New Year's Eve-Know God in 2011

Its New Year's Eve. My prayer for the Trinity Church Family is that they know God in 2011. May your priority be putting Jesus First. Brother Mike reminded me of the "One Way" sign from the 70's. It was a reaction to the two fingers sign of supposed "peace". The anti-war crowd was responding to the unpopular Vietnam War. Their only response was to say "no war". But this movement was largely made up of irresponsible radicals. They had no idea of the true peace that can only be given through the liberating power of Jesus Christ. The year 2011 uses the #1 twice. May we know Christ with double emphasis in 2011. May we know the One Way of not only eternal salvation but of living "In Christ". Our Church family will be reading through the New Testament in 2011. One chapter a day five days a week will get you though all of it. Email the passages every day from this website. http://bibleplan.org/nt/kjv/
Know God-Know the One Way in 2011!!!

The Gospel in Carols

The after-Christmas day at Trinity Baptist was a great day! God has given us some very good musicians and they ministered excellently! I believe the Gospel could not have been presented more clear than with the wonderful combination of instrumental and choral music. Especially wonderful was the youth choir as they sang "O Little Town of Bethlehem." I closed our service challenging the folks to receive the gift of salvation. Here are the words of the pertinent verse-
"How silently, how silently, the wondrous Gift is giv’n;
So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His Heav’n.
No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him still, the dear Christ enters in."

My prayer is and I know everyone's prayer for those who were there who have not accepted the gift of the Gospel is that today they might receive Jesus. Christmas time 2010 would be the perfect time for those who have not met the Savior to give in accept the gift of eternal salvation.

Praise the Lord for Christmas 2010-it was a great one of lifting up the name of the One who came as a baby in a manger.

Christmas at Trinity

Don't miss Christmas at Trinity on Sunday, December 26th at 11:00 am. We are doing some great music including instrumental ensembles and vocal ensembles. We are looking forward to God doing something exciting in the lives of those who attend.

"For unto us a child is born,"

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

These are wonderful words that Handel uses in the oratorio The Messiah. This is Old Testament prophecy concerning the coming of the Messiah. Our Messiah did come. Jesus came into the world as the God-Man the incarnation of God. We've been spending this entire month remembering the coming of the Savior to the world by looking at the words of Handel's Messiah. First we looked at Isaiah 40 and the preparation for the Messiah. We learned that there would be the forerunner in the person of the John the Baptist. He would be there to prepare the way of the Lord. He did this with his message of repentance. Many people heard and responded. He truly did help prepare the way of Jesus. Then, the second message reminded us that Jesus' coming will purify us. Jesus came to save. He was born to die to be the redeemer of our sinful condition. We also were reminded that one day this great Messiah will purify Israel in His second coming. It will be a great day for all believers. Finally, this last Sunday we looked at the Christmas story from Luke 2. We were amazed at the angels song of "Glory to God in the Highest". We saw the example of the Shepherds who went and took the great message that Messiah had come to everyone they knew.

Brother and sisters in Christ may we take the example of the Savior to all around us. May we be like the shepherds and broadcast the gospel message to all those in need of a Savior. This Christmas may the season of the incarnation of God be real in our hearts.