Good morning, God’s people!  If it’s not morning for you, have a good one tomorrow!  🙂  It’s going to be a warm one today, but He gave us air conditioning, so come and join the warm harts in our cool building.  I’m about to tel you what has been planned, but who knows what God may do?

We had a good group again last week and I thank God for making a way and all of you for coming.  Even with the care we’re taking to keep everyone safe, we still have room for more, so invite a friend!

Last week I addressed the unrest that has been sweeping the nation in the wake of the death of George Floyd.  The killing and the trouble that followed are symptoms of a much greater problem that is deeper than the ones that might come to mind.  Put simply, we need Jesus.

What does that mean?  I know in this church you’ve heard the gospel message.  Every one of us has given a testimony at some point since Linda and I have been attending, and I work it in from time to time because it’s the most important message we have.  We sing about Jesus.  We often pray to Jesus.  We end our prayers in Jesus’s name.  We talk about knowing Jesus, but sometimes I wonder if many who go by the name Christian really get who Jesus is.  I dare say we all picture Him as less than what He is most of the time.

Our pictures certainly do not depict Him as He is today, and most are not even close to what he probably looked like while He was here.  Turn to Chapter 1 of Revelation to get as close as we are likely to get to what He might look like if he appeared today.  What we need to understand is who He is.  For that we can turn to the Gospel of John.  John opens his account with this, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”  Know this, and everything else falls into place.  We’ll read John 1:1-5 and let the Word open our hearts.

See you soon.

Love y’all!

Larry