FROM THE PASTOR’S
DESK
Michael Harris, Pastor
“Amazing
Grace, how sweet the sound that
saved a wretch like me! I once was
lost but now I’m found, t’was blind,
but now I SEE?"
John Newton,
slavery, drunk, hard case, captured
by God’s Grace! The apostle Paul
said, “the Grace of our Lord Jesus
was poured out on me
abundantly…chief of sinners (the
worst of sinners)!
Grace!
Yes! God’s wonderful grace rescues
us from ourselves, helpless,
directionless, lost! Grace, trumps
our sin, transforms us from victims
TO VICTORS! Right in the midst of a
world dragging us (and everything)
down: because of the amazing grace
in Christ, God gives my heart a new
song – gone is the ‘woe is me’ and
in comes ‘free free’ OH happy
condition! My heart and head are
lifted up; and NO ONE is beyond the
reach of our loving God!
Amazing
Grace! HOW SWEET THE SOUND.
It’s
been sung by church choirs, by opera
singers (Jessye Norman), flower
child Judy Collins, Harlem’s Boy
Choir, Johnny Cash. It’s been played
at the Olympic Ceremonies,
Presidential inaugurations. John
said, John:1:17 “For
the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
God’s Grace to You. His Amazing
Grace be poured out on you. His
richly transforming Grace capture
you.
Yours In Christ,
Pastor
Mike
THE
MISSION FIELD
Ahh SPRING! A time of new
beginnings. Flowers beginning to
bloom. Trees beginning to dress in
their summer green. But what of us
humans? Anything new? Fresh? Perhaps
a closer walk with Jesus would
freshen each of our spirits, give
smiles for the peace within our
hearts and souls. In a time as such
we are living, even a smile seems
rare. Ole Satan is doing a number on
humanity! Nothing to be joyful
about. The climate is going to kill
us all in 12 years! Really? Says
who? I couldn't find it in God's
word. But it does tell us of wars
and rumors of wars. THAT we have.
His Word warned us that good would
be evil and evil would be good
(Isaiah 5:2 Romans 1:18- 32, 1
Timothy 4:1-4) There are 38 verses
on this subject, so it must be an
important thing to watch out for and
be wary. Walking, talking, time with
our Lord helps keep us unafraid and
at peace. We just celebrated the
greatest miracle of all time, a few
days ago, the Resurrection of Jesus
Christ, our Lord and Savior. Talk
about a new beginning! And one day,
He has promised, that we, too, shall
have a new beginning. In Heaven. and
He will come in a cloud of Glory and
set up His New Kingdom and create a
New Heaven and a New Earth. What a
wonderful Promise to share with
those among us who are lost and
forlorn, fearful, unhappy, looking
for something to cling to, to keep
going each day. Jesus is the Rock of
all Ages, the Anchor in every storm!
What better place to find solace and
peace and joy, than in the bosom of
Jesus!
Calvary Baptist Church
7810 St. Joe Center Rd. Fort Wayne, IN 46835 (260) 615-7955
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