The Pastor’s Heart
Our Greatest Accomplishment…Is our Next One!
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” NIV
Matthew 5:6 “God blessed those who hunger and thirst for justice for they will be filled.” NLT
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.” KJV
As I write this month’s edition of “The pastor’s Heart,” Sheri and I have just returned from our trip to the 2021 Church of God Convention in Denver, Colorado. The scripture above was the focus for every speaker’s sermon and for the thoughts of each attendee present and virtually. Sheri and I left with a deeper understanding of God’s Words in these verses and a deeper realization that we as “God’s Church” are experiencing very similar challenges and blessings throughout the world. We also have an even deeper realization that God is working in the Churches that submit to “His” direction and “He” is performing some miraculous things in the lives of people throughout this world. We had the opportunity to reunite with ministers we had served with throughout the last 20+ years and see how God prepared us for the work we had done years ago and the work we are doing today. But, God’s work is not exclusive to us and the people we reunited with, it is being done through God’s people as a whole “today,” if they allow Him to do so. God’s work always has been, and always will be done, through those who “Hunger and Thirst for righteousness/justice…” That hunger begins with you and me. Another word we can use with righteousness/justice could be “Holiness.” “God blesses those who hunger and thirst for “holiness,” for they will be filled. I use the world “holiness” not in an effort to rewrite God’s word, I use the word “holiness” in hopes that we all understand the depth of “holiness” in our life. When we “hunger and thirst” for “holiness/righteousness/justice” then we will be filled with the blessings of God and our world “WILL” be changed! If we hunger and thirst for anything else, we end up hungering and thirsting for the unholy, the unrighteous, the unjust and the blessings of God will be withheld.
Imagine for one moment if we as the Church, “Hunger and Thirst for righteousness/justice/holiness” every day, every moment of our lives….imagine as we do so how God will fill us with His blessings…imagine, the change in our life and the lives of those in our family and our community.
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” NIV
I would like to say a special “THANK YOU” to everyone who helped with VBS this year! Your hands, feet, mouth, and most of all your Heart have changed the lives of each child forever. They will always remember going to VBS and what they learned throughout the week. I challenged everyone the Wednesday before VBS to remember not so much what you taught or did at VBS but, what you “Learned at VBS.” My hope is that “you” as the volunteer, learned as many lessons as the children did throughout the time you had together. Thank you!
Matthew 18:3 And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Sheri and I love you More!
May God continue to Bless You Indeed!
pastor Bobby
Our Greatest Accomplishment…Is our Next One!
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” NIV
Matthew 5:6 “God blessed those who hunger and thirst for justice for they will be filled.” NLT
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.” KJV
As I write this month’s edition of “The pastor’s Heart,” Sheri and I have just returned from our trip to the 2021 Church of God Convention in Denver, Colorado. The scripture above was the focus for every speaker’s sermon and for the thoughts of each attendee present and virtually. Sheri and I left with a deeper understanding of God’s Words in these verses and a deeper realization that we as “God’s Church” are experiencing very similar challenges and blessings throughout the world. We also have an even deeper realization that God is working in the Churches that submit to “His” direction and “He” is performing some miraculous things in the lives of people throughout this world. We had the opportunity to reunite with ministers we had served with throughout the last 20+ years and see how God prepared us for the work we had done years ago and the work we are doing today. But, God’s work is not exclusive to us and the people we reunited with, it is being done through God’s people as a whole “today,” if they allow Him to do so. God’s work always has been, and always will be done, through those who “Hunger and Thirst for righteousness/justice…” That hunger begins with you and me. Another word we can use with righteousness/justice could be “Holiness.” “God blesses those who hunger and thirst for “holiness,” for they will be filled. I use the world “holiness” not in an effort to rewrite God’s word, I use the word “holiness” in hopes that we all understand the depth of “holiness” in our life. When we “hunger and thirst” for “holiness/righteousness/justice” then we will be filled with the blessings of God and our world “WILL” be changed! If we hunger and thirst for anything else, we end up hungering and thirsting for the unholy, the unrighteous, the unjust and the blessings of God will be withheld.
Imagine for one moment if we as the Church, “Hunger and Thirst for righteousness/justice/holiness” every day, every moment of our lives….imagine as we do so how God will fill us with His blessings…imagine, the change in our life and the lives of those in our family and our community.
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” NIV
I would like to say a special “THANK YOU” to everyone who helped with VBS this year! Your hands, feet, mouth, and most of all your Heart have changed the lives of each child forever. They will always remember going to VBS and what they learned throughout the week. I challenged everyone the Wednesday before VBS to remember not so much what you taught or did at VBS but, what you “Learned at VBS.” My hope is that “you” as the volunteer, learned as many lessons as the children did throughout the time you had together. Thank you!
Matthew 18:3 And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Sheri and I love you More!
May God continue to Bless You Indeed!
pastor Bobby