Waynesville Free Methodist Church

Waynesville Free Methodist Church Waynesville Free Methodist Church is part of the Free Methodist Church USA. Currently, we are not meeting with services or a Bible study. Check back for updates.

Waynesville Free Methodist Church is an attempt at planting a Wesleyan-Arminian church in Waynesville, North Carolina.

08/13/2023

Waynesville Free Methodist Church is an attempt at a church plant for the Free Methodist Church USA. Currently, we are not meeting with Sunday services or a Bible study. Check back for updates. If you are interested in being a part of the church's efforts, please message us.

There was apparently a party last night near Oak and Assembly Streets. Party goers used the church parking lot without p...
10/30/2022

There was apparently a party last night near Oak and Assembly Streets. Party goers used the church parking lot without permission and left garbage behind. If you know who this was, please send them around to clean it up.

10/04/2022

How is your life in God today?

In verse 2 of Psalm 23, the Psalmist writes that he is led by God beside the still waters.

We find here at the beginning of Psalm 23 the goodness from God’s hand as the first understanding of the Lord. As we continue to work through Psalm 23, we will come to the hard stuff. But first, we are shown the goodness at God’s hand before we see the trial.

When we are going through or about to go through burdensome trials, the Lord will often prepare us, feed us spiritual strength beforehand and throughout the trial, and equip us to endure the trial. We see something similar in the story of the exodus, where God led Israel out of Egypt. The road was bumpy, to say the least. Yet in the face of great difficulty, the Lord was there with strength, miracles and provisions ready when they needed it.

The key is to trust the Lord and exercise faith. We are not given pathways beside still waters automatically. We have to choose them by faith. Still, the path by the calm waters is available to us in spite of the trials we may face. Know that the Lord did not lead Israel out of Egypt in the exodus not knowing how He would provide for them or wondering what would happen. The particular path the Lord led Israel to follow was designed by God to intersect them with His providence.

The Lord knows the trials we face, and He has already mapped out the path by the still waters available to us. Rest in the Lord.

Or, as Hudson Taylor would say to his missionaries, “Rest. In the Lord.” Hudson Taylor always paused after the word “rest.” He would say that we are just to rest. We find that rest in the Lord.

So, how is your life in God today?

10/02/2022

Is there a particularly troublesome person in your life? Is there a person in your life who does not believe in Christ?

Read Psalm 37, and anywhere you see evil described (wicked, evildoer, etc.), replace that word with the person's name. Then consider if knowing their end causes you to think about them differently or may even motivate you to do something about it.

09/27/2022

How is your life in God today?

In Psalm 23, the Psalmist writes that God makes him “lie down in green pastures.”

David is traditionally accepted as the writer of most of the Psalms, and this quote from Psalm 23 is an interesting statement. In 1 Samuel 15, we have recorded the great sin of Saul who was king over Israel – their first king, at that. From then until the end of 2 Samuel, we have a record of Saul’s persecution of David.

Because of his sin, God promised that Saul would be replaced as king. While David was being prepared to lead Israel as the next king, Saul persecuted David greatly, mostly because Saul was very jealous and greedy. David endured very heavy trials at Saul’s hand, at times literally fleeing for his life. In the midst of this, we have accounts of David’s defeat of Goliath along with other great miracles through God’s help.

Of course, David is also known for gross sin and that he was judged and punished by God even while still alive. Truly, David faced great hardship and suffering. His was not a life of ease.

Lying down in green pastures makes it sound like David’s life was easy and that nothing was difficult. Such a view would be a great misinterpretation. Rather, the green pastures signify the hand of God providing for David even while David was in great suffering.

As with the previous post, the green pastures do not mean health, wealth and prosperity. Yes, these may be included, from time to time. However, the green pastures should cause our minds to consider the spiritual depth as well as true satisfaction and meaning. God here is providing spiritual food to lift spirits, build faith and trust in God, ground our identity in Himself, and help us endure the very real and tangible trials.

These green pastures are also where we find what we need in God, so that we do not need to turn to a life of sin. If we will accept what God gives us and work toward contentment, it is in the green pastures where we find rest and safety.

So, how is your life in God?

09/22/2022

In the 1700s, John Wesley’s unique approach to promoting maturity among Christians was to assemble would-be church members in class meetings. He would ask just one question, “How does your soul prosper?”

A modern rendition of this question may be, “How is your life in God?”

The 1700s was a different time, and we cannot expect the class meeting or this question to be the first interaction you may have with a church. Human nature tends to be guarded, especially about things which make us feel vulnerable.

Still, it’s a probing question, “How is your life in God?” Seriously, how is it?

In Psalm 23, probably one of the most known chapters in the Bible, the Psalmist writes:

“I shall not want.”

The basis for this “not wanting” is that the Lord is his shepherd. If asked, “How is your life in God,” the Psalmist’s reply would be, “I shall not want.”

What is it that we want? Stability. Safety. Redemption. Protection from evil. Freedom from guilt and shame.

Very often, we would prefer to have prosperity, health, and liberation from all trials and suffering. This is not promised by God. “I shall not want” does not mean that in God we do not lack for prosperity, health, and good times. Rather, the idea of “want” in Psalm 23 relates to becoming inferior, worthless, or diminished.

It is in God that we find meaning, purpose and true satisfaction. It is in God that we can rest in the stability, safety, protection from evil, redemption, and freedom from guilt and shame that He offers.

When we are asked, “How is your life in God,” our answer should not revolve around material prosperity. Instead, the question is aimed at gauging our closeness to God and the extent to which our lives glorify Him, live for Him, and are acceptable to Him.

So, how is your life in God?

05/10/2022

According to polls, many people believe our country is headed in the wrong direction. Certainly, high inflation, threats of food shortages and drumbeats of war have gotten our attention.

The solution, however, is probably not something we can all agree on. Changing politics and how we vote is not going to have a big impact. Why? The underlying issue is moral rather than political. Replacing an amoral individual of one party with an amoral individual from another party does not accomplish much. We may not all agree on that, but it is good that we can agree we’re on the wrong track as a nation. It’s a starting point.

We find the best solution to the challenges of 2022 in Deuteronomy 4.

Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you. But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you. See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, `Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the LORD our God whenever we call on Him? Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today? Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons. Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, `Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'

In Deuteronomy 6, God deepens the solution to cultural rot and decay.

Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it, so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

So as you start your day today, here are a few questions to consider:

1. Do I fear the Lord as Moses wrote in Deuteronomy?
2. Am I keeping and doing God’s judgments and statutes? The two most important are to love God with my whole heart, mind, and strength and to love my neighbor as myself (Matthew 22:36-40).
3. Are God’s judgments and statutes written on the doorposts of my house and my heart?
4. When was the last time I spoke of God’s judgments and statutes with my children and grandchildren? (Consider that if we do not deliberately teach our children, they are not going to learn about God or carry on and understand what matters to us.)
5. If I am not going to church somewhere, why not? How does my not going to church help or hurt my personal obligations to God? If I want to go to church but am having trouble finding a Bible teaching church, can I affiliate with a few other people to start a new fellowship group?

Advent is a season of hope and perseverance. In the message, I used a reference to holly, and look what I found! A holly...
12/16/2021

Advent is a season of hope and perseverance. In the message, I used a reference to holly, and look what I found! A holly bush in the berry on December 15th. You might have to look closely, but the red berries are all over the bush. It is a symbol of hope and perseverance and a big reason why it is used as a Christmas decoration. Listen to the message here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-486086373/advent-lessons-perseverance?si=917bcd2949c24e2ea63584ff7f847cae&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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