Kevin A. Pierpont
Higgins Lake Baptist Church
11/28/04

Did you know that many people live under the illusion that good people go to heaven? Some assume that if you can just live a good enough life then God will let you into heaven someday. Andy Stanley has written a book with the title, How Good is Good Enough? that refutes this basic idea.

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Kevin A. Pierpont
Higgins Lake Baptist Church
11/21/04

Last week we talked about rejoicing in the Lord. We learned that for the Christian, rejoicing is commanded. If you are a Christian, part of the package is that you rejoice in the Lord. It’s not that you must bounce happily through life as if there’s not a care in the world when you are facing the most difficult of circumstances. But rejoicing in the Lord is what you can do in the midst of your heartbreak—you can rejoice in the fact that you are God’s child and that He is in complete control and that He will provide for your every need. The child of God who truly rejoices in the Lord experiences real joy.

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Kevin A. Pierpont
Higgins Lake Baptist Church
11/14/04

Sometimes I wonder if most Christians really know how to rejoice in the Lord. Really rejoice in all circumstances—good and bad.

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In honor of those who have served and are serving. Our deepest thanks and appreciation.

From Cox & Forkum Editorial Cartoons

Happy Birthday to my favorite military branch. The United States Marine Corps celebrates it’s 229^th birthday today. Semper Fi!

Kevin A. Pierpont
Higgins Lake Baptist Church
11/7/04

In previous studies in the second chapter of Philippians we’ve learned that if we are Christians we are to be bright lights that shine in the darkness of the world around us and we are to do so without complaining and arguing—we are to work out our salvation—that is we are to live out our faith and the only way we are able to live this way is because a follower of Christ—a person who has trusted Christ as Savior—has God’s strength, the work of the Holy Sprit, at work in them giving them the desire to do His will and the strength to do His will.

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