Not Satisfied

But I don't need to write to you about the Christian love that should be shown among God's people. For God himself has taught you to love one another. (1 Thessalonians 4:9)

Indeed, your love is already strong toward all the Christians in all of Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we beg you to love them more and more. (1 Thessalonians 4:10)

Paul is encouraging the reader to love. He firsts compliments them on the love they already have and then encourages them to love others more and more. In all things good, we need to continue in them and get better. My love for my wife should grow with each passing year. My relationship with God should become more passionate year after year. I do not want to be satisfied with yesterday because yesterday is gone. We should be wanting to go deeper and deeper in God every passing day. Don't be satisfied.

“Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.”

Pastor Bryan J

Just shove some Triscuits in their mouth!

We were watching a Tv show a couple of weeks ago when a girl commented about having Triscuits on hand to shove in her mom's mouth.(She was diabetic). Of course we took this little comment and now we use it for when we want someone to be quiet. It has been funny and I have only got in trouble once with my wife for it.(That was funny too.) There are times when we all need some Triscuits for our own mouth.

Even fools are thought to be wise when they keep silent; when they keep their mouths shut, they seem intelligent. (Proverbs 17:28)

My own mouth gets me in trouble from time to time. From biting remarks, tearing down others, to not letting things go when I should along with many other times, it would be best just to remain silent. Someone may even think I am wise.

Picks for the week.

Come&Live!

This website has music to download and it is more that just music, it is about actually ministering to others around the world. Oh, did I mention it has free full length albums(you can donate if u like). Pretty cool find.

Refrigerator Verse: Philippians 2:14: In everything you do, stay away from complaining and arguing, (Philippians 2:14)

Artist of the week. The Almost

Song of Day

Special Tribute Video to Brit

Have a Great Wednesday. See you later

Pastor Bryan J

One at a time?

I am a big believer in the concept of stepping back from time to time and looking to see where you are at in your life, personally, professionally, and most importantly spiritually. You have to be honest with yourself when you do this. You cant look at the mirror that is darkened but one that is bright and clear to show all the imperfections. I preached on Sunday about Songs of Solomon 2:15, the verse about little foxes that spoil the vines. I took the time to look at my life and saw that there were some things that I had let into my life that were not beneficial to where I want to go. The first thing was my food choices. I am a big man and love food with a passion. But I sometimes will let myself make unhealthy choices and lately it had come to a point of "accidentally" consuming double the amount of calories that I need every day. Extra extra fluffy here I come. Food may not be your problem but there is always something that we have in our life that can take us from where we need to go. It may be TV, relationships, jobs, money, Facebook, or any number of things that will take us away from where we need to be. So I am making the changes necessary to help me stay away from unhealthy choices and also to save money(a Taco Bell habit can be expensive).

I also normally think that a person should work on one area at a time in their life. This is how I usually work with people, overcoming one battle and then onto the next. For me right now though, there are some other things that need attention as well. So for now, I have made several changes at once in my personal life. This ought to be fun. I apologize in advance to my family if this makes me crazy or grumpy. Sometimes you need just a little repair work, sometimes a quick overhaul, and some people need a complete rebuild. You are the only one that can know for sure. Step back and look in the mirror and be honest about where you are in your life. It may take a personal challenge to yourself or maybe even outside help to make the change or changes needed. Just go for it.

Pastor Bryan J

Welcome to the new blog page for me, Bishop Bryan Johns from Pulaski, TN. I am an ordained bishop with The (Original) Church of God and I pastor at Trinity Worship Center in Pulaski, TN. IF I put the effort into this that I want, then I expect to have a good time and inspire some good conversation among friends and newcomers alike. Or I might post this once and never see it again. It could happen either way. This looks like fun so I might as well take the plunge. TTYL

Rev. Bryan Johns.