When Jesus fed the multitudes, He blessed the food and broke it before He distributed it to the masses. He does the same with us. Before He can use us in a ministry capacity, he has to bless us and break us.He blesses us when he accepts us into the family of God. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are blessed. We become joint-heirs with Christ. We obtain the hope of Heaven, and...  Read More

Pe 5:3  Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.As Union Hill celebrates 100 years, we as a congregation look back at the ones who made our present reality possible. Our house of worship, our praise, and our commitment to the Lord are on the backs and prayers of those who came before us.Many in our church are blessed to have a heritage of Godliness that they ca...  Read More

James 5:7-8 KJV[7] Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. [8] Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.As a Christian, we should have no greater desire than the coming of the Lord, but have we g...  Read More

John 4:25 KJVThe woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.Sometimes, I marvel at the faith of unbelievers. They have more faith than Christians in their lifestyle, decisions, and sometimes, even their religion.Sadly, a lot of people know about Jesus. They know there’s a messiah. They know He paid the price. They know they...  Read More

“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15b)The book of Joshua teaches us two main lessons: faith and obedience.When they spied out the promise land, it was faith that helped Joshua and Caleb believe in God’s ability to see them through. Faith is God’s currency, and he always rewards it.The spies without faith died without stepping foot in the promise land. Joshua and Caleb, ho...  Read More

Pursuit is an action word. If we desire happiness, we must be taking steps to see it come to pass. Happiness is not something that magically appears in our lives.The problem is we humans tend to complicate matters. When we make an action plan and fail to seek God for his leading on the matter, we make a mess of our situation; therefore, preventing our happiness.Phillipians 4:6 tells us to “let our...  Read More

John 11:39 KJVJesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.Whether it’s rancid food or roadkill, we’ve all had the misfortune of smelling a decomposing item. In this case, it was Lazarus.During Jesus’ time in Israel, embalming was not practiced; instead, the dead corpse was sealed in a t...  Read More

When Abraham traveled up Mount Moriah to sacrifice Isaac - he knew God would provide! Whether that was raising Isaac from the dead or some other miracle; you can’t have descendants as the stars of heaven (Gen. 15:5) without a child to bring those descendants into being.Personally, I’m not sure I would’ve had Abraham’s level of faith, but I do know, if we want to see the ram caught in the thicket (...  Read More

James 1:17 says, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”Everything from the breath in our lungs to the home where we live are gifts from God. He provides every good thing we have.As sinners, we often misattribute our belongings to ourselves - and even we Christians can fall into this...  Read More

Job 1:8 KJVAnd the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?Many new Christians are under the false assumption that after accepting Christ their life will be smooth sailing.The Book of Job directly refutes this idea. Satan attacks Job BECAUSE he served the Lord with al...  Read More

Sanctification means separation unto God. We can’t live for the Lord and live for this world simultaneously.In better words:You Can’t Drink with the Devil and Sup with Jesus.Our lives are meant to be an example to those around us of God’s power, provision, and presence.If the world can see no difference between us and them, then we’ve failed in our mission to witness the gospel message.The Book of...  Read More

Genesis 13:7-8 KJV[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. [8] And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.Genesis 13:11 KJV[11] Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot jo...  Read More