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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
February 2025
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February 2, 2025 |
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"Remember now thy Creator
in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when
thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;"
Ecclesiastes 12:1
We all need to
pause occasionally to fully and completely
recognize that we were made by God.
This is what Solomon reminds us of in
Ecclesiastes. David also captures this
reality in Psalm 139:13-16. Every part
of the fabric of your personhood was
carefully knit together by God's creative
hands. There was no part of who we are
that was hidden from Him. There were
no accidents, no glitches, no thoughtless
moments. Just like David, we were also
"fearfully and wonderfully" made.
The color of your eyes, the shape of
your body, your intellectual and physical
gifts, your hair, your voice, your
personality, the color of your skin, the
size of your feet - everything! All of
your hardwiring is the result of God's
glorious creative ability. And for
this, let us worship God, our Creator and
remember that we exist through Him. As
creator, He alone is the giver of life.
True life cannot be found outside Him - the
One who is our Creator and our Sustainer,
our constant life source and incessant
provider of everything we need.
Adapted from:
https://www.paultripp.com/wednesdays-word/posts/worship-god-as-creator
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February 9, 2025 |
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"Then the
word of the Lord came to me, 'Oh, house of
Israel cannot I do with you as this potter
has done?' declares the Lord. 'Behold,
like the clay in the potter's hand, so are
you in my hand, O, house of Israel.'"
Jeremiah 18:6
This imagery of
the potter and clay is well known in the
Bible. It is a reminder to us today of
what it means to trust in God and what it
means to walk with God. It means to
humble ourselves as clay in the hand of a
potter. God, our creator who formed
and fashioned us in the first place, who
desires to continually form and fashion you
and me according to His wisdom for the
accomplishment of His good will in our
lives. For us to arise every morning
and say, "Here I am, God. I am clay.
You are the potter. Mold me.
Make me. Do whatever you desire to do
in my life, through my life, for the
accomplishment of your purposes in my life.
I totally trust in you."
Do you
totally trust the Lord? You can.
Maybe you need to pray: "God, please
help us to be malleable and moldable, humble
and contrite in your hands, willing to be
formd however you desire according to your
word and your spirit for your glory.
God, we want to be clay that brings honor to
you. We want to be exactly who you are
creating us to be."
Adapted from:
https://radical.net/podcasts/pray-the-word/formed-by-god-jeremiah-184-6/
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February 16, 2025 |
"The Lord
is my shepherd; I shall not want."
Psalm 23:1
The analogy of
the shepherd and the sheep is one of the
most common analogies God uses to describe
Himself and His people in the Bible.
The psalmist declared, "The LORD is my
shepherd." In John 10:11, Jesus says,
"I am the good shepherd."
And because
the LORD is the Shepherd, He enables His
followers to declare with David, "I shall
not want." The word "want" in Psalm 23
can be better translated as "lack" - which
means this phrase declares, "I shall not
lack." It isn't that God will give you
whatever you want, but God does assure those
who follow Him will lack nothing as His
sheep.
Stop and ask yourself?
"What do I, as one of His sheep really
need?" Consider the sheep that David
provided care. These sheep needed a
good pasture, fresh water, minerals, and
rest. In like manner, we also need
provision and protection. But when it comes
down to it, sheep ultimately have only one
need: a good shepherd. Pause and
think about that truth and make application.
All you and I really need is a Shepherd - a
Good Shepherd and Jesus Christ IS our Good
Shepherd.
Adapted from:
https://gatewaydevotions.com/the-good-shepherd/3
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February 23, 2025 |
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"And he arose, and came to his father.
But when he was yet a great way off, his
father saw him, and had compassion, and ran,
and fell on his neck, and kissed him."
Luke 15:20
Jesus told the
story of the father and his two sons so that
we could learn more about His Father--the
God of love, patience, and forgiveness.
He's also the God who "so loved the world
that He gave his one and only Son" (John
3:16). He's the heavenly Father filled
with compassion for His lost children.
It's a loving father who'll provide an
inheritance that is normally given only upon
death. It's a patient father who
watches for a wayward child to return home.
It's a forgiving father who restores a son's
dignity with a robe, ring, and
sandals--signs of sonship, of belonging.
It's a joy-filled father who celebrates with
feasting and dancing.
God's love for
us is demonstrated further as we see the
father reaching out patiently to an angry
older brother. He wants him to join
the family party. After all, "this
brother of yours was dead and is alive
again." There's reason to
elebrate--all the children are home!
Whether we've been lost or always at home,
our heavenly Father delights in calling us
His children. Our God is a faithful
Father to His Son, Jesus, and to all the
brothers and sisters invited to join the
grand, eternal celebration of His love and
forgiveness.
Adapted from:
https://todaydevotional.com/devotions/a-faithful-father-2013-03-10
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