Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart

Ezekiel 16:6, “And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.”

Some of us need a radical change in our relationship with the Lord, because we base God’s love toward us absolutely on how we feel and on our record of failures or successes.

We imagine that God either loves us or does not love us according to whether we have had “a good day” or “a bad day.”

But God’s love is unmistakably unconditional.

In Jeremiah 31:3 the Lord says to Israel, “I have loved you with an everlasting love.”

And in Ezekiel 16:6 the Lord says to His people, “Live!”

And He made them alive and caused them to thrive and mature, and He shepherded them.

They were in their own blood–this was their condition.

They were wallowing in their misery, in their death.

And He said, “I saw you.”

He found them in their blood.

Has He ever caught you in that condition?

One day you were in your blood, wallowing in your misery and your failure.

When you deserved a spanking, God said, “I love you.

I demonstrated it.

Your sins are on My Son.

He bore them once and for all.

Now just come to Me.

Come and be loved.”

This is relationship-changing love.

Until Tomorrow

With A Shepherd’s Love,

Pastor Jackson

MONDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS

John McCain -Hospice

Amy Garner

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad 

Andrew Halevi & Daughter

Ashely Burn’s Sisters 

Brandon’s Dad 

Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Dan Haines

Darlene Wiggins

David Burnette  

David Harrison – Riverside

Deanna Fowler

Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother 

Donnie Butler’s Dad

Doris Loyd

Dr. and Mrs. Davis

Easton Fielder 

Ed Mays

Eric Ward

Freddie May’s Mom 

George & Linda Alexander 

James Burnette 

James Garner’s Friend 

Joanie/Jeanie Mom

Jodi Bateman 

Joe Shelnutt

John Austin 

June Cronan

June Cronan’s Sister 

Kailey Bateman

Kathy Mabe 

Kim McClain’s Mother 

Krista Hilscher – Improving

Larry Barker 

Lee Cronan

Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah 

Linda Hodges’ Sister 

Lonzo Christin 

Lori Blount’s Mother

Marlon Cook

Mary Sims 

Marynell Ford 

Maureen Brown 

Michael Stanley 

Miles Bradshaw

Pastor & Mrs. Driskell 

Pat Chupp

Ricky Gipson   

Rose Fuller –  Rehab

Roseleigh Osborn 

Sandra Graham    

Scott Lanier 

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Susan & Alexis Tesone

Tom Witcher