September Newsletter

What an awesome God we serve! He has truly had His hands upon this church, molding it and shaping it so that He can use us as He desires. I am excited about the growth that I see happening among us. Our members are growing in the Lord and in their hunger for His Word. Wherever I look, it’s easy to see the hearts for service in you who call First Baptist your church home. We are excited to see more and more visitors come during the different weekly worship opportunities. This is an obvious sign of God’s blessing on our congregation!

God has entrusted this church with a tremendous responsibility: to reach our community for the cause of Christ. He has been preparing and growing each one of us in spiritual maturity to make us ready for carrying out that task. Take a look at where you are in your life, and realize that God has orchestrated every circumstance to bring you to that place for one purpose: to affect your sphere of influence for Him. Maybe it means approaching that long-time friend with the Gospel truth. Maybe it means sharing with someone how the Lord has brought you through a particularly hard time recently. Maybe for you it means simply inviting someone you know to a church service. If you are faithful to step through whatever doors God opens for you to share Christ, He will not leave you trying to figure out what to do next. He will guide you as you carry His message to the others in your life. Take God at His word; He will always be faithful to it.

Our youth are just beginning a new Nucleus study called “The Defense.” During the rest of this year, we’ll be looking into some solid reasons as to why we believe what we believe. Peter gives Christians two specific challenges in 1 Peter 3:15 – 1) set apart Christ as Lord in your hearts, and 2) be ready to defend your faith. Our study in apologetics, or providing reasons for our faith, will prepare us to face the questions and criticisms that Satan uses in his attempt to extinguish the fire of God in each believer’s life. If you’re a youth, there’s never a better time to jump into what’s going on than right now!