Honor and respect are two important words and concepts and yet many times seem sadly lacking in our society. How many times in life have we felt disrespected? How many times has it seemed as though someone has disregarded our thoughts, opinions or feelings?

It seems as if this life is full of instances where people run roughshod over others, pushing them out of the way and instead pursuing personal gain at any cost. So what do we do when we are on the receiving end of disrespect? What should we do when someone dishonors, disregards and disenfranchises us?

Let’s take a few minutes and consider what the Bible has to say about this important topic…

First, the Bible reminds us to love our neighbor and our enemy. These words are difficult to hear and consider. They are even more difficult to obey. 

Love my neighbor? — “Don’t you know how they treated me?” 

Love my enemy? — “Don’t you know what they did to me?” 

And yet Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor (even the stranger, alien, etc) and to love our enemy. He must’ve had good reason to tell us this. He also must’ve believed that with His help (by the gift of His Holy Spirit) that it would be possible, or else why would He have commanded such? Why command something that is not desirable or possible? Jesus invites us into His perfect way of relating to God and to others and He commands us to live in love and live out His love because “love does no wrong to a neighbor, and “love covers a multitude of sins” and “love never fails” and “love builds up” and finally “whoever lives in love lives in God and God in (them)”.

Second, the Bible tells us not to repay evil with evil, but rather with good. This seems counterintuitive. It seems like we should hit back with the same force as others hit us with. As the old saying goes: “An eye for an eye”. But Jesus corrected this type of bad theology and stinkin’ thinkin’ even in His day when He told His disciples to “love your enemies…pray for those who persecute you” and to “do good to those who hate you”. We also know that Scripture tells us to give food and drink to our enemy which will “heap burning coals upon them”. I hope we understand that this doesn’t mean that somehow we “win the battle” when we do good to those who are against us. Rather let us consider that the “burning coals” might just symbolize conviction and when we do good to those who mistreat us perhaps they may come under conviction, repent of their ways and turn to Christ and God. 

Third, the Bible tells us that God’s grace is sufficient for our salvation and deliverance but also to empower us to face the troubles of this world. Scripture reminds us that we each have received “grace upon grace” indicating that we deserved something far different than what we received. We committed sin and offense and then did it again, and yet God offered grace once and then offered it again!

God’s kingdom is full of truth but it is also full of grace. The truth is that others have and will disrespect and dishonor us. The truth also is that we have disrespected and dishonored God and others. And yet God has offered us grace. The kind of amazing grace that forgives and restores us to a right relationship with Him. God invites us to receive His undeserved and unearned grace but also commands that we share that same grace with others. We cannot ask God to give us mercy while not offering that same mercy to others. And remember God offers us grace and mercy even before we asked for forgiveness, even before we acknowledge that we have done wrong. He even offers grace to us for things we have repetitively done against Him and others. Let us forgive just as Christ has forgiven us and let us respect others just as Jesus Christ showed respect in His behavior toward people.

I want to close this blog post with a personal example from my life.

I once worked for an employer whom the employees called “the devil”. This employer had a nasty temper and didn’t mind taking it out on any of his employees. He regularly would demean and tear down his employees insulting their intelligence, the quality of their work as well as their character. I watched as employees would react to his dishonoring and disrespecting them with harsh words, vitriolic attitudes and hate-filled body language. On one occasion I spoke to a number of my co-workers and mentioned that they could choose to show him respect even when they were disrespected by him and that they could honor his position of authority even when he dishonored them. On the next occasion that he began to admonish and even verbally abuse one of my co-workers, the co-worker stood there, in silence, and accepted the unnecessary and uncalled for rebuke and did not react in a disrespectful way. The boss almost immediately calmed down, lost all of his rage-filled bravado and left. The employee looked at me and exclaimed:  “did you see what I did? I didn’t respond and he stopped yelling!”. That day served as a turning point and I rarely saw the boss lose his temper in our building anymore. I know it doesn’t always work out that way or that quickly but that doesn’t negate God’s call for us to respect and honor others. 

I share these scriptures and this story so as to encourage you to live in a Christ honoring way that demonstrates respect even to those who are disrespectful and honors those who even are dishonoring, in order that God himself may be glorified by your behavior and others may be drawn in to this countercultural kingdom of love, mercy and grace! May it be that when people observe our respectful behavior they may be won to Christ.

Dear Pastor,

I want to ask you a very important question. One that it would be easy for you to gloss over.

Is Christ enough for you?

• Is it enough for you to know that Christ is with you? 
  • That Christ is for you? 
  • That Christ is in you?
• Is it enough to know that Christ has called you? 
  • And is empowering you?

Do you have to have visible confirmations of what you hope and dream?

What if God doesn’t bring a numeric increase in the church you are leading?

What if God doesn’t bring the miraculous healing you have been praying for?

What if God doesn’t answer the prayer request the way you hoped, dreamed and begged for?

Would it be okay if God said to you: “Trust me in this, you can’t see what I am doing, but you don’t need to see. Just trust. Just rest. Just believe.” ?

More than just “okay” would you be able to receive and walk in His joy and peace whilst not seeing outwardly the miracles, breakthroughs and accomplishments you always hoped you would?

Would you be able to be confident in the Lord, rejoicing within, grateful for the opportunities, with inner calm and satisfaction?

I want to challenge you in this because I believe that unholy discontent has a root in pride and selfishness and many times we have this deep belief that we can hold on as long as the answer we hoped for/prayed for eventually comes. But we are not resting in the Lord and trusting His wisdom in this. (What if His wisdom says: “no my child, you don’t need that. That is not what I have planned”?)

Furthermore, is it possible we might only be exhibiting “trust” and “faith” because of what it gains for us, instead of simply abiding in Christ and saying to Him: “Jesus, you are enough for me!”

If the church you lead never grows by another person, would you be able to still find the joy and shalom of the Lord and still preach/teach/minister passionately under the unction of the Holy Spirit?

If the community you live in never repents and turns to Christ would you still be able to walk in the inner strength of knowing that God loves you and them, resisting bitterness and frustration, and still preach/minister as if this sermon or this encounter would be the time when revival breaks loose?

I don’t really know how to put this into words, but what I am driving at is that the relationship we have with God through the sacrifice of Jesus and by the presence of the Holy Spirit is enough for us to continuously walk in joy, peace and freedom. He is enough for us to constantly have inner strength, contentment and long-suffering. He is enough for us that we can consistently live victoriously regardless of the circumstances around us or the responses of the people. 

I hope and pray that you will get alone with God and (re)discover the absolute sufficiency of His presence and as He sources you that you will live in and love/serve/minister out of the overflowing springs of His eternal joy welling up within your soul!

Christ is with us, Christ is in us!

Mike J

Dear Pastor,

I want to take a moment and encourage you:

• You are engaging in the mission of Jesus.
• You are participating in the life of Jesus and His Holy Spirit power.

I know, you may say “I sure don’t feel like that”.

But if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, then by faith and especially as per the gracious gift of His Holy Spirit, you are participating in His majesty, holiness, power and glory!

And that means, that as you preach by His Spirit, serve according to His love, welcome people in His name and prayerfully carry the burden of lost/hurting people, God is actually using you as a conduit of His mercy and holy love. 

And if God is the One doing the work in you and through you, then a whole lot more is going on than you could possibly imagine!

So instead of worrying about the broken and messed up things that you see or wondering about the many things you can’t see, rest in the knowledge that God is on the move, He is working and by His Spirit at work in you, His kingdom and glory is advancing.

Be sure to abide in Him. Be sure to worship and express your eternal thankfulness. Be sure to let His Word and Spirit source you. Don’t be lazy, don’t be passive, don’t get stuck. Don’t rely on your own wisdom, cleverness or creativity. Check your motive and make sure you are working for God and His glory.  And partner with Jesus with active faith and obedience, celebrating and walking in His strength, wisdom and love.

And rest in the knowledge that somehow, God is supernaturally moving, right where you live, in the people you are shepherding and as you are surrendered to His will He is even moving through the life you live and the  words you speak.

Let us humbly admit our need and accept His divine help.

Christ is with us and Christ is in us!

Mike J

Dear Christian,

Please do this 1 thing this week:

Consider how your words will help people know God’s love.

• Will your critique of politicians or people on the other side help them to know the love of God?
• Will ridiculing people help them to know the holy God of love?
• Will shouting louder than the other person lead them to Jesus?
• Will lashing out draw people into God’s kingdom?

I’m not saying to not disagree. Disagreeing is not the problem.

How will we disagree?

• Is the point of our words to express our frustration with their view point?
• Is the point of our words to “fix” or “correct” them?
• Is the point of our words to win the argument and make sure that some “truth” has been spoken?

Or is the point of our words to help people know God better?

If the entire point of our words is to help people know God better, we might need to choose to say things differently.

We don’t have to pretend there aren’t disagreements. We don’t have to try to homogenize everyone’s thoughts and beliefs and words. 

But we do need to try to speak in such a way that people will sense that you are a safe place, a safe person to speak to. 

We need to try to speak in such a way that people will sense that they matter to you beyond the immediate disagreement.

We need to try to speak in such a way that they might actually consider our words as an alternative to what they have previously believed.

So Christian, please, if we are going to ever help people to know God and live according to His ways, let’s drop the ways, language and posturing of this world and instead pick up the ways of Christ (accepting others, listening to others, including others, disagreeing without maligning, etc)

Let us be humble and gentle in our speech, actions and attitudes

Thank you for taking the time to read this. 

I hope that many Christians will hear these words, turn away from their angry outbursts, apologize as necessary and try to rebuild bridges of trust, acceptance and openness to everyone but especially those who are different than us, those we disagree with and those we hope to help lead to Jesus. 

Dear Christian,

I want to challenge you. 

I’m probably going to really make you uncomfortable as you read this article.

I’m not trying to make you mad, but you might even find yourself angry at me the further you read.

So here it is. I want you to try and imagine being in “their” shoes.

Right now in the middle of division…and anger…and hurt…and confusion…and unrest…and public shaming…

And the list goes on and on. 

In fact trying to describe the climate and culture we live in in the 21st century, post-modern, pluralistic, sin-ridden and fallen world is rather difficult.

But here is what I want you to do.

Put yourself in “their” shoes. 

You know:

• The person you don’t like
• The person who votes different than you
• The person who has a different color of skin than you
• The person you have judged and looked down on

It is really easy to play arm-chair quarterback and tell the QB in the game everything they did wrong. It is cheap, lazy, selfish and sinful to condemn, shame, judge and write off the people “on the other side”.

• What would it be like if you were the dog-walker in central park?
• What would it be like if you were the bird-watcher in central park?

• What would it be like if you were George Floyd?
• What would it be like if you were Derek Chauvin?

• Put yourself in a republican’s shoes…
• Put yourself in a democrat’s shoes…

• Put yourself in the rioters shoes…
• Put yourself in the police chief’s/mayor’s shoes…

Reader’s warning, this next part will most likely make many of you mad at me:

• Put yourself in the shoes of “black lives matter” people
• Put yourself in the shoes of “all lives matter” people

Now listen very carefully here. Don’t give lip service only to this exercise. Don’t write the other person off as only being “wrong” or “stupid”.

Don’t just condemn or shame them for doing something you wouldn’t do.

Don’t try to get off easy by saying that you would never be in their position.

Instead put yourself in their shoes. Even if you think they were/are wrong, put yourself in their shoes and try and imagine what they might be thinking or feeling. Put yourself in their shoes and ask yourself whether or not you would hope other people would give you grace and other people would be civil to you and whether you would want people who disagreed with you to seek some kind of common ground. Put yourself in their shoes and try and consider if you can learn something from their differing perspective.

Christians are to be people of grace.

I know you also want to talk about being people of truth. We are that as well and we’ll get to that, but let’s just stop for a minute and think about grace.

We are to offer grace. We are to offer what is not deserved and has not been earned. We are to offer help and compassion to people because of the unconditional love of God and not because of anything they have or haven’t done. We are to offer love and help and compassion regardless of who they are, what they believe or what they have done or said.

We are to forgive as God has forgiven us. We are to be merciful as God is merciful. We are to accept others as Christ has accepted us.

And yes Christians also are people of truth. But let’s stop brandishing “truth” as a weapon to tear down and destroy. “Truth” is supposed to set people free.

So here is the truth:

• Racism is sin
• Shame/guilting/condemning/judging people is sin
• Pridefully exalting self is sin
• Ignoring injustice is sin
• Labelling the other person as “evil” just because they are different or we disagree with them is sin
• Don’t pretend sin doesn’t exist, don’t excuse sin

But also recognize this truth: God’s grace is sufficient to reconcile and heal and restore

And God desires us to be conduits of His grace (everywhere, especially online!)

Here is grace:

• Put yourself in their shoes:
  • George Floyd was hurting (and died): how would you have felt? What would you have wanted to have happened if it was your life?
  • Derek Chauvin messed up. He was wrong. Put yourself now in his shoes. How would you feel now? What would you be thinking about what your life looks like now?
• Put yourself in their shoes:
  • Maybe that politician on the other side is trying to do something that they think might actually help their fellow man…
  • Maybe that person on Facebook is trying to make sense of things that scare them…
  • Maybe that person you don’t like is lonely, hurting, trapped, lost…

I’m sure at some point in this article I’ve made you mad. At some point you have thought I am being too hard on someone or too soft on someone. 

It is not our job to judge. It is not our job to see revenge. It is not our job to shame people into submission or acquiescence. 

As Christians it is our job to point people to Jesus, the way, truth and life and live (and speak!) grace. 

Get in their shoes for a while and then pray desperately for them. And admit when you were wrong. Seek grace. And offer grace.

I am so thankful that Jesus died for a sinner like me. I have no hope except Jesus’ blood and His grace.

“Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” – James 1:20

There is a lot of anger in this world. There are editorials, news reports, Facebook posts, blogs and so much more dedicated to the things that make us angry. Why are we so angry? What is it that has our feathers so ruffled? And why are we so quick to anger?

In this post I would like to examine a few of the reasons why we get angry, why we anger so quickly and the Biblical remedies to this all-consuming malady of our society/culture.

I believe some of the primary reasons for our anger are these:

• fear,
• feeling out of control,
• feeling slighted,
• perceiving injustice,
• desiring the approval of others (and subsequent/corollary feelings of defensiveness and embarrassment when we don’t get approval)
• strong opinions/likes/dislikes (coupled with pride/selfishness), and
• inner feelings of discontentment.

Whatever the specific cause there are a lot of people really angry in the world right now. Furthermore people express their anger in myriad ways, many of which are not healthy, helpful or right.

The Bible gives us the solution for every situation in this world and every occurrence of anger in our lives. Without making this post longer than necessary let me share with you a few poignant Scriptures that can help to address our anger.

• When anger is caused by fear:
  • Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
• When we are angry because we see injustice:
  • Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good, Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
• When your anger is rooted in selfishness:
  • Psalm 37:8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil

Remember too that the Bible helps us understand that not all anger is sin but we do have to do something with our anger.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.

Ephesians 4:26

We have to allow anger about unrighteousness and injustice to lead us to prayer, trusting the Lord to set things right one day (He will!). We have to leave all vengeance in His hands, go to our adversary and seek reconciliation, forgive as Christ forgives us, accept others as Christ accepts us, and we have to let gentleness be a priority in our thoughts, attitude, words and behaviors (this is not easy and may sound impossible but I can assure you that with God’s Holy Spirit in your heart it it possible.)

There will always be things in this world that anger us.

• As we seek the Lord and allow Him to sanctify us (make us holy like Him), may it be that our anger is not because of selfishness.
• As we rest in the Lord and allow Him to be our refuge, may our anger because of fear continually decline until one day it disappears.
• And finally as we faithfully obey the Lord and allow Him to empower us, may our anger because of injustice never result in us causing harm to people but instead serve as an impetus for holy and loving action on behalf of what is righteous and good.

If you find that anger seems to be consuming you, read the Bible, pray, worship the Lord and talk to a few Christlike people in your life so that you can get a new and healthy perspective (and maybe turn off the news and social media!). If you find that all day, every day you are angry about everything, the Lord can help deliver you from that and can replace that anger with His joy. Pray diligently and seek to either replace angry thoughts with meditations on Scriptures or allow righteously angry thoughts to motivate you to serve others.

The last thing I want to say about anger is that I believe that God’s anger is a lot more like sorrow for, and compassionate activity on behalf of, those who have been oppressed and assailed than it is a violent lashing out at people/situations. Let us seek to be slow to anger and abounding in love, just like our great and good God!

Psalm 145:8 The Lord is gracious and merciful;
Slow to anger and great in loving-kindness

Dear friend,

I want to talk to you about something that is very important to me. So important that I am ashamed I haven’t brought it up like this previously. 

You already know that I am a Christian and a pastor. As such I’m sure you can guess some of what I believe about God and the stories I can tell you about what God has done for me. And so if you will take just a few moments,  I want to tell you of my God and His plans for you.

First, I want to remind you of something you already know: life is short. Whether it is a pandemic, a heart attack or a car accident, something unexpected can come and take our life at any moment. Even if we somehow make it 75 or 85 years without facing a catastrophic accident, the reality is that we will quickly be approaching death by the time we have been alive 7 decades or more. And since life is so short, what indeed happens to us after this life is over? 

Second, Please consider that eternity is a long time. Eternity is never-ending. The Holy Bible talks about an eternal heaven that God is preparing for His children (for all who will believe on Him and receive His salvation). Heaven will be a never-ending celebration of joy, goodness and love! The Holy Bible also talks very clearly about a never-ending hell and I want to remind you that forever is forever. Hell will be a never-ending torment of suffering, loneliness and complete lack of anything good. 

Third, let’s talk about this life. This life is full of so many blessings and wonderful things that God Himself created and prepared for us. It is because God loves us so much that we have such things as family, friendship, sunsets, beaches and flowers. Unfortunately, this life also has suffering, misery, heartache, betrayal, offence, oppression and more! And all suffering in this life comes down to evil and sin. Evil and sin are both results of created beings choosing to reject God’s way of perfect love. In the middle of this mixed up earth (full of both good and evil) there is the possibility and potential of personally living a holy life of love if we choose to reject evil and choose instead to believe and follow God.

Lest this email get any longer than necessary I want to recap the three things I have already said: “Life is short, eternity is long and in this life we get to choose between good and evil”

God has made a plan. His plan provides for us to be delivered from evil, forgiven of our own sin, and filled with His love. He made it possible for us to have both an abundant life here on earth and an eternal life with Him after our life on earth is over.  There is only one thing that we have to do: we have to choose to accept Jesus as our Savior  and Lord. When we accept Him as Savior we are accepting His forgiveness of all our wrongdoing and when we accept Him as Lord we are accepting Him as our boss and following all that He tells us about how to live.

So in conclusion, I want you to know that I personally made the decision years ago to believe on and accept Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord. I have never regretted it! Now I know that I am forgiven of all confessed sin and I have His Spirit of love living in me and I am assured of heaven with Him forever. 

I don’t know if you have accepted Jesus as your Savior and Lord and I’m not sure if you are living everyday in total and complete obedience to Jesus and that is why I am sharing this letter with you. I don’t want to miss the opportunity to talk with you about your eternal soul and if you believe on Jesus and are living daily for Him. 

Would you mind emailing me and letting me know about your relationship with God? The most important thing in life for me is that everyone I know accepts Jesus and is ready when death comes knocking on their door. I want people to know, receive and live in God’s love now and forever!

Just know that I love you and that is the reason I am sharing this letter with you. After I hear back from you I hope we can dialogue a bit more about all that God offers to you and me.

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Mike Johnson

pastor@libertynazarene.com

The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.

• The Lord is my Protector, I shall not be afraid.
• The Lord is my Savior, I shall not be enslaved.
• The Lord is my Comforter, I shall not live in discouragement or sadness.
• The Lord is my Friend, I shall never be alone.

Obviously you know the first line as it comes straight from Psalm 23. The other 4 lines are my own construct based upon the Word, character and revelation of God in my own life. 

 

It is easy to be afraid when things are unknown and times are uncertain.

 

It is easy to be afraid when your senses tell you that something out of your control is drawing near. 

But I am not afraid, because the Lord is with me. He is for me. He actually dwells among His people and lives inside of me. 

None of this is by any good thing I have done, but simply because He is loving, gracious and merciful. It is by His own holiness and unmerited favor that I am able to say the Lord is with me.

It is by the nearness and salvation of the Lord that I am able to say I am not afraid.

• I am not afraid to die. If I die it is gain and I will be ushered even nearer to the Lord who is now with me. 
• I am not afraid to live, because Christ is with me.

I am not afraid to serve others and proclaim the gospel because I am empowered by God’s Holy Spirit.

That’s not to say that I don’t have some trepidation about what I don’t know, can’t control and can’t handle on my own. I still struggle with seeking the approval of others and wanting everything to be safe and secure. But in this world we will have trouble. 

And yet greater is He who is with me and in me than the enemy who is in the world. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. And even when I die in this world, by God’s sufficient grace and atoning blood I will be ushered into the kingdom of heaven to enjoy Him forever.

So if a car accident, gunshot, cancer or coronavirus kills me, even then God will work it all out for my good as He rescues me from this present evil world.

If God leaves me here in the midst of the pain, suffering and chaos of this world, He will always be with me supplying peace, joy and strength. I will never lack the wisdom or perseverance I need when I rest in Him.

As I walk with Him I will be made holy as He is holy and I will be continually accepted in the beloved. 

So, I am not afraid and I will not live/act/respond in fear to the troubles of this world. And when/if I ever do get out of step with His Holy Spirit, then by His mercy/grace I will freely confess and heartily (re)consecrate myself to Him so that He will get the glory, I will grow in grace and His kingdom will advance here on earth. 

I pray that you also will cling to the Lord and discover the peace, freedom and courage that He gives. Trust and follow Jesus alone as your Savior and Lord. Rest in Him, let Him be your salvation and refuge. 

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21

 

You’re gonna make it through this.

The truth is I don’t really want someone to tell me that. It feels patronizing or condescending. It feels like they don’t really know how painful, stressful, confusing or depressing it is.

We do of course need to remind each other of this.

We also need to remind ourselves of this.

Now, one thing I want to avoid here is the kind of “motivational speaker pep talk” that sometimes accompanies this phrase.

The reality is that based upon outward circumstances, the evil attacks of the devil and the fickle, weak, selfish and limited nature of humanity: there is no way for you to make it through this (at least not with any sense of wholeness, peace or joy).

But that is where this article may differ from other articles about you making it through.

You can’t make it through alone. You won’t make it through just by keeping your chin up, thinking positive thoughts and putting one foot in front of the other. You may actually find yourself worse off in the future…unless…

Unless you look to the Lord Himself for strength.

With man it is impossible but with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26)

Now hear me out…I don’t mean that quoting a few Bible verses and posting a few cliche’ memes on Facebook is going to get you through this.

It doesn’t work that way.

You and I need the supernatural, all-powerful, all-knowing, perfectly-loving, holy presence of the God of the universe to swoop into our lives and save us from this mess!!

You and I need a “come to Jesus” meeting where we really “come to Jesus”. We need to tell Him how mad we are. And how lonely. And how frustrated. And how discouraged.

We need to tell Jesus how tired we are. And how it feels like no one cares (or understands). We need to admit we can’t do it alone. We need to admit that our efforts have been in vain and that many of our efforts have been selfish, and that we feel like we are going nowhere fast.

God can bring us through. He wants to. He is waiting to answer your and my plea for help.

So here is what you can do:

• Tell God everything you are upset about (every circumstance, person, failure or offense)
• Admit to God everything you have thought you might do (on your own) to fix (or avoid) the problem
• Pour out all of your emotions before HIm (the good, bad and ugly – He is big enough, He can handle it)
• Ask Him to give you strength, courage and good cheer
• Read His Word
• Write down His promises (post-it notes, 3×5 cards, etc) and place them around in various places so you can see them and be reminded of them frequently
• Talk to other Christians about your struggle
• Find one or more people to serve/bless

This list of things won’t fix the problem. Only God can do that. But these are some things you can do that will help you fix your eyes on Jesus and Jesus can bring the victory!

Say this to yourself (outloud if you can): “With God, I am going to make it through this. God loves me, He is for me. With God, I am going to make it through this”

You are loved! I pray you come quickly through this time with joy and peace and with your eyes ever fixed on Jesus.

May you receive His grace and peace in abundance this week

Mike J