Mercy Church Bolivar

Mercy Church Bolivar Helping people encounter Jesus in their daily lives, worship Him corporately, grow in faith, and live with mercy in Bolivar and beyond.

Services at 10:30 AM on Sunday mornings! Located in historic downtown Bolivar!

105 N Main St
Bolivar, TN 38008

09/05/2026

“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
Romans 8:38

I don’t think we will fully understand the depth of God’s love on this side of heaven. His love is unfailing, unchanging, and greater than anything we have ever experienced. He knows our past, our failures, our weaknesses, and even our worst moments, yet He still loves us!

The beautiful thing is that we don’t have to clean ourselves up before coming to Him. We simply come with a humble heart, receive His grace, and allow His love to transform us.

Now imagine what could happen if our goal each day was to love God and love people the way He loves us! Instead of looking at people through the lens of their mistakes, attitudes, or actions, what if we looked at them through the lens of God’s love?

Jesus told us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. That kind of love isn’t always easy, but it looks like Jesus!

Today, receive the love God has for you and then let that love flow through you to someone else. Be a river of His grace, mercy, encouragement, and kindness everywhere you go!

God is moving! Look for Him in everything today. God bless you!

09/04/2026

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.”
Philippians 4:6

God gives us a simple answer for worry today: PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING!

Worry and fear can consume our thoughts, but they cannot change our circumstances. Prayer can! Instead of carrying the weight of what might happen, take what concerns you directly to the One who already knows what tomorrow holds.

Tell God what you need, but don’t forget the second part of this verse: THANK HIM for what He has already done! Sometimes the quickest way to strengthen your faith for what is ahead is to remember God’s faithfulness behind you.

Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith says, “I may not see the answer yet, but I know the One who holds the answer!”

Whatever is weighing on you today, turn your worry into prayer and your fear into faith. You are a child of God, and He has not forgotten you. If He was faithful yesterday, He will be faithful today!

PRAY. TRUST. THANK HIM. Then keep moving forward knowing God is with you!

Have an awesome Friday! God bless you!

09/03/2026

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11

God has a plan for your life! You weren’t created just to survive each day, pay bills, handle problems, and repeat the process tomorrow. You were created on purpose, for a purpose, and God desires to use your life for His Kingdom!

Maybe there was a time when you were on fire for God, but life happened. Disappointment came. People hurt you. Things didn’t turn out like you expected, and somewhere along the way your fire began to fade. Don’t allow what happened TO you to stop what God wants to do THROUGH you!

Ephesians 3:20 reminds us that God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than we can ask or imagine according to His power working within us. Your greatest days of Kingdom purpose may still be ahead of you!

Ask God, “What do You want to do with my life?” Then listen, obey, and start moving in the direction He gives you. You don’t have to understand every detail before taking the first step.

God already knows the plan. Our responsibility is to stay close enough to Him to hear His voice and courageous enough to follow!

Today is the day to step forward into the purpose God has for your life!

Have an awesome day! God bless you!

09/02/2026

“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water… Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8

When your hope and confidence are in God, you don’t have to be controlled by what is happening around you! The storms may blow, the heat may come, and you may even walk through seasons that feel like a drought, but when your roots are deep in God, you can remain strong.

Notice the tree wasn’t protected from the heat or the drought. It simply had a source deeper than its circumstances! That’s what God wants for us. Our strength doesn’t come from everything going right around us, but from what God is doing within us.

So dig your roots deep! Spend time in prayer. Worship Him. Study His Word. Surround yourself with godly people. Stay connected to Jesus, and even in difficult seasons, you can remain spiritually healthy and continue producing good fruit!

God has a plan and purpose for your life, and He wants to use YOU to be a blessing to others. Don’t let the drought discourage you. Your roots have access to a River that never runs dry!

Trust Him. Stay planted. Grow deep. Bear fruit!

God bless you! Have a great day!

09/01/2026

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”
Galatians 6:9

DON’T QUIT!

One of the hardest parts of following God is remaining faithful when you haven’t seen the results yet. We pray, serve, give, love people, stay obedient, and sometimes wonder, “God, is any of this making a difference?”

Galatians 6:9 gives us a promise: there IS a due season! You may not see anything happening above the ground, but that doesn’t mean God isn’t working beneath the surface.

A farmer doesn’t plant seed today and dig it up tomorrow because nothing has sprouted. He keeps watering, keeps tending the ground, and trusts that the harvest is coming. We have to learn to do the same spiritually!

The enemy would love to make you weary enough to walk away right before your breakthrough. He’ll whisper that your prayers aren’t working, your obedience doesn’t matter, and nothing is changing. DON’T BELIEVE IT!

Keep praying! Keep serving! Keep loving! Keep sowing! Keep showing up!

Your responsibility is faithfulness. God’s responsibility is the harvest.

You may be closer than you think to seeing the fruit of everything you’ve been believing God for. Don’t let weariness talk you out of what faith planted!

Your due season is coming. DON’T QUIT!

God bless you! Have a wonderful day!

08/31/2026

“However, as the scripture says: ‘What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him.’”
1 Corinthians 2:9

Do you ever find yourself dreaming too small? I know I do! Sometimes my dreams only include what I can accomplish in the natural, and I forget what God can do in the supernatural!

My wife often reminds me when I’m talking about our future, “You’re forgetting how big God is!” Sometimes disappointment will cause us to shrink our dreams. We’ve been hurt before, doors have closed before, and things haven’t worked out before, so we protect ourselves by only believing for what seems possible.

But we serve the God of the impossible!

God is able to do things we could never accomplish in our own strength. When the vision is bigger than us, we have no choice but to depend on Him. And when He brings it to pass, there’s no question who gets the glory!

So don’t let yesterday’s disappointment determine the size of tomorrow’s faith! God is not limited by what you’ve seen, what you have, who you know, or what you can accomplish on your own.

There is more in God than you can see right now! Dream again. Pray bigger. Believe again. Put God in the center of your plans and trust Him with the outcome!

Your desert season is not your final destination. God still has more!

Be blessed and have a great Monday!

08/29/2026

“And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side.”
Exodus 17:12

You were never created to fight every battle alone!

Moses was doing exactly what God had called him to do, but even Moses got tired. His hands became heavy and his strength began to fail. That’s when Aaron and Hur stepped in! When Moses didn’t have enough strength of his own, they gave him theirs!

We all need an Aaron and a Hur!

One of the enemy’s greatest weapons is isolation. He wants you alone, discouraged, exhausted, and believing nobody understands what you’re going through. But God designed us for godly relationships! We need people who will pray when we’re too tired to pray, encourage us when we want to quit, speak truth when our thoughts get distorted, and help hold our hands up until the battle is won!

But don’t just look for an Aaron and Hur. BE ONE! Look around you today. Someone may be struggling to keep their hands up, and God may have positioned you beside them for this very moment.

Stop trying to fight alone! Build godly relationships, stand together, pray together, and fight together!

Sometimes victory comes because somebody refused to let your hands fall!

Have an awesome day! God bless you!

08/28/2026

“The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver came forward with five more… The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant… You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities.’”
Matthew 25:20-21

Never despise small beginnings! What may seem small or insignificant to you could be exactly what God has entrusted to you in this season. Be faithful with it. Serve Him with excellence, love people well, and give your best wherever He has planted you.

And if you’ve failed along the way, don’t stay stuck there! Our God is full of grace and mercy. He can meet you right where you are, restore what’s broken, and put you back on the path He has for you. Just be willing to obey Him and keep moving forward!

The servant in this parable didn’t waste what his master placed in his hands. He used it, multiplied it, and was faithful with it. Take what God has placed in YOUR hands and use it for His glory!

Don’t worry about having someone else’s opportunity or resources. Be faithful with YOUR five bags! God sees your faithfulness, even when nobody else does.

Trust Him! Stay faithful! More responsibility may be on the other side of your obedience. One day, we all want to hear those beautiful words: “Well done, my good and faithful servant!”

Have a great day! God bless you!

08/27/2026

“Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4:7‬ ‭

As we go through life, peace is important. If stress and anxiety shorten our lives, it’s safe to say that peace will lengthen it. Peace is mentioned throughout the Bible 429 times! There are 66 books in the Bible and that’s an average of 4 and a half times per book!

God designed our brains so He knows we learn by repetition. That is the reason He mentions peace so many times. The point I’m trying to make here is that peace is important. Many times, as we are going through life, peace is the hardest thing to find yet what we need the most!

The verse before this tells us to rejoice, take everything to God in prayer and thanksgiving, and then we will experience the peace of God. (Philippians 4:6)

There have been times in my life when a thought would be troubling me and the more I thought about it, the more anxious I became. Finally, I would simply say a few words to God and give the situation to Him. Then I would receive His peace. The more this happened, the sooner I would give it to God and He has always been faithful to grant me peace when I finally humble myself and submit it to Him.

Pray in every situation and experience the peace of God! Most of the time we are carrying burdens that were never meant for us and they weigh us down, steal our joy, and rob us of opportunities to witness.

Keep this in mind as you go through your day! Have a peaceful Thursday! God bless you!

08/26/2026

“So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.”
Genesis 6:22

Noah heard the voice of God and trusted what He said. God gave him specific instructions for the ark, and Noah obeyed every detail. But what stands out to me is Noah’s faith. He kept trusting God’s Word even though he couldn’t yet see what God had promised.

We need that same kind of faith today! God has already spoken so much over our lives through His Word. You are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). Be strong and courageous because God is with you (Joshua 1:9). God has good plans for your future (Jeremiah 29:11). He will strengthen and help you (Isaiah 41:10). And you can do all things through Christ who gives you strength (Philippians 4:13).

These are not just encouraging words. They are promises we can build our lives upon!

No matter what you’re facing today, don’t let what you SEE become greater than what God has SAID! Noah trusted God before the rain ever started. We can trust Him before we see the answer too.

God loves you, He is with you, and His Word will not fail!

Have a blessed day! Put your faith in His Word!

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