Forgetting What Lies Behind...

Welcome back beloved family!

First we just want to say that as another week has passed, we give thanks to God our Father for adopting us into His family thru the person and work of Christ Jesus, and the power of His blood!  Let us take a moment now, wherever you are, and tell God thank you and let Him know that you love Him.   He truly is wonderful and the grace He lavishes upon us, is a magnanimous gift we surely do not deserve. 

January dear friends...is over!  We still have several months to go before the snow, cold and windy days are gone and spring opens up to reveal the life waiting to happen.  However, couldn't that be a way to look at our lives?  What lies behind are the cold, windy and ice ridden lives we lived in sin, but we are now in the spring of our lives as born again Christians, waiting for the Lord to return and bring about that time where every tear is wiped away, all pain and sorrow is extinguished and death itself....is swallowed up!  With that in view, we encourage you to watch this weeks sermon, and Pastor Scott brought a powerful message in Philippians 3:12-21.

The sermon is very much a reminder that we need to forget the things that are behind us, and look forward to what is to come.  This dear friends can only be done in Christ, as He is our very hope, our salvation, our propitiation....He's our all in all!  As Pastor Scott said, every one of us likes to think that if we had the past to do over again, we would change a great deal....yet likely we'd end up in the same situation all over again.  Our past is done and cannot be changed, but what can be changed is our future...by how we live right now.  Some may have heard the old saying that being saved is like being in the middle of the ocean and drowning, and God throws you a life preserver....not so at all.  Scripture tells us that we were dead in our trespasses, and brothers and sisters...dead men don't reach.   We have a true and living hope, that rescued us from a past of death, so that we may walk in step with the Spirit, who is life Himself!  So we encourage you, surrender your lives to Jesus at every turn, and work out your salvation with fear and trembling every day we have on this earth, for what lies ahead.....is beyond marvelous.  There is no better gift, than God Himself, and He has done it all for us. 

Don't forget to visit us in person, on our website here or contact us by phone.  Whether you need a ride to service, are looking at how you can mature in the Spirit, we are here.  It is our call, our duty to preach Christ and Him crucified and it's a message of everlasting hope. 

Until next we meet, we pray the blessing of repentance for all,

FRF Team