FROM THE PASTOR I praise and Thank God for His blessings on Trinity Church of the Nazarene during the year 2009. As we move into 2010, I pray that you will join me and make the year one of close self-examination and self-adjustment of our very spiritual being. My brothers and sisters in the Lord, we should be on our knees daily asking God to direct our lives. We should be listening close as He speaks to us about our relationship with Him and also our relationship to our brethren around us. It was said of the early church “behold how they loved one another”. We cannot say we serve and love God and then go about with a spirit of indifference and a lack of love toward Him or our fellow man. That’s why I want to make 2010 the “Year Of The Altar” at Glasgow Trinity. If we don’t like someone or something , take it “to the Altar” before we make a quick judgment or rash decision that might tear down someone’s life or family. If we want to gossip, then get on the Altar and gossip to God. If we keep ourselves on the Altar, focusing on our needs, faults and shortcomings, then we will not have the time to confront, find fault, or judge our neighbors or a fellow church member. If we are saved, then we need to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. Our BIG CONCERN should and must be for those who are not saved, THE LOST. The Bible says that “those who are saved don’t need a physician, but those who are lost do.”If someone is saved, be happy and rejoice like the angels in heaven rejoice. It’s time to stop trying to figure out among the saved who might or might not be doing the way we think it should be done and get out into the fields for they are RIPE AND READY FOR THE HARVEST. The problem is the laborers are few. Why are they FEW? Because we are busy telling each other in the church what is wrong and we really need to be down the street, across town or next door telling some man, woman, boy or girl that they need Jesus as their Savior and lead them to Him. 2010, The Year Of The Altar. Remember, it’s not about myself as Pastor nor is it about you. IT IS ABOUT HIM. THE KING OF KINGS and THE LORD OF LORDS. He is the one who died for my sins, your sins, your neighbors sins, and even the sins of your brothers and sisters at church. He is the ONE we will all answer to. He will be the JUDGE of all man-kind, so that leaves me and you out. He does not need our help or advice on who might be wrong or right. He already knows!! So, let’s get ourselves on the ALTAR and forget all the rest of the saved. They are ready to go. Let’s make sure we are also ready for in an hour when you think not, Jesus is coming back, LET US PRAY! “Lord, I place myself on YOUR ALTAR. Examine me closely, O Lord. If my heart has anger, jealousy, bitterness, lust or ANY SIGN of something that is not LOVE, DEAR LORD, I beg you to remove it from me. Lord, I don’t want you to come back and all this garbage which I have allowed to accumulate and build up, be found in my life. So LORD, FORGIVE ME NOW and help me to love everybody as I should. AMEN