Thoughts from Pastor Ross

In Acts 2:40, Peter “kept on exhorting” those listening to his famous Pentecost sermon to be saved from a perverse generation. Why does he have to keep on exhorting? Because the world has a mesmerizing lure. It’s like a shiny lure hanging in the stream attracting rainbow trout. It looks so good, but when they […]

To be baptized in the Holy Spirit is to be fully saturated. When you are saturated by the Holy Spirit like the apostles were on the Day of Pentecost, you will go from observer to all-in child of God, ready for service. When God reveals Himself to you in this way, you can’t help but […]

We each have a mission. Read the verses above. What do you feel a tug in your heart to do? Step out and try it. You won’t know until you try. Consider Billy Graham. He felt a desire to preach and began by preaching alone in the forest before he went before people. And think […]

The Holy Spirit will guide you and give you the words to say. You will know He is in your midst as you are witnessing. It’s a wonderful thing! It’s God’s power working through you! It bears testimony of God. And God will heal and deliver by the Holy Spirit’s power to help you witness. […]

The high priest, Aaron, went in once a year during the days of the Old Testament on the Day of Atonement. He had a rope tied around him with bells in case he died in the presence of the Lord. He would take the blood from the sin offering and sprinkle it on the mercy […]

The Holy Spirit draws us to God (John 6:44) and enables us to come to Him (John 6:65). This is clearly seen in Acts 2-3 when the Holy Spirit came and Peter, now full of the Holy Spirit, preached the Gospel. As soon as he preached the message of the Cross, the Holy Spirit convicted […]

God knew that we couldn’t minister on our own. It says in John 6:33, that “the Spirit gives life, but the flesh profits nothing.” Acts 10:38 says that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit to have power in His ministry. He emphasized this in Luke 4:18. If Jesus needed the anointing of the Holy […]

We are righteous by the blood of Jesus. So we can all pray. However, it is true, that when you are secretly approving of iniquity in your heart, it will affect your prayers. Look at Psalm 66:18. So we need to ask God to cleanse our heart before we pray.

Look at Elijah. He was […]

It’s so easy to grumble and complain. We need to remember those who’ve gone before us that endured so much adversity. Look at Job 1:13-22. Job had every right to grumble and complain to God and blame others, yet he spent most of his time in his trial-of-all-trials trusting God. He endured the pain –although […]

He wants us to be resourceful with our money! Matthew Henry has said that “money is like manure, good for nothing in a heap. It must be spread.” Honor Him with it. Do good things. Send missionaries around the world. Help the poor, the needy, widows, orphans. Support your local church, their leaders and their […]