Commerce Community Church

Faith is what it takes to believe on the Lord Jesus as our Savior, it is the way to our salvation and eternal life. Faith is WALKING through our trials, sorrows, and difficulties.

Our hope must be in our God, not in the things of this world. We know this, but we must be more mindful of spiritual things and practice our faith. Faith is more than confessing what we believe. It is trusting the Lord Jesus in all things, and is actually walking in a realm where you know that whatever happens, He will never leave you nor forsake you. Faith works best when it is activated by need.

Faith is more than confessing what we believe, it is trusting the Lord Jesus in all things and it is actually walking in a realm where you know that whatever happens He will never leave you nor forsake you. It is living the life of trust more than confessing it!

Just as our human father has certain responsibilities for his children, God has taken responsibility for us, His Children. So today as we honor our fathers, we remember our "Heavenly Father" and offer up praises of worship and adoration unto Him for giving us life.

Let the church be prepared, let us be ready for the coming of our Lord and Savior. As we "wait" let us order our steps. Be of good courage, always be prepared for His coming. Let us no fret, but cease from anger, do good and trust in the God of our salvation. Psalm 37:7-8 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who...

Once we begin to experience a joyful spirit, the blessings of the Lord will bring us right into the presence of our God. Ps. 96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice.

Gen. 2:8-9 "And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." God had great purpose as He planted His garden with humanity on His mind. From the begi...

We pray to learn a spiritual lesson today as we rejoice in the creative beauty that God has given us in things He has planted. It is all the planting of the Lord, and we as His people are a receiver of all His doings.

I think of my mother, the mothers of the Bible and the mothers of our congregation. And I am grateful for the Christian mothers that have been in my life. We give honor to the mothers of our house today and offer a prayer of thanksgiving.

There remains a secret place in Him, it is personal, every saint must find that place in Him for themselves. And when we do we will sense the shadow of the Almighty surrounding our lives, and sheltering us with His peace, His grace, and His mercy!

Jesus' entire life was a sacrifice that His fruit might bring our salvation. To do this He must die, be buried, and come forth in resurrection power! His sacrifice would end in giving us eternal life. He is calling for our sacrifice. What can we sacrifice for our Lord and Savior?

Scripture declares in 2 Cor. 5:21 "For God hath made Jesus to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." This is to say when Jesus lives in us and we take on His name of Christian, we are restored to Father God. Our desire is to be in 'right standing' with our God. Right standing is to follow after His Word until our meditation of Him guides us into pat...

We remember in scripture when Jesus was baptized His Father was blessed and pleased! Matt. 3:17 "And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." The message today is about pleasing our God! Do we often think that our Father in heaven desires to be pleased in His people? What are our thoughts about our Heavenly Father? He is a God full of feelings and desires...

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 1:20-21

O glorious dawning, O joyous resurrection! Does your heart fill with joy at the thought of eternal life? Resurrection morning, the moment of great triumph over the enemy of our soul!

As we come to Palm Sunday and we see the crowds worshiping Jesus, we muse upon His thoughts. What is He thinking as the praises go up? Matt. 21:9 "And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest." Vs. 15 "And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that...

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me. Rev. 3:20 I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John 10:9

Jesus was polished in the wilderness, Mark 1:11-13 This was Jesus' spiritual discipline as He made ready to assume the ministry that lay ahead of Him. He was polished as He became the brilliant light of the world, prepared to be a "shaft"/an arrow in God's quiver, hid until the appointed time.

This is a time to reflect on our heavenly Father's "Bountiful Goodness"! To be greatly thankful that He is our Lord and guides us through our difficulties by the Power of His Holy Spirit! In the goodness of our heavenly Father, He has given us Jesus, the One who went about doing good.

It is evident that humanity has wondered far away from God. We as lovers of Christ are commissioned to follow even closer to Him and give specific time in our life to talk to Him. O Lord, help us in our striving to keep our conduct wholesome, to face the temptations of our day, and to stand always in the faith of our salvation.

As I mused through the Psalms, there perhaps is a secret as to why the Lord calls David "a man after His own heart." In the Psalms there is a multitude of "I Wills" - some are David's and some our God's. But it gives us an insight to the heart of David and to note how God addresses Himself with an "I Will".

We open the "Lenten Season" and it begins with Ash Wednesday. This day is a day of self-examination, and moves onward to Maundy Thursday, and finally Good Friday! "I" is so often in our conversation, it is a term that identifies what we think or want personally. It often evades our knowledge that we refer to ourselves so often. Humility rises to the surface as we face the examination of ourselves...

God is able to deliver from the present evil world: II Timothy 4:18, II Peter 2:9 Our Faith stands with the Power of God: I Corinthians 2:5, II Timothy 1:7-9 The Power of God is Wisdom: I Corinthians 1:21, Luke 22:69-71

I John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Paul was an energetic servant of God. As he and Silas prayed, praised and sang at midnight something glorious happened! They were not in church, they had been beaten with many stripes, thrust into prison, and their feet were fastened in stocks. Yet they sang praises! Even in these dire circumstances their voices were a witness and a testimony of the Christ they loved, for the prisoners heard them.