I personally want you to know just how much you mean to me, and to our Puka Naz church family. And the truth of the matter is that we need each other. Not through social media platforms of some sort, but in a real and tangible way in a common setting like in person church on Sunday mornings, and other times of gathering. We really do need each other! For support, edification, prayer, encouragement, and unity, that we might do life together as God’s Ambassadors.
God created the church, which literally and figuratively is the Body of Christ. And He invited us to be part of this wonderful body made up of believers everywhere. Living testimonies to a world in need.
I know that we have been through some unique and uncertain times these past two plus years. Times that have shaken each of us, all of humanity, as well as the church. Times of sickness and loss, conflict and chaos. Those times separated us physically, one from another. But now is the season to come together in unity once again.
1 Peter 5:6:11 tells us this truth: So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time He will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you. Stay alert! watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are. In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation. All power to Him forever! Amen.
When we abide in Christ, and live and share life together, we are strong. When we try to do life alone, according to our own understanding, the enemy deceives, confuses, discourages, and devours us.
This message is my appeal to you, my family, to trust God and to literally return to the body you are part of.
An appeal of love and necessity, one for another.
Remember, God brought us together for a reason, “for His good and perfect purposes for those who believe.”
Always remember, God is in control. Uncertainty and fear have no impact on Him.
We need God, and we need each other! By His design, and according to His plans.
Always know that you are welcome here, you belong, and you are loved.
Pastor Mark
