February- In February, our sermon series, Saved from WHAT?, will continue the topic of our salvation, but in a different direction. Last month, our focus was on exactly “what” God has saved us “from.”
This month, we turn 180 degrees and set our sights on “what” we have been saved “for.” Though only a one-word difference, that differ ence underscores our worth and val ue to God and ‘why’ He made such a great sacrifice to save us. Once we realize that we need to be saved and discover “how” we are to be saved, we should then focus on “what” we have been saved “for.” God saved us because of His great love for us, but He also has great plans for us here in this life as we await the blessed hope of Jesus’ second coming.
Our lives should be lived for the glory of God in devoted service to His will and purpose. When we do, we will enjoy the full blessings of God and have the hope of, and even better eternal life with Him in Heaven.
March- In March, we will begin our journey to Easter with a sermon series entitled "The Victory!" To prepare ourselves for our annual remembrance and celebration of Easter, we will be looking at the VICTORY that Jesus had over everything in this world, from sin, nature, illness/disease, Satan, the Law, and finally, victory over death, our death. Jesus did claim victory over everything in this world so that we, too, can claim victory. In I Corinthians 15:57-58, Paul wrote, “ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Easter is not just a celebration of Jesus’ victo ries, but also the victories that we can claim through Him! Jesus in dicated in John 16 that because He overcame, we can, too!