Notes From Pastor Anthony’s Desk; March 5
Just the other day I heard a very interesting bit of information. There was a man on the radio that said the
worth of a piece of paper money was just 4 cents. That right, 4 cents - no matter the
denomination that is on the bill itself, it only cost 4 cents to make. What gives the money its value is you and I. A 100 dollar bill is worth 100 dollars because
we think it is, they tell us it is and we believe
them. Sort of makes you think doesn’t
it.
As I began to think about my piece of newfound wisdom, God began
to allow me to see that people can be viewed in the same way as our money. Many people are only worth what we make them
to be. If we act as if they are
worthless, they will act as if they are worthless - if we treat them as if they
have no hope they will begin to live as if they have no hope. If we act as if they have no way to change
their lives, they will begin to think that they are destined to fail.
The challenge for the Church of today is to give hope to the lost
world around us. We need to start
looking at people the way that God looks at them, as a creation of God that has
a soul that needs a savior. Until we
view the sinner as a person that is an act of God’s grace ready to happen then
we are selling them short. How do we
expect the lost to want our savior if we don’t portray to them that Jesus is
their answer and that they are important to God?
But we also need to see the worth in each other. There are no big I’s and little u’s in the
In my prayers - Pastor Anthony
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