Pastor's Blog

There is a verse of Scripture  I have included on my business cards since the 1980’s.  The verse is John 16:33: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world!”

The Lord does NOT promise us a life without problems, but He does tell us what to do with them!

Trouble is a marvelous destroyer of pride and an effective restrainer of self will.  It was trouble that brought us to Jesus!

In Acts 27 we see that Paul and some others in some serious trouble!  In fact, most of the passengers on this storm-tossed boat lost all hope of survival!

Have you ever been in a position where you lost all hope?

·       Marriage/Family problems

·       Financial problems

·       Health problems

·       Work related problems

·       Relationship problems

We can learn a lot from this passage.  We can compare Paul’s voyage on this boat to the “Voyage of Life” that we’re all on.

Our true faith will always be tested through the storms of life

Circumstances may spell out “NO  HOPE!”

·       The experience sailors said NO HOPE.

·       The 14 days of constant storm said NO HOPE.

·       Running out of food and supplies said NO HOPE.

·       The storm was too great, the boat was too small, the load was too heavy and the distance to land was too far!  NO HOPE! 

Have you ever been to the place called “NO  HOPE?”

·       Listen, “As long as matters are pretty sure, HOPE is mere rhetoric!

·       It is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to emerge on the horizon!

May it be a voyage of faith and victory instead of a voyage of total wreckage and personal loss