A Blog by Pastors Frank and Parris Bailey
2 Peter 3:18 - But continue to grow and increase in God’s grace and intimacy with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. May he receive all the glory both now and until the day eternity begins. Amen! Christianity is a constant and active process in our lives. In other words, we are not complete when …
Ps. 34:12-14 - Do you want to live a long, good life, enjoying the beauty that fills each day? Then never speak a lie or allow wicked words to come from your mouth. Keep turning your back on every sin, and make “peace” your life motto. Practice being at peace with everyone. Shalom is used …
Rom.7:5,6 - When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its …
Matt.16:18 - I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Have you ever heard someone say that they were spiritual but do not believe in the organized church? It’s really quite a funny statement. What is …
So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 2 Corinthians 4:12 I thought I was being pranked. We were hours from any main road on dirt logging roads somewhere in the Coastal Mountains of Washington. The guy who had trained our team took me out on the mountain slope and taught me how …
Merry Thursday – Parris Bailey “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” Jude 1:3 I have for a few years been …
Psa. 63:1 ¶ O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Living near the Mississippi River gives us a constant picture of the River of God. The Apostle John saw a …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS. "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you" Gal 4:19 Everyday we have to walk out our cruciform. Being cross shape people in a secular world and that takes on challenges all in its own. When our life takes on the shape of …
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MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4 Tomorrow we close on the buying of the new Bethesda Community that will house disciples. At the same time we hear across the world that Syrian children …
Psa. 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Making choices is something we all do every day. We don't give our ability to choose, our free will, very much thought. At the end of the day our heart usually overrides our head, …
