From the desk of Pastor Ben

I admit, the rapid pace of 21st century living is not very conducive to setting aside time to slow down, read the Bible, and pray and meditate on God’s Word (although the Covid pandemic has slowed us down some). Yet, spending time with God ought to be the daily priority of every Christian — it is the primary way God leads us in our sanctification. Just as physical nourishment is essential to physical life, so spiritual nourishment is essential to spiritual life — your growth in Christ depends on it.
The frustration comes for many Christians when they’re unable to find the time to study God’s Word as they would like. I certainly understand that frustration. While we should be striving to carve out as much time as possible to spend with the Lord, which we can do by letting go of less important priorities, I do realize that’s not an easy thing to do.
So, I’m going to be sharing with you some daily studies from God’s Word that I have put together over the years of my ministry. I use the word “studies” because they are more like mini-Bible studies than they are devotionals. The goal is to help you develop a consistency in reading and meditating on the truths of the Bible — yet does not mean a large time commitment on your part. The focus of these studies is the life of Jesus. Over the last few years, I have been studying Jesus’ life & ministry. In the Church of God, there has even been a focus on this entitled, “Jesus Is the Subject.”
My greatest joy in the pulpit has been teaching from the gospels and seeing how our Lord lived and interacted with all sorts of people, from the disciples who truly loved Him, yet were weak in their faith, to the masses of people who were mesmerized by His miraculous acts, yet many of whom never believed in Him, and to the religious hypocrites who pretended to want to know Him, yet always wanted to kill Him. By observing how Christ dealt with people, we can gain great insight into how you can live as He did.
Starting tomorrow, in each of these daily studies, you will draw nourishment from a nugget of God’s Word, and each one will, I hope, challenge you to meditate and act on significant truth. My desire for you is a growing commitment to deeper study, meditation, and prayer with our Heavenly Father.
       Pastor Ben