In business there’s a old adage: It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. We can modify this to a spiritual truth: it’s not what you do, it’s who you know.God doesn’t care what you do for Him. He cares that you believe in His Son. It is faith in Jesus and the price He paid for our sins at Calvary that matters to the Heavenly Father. Want scripture?Matthew 7:21-23 KJVNot every one that saith unto...  Read More

Pain is unavoidable. Pain can cause scars, and the fear of pain can freeze us in our tracks. The Lord, however, can overcome pain, scars, and fear. He desires for us to have courage:Joshua 1:9 KJVHave not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.When Joshua led the troops into battle to ta...  Read More

Genesis 19:26 KJVBut his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.God sent angels to rescue Lot and his family from the impending doom of Sodom. After trying to convince other members of his family to depart with him, only Lot, his wife, and his two daughters escaped.The angels warned the family not to turn their eyes back toward Sodom, but Lot’s wife didn’t heed the warni...  Read More

Everyone has faith: the atheist believes there is no god, the sinner believes he can succeed in his job, the backslider believes he has failed. The problem is not a lack of faith, but a lack of faith in the right object.Sinners and saints alike place their faith in things that may help them succeed in this life - their abilities, their bodies, their intelligence, but one day all these things will ...  Read More

Colossians 1:10 KJVThat ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;After the fall, man and God were separated. Jesus is the bridge that reconnects God and man. Jesus elected to add humanity unto Himself, making Him fully man and fully God. His sacrifice allowed mankind to have fellowship with God in full once again....  Read More

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