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Shepherd's Message
When the spirit of God controls our
lives, God orders our steps. As I live out the call
and purpose of my life, it is not important how much
I have gained from a material standpoint, but it is
important how much I have grown spiritually.
The world measures a man by his ability
to acquire material things. It says that it takes many
things to be a great man, but the word of God teaches
us that the spirit of God is bigger than all the things
of the world. Matthew 16:26 asks, "For what
is a man profited, if he sall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul?" The spirit of God
is more important than the things of this world. The
things of this world will perish, but the spirit of
our God will live forever.
I have a renewed spirit in God. I am
a victor through him and I am a winner and a conqueror.
I thank God for allowing me to serve as the sheperd
of the "The Grove", for each trial and each blessing.
I thank him for the old church on the hill that paved
the way for the beautiful edifice we now enjoy. I thank
Him for Jean and Benny and each new day. He so graciously
allows me to see, I thank Him for each of you.
I challenge each of you to read Psalms
51:1, 10: "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to
thy loving kindness: according unto the multitude of
thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Create
in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit
within me".
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Benjamin Lockhart, II
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