Peniel Pentecostal Holiness Church

3239 Rosebud Road Walnut Cove NC 27052
Pastor: Dr. Tim Nelson -  Church Office 336-591-36112
A Place To Encounter God Face To Face. Gen. 32:3

A Word From The Pastor Archives 2025
November 2025
 

"Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth."  (Ps.108:5)

Life is meant to be all about God.  As adopted sons and daughters of the Most High King, we are to go into the world and make disciples, because life is all about God.  What's more, we are to make disciples who make disciples, because life is all about God.  One aspect of this discipling journey means teaching others to praise and to bring our requests to God during the various seasons of life.

For most Christians, praising God during difficult times can be challenging.  We are admonished from Scripture to take our burdens to the Lord.  The psalmist teaches us to take all things to God.  Praise, prayer, and promises are included as the writer cries out to God.  So whatever life challenge, every situation, every circumstance, everything we face, we need to bring everything to the foot of the Cross.  The psalmist encourages us not to hold back.  Since life is meant to be all about God, we are to allow all of our life an all of our challenges to be committed to God.

When we are willing to authentically live our lives before God, His kingdom receives all the glory.  Then those around us are able to see God's goodness, grace, and mercy at work in our lives.  We find freedom in sharing our stories with others because we have already cried out to God and been covered by His love.  Because life is meant to be all about God, we must go into the world with the gospel story and its impact on our lives.

Adapted from:  https://www.wesleyan.org/to-god-be-the-glory

"In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple."  (Isaiah 6:1)

Crisis and change often bring people to times of self-examination and reflection and even prayer.  It was just such a time for young Isaiah when he went to the temple to pray.  King Uzziah's reign had begun with such promise, but unfortunately, pride overtook Uzziah and he presumed to do, in the temple, what was forbidden.  He was struck with leprosy and he died, not in the palace, but the leper ward.  Any crisis, even a small one, can be an opportunity for a fresh vision of God.  If we consider what Isaiah saw, it might help our spiritual eyesight.  Like Isaiah, we can find new inspiration and renewed commitment.

King Uzziah has died and the throne of Judah was empty.  Like all men of faith, Isaiah turned to God for his help and comfort, and in that hour of seeming defeat, he experienced a great siritual blessing.  He saw that the throne of heaven was still occupied by Jehovah God!  Isaiah saw his Lord.  He saw his sin.  He saw himself.  And after seeing himself and confessing, he saw his cleansing and he heard his mission.  In like manner, if you find yourself in the midst of crisis or change as did Isaiah, consider the prophet's example:  self-examination, reflection, and prayer - pray for a fresh vision.

Adapted from:   https://garydavenport.org/2016/10/23/

"The four living creatures, ...do not rest day or night, saying: 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!'"  (Revelation 4:8)

Revelation 4:8 contains one of the most glorious pictures of God on His throne, which obviously there is so much imagery here, and all over Revelation for that matter, that just sends our imaginations beyond description.  When we see four living creatures with six wings, full of eyes, all around within, how can one even picture such a scene?  But the point is, what John saw and tried to describe is this picture around the throne of God, and we see God's throne surrounded by throngs of angels.  Night and day, it says, they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was and is to come."  This reminds us that God is incomparable to anything else in all His creation.  His justice is right. God's grace and glory are astounding in ways we can't even begin to describe in ways that compare with nothing else we know.  So all we can really do is join with the angelic host and cry:  "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY!

Adapted from:  https://radical.net/podcasts/pray-the-word/holy-holy-holy-revelation-48/