When Things Are Going Great!
7-1-2023
C. Hayden
It has been a great month for Central Christian Church as we have been filled to the brim with new and
wonderful Spirit-filled events. The renovated sanctuary has been opened and the worship has been “stellar.” That
reminds me of our “Stellar” Vacation Bible School which was a stellar success as many people volunteered to
minister to a great group of young attendees. The renovated sanctuary opened to several new baptisms the first
Sunday, 2 new baby dedications the second Sunday, requests for new member inductions, a wonderful Father’s
Day celebration, and a growing Church. These are all physical
manifestations of our Father God working, God the Holy Spirit moving,
and the presence of God the Son among His Church. So let’s
celebrate! Thank You Lord Jesus!
Even when seeing God do great things in our midst, we need to
always remain cognizant of how much the devil hates seeing the
Church walk in victory. The Epistle of 1 Peter, chapter 5:8, Amplified
version, says this, “Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be
vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams
around like a roaring lion [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize
upon and devour.” Satan is always waiting and watching, looking to find a crack in the Churches’ armor that he
might exploit, utilizing our lack of vigilance to his advantage. It is in good times that we often take our eyes off the
Lord and on to ourselves, forgetting that it is our wonderful God who blesses us with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3).
With this in mind, we should continue to expect to see God at work, bringing people to Christ, growing
them up in the Lord’s glorious liberty, and training the body of Christ for His purposes. And this we will always
celebrate. At the same time, Satan likes to catch God’s people off guard as he did the nation of Israel who lost their
spiritual fervor after receiving the blessing. So let us continue to put on the armor of guard as instructed in Ephesians
6, knowing that we still are at war with principalities, powers and the rulers of the darkness of this age, against
spiritual wicked forces in heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:10-12). Continue in God’s Word and in prayer.
May God bless you even more!!
Pastor Chris
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Join Team Jesus!
6-15-2023
J. Fields
Wow, the past few weeks have been active here at the church; we have been busy between
moving back into the sanctuary, moving up Sunday, baptisms, graduations, VBS, and child
dedication. While we have all been busy it’s been a good busy, we’ve been doing ministry.
Anytime you see people getting baptized, parents dedicating their children, or you see people at
the altar praying, you know that God is moving.
God is truly at work here at Central Christian Church, but we must ponder how we can stay on
the right track, especially when the world is going in a different direction. The thing I’m
comfortable with is that we have a great leadership team in place, between Pastor Chris and our
Elders, they have the best interests of CCC and most importantly Jesus Christ in mind. Aren’t
you glad that we worship at a church that is striving every day to become more spiritually
mature, a church that understands that the Word of God is active, alive, and still for today, and a
church that will not bow down to any man other than God Almighty, that’s our church!
My challenge for each of us is to stay rooted in the Bible, understanding that the Word never
changes and neither does God. If we will continue to stay faithful (and not sway in the way of
our world) He will continually bless and protect us. Every day pray for our nation, our leaders,
our community, our church, and one another, and speak the name of Jesus over every situation.
We live in a fallen and sinful world so unfortunately bad things at times do happen but don’t be
alarmed, God has you covered.
Church family, keep using your voice, keep standing for the truth, and in everything stay faithful
to the Lord. We aren’t done, God is on the move and I am so pumped that part of Him moving is
happening right here at CCC. I don’t know about you but I’m excited to see what God does
next. Central Christian Church is God’s church both now and forever, let’s stay united, let’s push
through and preserve, and let’s stand on the promises of God, if we stay obedient, He will in
return continue to move in our lives.
John 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do;
and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
Blessings,
Jason
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When is Enough — Enough?
6/1/2023
C. Hayden
There comes a time when enough is enough. We are Christians because God so loved the world that
God sacrificed His only begotten Son Jesus to redeem us from the curse of the law which came about
due to the disobedience of mankind. But we are Christians in this world to be witnesses of God’s grace,
draw others into a relationship with Christ, encourage one another to good works, and be a light in an
ever-increasingly dark and immoral world. John 17:14-15 informs
us that we are living in this world, but we are not to be a part of
this world, not a part of its values. And the worlds values seem to
be increasing in separating itself from any semblance of caring for
God’s values.
Now I know many believers love to shop at Target, and I
am not calling for a boycott of the store. However, the business
world needs to start getting a clue of how aggressively anti-Christian
some companies are becoming to those who believe in Biblical values.
This past week, the retail giant “Target”, has just introduced a line of
“Transgender Wear” for their customers. The clothing company is
the brainchild of an avowed Satanist and trans-activist named
simply “Erik.” Now if Target would like to provide this product for adults who are transgender, that is
their choice. But much of the clothing “targets” (pun intended) to small children and toddlers with pro-
transgender messages (Although Target denies it is for kids). And as if this wasn’t enough, the London-
based company providing these fashion statements include satanic references with messages such as,
“Satan Respects Pronouns” as well as other satanic images and references to the devil.
You might say to me, “Well Pastor, the USA is a free country. They have a right to promote what
they want to promote, or think might sell.” And I would agree with you. But we as Christians, we not
only have the right, but also an obligation to speak out when we see major players in this world do
things that want to normalize immoral and dangerous messaging to our children, as well as adults. In
their attempt for inclusion, they exclude Bible believers, confirming the sinful direction and Godless,
spiraling downward, immoral curve our society is taking us.
As Ephesians 5:8-11 tells us,” ‘For you were
once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in
all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no
fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them .’”
May God bless you even more!!
Pastor Chris
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