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What a wonderful time of the year Christmas is hereCelebrations galore as we remember the birth of our Savior An angel burst forth in the night with good news    Tidings of great joy to people everywhere                 A great army of Heaven’s angels appeared singing praises to God: Glory to God in… Continue reading Message for December 18, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

The last few weeks we have been heartbroken and grieved with the passing of Clifton Coulter, Jim Childs and Danny McClister.  Then we received the news Friday of the passing of our dear Sister Sheryl Jackson.  Some of you in our New Life family have experienced the loss of  family members recently. Friends are faithful to… Continue reading Message for December 12,2021 from Pastor Shirley

I will remember your great deeds Lord; I will recall the wonders you did in the past.   Psalms 77:11 Look back at what the Lord has done! It is good to reflect back on the goodness of God.   Remembering what He has done for us in the past helps us to trust that… Continue reading Message for November28, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

   –Today we remember Jim Childs–                                                       Jim has heard the words “Well done my faithful servant”.At home with the Lord for evermore.   A Prophet that heard from God and shared those words he heard.  Married to Connie who stole his heart-the girl who made him smile.  Jim loved his God, his family and his friends so… Continue reading Message for November 21, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

A tribute to a great man of God: Clifton Coulter “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature and who-so-ever believes shall be saved.”  “As you go preach, saying the Kingdom of God is at hand.  Heal the sick, cleanse the leper, raise the dead, cast of devils, freely you have… Continue reading A tribute to a great man of God: Clifton Coulter

Messenger of Grace Clifton Coulter His message was one of grace                                   He told it wherever he went                            When you heard him speak you knew it was from his heart                                               He made you laugh with the stories he told       … Continue reading Message for November 14, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

Growing in Revelation of the Access we have in  Christ who is Everything.  2 Peter 3:18 “But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  To him be glory, now and forever! Amen. Peter encourages the church to continue to grow in grace. To grow in grace is… Continue reading Message for November 7, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

”Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down  And they overcame him by the blood of the… Continue reading Message for October 31, 2021 from Pastor Jerry

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.  2 Corinthians 2:14 Paul tells that our triumph comes from what God did in Christ.    When we accepted Jesus Christ we were united with him. We… Continue reading Message for October 23, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

     When I was growing up I remember hearing this saying “you can count on it” or “as sure as the sun sets.”  These were ways of saying it was a certain thing or a sure thing.  I found out in my life that sometimes people could not or would not keep their word.  There is… Continue reading Message for October 17, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

The last few weeks we have sensed fall in the air.  Morning’s are cooler, leaves are beginning to fall from the trees and the grass is beginning to turn brown.  Following the fall season is the winter season which is cold, dark and dreary, then the spring season is a time of birth as things… Continue reading Message for October 10, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

   I spent many years dreading my birthday.  It was never for me a day of celebration. That is until the Holy Spirit spoke to me a few years ago, “Why do you not want to celebrate your birth-day.  This is the day God chose for you to enter into this world.  This should be a… Continue reading Message for September 26, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

At the time the woman was healed, Jesus was on the way to the house of Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, to pray for his daughter, who was dying.  When Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has made you whole,” Jairus’ servants came from his house, saying, “Don’t trouble Jesus any longer. Your daughter… Continue reading Message for September 19, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

Pastor Charles B. Widmeyer wrote the words and music for the  gospel song “Come and Dine” in 1906. This song was written following the reading of John 21.  It is based on an incident described in John 21:1-14 in which Peter and half a dozen of the other disciples had fished all night and had… Continue reading Message for September 12, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

From Pastor Shirely                                   NINE WAYS THAT GOD IS ABLE….                                         He is able to make you stand: Romans 14:4.He’s able to establish you:  Romans 16:25.He’s able to keep you from falling and present you faultless before His glory: Jude… Continue reading Message for September 9, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

“The refining pot is for silver and the furnace is for gold, and a man is valued by what others say of him.” Proverbs 27:22      What is the measure of a person? We watch and listen to what people do and say.  The important issue is the relationship of what he says and what he… Continue reading Message for August 29, 2021 from Pastor Jerry

 The promise “I will never leave you nor forsake you” was first given to Israel and Joshua before entering the Promised Land. Deuteronomy 31:6      This was echoed in Hebrews 13:5 He Himself has said, “I will never leave you, nor forsake you”.  In a world and even in our own lives where things are constantly… Continue reading Message for August 22, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

“Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall”. Psalm 55:22 Peter echoes this in 1 Peter 5:6-7 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you”.   … Continue reading Message for August 15, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Whether we realize it or not, we all operate… Continue reading Message for August 8, 2021 from Pastor Shirley

Just as the surety of  the sun rising and setting so does my Word for concerning you.  Yes my Word is a sure foundation in the lives of those who call me their Lord.  Never doubt that I would let one Word fall to the ground just to be void.  For I have a purpose… Continue reading Message for August 1, 2021 from Pastor Shirley