From the Desk of Pastor Frank Long:
June 21, 2025
"Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty."
Psalm 91:1
The only question that has to be asked here is whose shelter are you dwelling in?
Do you live daily in the presence of God? Seeking and doing His will?
Or do you spend time in your own shadow with your own will and your own presence?
I know that when I spend time with God each and every day, there is rest in the hands of the Lord God Almighty! Hallelujah! Glory to God!
Today, receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and spend time in the presence of the one true God, and rest in the shadow of the Almighty! Hallelujah!
An Additional Word From Pastor Frank:
March 18,2025
The things the Lord has spoken to me this year, they have been quite clear.
The church has become program oriented.
The church has become worship oriented.
The church has become; please the pastor oriented.
The church has become; show up because it's the right thing to do oriented.
The church has become; let's show up for meals oriented.
The church has become; let's go to church to see our friends oriented.
And the church has even become; let's find a way not to go to church oriented.
What the church needs to be his kingdom minded!
It's frustrating that the church that was founded in Acts chapter 2 was bent on building the kingdom of God. People showed up daily and they did what they did.
They were devoted to the pastor's teaching out of Scripture! They were devoted to taking communion to remember what Christ had done for them! They were devoted to prayer!
The bottom line is, they were devoted to Christ totally, and in that, they became kingdom-minded.
They didn't wake up and ask themselves if they should go to church, it was never a choice, they just showed up. Oh, it's cold outside, oh, my back hurts, oh, I stubbed my toe, oh, I don't feel good, those are not Kingdom minded thoughts.
I'm not saying there aren't reasons to miss sometimes, but the point of this message is that every single day that we wake up, we should be thinking about how we can further the kingdom of God.
I have been given the gift of being a pastor, I don't think about being a pastor on Saturday before church. I think about it everyday, I think about how I have to prepare the Bible study, I have to think about how I have to prepare the sermon.
I have to think about how I live each day that prepares me to get me to Saturday to do what I want to do because that's building the kingdom and that's what God has called me to do.
Church if you are not King to minded, and take this for what it is, why are you doing what you do?
Our church vision for 2025 is 1st Peter 1:16 and it says to be holy as I am holy, well if you're striving to be holy as He is holy, you will absolutely be kingdom minded.
