Pastor H. Gene Allen

~ Good Morning!

I have a great Word for you today. It’s found in two different Bible verses.

• Proverbs 18:10 •

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs to it and is safe and set on high [far above evil].” ‭(Amplified Translation)

• Proverbs 29:25 •

“The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.” ‭(ESV‬)

✝️ Proverbs 18:10a: “The name of the LORD is a strong tower;”

• The Lord is your strength to power you through any situation you find yourself in.

✝️ Proverbs 18:10b: “The righteous runs to it and is safe and set on high [far above evil].

• The righteous, those who have an ongoing relationship with Jesus, are not only safe, but are placed high above the enemy of their soul.

• When we’re established in Jesus, the evil one can’t get us unless we allow him to. We still can be tempted; however, Jesus gives us the strength to overcome our temptations, if we trust in Him. (1 Corinthians 10:13)

✝️ Proverbs 29:25b: “whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.”

• Those who trust in the Lord, or those who places their confidence in the Lord, will always be safe and secure.

Bottom Line:

‼️Stay Close To Jesus And You’ll Be Alright‼️

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene
FamilyChurchAG.com

~ Good Morning!

Here are a few final words, from the Apostle Paul, from the book of Colossians.

• Colossians‬ ‭4:2, 5-6 •

“Never give up praying. And when you pray, keep alert and be thankful. (5)When you are with unbelievers, always make good use of the time. (6)Be pleasant and hold their interest when you speak the message. Choose your words carefully and be ready to give answers to anyone who asks questions.” ‭(CEV‬‬)

✝️ Verse 2: Don’t ever stop Praying.

✝️ Verse 5: Always be a Witness to those who don’t believe in Jesus.

✝️ Verse 6: When Witnessing to unbelievers, be pleasant and interesting, using the right words, and always ready to answer their questions about Jesus.

⁉️ Are You Letting Your “Jesus” Light Shine On Others ⁉️

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. (15)Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. (16)In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” — Matthew‬ ‭5:14-16‬ ‭(ESV‬)

‼️Be Light in this Dark World‼️

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene
FamilyChurchAG.com

~ Good Morning and Happy Wednesday!

Today, our Bible verses, and devotion, comes to us out of

• Romans‬ ‭10:9-10, 13 •

“So you will be saved, if you honestly say, “Jesus is Lord,” and if you believe with all your heart that God raised Him from death. (10)God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this and tell it to others. (13)All who call out to the Lord [in prayer] will be saved.” ‭(CEV‬)

These 3 verses of scripture are very self explanatory. The main things you need to get from these verses are …

✝️ Father God raised Jesus from the dead, and Jesus is Lord of all. You must believe this with all of your heart.

✝️ God will accept you, and save you, if you believe in Him, and tell others that you believe in Him.

✝️ All those who believe, and call out to Jesus, will be saved, and blessed with abundant life on earth and eternal life in heaven.

If you haven’t done the above yet, would you do it right now? Follow the ABC’s below, and call on Jesus right now.

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene
FamilyChurchAG.com

~ Good Morning and Happy Saturday!

Our Bible passage and devotion is from Jude 24-25 this morning.

• Jude‬ ‭24-25‬ •

“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, (25)to the only [wise] God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” ‭(ESV‬‬)

✝️ Jude 24: “Keep” — Here, the Greek word for, “Keep,” is phylassō. It means to “guard.”
• We must watch that we stay close to the Lord, but only He can guard us so that we do not stumble.
• When we do our part, that is stay in a right relationship with Jesus, then He will do His part and guard us from the evil one, keep us from falling away from Him and present us blameless before Father God.

✝️ Jude 25: “to the only [wise] God…”
• In essence, Jude closes his book by saying, To God alone be the Glory!
• There is but one God, and the KJV states, “to the only wise God…”
• Not only is He a, “wise God,” but He is also our Savior.
• An Old Testament Reference to Father God also being our Savior is Isaiah 45:15 — “Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.”
• A New Testament Reference to Father God also being our Savior is Romans 16:27 — “To the only God, who alone is all-wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever! Amen.” (GNB‬‬)
• Jude closes his book by offering the Lord an awesome praise. “be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”

✝️ How does this relate to us today? Jude warns us to …

❗️Watch for false teachers.
❗️Keep a strong relationship with Jesus.
❗️Build your faith through prayer and reading God’s Word.
❗️Witness to the lost.
❗️Always offer praise to God!

May you stay close to Jesus and praise Him in all you do.

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene
FamilyChurchAG.com

~ Good Morning!

Our Bible passage, today, is found in …

• Romans 12:1-2 •

“Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That’s the most sensible way to serve God. (2)Don’t be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to Him.” (CEV‬‬)

✝️ The above passage of scripture really captures so much of the meaning of life.

• Like how God’s great mercy opens the way for us to give our lives to Him.

• Like how the Christian life is not just about religious activities or keeping rules.

• And how real life, the Christian life, is about having an intimate relationship with Him that is loaded with implications that play out in every area of our lives.

✝️ True Christianity begins in having an intimate relationship with Jesus.

That’s God’s desire for every one of us. He wants us to learn to live out the grace and favor we’ve already been given, and He wants us to become more like His Son, Jesus, so we can enjoy and love Him — and love others the way He loves them.

✝️ It’s a total reorientation of life.

Many Christians aren’t experiencing the fullness of their Christian relationship, but Romans 12 assures us that we can.

True spirituality, or Christianity, is the fruit of you and I responding to God’s invitation to an intimate relationship with Him, and His Son, Jesus.

⁉️ Are you willing to respond, by faith, to God’s instructions ⁉️

When you do, your hearts and lives sync with Him, and you will be filled with His Love, Life, Passion, and Purpose, and live a life of true spirituality, Christianity and love.

‼️ God Is So Good To Us ~ So Let’s Live For Him Forever‼️

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene

FamilyChurchAG.com

~ Good Morning and Happy Tuesday!

Today’s Bible verse, and Devotion, comes to us from …

• Galatians‬ ‭6:2 •

“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (ESV‬)

1.) Christians should always help

others who are carrying heavy

burdens.

2.) Every believer should be

involved in lifting other’s

burdens by prayer and

encouragement. When you

do this, you are doing the

work of the Lord.

3.) Though the principle of, “Bear

one another’s burdens,

should apply to all burdens,

this context has special

reference to helping to bear

the heaviest, and most

oppressive burdens, and

weights, such as temptation,

spiritual warfare and ultimate

spiritual failure.

4.) The word, “burdens,” here, in

the Greek, literally means,

“heaviest weights” or

“heaviest burdens.” — These

heavy weights usually always

exceed the strength of those

who are under them.

‼️ Galatians 6:2 is saying that every believer should be about the business of helping others carry their heaviest burdens — especially those burdens/weights associated with spiritual temptation, and spiritual warfare, in which satan is trying to crush them. ‼️

I dare you, today, to ask Jesus to lead you to someone whom you can help carry a heavy load. You might just see a miracle happen today!

Remember, while you’re helping others with Their issues, the Lord is working on Your issues.

The Lord bless you as you serve Him, and others, while in this world.

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene

FamilyChurchAG.com

~ Good Morning!

I’ve got a fantastic passage of scripture for you this morning. It’s three verses that include a Command, a Warning and a Promise. Let’s examine it together.

• ‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:15-17 •

“Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16)For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. (17)The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.” (NASB2020‬‬)

✝️ COMMAND — V. 15: “Do not love the world nor the things in the world.”

• This does not mean, do not love the natural part of the world, like creation, nor the human side of the world, which God said that He loved, in John 3:16.

• This verse means for us not to lean toward, flirt with, or love the part of the world that is antagonistic, hostile towards, or those things which oppose God. These things are evil and we should have nothing to do with them.

• 1 Peter‬ ‭1:14-16‬ ‭

“As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”” (ESV‬‬)

✝️ WARNING — V. 15b, 16, 17a: “If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (16)For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. (17)The world is passing away and also its lusts…”

• If you love the part of the world that is sinful, and that opposes God, then you can’t love God. We can’t love evil and good, and/or Godliness and ungodliness.

• Matthew‬ ‭6:24

““No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord].” (AMP‬‬)

• One commentator wrote, “Those who put their trust in earthly possessions commit their energies and selves to a sphere whose end has already been assured.”

✝️ PROMISE — V. 17: “but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.”

• To love the world is to lose everything, including the thing that you loved; however, to love God is to gain Him, plus His kingdom.

• Romans‬ ‭6:23

“Sin pays off with death. But God’s gift is eternal life given by Jesus Christ our Lord.” (CEV‬‬)

The Conclusion?

It’s Simple.

Place the Lord first, and foremost, in your life and be committed to serving Him everyday of your life. I promise you, the Lord will never fail you!

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene

~ Good Morning:

Do I have a reminder for you today! It’s found in …

• Psalms‬ ‭24:1 •

“The earth and everything on it, including its people, belong to the Lord. The world and its people belong to him.” ‭(CEV‬)

✝️ The entire earth, and everything that it is comprised of …

✝️ The contents of the earth, the people and the living things that fill the earth …

✝️ All of it belongs to the Lord!

Conclusion …

If everything of the earth, and in the earth is the Lord’s, then it’s His responsibility to care for and repair it all.

If I rent a house, and something goes wrong, I call the landlord and they fix the problem; I don’t worry about it, right?!

The Lord owns me and everything that I have is His. So, if something goes wrong, what do I do? I turn to the Lord! I place my faith in Him to fix whatever is His!

Grab hold of this concept and worry no more. Place everything you have, own and are responsible for, in the Lord’s care. Trust Him to take care of your problems, and He will!

‼️ TRUST • JESUS ‼️

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene

~ Good morning!

Here is our Bible verse for today. It’s found in …

• Hosea‬ ‭6:6 •

“I’d rather for you to be faithful and to know Me than to offer sacrifices.” (CEV‬‬)

Here, we see the two great requirements of Hosea’s writing. God spoke through Hosea and said, “What I really want from you is your love, and for you to really know Me.” From creation, Father God has wanted to have a relationship with His people.

There are many Christian’s who have a “token” relationship with the Lord. They attend church occasionally, they serve only when they are asked, they give a few bucks if they’re at church. There’s not really a commitment to the Lord, and faithfulness to Him is thought, but not lived out.

Then there are other believers who do attend church faithfully, they do give financially, they do serve more than occasionally, but they are habitual and not relational. They simply go through the motions without any real consideration for a deeper relationship with the Lord.

In today’s verbiage, in Hosea 6:6, Father God is saying to His Church — “Rather than your church attendance, your hymn-singing, your offering giving and your sermon listening, I want you to love Me, I want you to be faithful to Me, I want you to be committed to Me, I want you to have a relationship with Me, I want you to be fully devoted to Me.”

• Our Church attendance is Biblical and of most importance for successful Christian living.

• Our financial giving is Biblical and blessed by God. It’s God’s Word, that when we give financially to the Lord, and His church, we are rewarded and blessed by God.

• Our volunteerism is vitally important to the operation, and continuation, of the local church. The church needs your involvement.

However, more important than all of that, is your salvation, your sins forgiven and your sincere, committed relationship with Jesus.

Jesus wants you more than what you can give Him. — He wants you to be in a right relationship with Him so that He can pour into your life and bless you.

Let’s stop just going through the motions. Let’s be Fully Devoted to Jesus, and let’s start now!

I love you, I believe in you and I’m committed to helping you live out a fully devoted life lived for Jesus.

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene

~ Good Morning and Happy SUNDAY:

“This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it!”

On this beautiful Sunday morning, I have a wonderful scripture passage for you to read and be encouraged, and motivated, by.

• Hebrews‬ ‭10:22-25 •

“So let’s come near God with pure hearts and a confidence that comes from having faith. Let’s keep our hearts pure, our consciences free from evil, and our bodies washed with clean water. (23)We must hold tightly to the hope we say is ours. After all, we can trust the one who made the agreement with us. (24)We should keep on encouraging each other to be thoughtful and to do helpful things. (25)Some people have given up the habit of meeting for worship, but we must not do that. We should keep on encouraging each other (to regularly attend Worship Experience’s), especially since you know that the day of the Lord’s coming is getting closer.” (CEV‬‬)

Let’s read these verses and commit to begin following their instructions right now.

✝️ “let’s come near God with pure hearts and a (sincere) confidence…”

✝️ “let’s keep our hearts pure…”

✝️ (Let’s keep) “our consciences free from evil…”

✝️ (Let’s keep) “our bodies washed with clean water.”

• This could mean through Water Baptism, and/or it could mean a changed life, not only on the inside, but the outside, as well. I personally believe that after we are saved on the inside, that there should be a change on the outside.

✝️ “We must hold tightly to the hope we say is ours” (that comes from the Lord)

• Meaning that Christians are to hold unswervingly is their profession of faith (your testimony of saving grace through Jesus). This profession/confession is the essence of the Christian faith.

✝️ “keep on encouraging each other to be thoughtful (of each other) and to do helpful things” (for one another).

✝️ (We must not give) “up the habit of meeting for worship…”

• The idea here is Corporate Worship, or the Church worshipping together as the local body of Jesus.

✝️ “We should keep on encouraging each other to regularly attend Worship Experience’s, especially since you know that the day of the Lord’s coming is getting closer.

• “encouraging” here means to stimulate, stir up, provoke to excitement, one another.

The Lord has spoken, so let’s Obey Right Away and Do what the Lord has Said To Do!

‼️ Don’t Miss Your Worship Experience This Morning ‼️

Family Life Church begins at 10:30 AM 🕥 and we’d love for you to join us for worship this morning. Consider this your invitation.

May the Lord richly bless you as you follow Him with your testimony of faith and your obedience to His Word.

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene