First Baptist Church, Gray, Ga

"God by His powerful Word, transforms the chaos into a holy and blessed creation."

God designed life with redemption at its core.

I am my own worst enemy, but that will not stop Jesus from graciously using me for His glory.

The resurrected Jesus declared to the disciples what it means to be saved.

Understanding, we will stand before the Father in humble gratitude for Jesus' salvation.

Jesus explains to his disciples that, even though he is returning to the Father, nothing will change in their relationship to him.

There is no promise that the Counselor will deliver health, happiness, wealth or comfort. There are promises of rejection, suffering and death for the very ones who follow Jesus.

We are one more layer of shoulders upon which future children of God will stand.

Jesus wants us to live in calm assurance that, regardless what anyone says or whatever might happen, we are forever His friend.

When we see heaven, we will want heaven and we will live our lives motivated by heaven.

The love we pour into a child is the future of the church.

Loving one another as Jesus loves us in not sentimentality. It is love based on the recognition that we are all broken and in need of a Savior.

Over time a Jesus follower finally realizes that "greatness is measured by the yardstick of service."

Our reward is to enjoy Christ!

Because we will die with all of the "attendant miseries of sin," because we cannot extricate ourselves from sin, we must have a Savior - and we do - Jesus Christ our Lord.

Because we will die with all of the "attendant miseries of sin," because we cannot extricate ourselves from sin, we must have a Savior - and we do - Jesus Christ our Lord.

Those who surrender to Jesus receive benefits that only get better over time.