From the Pastor: May 10, 2004

     "Let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, because we have been made free from a guilty conscience ..." - Hebrews 10:22

     Faith is not born at the negotiating table where we barter our gifts in exchange for God’s goodness. Faith is not an award given to the most learned. It’s not a prize to the most disciplined. It’s not a title bequeathed to the most religious.

     Faith is a desperate dive out of the sinking boat of human effort and a prayer that God will be there to pull us out of the water. The apostle Paul wrote about this kind of faith:

     “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith---and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God---not by works, so that no one can boast.” - Ephesians 2:8-9

     The supreme force in salvation is God’s grace.

Excerpt from the “Eye of the Storm” by Max Lucado (Scripture quotations from the New Century Version Bible)

      Rejoicing in that grace,

      Pastor Harriet

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