Hello friends! I hope you and your family are doing well. This summer has flown by as expected, which makes me think about the brevity of life. 

Pastor RT Kendall recently delivered messages about hell and heaven. I’ve heard plenty of sermons and even read couple of books about heaven and listened to many testimonies of those who’ve been to heaven. They are always so encouraging. However, Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven during his ministry on earth, to warn us. Therefore I think every Christian should at least hear one biblical message warning us about hell. It is a dreadful topic but this knowledge about hell keeps me from getting into trouble by staying away from willful sin and pride; and staying close to Jesus Christ and his people in the church. Here is the link to his messages delivered at TSC:

https://sermons.tsc.nyc/speaker/r-t-kendall/

Hello friends! Ever since I read a book from Jon Gordon about starting a new year with a word of the year, I’ve been doing this since 2016. Since my new year follows the academic calendar, I spend the summer praying about the new word and a bible verse to anchor my word.

I listened to these podcasts recently and I thought how full of wisdom they are. Please give these a listen and pray about sharing them with the young people in your life or those who are still on the fence about their wholehearted commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord. It is very difficult to truly give lordship to Jesus Christ for many reasons. In my experience, it is a daily decision to submit to Jesus’ lordship. This is the main reason why I start my day in the morning with prayer, repentance and reading God’s word.

Hello friends! I hope and pray that you are all doing well. Summer is sure going fast. Speaking about going fast, our lives are also going fast. This past week I came across two news stories of women in NJ who died at age 71. Since I’m 51, I thought “wow that’s only 20 years away from me.” Whatever years that we have leftover, no one knows except God. One certain thing is that we all will die. I pray that rather than building your house on the sinking sands of this world structure; you are building your house upon the only foundation that holds and matters eternally – Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.