Grant Avenue Baptist Church, Redondo Beach

03/29/2024

Jesus paid it all.

03/26/2024

The Lord Jesus, victorious over death, he who created all, was not in NEED of an Angel to move the stone from His tomb’s entrance.

However, can you imagine being the Angel assigned to that task? What a glorious honor to participate in the holy event.

Do you see serving God as unnecessary because of His might and power or do you recognize it is an honor to be invited to participate in God’s great plan?

Come and worship with us this Sunday morning at 11 AM and discover the glory of our resurrected king!

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03/26/2024

When I stand before the Lord, I want to hear him say, “well done, thou good and faithful servant!”

God expects faithfulness AND that faithfulness is not simply lip service. It translates into action that is motivated out of love and respect for God.

Success- not properly measured in human terms. What God calls success often looks like failure. Faithfulness is God’s measure of success. Obedience is God’s measure of success.

What caused me think on this today was a clever sign that said, “Well done far exceeds well said.”

Don’t just tell God you love Him. Show Him.

03/22/2024

Thanks to Joe McKeever who is a wonderful illustrator. He posted this image on his page and said “use this if you can!” So we will use it.

03/15/2024

Our response to repentant sinners

03/15/2024

If the Angels rejoice….

03/06/2024

Reminder: Daylight savings time begins on Sunday morning at 2 A.M. the clocks go forward one hour. Don’t be late to church.

02/17/2024

God doesn’t NEED you. God is not NEEDY.

God by His grace and mercy chooses to involve you in His plans in order to allow you to participate in. His work.

God did not need Mosesto deliver the people from slavery in Egypt. Moses did not call down the plagues, God did so. God called Moses for his good.

God did not need Jonah to bring about repentance in Nineveh, in fact He brought Jonah there to learn a unique lesson.

Jesus could easily have accomplished his mission without His disciples, but he invited them to join him and learn of His divine nature.

If you as a believer think you are the only one who can accomplish God’s will,then you are wrong. God will accomplish His will by His might.

But if you read this as “let someone else do it” you are missing the point.

When God calls you to a task it is to bless You as he reveals Himself. It is to teach you His divine lessons. It is to build your faith in Him. It is to allow you the joy of being included.

God doesn’t NEED you. But, He includes you.

01/29/2024

Believers don’t demonstrate the presence and blessings of God in their lives. That’s God’s job. When we act in submission to God’s commands and direction, THEN God demonstrates that He is with us.

01/27/2024

Let’s get excited about worshipping together. Please hold the Gatorade

01/11/2024

Some points from last night’s Bible study, from genesis 11 and the history of the Tower of Babel.

1) whether we stop attempting the task God has called us to do (for these people it was filling and populating the Earth) out of rebellion or discouragement— we have to fill the void with another project.

2) A building project was not a bad thing, but it’s purpose was selfish. Let’s build a tower and make a name for ourselves. People who are trying to build a name for themselves are not honoring God. Everything we do should bring glory to God and not ourselves.

3) God did not come down with fiery lightning and booming thunder. They already knew they were disobedient. Instead he confused their language and put a huge obstacle in the path of their project. God has ways to confound your projects that are not glorifying to Him.

Are you doing the task God called you to do? Is God confounding your plans to get you back on track?

Your work should always seek to honor and glorify God.

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01/11/2024

A pastor asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the morning breakfast.
"Lord, I hate buttermilk", the farmer began. The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wonder where this was going.
The farmer loudly proclaimed, "Lord, I hate lard." Now the pastor was growing concerned.
Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, "And Lord, you know I don't much care for raw white flour". The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn't the only one to feel uncomfortable.
Then the farmer added, "But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up that we don't like, when life gets hard, when we don't understand what you're saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing. It will probably be even better than biscuits. Amen."
Within that prayer there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situations like we are experiencing in the world today.

Stay strong, my friends, because our LORD is mixing several things that we don't really care for, but something even better is going to come when HE is done with it. AMEN!