We spent the Holidays with our family hanging out together and fishing. I had a great time! That trip reminds me of a fishing trip I went on years ago. Standing on a riverbank where the water was shallow and kinda muddy where we saw other fishermen nearby but they were not catching much. Our guide, a young man who brought us to this spot, had led us to believe that we could catch big fish here. He got out the bait (it didn’t look too attractive to me) and told us to put our lines in the shallow water. There we stood, the only ones on our lines in shallow water, using some weird bait, hoping to catch a lot of big fish. It sure did take a lot of faith. That reminds me of something in the Bible. Trusting God and His Word (The Bible) takes faith and so does living the Christian life (Luke 7:50, 2Corinthians 5:7, Galatians 2:20 and Ephesians 2:8,9 one of my favorites). Our fishing trip was a great success just as our guide promised. The Bible promises we will not be disappointed if we put our faith in God, His word (The Bible) and what Jesus Christ did on the cross for us. He shed His innocent blood that our sins could be forgiven, (John 3:16, Romans 5:1-11). Faith is mentioned 299 times in the New Testament.

See you in Church next Sunday.

Brother J