There is None like my God!

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Matt R.

The Lord has been encouraging my heart as I have been meditating on the awesome character of my God.  I thought I would just share some passages that have been an encouragement to me!

1 Chronicles 29:11-13 “Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. 12 “Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name.”
Jeremiah 10:6-7  “There is none like Thee, O Lord; Thou art great, and great is Thy name in might.  7 Who would not fear Thee, O King of the nations? Indeed it is Thy due! For among all the wise men of the nations, And in all their kingdoms, There is none like Thee.”

If you have some verses that have been a blessing to you on the greatness of God, please leave them in a comment!

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Our First Vacation Bible School

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Matt R.

Some of the children

Mummy Mobile Races

Egyptian Costumes!

This past week we held our first Vacation Bible School for children ages 3 years old to the 8th grade.  God greatly blessed and brought a growing number of children each morning!  Thank you to those of you who prayed, invited, and worked in VBS!  May the Lord use this effort to reach children and families with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

A big thank you to the teen group from Truth Baptist Church in CT who came down to help us run the VBS!  We worked them hard with flier distributions, set up and tear down each day.  They also ran the lessons, games, and crafts.

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One Year Anniversary!

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Matt R.

On Saturday evening we celebrated the anniversary of Truth Baptist Church!  God has blessed us and our church exceeding abundantly beyond all that we could ask or think (Ephesians 3:20)!  Our first service was held on July 26, 2009.  I am so thankful to the Lord for the faithfulness of several who have attended since the first service and for those God has brought us in the past year!  To God be the glory!

Here are a few pictures from the anniversary banquet we held at the Baptist Hospital downtown Jacksonville.  Our guest speaker for the evening was Pastor Martin Masitto from Victory Baptist Church on the north side of town.

Bradley family decorated!

Those able to attend

The view from our window on the 8th floor!

Rescue helicopter below us

Great fellowship!

Our theme verses for the evening were:

1 Chronicles 29:11-13 “Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. 12 “Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.  Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name!”
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VBS! August 2-6, 2010

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Matt R.

We are gearing up for Vacation Bible School August 2-6.  We are excited to have the teen group from TBC in CT coming down to help us run our first VBS.  We will be using Answers in Genesis “Egypt File” material.

Here is the flyer that I designed to be distributed to children in our area:

Front

Back

Please pray that God will bring children and families and that His name would be glorified as the result of these efforts!

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Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing!

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Matt R.

On Sunday evening, June 6th, I tried something I have been wanting to do for a while.  In an effort to help our people grow in appreciation of the hymns we sing, I preached a sermon based on the text of one of our well known hymns, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.”  Many of the arguments people have against singing hymns are based on the assertion that hymns are dull and dry.  I would agree with that statement if you do not put out the effort to focus on the words you are singing.  Rich spiritual blessing is available to those who apply their minds while singing hymns.

If you are interested, you may listen to that sermon here. God has blessed us with men and women who have put rich theological truths to text and tune through which the Word of God may grow in our hearts.  I believe our people as well as myself received a great blessing meditating on the thoughts.  I hope that you will also!

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