In light of the lack of engagement, and the statistical fact that the majority of the members have not even visited this community in over 180 days (approx. 6 months) I have decided to cancel the membership with skool.com. It is an expenditure that can better directed in a different direction. I will continue to post messages and lessons on our alternate site at: https://pastorcalvinhall/substack.com {SUBSTACK.com} or https://sbfmus.com I have found it to be a much more powerful and feature-packed tool and without the monthly cost to maintain a community. it is my hope and prayer that those of you who have found encouragement here will follow over to the other site and contiue to be uplifted. For those of you who choose not to do so, I thank you for the time you have spent with me and hope that the words God has given me to share with you have enriched your lives in some way, that I leave you in a better place than when we first met, and that your faith has grown and you are closer to Christ. I pray that each and every one of you continue to press in to Jesus, that you spend each day prayerfully reading your Bible and learning more of the TRUTH of the Gospel (GOOD NEWS). Please remember, HELL was not created for us and the ONLY way we end up heading there is to REJECT Jesus and the gift of salvation. This is the entirety of the reasoning behind the gift of FREE WILL that God has given us. . . the ability to CHOOSE the path we walk. I leave you here today in the peace and comfort of the Holy Spirit, and pray that our engagement has been both meaningful and edifying. In Jesus holy name I pray.

Originally written by my good friend and former pastor, Tim Scarbrough, this song has been re-written and re-arranged by myself, with permission for the rewrite and release on my upcoming album, "MORE THAN ENOUGH" This is "WALK ON" (originally wrote in 2014)

READ: Matthew 6:7-15 "Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him." (v.8) Do you believe that God's word has power to change and transform your life today? Isaiah says that God's word is like the rain and melting snow which makes the barren ground spring to life and become abundantly fertile (Isaiah 55:10-11). God's word has power to penetrate our dry barren hearts and make them springs of new life. If we let God's word take root in our heart it will transform us into the likeness of God himself and empower us to walk in his way of love and holiness. Let God's word guide and shape the way you judge and act God wants his word to guide and shape the way we think, act, and pray. Ambrose (339-397 AD), an early church father and bishop of Milan, wrote that the reason we should devote time for reading Scripture is to hear Christ speak to us. "Are you not occupied with Christ? Why do you not talk with him? By reading the Scriptures, we listen to Christ." We can approach God our Father with confidence We can approach God confidently because he is waiting with arms wide open to receive his prodigal sons and daughters. That is why Jesus gave his disciples the perfect prayer that dares to call God, Our Father. This prayer teaches us how to ask God for the things we really need, the things that matter not only for the present but for eternity as well. We can approach God our Father with confidence and boldness because the Lord Jesus has opened the way to heaven for us through his death and resurrection. When we ask God for help, he fortunately does not give us what we deserve. Instead, God responds with grace, mercy, and loving-kindness. He is good and forgiving towards us, and he expects us to treat our neighbor the same. God has poured his love into our hearts through the gift of the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (Romans 5:5). And that love is like a refining fire - it purifies and burns away all prejudice, hatred, resentment, vengeance, and bitterness until there is nothing left but goodness and forgiveness towards those who cause us grief or harm.

"Our Lord so frequently spoke to us of God as Father. He even taught us to call none on earth father, but only the one we have in heaven (Matthew 23:9). Therefore, when we pray to the Father, we are following this command. Blessed are they who recognize their Father! Remember the reproach made against Israel, when the Spirit calls heaven and earth to witness, saying, 'I have begotten sons and they have not known me' (Isaiah 1:2). In addressing him as Father we are also naming him God, so as to combine in a single term both filial love and power. Addressing the Father, the Son is also being addressed, for Christ said, 'I and the Father are one.' Nor is Mother Church passed over without mention, for the mother is recognized in the Son and the Father, as it is within the church that we learn the meaning of the terms Father and Son."

1 Praise the LORD. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. 2 Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who have pleasure in them. 4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful. 7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy, 8 they are established for ever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.