What Do We Remember?

This Beautiful Lord's Day gave way to celebration for birthdays for Carlie Cartwright and her brother Dillion also another Cartwright had reason to feel blessed Carl Wayne Cartwright also had a special day. We sang Happy Birthday followed by an Anniversary blessing for Pastor and Sister Naomi Cartwright. Songs were so beautifully presented by Sister Geneva Testerman, Brother Carl Wayne Cartwright and Brother Daniel Cartwright.

I will try to name our visitors, but please forgive me if I miss someone. We are always so thrilled to have all of you but I will say our blessings go out to Peggy Brown, Polly, Tray Crosby, Brother and Sister Sanchese, Angela Renwick and her beautiful children, Walter and Paige. There were so many from the Cartwright family that I will just have to say Venessa and all the rest. We again made known that we are all in prayer for our Brother Jack Barnes. We miss him so much and were so glad to have Teresa with us.

God is still in the healing business and we have a direct line to his throne. Resurrection, what a wonderful word. It means the very forgiveness which we have access to that brings us an opportunity to gain eternal life with our Heavenly Father. He sent his son to die for the sins that we had brought upon ourselves. When we turn our lives to Jesus all things will be new. Old things are passed away and there will be a path to follow that will make us new in the likeness of our maker. Jesus was crucified on a cruel cross, shedding his blood to make a way for us. He was taken to a grave made of a cave and a stone was rolled over the opening. You see the people who desired that he be put to death had already heard that he would rise again in three days. They were afraid that his followers would come and steal the body just so they could say he was alive.

In the Chapter 28 of Matthew is a wonderful fact that he truly was risen and when Mary Magdalene went to the sepulcher there was a great earthquake and the angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. The keepers of the tomb were so afraid that they became as dead.

Do we even today fail to remember Jesus had told that he would come on the third day. What do we remember when times are rough and we feel deserted? We have a higher power to call upon and his spirit lives within us today.

Then the angel said to the women, Fear not ye: I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. But he is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. Now you have seen, so go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo I have told you.

I feel the angel was trying to say don't you remember he told you this would happen. We too often forget what we are paying tribute to on this blessed day. He fulfilled his promise and as he always does, came in the perfect time and full of glory. He had told us that he would be with us always even to the end of time. What do you remember about the return of our Lord?

We must read the word and find the answers of how to give God nothing less than our best. So many times people have thought it is not necessary to attend the house of worship but in the scripture we are told that we must assemble ourselves together even more in the last days. There is so much doubt in the world today that attending church is the only way to get the encouragement that it takes to hold tight the precious life we have found in Christ. Take time to read the Easter story and I know you will be surprised to find how much you will be humbled by the goodness of the gift of God. Eternal live.

Till next week God bless and keep you is our prayer.

Religion on 04/20/2017