to join us  “On the road with Jesus.”  The goal is to follow Jesus so that we become like Him.  It is a journey of adventure.  Though it has its difficulties Jesus has promised it can all be used for our benefit and the outcome is eternal joy.

I hope you will visit here often to find thoughts about Discipleship, updates on Small Groups, Prayer Teams and other ministry and Discipleship opportunities at Messiah.

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Blessings, Pastor Danny

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A THOUGHT FROM THE WORD:  How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?…How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? … But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. -Psalm 13

Squeezed by Life

Do You ever complain?
Do you ever complain to God?
Get angry with Him?
How do you feel about that?
            Did you know there is a whole group of Psalms that are characterized by complaining to   God—Psalms of Lament.
            Furthermore, there are other Biblical examples of holy people, God’s own people saying things to God we would never expect—complaining, accusing, etc.  Listen to the great prophet Jeremiah:

He tells God he is suffering for Him, he has  fed on God’s words, they were his joy and heart’s delight.
            I never sat in the company of the revelers,
              never made merry with them;
            I sat alone because you hand was on me
              and you had filled me with indignation.
            Why is my pain unending
              and my wound grievous and incurable?
            Will you be to me like a deceptive brook [“liar”-King James trans.],
              like a spring   that fails? 

            What we have here is the real life of God’s honest believer living in a world where we get squeezed by life and the practical example of how they have reacted.  These people are human, fallible, struggling, yet believing.
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