Deersville Faith and Fellowship Church

09/14/2026

Yes!!!

I'll never need to wonder about my purpose again, nor will I care about my circumstances.

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09/14/2026

Amen

As you open your eyes this morning and go about your day, I hope your Spirit will awaken to the world around you and the unique call God has placed on you.

I woke up feeling burdened and like it was just another day to get through.

But God reminded me it’s not.
And now I want to remind you.

Today is an invitation to partner with God and make a difference in this world.

Even if what lies on your schedule feels mundane- it’s not.

If you’re willing to let Him shake things up a bit, He will use you today in the most random, unexpected ways.

Who knows what He has planned?

Life with God is not boring. He didn’t make us just to get by on autopilot.

Be awake, be alert, and be obedient to His nudges.

This is the day the Lord has made.

And He wants us to be present for it.

~Kelli Bachara

09/12/2026

Yeah!!!

We can’t wait for you to see our new student space! You are invited to join us for a Ribbon Cutting on Tuesday, September 15, at 6pm.

09/11/2026

Amen

Al Braca was at work on the 104th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11. He was a vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald, a husband, a father, and a Christian whose faith had become deeply important to him.

When American Airlines Flight 11 struck the tower below them, Al and his coworkers were trapped. There was no way out. As smoke filled the building and the reality of what was happening became clear, people began calling loved ones and trying to understand what came next.

According to accounts shared by those who knew him, Al began praying with the people around him. In those final minutes, with fear and death closing in, he pointed his coworkers toward the hope he had in Christ. One line later attributed to him has endured:

“I’m going to Heaven. Who’s going with me?”

When Al was stripped of every earthly security, his thoughts turned to eternity and to the people beside him. Most of us will never face a moment like his. But all of us will eventually face the same eternal question: who is Christ? Where are we going after this whole thing is over? Is it really pitch black darkness?

Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.” (John 11:25)

Our greatest hope isn’t found in escaping death. It’s found in belonging to Christ when death comes.

09/11/2026

Two days after the September 11 attacks, volunteer rescue worker Frank Silecchia discovered two intersecting steel beams in the wreckage of World Trade Center Building 6. They stood in the shape of a cross. Amid the devastation, it became a place where workers paused to pray and leave messages, carrying grief that words couldn’t fully express.

For Christians, its significance reaches beyond the steel to the Savior it reminds us of. Into a world capable of such cruelty, the apostle John declared: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5) The light he describes is Jesus, the eternal Son who entered our suffering. He knew grief, wept beside a grave, and faced the violence of people determined to destroy Him.

At the cross, this darkness John described appeared to have prevailed. Jesus was killed, His followers scattered, and His body was placed in a tomb. Yet His resurrection revealed that even death couldn’t extinguish the life found in Him. This means our hope rests on a Savior who has passed through death and risen beyond its reach.

This gives us reason to keep loving in a world where love leaves us vulnerable to loss. We can refuse to let evil make us cynical or hard. We can mourn with those who mourn, move toward people who are hurting, sacrifice for our neighbors, and keep choosing what’s good even when darkness gives us every reason to retreat. The Christian response to evil is never despair, because we know evil will never get the final word. The risen Christ will. The Savior who walked out of the tomb has promised that one day He will make all things new.

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” (Revelation 21:4-5)

09/09/2026

Yes!!!!!

Some of the best days of my life probably didn’t feel important while I was living them.

A meal with family.
A conversation with a friend.
Laughing until your stomach hurts.
A quiet morning with a cup of coffee.
Just being together.

We spend so much time looking for the big moments that sometimes we miss the blessing of an ordinary day.

God is in those moments too.

So slow down today. Look around. Thank Him for what’s right in front of you.

One day, you may realize these were the moments that mattered most.

09/09/2026

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09/08/2026

09/07/2026

Amen!!!

There are things we get to do for God here that we will never get to do for Him in heaven.

We think a lot about what we’ll finally get to experience in heaven.

See Jesus.

Be completely whole.

Live without death, pain, or suffering.

But lately I’ve been thinking about something else:

There are things we can do now that we won’t be able to do then.

1. Tell someone about Jesus.

There won’t be anyone in heaven wondering who Jesus is or needing to hear the gospel for the first time.

But there are people all around us right now who don’t know the hope we know.

This opportunity is temporary.

2. Forgive someone.

There won’t be betrayal in heaven.

No grudges.

No relationships shattered by sin.

Which means this is the only side of eternity where we get to experience the costly, difficult, beautiful work of forgiveness.

3. Resist what pulls us away from God.

We won’t spend eternity fighting temptation.

There won’t be something constantly trying to steal our attention, affection, or obedience from God.

But today there is.

And today, we get to choose Him instead.

4. Care for someone who is hurting.

There won’t be hospital rooms in heaven.

There won’t be funerals.

There won’t be someone sitting across from us with a broken heart.

There won’t be meals to bring to grieving families.

But there are today.

5. Love our enemies.

Jesus told us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.

But someday?

There won’t be enemies.

There won’t be people mistreating us.

There won’t be hatred to answer with love.

This is our chance to live that kind of radical love.

And suddenly I’m realizing:

So much of what Jesus asks us to do here has an expiration date.

Not because it doesn’t matter.

Because someday it won’t be needed anymore.

Someday there will be no grieving person to comfort.

No enemy to love.

No wound to forgive.

No temptation to resist.

No person who has never heard about Jesus.

But there is today.

And maybe that changes the way we see the people and opportunities God puts in front of us.

These aren’t just inconveniences to get through until heaven.

They are opportunities to live like Jesus in a world that still desperately needs Him.

Heaven will give us forever to enjoy what Jesus has made whole.

But we only have this side of eternity to love people in the middle of what is still broken.

~Kelli Bachara