom Witcher