Pembroke Assembly of God Church

05/16/2025

05/16/2025

Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
{Matthew 18:3-4}

Wanting to be the first, the best, and the brightest is nothing new. It goes back to at least Esau and Jacob. Even among the disciples, this was a point of contention.
In God’s kingdom, however, the status quo is entirely different. Those who the world deems important will not even be able to enter the kingdom of heaven, unless they learn to humble themselves and be able to adopt a faith as sincere and simple as that of a little child. Jesus tells the disciples to become like a child (again). This must have been quite shocking, because children were not considered to be role models in those times. Children were seen as unimportant in societal roles. They didn’t have a say in any way or form. The teachers of the scriptures and the law often emphasized the importance of knowledge and the adherence to the rules and regulations. Here, Jesus seems to say something else matters much more. The Greek philosophers and Romans despised humility as weak and undignified, and Jews were known to focus on their morals.

But Jesus wants His followers to be humble first and foremost, because He Himself is the ultimate example of humility. He wants them to be different from those around them. Although He was the King of kings, the Prince of peace, Jesus took on the lowly appearance of a man, the Son of an ordinary carpenter in order to save all of humanity. And the plan He enacts in order to reconcile Himself with mankind, is one that puts Jesus in the role of a Servant, the One who sacrifices everything to make us whole.

That’s the example the Lord sets for us. Our faith needs to be born out of love, the desire to serve others the same way Jesus served us. If we care for the small and overlooked people, if we love them, and consider them to be important, like our Savior does, then whatever we do, we do for Jesus Himself. And He will honor us for serving others with love in the kingdom of heaven.

05/16/2025

Rest in Him.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
{‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭30‬} ‭

03/15/2025

Scripture says He will pour out His Spirit on all flesh…get ready because the next harvest is going to be brought in by those with non traditional hair colors, tattoos, ex-trans, ex-non traditional lifestyles, ex-addicts, etc, because they’ve been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. His kindness leads us to repentance. Get ready Church, they’re coming in! 🔥 Pour Your Spirit out! 🙌🏼🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

03/15/2025

“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” {1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭1‬-‭4‬} ‭

03/15/2025

Sometimes, we think we have to convict people, we have to tell them everything they’re doing wrong, we have to change their mind, but the Holy Spirit is the one that convicts. Our job is to just plant the seed. That seed may fall on hard ground. Their heart may not be open. But the good news is the seed never dies. I read where a seed was found that was over four thousand years old. It had been in an airtight coffin. They took the seed out and it blossomed. It was still alive. All it needed was the right soil.