Neverfail Community Church

Thank you to Alan and Jackie Wolfe and Falling Waters Baptist Church for school supplies, shoes , and jackets for children in our community!
Your continued partnering and friendship is a Blessing.
May the Lord continue to prosper your ministry!
Pastor Emily Roberts,
Neverfail Community Church

Matthew 2:16 'Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time from which he had determined from the magi.' . . Herod was not going to tolerate a threat to his throne. Not even an infant was going to disturb his control over his kingdom. Even something as evil as infantcide could seem reasonable to a person whose sovereignty is threatened. . . It is best for each of us to learn early that there is a King that has authority over our lives and that it is not we, ourselves. Staying rightly related to the one King who has the right to rule over us will save us the temptations of who knows what horrible evils. Humble yourself before the Lord and He will lift you up. Think more highly of yourself than you ought to and your evil pride will surely bring you down.

Luke 2:25 '... Simeon ... was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.' . . At the appointed time, Joseph and Mary brought the infant Jesus to the temple to be dedicated to the Lord. Simeon lived daily in expectation of God's deliverance of Israel from evils (both foreign and domestic) that kept the people from true devotion to God. When Simeon saw the infant Jesus, he knew that God would offer all people that deliverance through this child. By faith, Simeon saw God's provision of salvation that he longed for. By faith, Simeon was prepared to leave this life in peace. It is with that very same faith that I am confident that through Jesus, I am being delivered into the Peace of God that was proclaimed by the angels unto the shepherds that night long ago. It is by grace through faith that I am saved from my evils.

John 14:26 'But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.' . . . Believers are without excuse for not knowing God's desires. The believer posesses a resource that the unbeliever lacks. The single greatest proof the believer has that he or she has been redeemed is the indwelling presence of God's Spirit. God has deposited this within us as a seal of promise that God will complete the work of salvation that the believer entrusted to God. Just as the believer continues to trust God for salvation, the believer must trust that God's abiding Spirit will guide them by teaching them all things. All choices should be made with the counsel of God's Spirit, our Helper and our teacher. Surely the consequences of our poor decisions could have been avoided (for ourselves and others we have impacted) if we had just acted on the perfect counsel of this Helper whom God has provided!

Philippians 3:13-14 '... but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal . . . ' All that we have experienced in the past (even as recently as yesterday) is history. All that is yet to be is our future. Our history and our future are separated by 'now.' This is the moment in which we live. The person we are is largely formed by our history of what has been. Our history also influences our goals for the future. Our history need not burden us or weigh us down for we are on a journey leaving the past behind and moving toward a future. God has plans and purposes for us that are good. In this moment we should be pressing forward towards God's goals for us. The past has served its purpose. Learn the lessons but turn loose the burdens. Fix your eyes on Jesus in the 'now,' for He has authored our future goals and it is He that is able to bring us through to that future hope.