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11/27/2025

11/14/2025

Been waiting for this! 🙌🏻

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11/12/2025

The Blueprint for Success



Scripture:
“The city officials did not know I had been out there or what I was doing, for I had not yet said anything to anyone about my plans. I had not yet spoken to the Jewish leaders—the priests, the nobles, the officials, or anyone else in the administration. But now I said to them, ‘You know very well what trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire. Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and end this disgrace!’ Then I told them about how the gracious hand of God had been on me, and about my conversation with the king. They replied at once, ‘Yes, let’s rebuild the wall!’ So they began the good work.”
Nehemiah 2:16–18 (NLT)

Nehemiah’s story is one of vision, strategy, and obedience to God’s timing. Jerusalem was in ruins—walls broken, people discouraged, and hope scattered. Yet before Nehemiah ever made a move, he prayed, planned, and waited for the Lord’s direction. When the time was right, he didn’t rush out in emotion; he acted with conviction and clarity.

There’s a powerful lesson here for our lives today. Many of us see “ruins” around us—broken families, struggling communities, divided churches, or a world that feels like it’s lost its moral walls. Like Nehemiah, we feel a stirring to do something. But rebuilding doesn’t begin with public action—it begins with private preparation.

Nehemiah didn’t announce his plans until he had prayed, surveyed the situation, and received confirmation that “the gracious hand of God” was on him. In a culture obsessed with instant results and loud announcements, Nehemiah reminds us that true leaders don’t move by impulse—they move by instruction.

When he finally spoke up, the message was clear: “Let us rebuild.” Not “Let me rebuild,” but “let us.” God’s work is always a team effort. It’s not about one person’s platform—it’s about a united people who believe that God can restore what’s been destroyed.

Here’s the truth:
When God gives you a vision, not everyone will see it right away—and that’s okay. Stay faithful in the quiet. Let your preparation in private become your credibility in public. When the time comes, God will open the right doors, bring the right people, and provide the right resources.

And when He does, like Nehemiah, step forward and say with confidence, “The gracious hand of God is on me.” That’s not pride—that’s testimony.

Challenge:
The challenge this week is to identify an area of your life or community that God is calling you to “rebuild”. Then take time to pray, prepare, and plan before stepping out! With God, all things are possible!

-Pastor Aaron

08/11/2025

This is a worship song that I wrote. It isn’t me singing….Lol! It’s about Paul’s shipwreck in 27th chapter of Acts, and what happened through the storm.

Tell me what you think!

Modern contemporary worship song about Paul’s shipwreck in Acts chapter 27, in the style of Elevation Worship and Bethel Music

07/16/2025

“Welcoming Onesimus”

The room was quiet, save for the rustling of parchment. Philemon stared at the letter in his hands—Paul’s handwriting, warm and familiar, now delivering a message that would challenge the deepest parts of his heart.

Once, Onesimus had run away. A slave. A thief. A lawbreaker. Philemon had every cultural and legal right to demand justice. However, what he held in his hands was not a legal plea—it was a gospel plea.

“It seems you lost Onesimus for a little while so that you could have him back forever.” (Philemon 1:15)

Paul did not just ask Philemon to receive Onesimus again—he asked him to see him differently. No longer a slave. No longer a criminal. No longer a failure. Now, a brother in the Lord.

Paul knew what Onesimus had done. He even acknowledged it:

“If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to me.” (v.18)
It is the voice of an intercessor—one who stands in the gap, absorbing the cost of another’s wrongdoing.

That is the voice of Jesus on our behalf.

Like Onesimus, we too were once lawbreakers. We ran from God, stole glory for ourselves, broke covenant, and abandoned the One who made us. We were fugitives from righteousness. However, then, like Onesimus, we encountered someone—Jesus. And that encounter changed everything.

Jesus did not ignore our past. He paid for it.

“If they have wronged You, Father, charge it to Me.”
That is what the cross was—a divine receipt written in blood.

So now, like Paul urging Philemon, Christ turns to His Church and says,

“This one you once knew as a sinner, a mess, a runaway—receive them. Not as what they were, but as what I have made them. Not as slaves to sin, but as beloved brothers and sisters.”

This is the call to the Church.

We are not just forgiven individuals—we are a forgiving family. The Church is not a hall of the perfect but a home for the redeemed. And when a sinner returns, when a broken life is made whole through Christ, we do not keep them at arm’s length—we embrace them as our own.

Imagine Philemon looking up from that letter, the door creaking open, and Onesimus standing there—not in shame, but in hope. Behind him, not Paul in person, but Paul in spirit—vouching, interceding, believing.

Will Philemon forgive? Will he embrace him?
Will the Church?

Jesus has gone before us, pleading our case, paying our debt, redeeming our story. How can we then withhold grace from another?

So today, ask yourself:
Who is the Onesimus in your life?
Who has wronged you but now stands changed through Christ?
Who is waiting not for your justice, but for your mercy?

And remember—when God welcomed you, He did not see the runaway. He saw the child coming home.

Prayer:
Lord, thank You for paying my debt and interceding on my behalf. Help me to see others not as they were, but as You have made them. Give me the heart to welcome, forgive, and restore, just as You have welcomed, forgiven, and restored me. Amen.

Challenge: As you go through this week, remember we were all once like Onesimus…. waiting for someone to welcome us back into the fold. Find someone who needs to be loved back into church this week, and welcome them back!

Pastor Aaron

02/11/2025

I see you out there! You are not alone!✊🏻

12/05/2024

Sometimes “No” is the answer a parent has to give, when they truly love you!

“And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.” As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever? For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭5‬-‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬

No one likes to be given “no” as an answer. Especially when we were kids! At the time the answer was “no” seemed horrible. Like our parents didn’t love us. Some of us may even have argued that point with a parent. Who could they say “no” if they loved us? Didn’t seem right. Didn’t seem fair to us as children. However, some of those “no” answers may have kept us alive. They were given to protect us. They weren’t meant to be mean and heartless. In fact the opposite was true, they told us “no” because they loved us! To keep us safe! To keep us from making mistakes! From making wrong choices and decisions!

While no doubt we didn’t realize it at the time, as children we were better off for our parents telling us “no”. Some of us if we are being honest, might even admit that at times those “no” answers may have saved us shame, pain, injury, or even possibly death! Now we can look back and realize that those “no” answers were given because our parents loved us enough to not say “yes”. It was part of learning, growing, and being disciplined as we grew.

Our Heavenly Father tells us “no” sometimes too. Often times we react the same way as children of God, as we did when our earthly parents told us “no”. Yet God gives us the “No” answers because he loves us even more than our earthly parents ever could!

The writer of Hebrews explains this so well! Sometimes we just gotta be thankful for the “no” answers and what they teach us, save us from or elevate us to! The scripture says- “But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.”

Pastor Aaron

10/09/2024

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