For us to grow in Christ we must have one word in our Christian vocabulary, commitment. It's takes commitment to live a good Christian life, Its takes commitment to study Gods word, It takes commitment to attend church regularly, its takes commitment to come to Sunday school regularly,it takes commitment to love your enemies,and it takes commitment to stay focused on Christ. Christianity is not an easy road, but it is a road that will be beneficial in the end or should i say in the new beginning. Remember that all things on this side of the Curtin of life is temporary,and everything on the other side is eternal. But it takes commitment to the word of GOD to know what it takes to get into that heavenly kingdom. GOD calls for us to have 1. faith 2. be obedient 3.Live a life according to what we have studied and learned. In 2012 lets us start our with a new word in our Christian vocabulary; commitment to, commitment for, and commitment in Christian growth and maturity.

Commitment is the word for 2012!

DEACON IKE

Commitment to God

I stand before thee, Lord.
I have nothing to offer.
There is only my life.
I lay it before thy throne.
Lord, Please,
Take my life,
Mold me,
And prepare me
For that life you have for me.
Let me give my all.
Let me.
Let you,
Always,
Say what is to be done with it.
Help me, Lord,
Take me,
Prepare me,
Use me!

　 

Love is a word that we must examine and understand competely.Their are three types of love sensual love(base on sexual encounters)Emotional love(wife,husband,children),and Agape love(one Christian for another.in God). We experience Agape love through Jesus Christ.This Agape love is love given we see a need in a person's life and we are able to help them without expecting anything in return,it is also a love of encouragement when a Christian is at a low point in their lives. Agape is Jesus in you expressing Himself in action. If we love Jesus and he is apart of our lives we must let him use us in positive ways.Remember the two greatest commandants love the lord thy God with all the heart,with all thy mind,and with all thy soul and love thy neighbor as thy self. Express our love in act's of kindness and people will be able to see Jesus living abiding in you.Always be Bless.

As Easter day approaches it should be a time of reflection on what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. The cross symbolizes the alter of God which required a sacrafice, that sacrafice should have been me or you for the sins we have committed,but in our stead God sent his only begotten son to die in our place. What he suffered we should have suffered, the blood he shed should have been our blood. We should thank God every day of our lives for the gifts he gave us through His Son. Let us use the gift of repentance and mercy to draw us closer to God through Jesus Christ and the gift of eternal life as the focus of destiny of reaching HEAVEN.