Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Never forsaken, never abandoned.”
Our Bible verse for today: “Shout triumphantly to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Acknowledge that Yahweh is God. He made us, and we are His – His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For Yahweh is good, and His love is eternal; His faithfulness endures through all generations.” Psalm 100:1-5 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Group worship helps us to remember God’s faithfulness.”
Psalm 100 is a Psalm of thanksgiving. It depicts God’s people coming together in joyful celebration to give thanks for God’s goodness, deliverance, and never-ending faithfulness. In verse three there is an acknowledgement that He is the only true God and therefore all the things the world treats as gods must be false. In that verse we also see recognition that He has created us and therefore we belong to Him. In that vein the Psalmist also uses the common Biblical metaphor of a good and loving shepherd tenderly caring for His sheep. And then in verse five we end with an affirmation of the Lord’s enduring and eternal love, as well as His faithfulness to us and for all generations.
When the people of God come together in group worship it is a celebration and it is a reminder that God is good, reliable, loving, merciful, and above all, faithful. It’s a time for singing His praises, sharing personal testimonies of how He has answered prayer and provided for us, and it is also a time to reassure one another of the great truth that since He has been so faithful in the past, we know we can depend on Him in the present and for the future too.
Will you be gathering with your church family this Sunday? I hope you will be. One of the greatest means God gives us to strengthen our faith and to be remind us that our God will never forsake us or abandon us, is the gatherings of our church families. If you are located in Cumberland County Tennessee we would love to have you join us at Oak Hill Baptist. We’re located at 3036 Genesis Road. Sunday school is at 10:00 and Worship at 11:00.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 