Merry Oaks Community Church

03/21/2026

02/04/2026

Please keep my mother Lettie Johnson in prayers her brother Jessie Hunt passed away she is the last one

12/18/2025

Brother Dylan Perkins Grandfather's arrangements

View Gene Robinson's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

07/21/2025

Welcome new members! Kathy Dean Hutchinson and David Pedigo❤️

07/11/2025

Please keep my Uncle Jessie Hunt of Decatur Illinois in your prayers.
He lost his son Terry 56 years old yesterday. He just lost his wife a couple months ago thank you.
(Adam Johnson)

04/18/2025

Please keep the Payne family in your prayers Pamela Michelle Johnson 's Dad has gone home to be with the Lord.

08/09/2024

Devotional I wrote today.

"For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless."- Romans 4:14, NIV

How many times have you heard people say they're going to heaven because they're a good person or they did good deeds? Have you ever heard people say their eternity is secure because they followed the rules? Not only do people who have no interest in religion say this, there are even Christians who say this. Some even make entire viewpoints out of it to try and justify themselves. While they may throw "God" into their messy theology, they essentially are advertising Jesus as merely an initiation into being their own savior.

Let me explain: while we should strive to do well, to strive for growth and sanctification, not only can we not do this on our own, but its what Jesus did that ultimately justifies us. So many believe that Jesus simply shows them how to live and then we are supposed to keep a checklist. That wouldn't be a savior, that would merely be an enforcer of religious law. Yet in Jesus, he is so much more than that.

He himself is the law because God Himself invented his laws/commandments. They are a reflection of who He is. It's meant to point us to our powerlessness and what God alone can do within us through His son Jesus. If we depend on our own efforts, if we depend on a checklist of dos and do nots, then our promise is worthless because the minute we screw up, we are condemned by the very law we try to follow

06/07/2024

Get the BBQ ready for tomorrow

01/22/2024

i. “A man may be as poor as Lazarus, as hated as Mordecai, as sick as Hezekiah, as lonely as Elijah, but while his hand of faith can keep its hold on God, none of his outward afflictions can prevent his being numbered among the blessed, but the wealthiest and most prosperous man who has no faith is accursed, be he who he may.” - Charles Spurgeon

12/02/2023

Just a reminder to everyone that our advent readings start tomorrow. If you are interested in doing an advent reading, just let me know before church starts as I will have print outs I have selected for us to go through as well as the lighting of the candles. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow and I'm excited to see how God moves in the future.

Best wishes,
Brother Dylan

11/22/2023

Please keep James Denton and his family in your prayers as his wife Virginia has passed away