It takes courage, fortitude, grit, a stick-to-it resolve, and a learn-from-your-mistake mindset to build something significant. It takes minimal effort or intelligence to tear something down.
KEEP BUILDING your faith, family, friend group, career, business, academic profile, company, health, project, church, or whatever God has put on your heart.
Builders don’t quit.
I am so glad that Christ Is Love Church joins other Hendersonville churches for the Hendersonville National Day of Prayer event.
On Tuesday, April 23, Mayor Jamie Clary proclaimed that the City of Hendersonville would join the federal government in declaring Thursday, May 2, 2024, a day of prayer. Pastor Jacob Bell and I were honored to join other local pastors at the Hendersonville Board of Alderman and Mayor (BOMA) meeting for the public reading of this declaration.
Since 1952, the US Congress has declared the first Thursday of May the National Day of Prayer. This act follows a tradition that began at the roots of America. I am so happy our church, city, and nation take time to pray.
Please join us on Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 am at First Baptist Hendersonville, in Wilson Hall, for a citywide prayer event.
It’s been over six months since Hamas made a cowardly attack on civilians because they wanted to start a war. Hamas set the predictable trap – creating an impossible situation through hostages and the embedment of Hamas militants in Gazan populations.
The Israeli army is not perfect and has taken responsibility for their grave mistakes. But, they have been honest.
While the images of death and suffering in Gaza are unbearable and display the sin of war, the heaviness of these images will not sway my alignment with the Jewish people.
I stand with the Jews thoughtfully, not mindlessly. The Jews are a gift to the world, yet the anti-semitic spirit lives on in each generation.
Israel was provoked to respond. Though the gravity of the response may be debatable, the justification of a response is not. Israel must eradicate Hamas. I pray that as many innocent lives as possible will be spared as the evil of Hamas is dealt an irrecoverable defeat.
On Monday, April 8, Pastor Jacob Bell underwent the approval process for Ordination with CIL Church and Converge MSC, facing a council of pastors, leaders, and peers. We are thrilled to share that he received unanimous approval!
I love working with Jacob Bell because he is a faithful pastor, Christian leader, and close friend. This Sunday at 6 p.m., CIL Church will hold a special ordination service to acknowledge God’s call on his life.
This service is an open invitation to the wider Church as we celebrate the call of God upon Jacob’s life. You are invited!
Childcare is available upon registration for ages four and under. Register for childcare here:
https://cil.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2267100
Dress clothes are appropriate but not required.
Join us to celebrate God’s call!
CIL Church is adding a THIRD service for Easter weekend!
SATURDAY, March 30 at 6 PM
Sunday, March 31 at 9 AM
Sunday, March 31 at 10:45 AM
Easter is an incredible way to honor Jesus Christ! Easter is a time to regather those who have not been to church recently and welcome new people to a relationship with Christ. Easter reminds us that we are a spiritual family, expecting the family to grow!
For the Saturday service, we will have childcare for ages four and under only.
The Easter egg hunt for the kids will be during the two Sunday services.
Invite someone you care about to this life-giving service.
He is risen!
Join us tonight (March 28) at 6:30 pm.
The Thursday before Easter, called Maundy Thursday, is a day the church has historically gathered for a worship service to recognize the gathering of Jesus with his disciples for their final hours together, the giving of the command to love, the betrayal, and the march to the cross.
We’ll gather at 6:30pm on Maundy Thursday to hear the story again, to walk with Jesus through those hours, and to leave longing for Sunday.
It is great to get an update to our sign that further emphasizes to the community CIL’s name change in 2019. I am so grateful for Beth Allison‘s design—she is such a talent! Also, Aubrey, Grady, and Jett McGowan worked so hard to install the sign, overcoming obstacles and getting it done! What would we do without the McGowan family?
As Hendersonville grows, may they continually see that Christ Is Love!
I shared this quote at the end of my sermon on March 10, 2024. For some who deal with doubts, be assured you are not alone. This theologian from three hundred years ago realized the complexity of faith. Still, in the end, we have the Lord because Jesus is enough for salvation.
“There is a knowledge and enjoyment of God which must be waited for in another world when we shall see him as he is. In the meantime, let us adore the height of what we do know of God, and the depth of what we do not.” – Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
If you feel stuck intellectually, read something—anything—interesting to you. Do not pick a book to impress someone else – instead, select something that piques your curiosity. It can be quirky, light, dense, or humorous. Just read.
Once your brain starts firing off again, you are on your way to creativity, fresh ideas, and perspectives that will benefit your entire person.
I have talked a lot about Daylight Savings with friends over the last couple of years as Congress debates on changes that would stop all the back-and-forth from the spring to the fall. Most people agree we need to pick a time and stick with it, but there is not as much agreement on whether it should remain Standard Time or if Daylight Savings should be permanent. Well, the discussion continues, and we find ourselves another year of losing an hour of sleep.
Maybe someday we will not have to lose an hour each year.
As I settle for the night, I am singing the new hymn that most of us know and that reminds us…
Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end
How great is our God!
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