Archive for September, 2009

Peace over troubled waters

Posted in Lowell Carlson on September 13th, 2009 by lowellc – Comments Off

Greetings in Jesus Name. His Name is above all others. I hear Him speaking Peace to us in these days. In John 14:27 ” Peace I leave with you: my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
If God is sovereign, and I believe He is, then He is in control. And I can rest in Him. We do not need to be afraid about what the government is doing.
When we have opportunity to have our say as citizens I believe we should speak up. When we have opportunity we should fight evil in all its forms. But we do this with confidence and not fear. Jesus walked through this hostile world in peace and so can we. May we trust Him to help us do so.
Love in Jesus, Pastor Lowell

The Power of the Positive

Posted in Community, Lowell Carlson on September 13th, 2009 by lowellc – Comments Off

Our environment is made up of attitudes and attitudes can be either positive or negative. Both of them are very powerful. Positive attitudes can encourage. Negative attitudes will discourage. Positive attitudes can bring hope. Negative attitudes bring despair. Positive attitudes can heal. Negative attitudes cause illness and disease. Everyone likes positive attitudes and no one likes a negative attitude. Positive attitudes cause people to work smoothly together. Negative attitudes bring critical comments and chaos. In Philippians 4:8 we are told to think positively. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think about such things.”
I trust a word to the wise is sufficient.

Pastor Lowell