It seems that HOPE is missing!  A lady called today and asked:  ‘Preacher, where is HOPE?’  It seemed, a least for her, that HOPE has vanished.  One of the OT prophets met a lady who had lost hope.  She fully expected that she and her son would soon die.  But, when she gave some of her supply to the ‘preacher’, she found every morning a fresh barrel of meal!

So it is with HOPE.  If you reach out to those in need, HOPE springs forth like a bubbling spring!  The ‘woman’ at the well in the NT gave water and she found a clear, sparkling well of water in her soul!

We are in a period of needing HOPE in America.  The believers in this nation need to give out of their supply and ask God to grant HOPE and HEALING to the land.  Never has the opportunity been greater nor cry for help more compelling.

Where is HOPE?  Where it has always been…..at the Cross of our Lord and Savior.  On that day, HOPE sprang forth with such a ‘fury’ that 2000 years later, it continues to call all men to it refreshing supply.

Gary Ervin

The United States is about to make a major change politically.  Change is as much a part of life as death and taxes!  Change means that a new generation of individuals have taken the ‘wheel of History’ and will be given a chance to prove themselves to the nation and the world.

As Christians, we are commanded to pray for our leaders.  God permits leaders to rise and fall.  We owe our new president our prayers and support as he and Congress face a wave of problems that demand immediate attention.

This is a great nation.  On the very ground that slaves were bought and sold, a new generation from the foundation of slavery, will take the most powerful seat this side of Heaven.  Our new president will need God!  Only God can grant the wisdom to lead a nation who is in need of a massive revival of purpose and spirit.

We as a church will pray for and support the righteouness direction of our President and government.

Dr. Gary Ervin

According to the Barna Research Group, increasingly Americans are making up their own faith as they go.  Barna releases a report (1/12/09) stating that

Americans are picking and choosing their faith from many religions.  Christianity is no longer the ‘default faith’ of the land.  While the nation is caught in one crisis after another, many people are trying to find the answers in a collection of beliefs that often contradict one another.  Go to barna.org for the full report.

Christian families MUST respond by preparing their children and grandchildren for the ’flood’ of false teachings that is sweeping the land.

When a  nation, family or individual rejects the clear teaching of Scripture, the end result is confusion and darkness.

Gary Ervin

As we begin a new year, we have a certain view that has accumulated in our lives through many years.  Man has two views to consider….the World’s view or the Bible’s view.  There is a battle of monumental proportions that is reaching a ‘fever’ pitch around the world and especially in the United States.

Whose view will this nation choose? The Bible has warned us that ‘in the last days’ the battle for truth would move to center stage.  We are now there.

Churches and Believers are now faced with a ‘wave’ of insults and anger for standing up for truth!  It is imperative that we prepare the next generation to take a firm stand for the Bible View of the world and life.  They will face a world of hostility, to the gospel message, unlike anything we  have seen to this point.

Are we discouraged by it all? No!  All of this leads us to a time when our Lord and Savior returns to earth and sets up His eternal Kingdom!  The darkness, actually, underscores what Jesus told us about future events.  Once again, the Bible has given us the truth.

Gary Ervin