Welcome to Corinth Methodist Church A Global Methodist Congregation
4170 Highway 301 S, Four Oaks, North Carolina 27524
(919) 628-1119
Pastor Gainus Sikes
Worship - 10 am Bible Study - 11:15 am
Monthly Message for November
With the holiday season approaching, we need to do a personal evaluation of ourselves so we can enter the New Year feeling more comfortable about decisions that we might make. A great way to start is to ask ourselves these four questions: 1) Do I love Jesus enough to do things differently? 2) Do I love Jesus enough to change? 3) Do I love Jesus enough to sing a contemporary song because it helps another’s heart get nearer to God’s throne? 4) Do I love Jesus enough to NOT insist on my own way? Change is a normal part of our lives even though it is so hard to accept or understand at times. Let’s look at this for a moment. As children find out, “I can do today some things I couldn’t do last year.” As young adults find out, “This work, marriage, and family stuff sure are different.” As older folks find out, “My body is rebelling against me!” Change happens! Sometimes we want to keep the illusion of things being constant. We use phrases like, “We have never done things that way,” or “Back when I was young….” Our memories bring us comfort in the rush of uncontrollable changes. Those memories take us back to what our minds think are calmer, peaceful times. But as my dad loved to say, “Those who talk about the Depression, WWII, and the aftermath as ‘Good Ol’ Days’ didn’t live where I lived. Those days were hard. I don’t want to go back to them.” Change happens! When you and I count on our memories to bring comfort to our living, we are counting on the wrong constant of living. Jesus wants us to trust in Him at all times, good or bad, ups and downs, stable and turmoil. Jesus doesn’t promise us that the road travelled will be easy; in fact, he says that we will carry and die upon our cross, as he did. He does promise us that He will be with us through it all and we will see God. Change is the constant in God’s created world. It is why the Psalmist wrote, “This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” In the light of God’s creation, this is the day that you and I are given to share His love. Nothing else is guaranteed to us. While change continues to happen right here at Corinth Methodist Church (a Global Methodist Church congregation), may we find our comfort, our confidence, our purpose, our vision in the four great words of truth, our true affirmation of faith, Jesus Christ is Lord. While it was probably the second affirmation of the Christian faith, following Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD” it is the affirmation that made us distinctly Christian. Jesus Christ is Lord. That is the constant that allowed the scared disciples to leave an upper room on the Day of Pentecost. That is the constant that led people to step out in faith in 1881 to begin Corinth Methodist Church. That is the constant of faith that has led us for 143 years. That is the constant of faith God is using to lead us into His changing world created today. What more do we need?
