Riva Trace MOPS

05/09/2021

04/05/2021

Truth!😂 Maybe if there was candy under each toy or article of clothing on the floor???

04/04/2021

Happy Easter!! He is risen!👑

Riva Trace Baptist Church Pastor Dennis Gray 4-4-21

04/04/2021

"On this Good Friday may we never forget the true meaning of Easter - for when He was on the cross, I was on His mind." - Unknown..

“What in your life is in need of a resurrection?”

This is the question that has followed me around lately, nipping at my heels, this Easter season.

Certainly, this is the theme of every Easter. But this year for some reason, I keep hearing that same question over and over again. When that happens, I try to stop and submit to whatever it is that’s trying to get my attention.

What in your life is in need of a resurrection?
What needs new life breathed right into its weary bones?
What needs to be taken by the hand and led out of the darkness and into the light?
What is buried, dormant, that is ready to breathe again?
What needs a dose of hope?

Good Friday reminds us that death precedes new life. But death is abrupt and anxiety-provoking. It is incredibly difficult to watch something important to you die: whether that’s a relationship, a person, a desire, a dream. Death stings. You never get used to it.

The invitation I have been hearing over and over lately is to identify an area of my life that needs a resurrection and then BELIEVE that a resurrection could be possible. In other words, hope. Not the noun hope, but the verb hope.

The ability to hope comes from the idea that what we believed was the ending may only just be the beginning. Which, of course, is the story of Jesus.

Death does not get the final say. Death is not the end of the story. Continue reading, "What in Your Life Is in Need of a Resurrection?" on The MOPS Blog by Leeana Tankersley: https://blog.mops.org/what-in-your-life-is-in-need-of-a-resurrection/

03/20/2021

🌦🌷Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew. Let my words fall like rain on tender grass, like gentle showers on young plants. I will proclaim the name of the Lord ; how glorious is our God! He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
Deuteronomy 32:2‭-‬4 NLT

03/19/2021

Love this from last night's meeting on gratitude!

03/13/2021

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CL7qqLiDzEY/?igshid=io28bwz13dib

brettwrobinson • Original Audio

03/11/2021

The Bible is filled with women from all walks of life who were put in all kinds of roles. The more I read, the more the Holy Spirit illuminated Scripture with the resounding affirmation: He highly values women.

The New Testament introduces Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist who prepared the way for Jesus. Mary Magdalene, present throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, was the first to see Him after His resurrection: “When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping” (Mark 16:9-10).

Make no mistake: God purposed Mary Magdalene to play an important role in Jesus’ ministry. And throughout history, God has used many other women to build and further His Kingdom.

God loves and values women. He created us in His image, male and female. (Genesis 1:27) His grace and mercy extend to all human beings. (2 Corinthians 5:15) He is no “respecter of persons;” He does not discriminate or show favoritism. (Acts 10:34)

God chose a woman to deliver the most important news in all of history. God uses all kinds of people for His glory … even you and me.

-Laura Bailey Writes

Have circumstances in your life caused you to doubt that God can use you for His glory?
-Shared from Proverbs 31 Ministries❤

03/08/2021

Happy International Women's Day!
💯I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalms 139:14 NIV