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Jimmy Davis
Think on These Things
July 13, 2020

July is the month of the year that we celebrate the independence of our great nation. The United States of America gained its independence from foreign British rule back in 1776, with July 4 being designated as the birthday. A whole lot has happened since that historic time. America has grown in both geographic size as well as population. As we know from our history lessons, some of that population was already present in America, and are identified as being Native American. It has been a great struggle as well as a great privilege for the pioneer immigrants, along with the Native Americans, to be the people God has used to make American a nation for Himself. I have no doubt whatsoever that God ordained the establishment and growth of America, and God has used it to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. Not since the time our Lord Jesus Christ sent His apostles and disciples out to the world to start building His Church in our world has any other nation provided so much in that effort of evangelism and ministry. America has led the way in the world of missionaries and in sharing the Gospel of Salvation with a lost world. And that is why God has blessed America. A large population of God’s people still live here in America, and so it is still God’s nation; and will be God’s nation until He decides otherwise. Our responsibility as His people is to continue to “humble ourselves, and pray, and seek His Face, and turn from our sinful ways.” Then, we know that we will continue to receive His great promise: “He will hear from Heaven, will forgive our sins, and will heal our land.” I know you join with me in our continuing prayer of worship and thanksgiving to God our Heavenly Father. In Christ’s Love, Brother Jimmy

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Think on These Things
April 26, 2020

We have now moved through another Easter celebration of our Lord’s Resurrection, and well into our season of Spring. But, with this season, we’ve also been confronted with the horrible virus that has upset our whole world. I know our fellowship of dedicated Christian folks pretty well, and I know you have kept your Faith, and maintained your trust in God for total control in your life. My prayers are constant for you during this time, and I look forward to the time we can come back together in our sweet and loving fellowship. Of course, our Lord Jesus Christ spoke of just such pestilence in our world, even pointing to it as being a sign of the latter days. Well, there have been these kinds of signs throughout the history of our world, just as Christ told us. This pestilence is not the sign that our world is about to end. In fact, Jesus will take His own out of this world before that takes place anyway. This pestilence is simply another sign in a long list of signs that we are moving toward the latter days. Our Lord tells us to look for His coming. We are to be diligent in our love and ministry to one another and to those in need of His blessed Salvation. He takes care of all the rest. In the meantime, it is a wonderful blessing to belong to Christ Jesus and to serve Him in love. Take care of one another. In Christ’s Love, Brother Jimmy

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Think on These Things
March 18, 2020

We are approaching another year of celebration of our Lord's glorious Resurrection. We call it Easter, and it's significance is great among those of us who are true Christians. We recognize the time as that of our Lord's sacrifice on the Cross for our sins, and, specifically that glorious day that Christ arose from the grave and gave true life to all who would come to Him in Repentance and Faith. Of course, like so many of our traditional holidays, especially here in America, the origin of the actual holiday is a little vague to many. The word “Easter” is found only once in the King James Version of the Bible. It is found in Acts 12:4, and it refers to the specific time that the evil king Herod intended to take the Apostle Peter before the people to execute him. (Acts 12:1-4) And, regardless of all the discussion and interpretations of the historical source of origin for the term “Easter,” we keep it in our Christian life as our celebration of our Lord's Resurrection. And that's what counts most. It's sort of like Christmas and the origin of the term and the historical celebrations. We Christians recognize it as the birth of our Lord and Savior. Often, we need to remind ourselves of our reasons for celebrating these worldly holidays, as the world outside of Christ celebrates for entirely different reasons, just like the ancient pagans did Easter. For those of us who trust in Jesus Christ and His Death and Resurrection, “death is swallowed up in victory.” Those of us who have chosen to submit our life to Jesus Christ receive “a new birth into a living hope through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” Through our faith and repentance, those of us who follow Jesus Christ are spiritually resurrected with Him so that we may walk in a new way of life and receive His eternal Salvation. Let's keep our guard up against the world and its distortions and perversions of our sacred times of celebration and observances. Just like with Christmas, Jesus Christ is “The Reason for the Season” of Easter. God knows what's in our hearts and minds as we celebrate our Wonderful Savior. Meanwhile: HAPPY EASTER !!

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Think on These Things
February 7, 2020

As we are well into the new year, and the new decade of the 2020's, we can reflect on the past year while looking forward to another new year and new decade. We don't want to dwell too much on the past, but I believe our Lord wants us to learn from it. We can look at those things that were good for us, as well as those things that were not so good. The “not so good” are the things we should either avoid or correct or understand for the future. The “good” are the things we should learn to repeat or even improve upon. But, either way, our primary goal is to get to know our Heavenly Father better, while improving in our service to Jesus Christ our Lord. Improving and maturing in our relationship to Jesus Christ is the ultimate way to make all things good, because, “we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His Purpose” (Romans 8:28). That's right; we should always keep in mind that even those things that were “not so good” can work for our good if we meet God's conditions of loving Him, and being one of His “called” and “chosen” children. In fact, when we turn to God in repentance of our sin, and turn to Jesus Christ in Faith and Trust in His atoning sacrifice on the Cross, we become God's child, and we fulfill His condition for His working of “all things.....according to His Purpose.” (See Acts 20:21) So often, we find ourselves wondering just how anything so hurtful and tragic could be used for our own good. So often, life hands us the kind of experience that just defies having any good to it. Well, part of what we need to learn is that the evil and horrible things that happen to us in life are usually, if not always, the work of Satan and his evil in our world. The horrors of war and death are part of our sinful world condition caused by the sinful influence of Satan. In fact, death itself is the result of mankind giving in to Satan's temptations and deceit. God doesn't do the evil to us, but He can sure use it to work for good to those of us who truly love Him and follow Him in our Faith and Trust. Personally, I'm going to try diligently and earnestly to become more and more faithful to God and to His blessed gift of His Holy Spirit in my life. I pray that you will join me in 2020. God Bless You Always, and In All Ways Brother Jimmy

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Think on These Things
November, 2019

As God's Word so clearly tells us, the Lord Jesus Christ “does not call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Our Lord does not consider the useless and needless calling of those who are like the Pharisees of the ancient Jewish religion, feeling proud and self-sufficient. But, our Lord does care about those who are like the humble “publican” who doesn't even dare to look up at Heaven because he is so convicted of his sins. We should all be eager to be like those in such need of forgiveness and cleansing. After all, these are the very ones that God so highly favors. God favors the humble and God favors the repentant, who come to Him for forgiveness and cleansing, and who come to Jesus Christ in faith and trust as Lord and Savior. The saving power of Jesus Christ makes His Holy Name the very basis for the life of the true believer. His Holy Name will be exalted above all else, and will forever remain the same. As long as time will be measured in our world, Jesus Christ will be glorious and waiting for those who come to Him in humble repentance and faith. Christ is our greatest blessing. When we, as Christians, want to bless others in life, we will bless them in the Name of Jesus Christ. His Name is Glorious, and His Name will fill the whole earth. As children of God, our hearts yearn daily for our future Eternity with Him. Let's think on this. Let's focus our mind and soul on the Word of God for our daily life.

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Think on These Things
October, 2019

A most wonderful resource for our use in our daily life is God's Word as given to us in the Psalms. The sacred Scripture found in the Psalms is literally full of Spiritual inspiration and enlightenment. For example, Psalm 8:1 gives us a glorious praise to God as our Heavenly Father. “O LORD, our LORD, How excellent is Your Name in all the earth, Who has set Your Glory above the heavens!” Isn't it just amazing how God's whole creation is full of His Glory, and overflowing with the excellency of His Power! God's Love and Grace, as well as His Goodness, and Power, and Wisdom shows everywhere we look in His creation. God's works are forever everywhere, and there is no place where God is not. We are truly blessed when we know this Truth. When we get caught up in our worldly life of stress, or sadness, or depression, we need only go to His Word in the Psalms. There we can find our inspiration to praise Him for Who He Is. “I will praise the LORD according to His Righteousness, and will sing praise to the Name of the LORD Most High.” (Psalm 7:17)

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Think on These Things
September, 2019

Think On These Things Jimmy Davis, Pastor Human nature is sometimes really damaging to a human life. It seems many of the characteristics that make us human can also lead us to behaviors that are not pleasing to God, and even destructive to us. Sometimes it's our temper, and that can certainly be a part of our human nature. It seems some of us sort of inherit the trait of having a short temper and become angry easily. Sometimes, our human characteristic of selfishness gets in the way of our being in God's Will of giving and sharing with others. From my graduate school studies in Psychology I remember that there are two human characteristics that can often lead us into a life of sin. One of those points of human nature is the desire for immediate gratification. I think back to my generation of “Baby Boomers” who grew up getting pretty much what we wanted. Our selfishness brought us to the point of wanting what we want, and wanting it right now! Our generation actually coined the phrase “If it feels good; do it.” We've witnessed what this human trait can do to lives. The other human trait that can lead us into a sinful condition is what Psychology refers to as “Transference.” Transference is the psychological condition of transferring anything that goes wrong in our life onto someone or something else. For example, if we're not careful, we can find ourselves blaming someone or something else for our own shortcomings and mistakes. Some blame their living conditions growing up. Some blame their father. Some blame their mother. Some just blame their environment. I remember the story of a 9-year old little boy who was in his room with his back to the door, looking out of his window and repeating: “It's not my fault” “It's not my fault” “It's not my fault.” The boy's father passed by, heard his son talking to himself, and asked: “Son, what are you doing?” The boy turned to his father and declared; “I'm practicing up for when I get blamed.” Well, there's one kind of “Transference” that is ultimately great, and that's our transference of our sins onto Jesus Christ. After all, Christ told us to do just that. We can bring all of our burdens and sins and put them on Jesus Christ. He took them all on Himself on that cruel Cross at Calvary. He tells us in Matthew 11:28 - “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Even when we don't deserve it, He let's us “Transfer” all our sins and burdens to Him. What a wonderful Savior we have!

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Think on These Things
August, 2019

I really love the teachings of the Apostle Paul. I hope you do too. I love it because it is the reflection of what The Holy Spirit taught him. And, I also love the teachings of the other Apostles and disciples who learned directly from Jesus. What a privilege to have learned from the actual source of all Truth! With the Lord Jesus Christ being the Master Teacher and the Central Theme of all the Bible, it's no wonder that all of the teachings of Scripture match and compliment each other. There are no errors or contradictions by God. Any error or contradiction can only come from the human source; and there are many of those. So we must be careful to listen and think only on the things of God. I really feel that one of the fundamental problems of our day is that many professing Christians simply don't study God's Word. Many don't even think about prayer and Bible study during their busy day. I know it's hard, but it was really hard for those who dedicated their lives to preaching and teaching God's Word in the beginning. They had it much harder than we do. James is another good example. He was a half-brother to Jesus, with Joseph being his father and Mary his mother. He grew up with the Lord. He went on to lead the first church in Jerusalem, made up primarily of First Century born-again Christian Jews who lived among Gentiles also. James wrote to these Christians as well as to Christians everywhere. One of the great teachings we have from James, we really need to think about most seriously. In James 1:19-27 we find this profound teaching. Here, we are taught that we should be “quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.” James teaches us that we need to get rid of all that is wrong in our life and “humbly accept” the Salvation message we have received (“the Word planted in you”), because it is that alone that can truly save us. And then James gives us much more “food for thought.” He says that it is vitally important to listen to what God's Word teaches us, but it is much more important to obey it, do what it says, and apply it directly to our daily life. We are to be “doers of the Word, and not hearers only.” We can actually measure the effectiveness of our study and our thinking by the effect it has on our attitude and behavior as we live daily in this world. May God Richly Bless You Always, and in All Ways, Brother Jimmy .

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