Greetings to you all
One thing we can be sure is true for most everyone we know is that January is a “crunch time” on several fronts:
- House cleaning/decor changes after Christmas
- Re-organizing work-spaces
- Dieting decisions
- Goal-setting and re-thinking (quiet time essentials!)🤔
- Correspondence catch-up
- Scheduling long and short-term commitments
- Donations to favorite charities
- Financial changes and (oh no!) tax season details
- The gym…the gym….the gym [Did anyone say “gym”?]
- And so much more.
One guy I read about years ago said “I feel like Florida orange juice. I get squeezed fresh every morning.” 🍑
So, whether it’s a crunch or a squeeze, you can be sure you’re not alone.
Some decisions and details are no-brainers, easy-to-make although time-consuming. Others put our patience and resolve to a test. Either way, a thankful heart lightens the load.
So, here’s an anti-crunch and anti-squeeze “capsule” to take every day:
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him and bless His name.” (Psalm 100:4 NASB)
The beauty of bringing a burst of praise into our daily routines is that it’s a practice (even when only a minute or two!) that can fit into the most squeezed or crunched of days. Seriously! There’s a “song” for you in the midst of it all, and some simple way to say “Thank you, Lord” and it makes a difference.
That’s also part of what I think of as “overflow blessings” in the life of the church. Each gathering is part of God’s welcome into the grace-space where we tap into timeless truths that overflow into daily life.
Whatever else may be happening in life, praising God is fuel for a growing faith and refreshing for thirsty souls!
⛪January events
- 1/11/26 ~ Baby shower after morning service ~ 11:45 AM
- 1/14/26 ~ Home Bible study @ the Greens’ (2300 Old New Windsor Road)
- 1/15/26 ~ Faith Quest for Kids! 6:30 PM
- 1/18/26 ~ Sanctity of Human Life Sunday
- 1/21/26 ~ Home Bible study @ the Greens’ (2300 Old New Windsor Road)
- 1/24/26 ~ Liberty Men’s Ministry Breakfast @ 8:30 AM
- 1/28/26 ~ Noon Prayer Gathering ~ 12:00 PM
- 1/28/26 ~ Home Bible study @ the Greens’ (2300 Old New Windsor Road)
Livestream and Online Links ~ a Warm Welcome to Our Online Guests!
Here are the links to be with us on Sundays @ 10:15 AM Eastern Time or at a time that works well for you to watch. We love to hear your thoughts and lift your prayer requests. Comment in the Facebook Live feed, text the church @ 410.857.4313 or reply to this email anytime.
- Live-stream via our Live page
- Live-stream via our Facebook Live page
- Past services on our YouTube channel
- Audio podcasts
“Instruct those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be proud,
And not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as money, but upon God,
Who endows us richly with all things to enjoy.
Tell them to hoard a wealth of noble actions by doing good,
to be ready to give away and to share,
and so, acquire a treasure which will form a good foundation for the future.
Thus they will grasp the life which is life indeed.”
(I Timothy 6:17-19 New English Bible)
In his love,
Pastor Joe