Pastor’s Blog

Pastor’s Pen -05/11/2025

More Than A Feeling: Choosing To Love “Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not puffed up “ (1 Cor 13.4). Most of us have heard 1 Corinthians 13 described as the love chapter, and it is all about love. It is probably the most-read Scripture at weddings. While… Read More »

Pastor’s Pen 05/04/2025

Stiff-Necked People “Yahweh spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked           people .” (Deut. 9:13) In the book of Numbers, Moses writes about seven rebellions of the Israelites against God. Rebellion: Complaining about no meat. “And the rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also… Read More »

Pastor’s Pen 04/27/2025

Show No Partiality! “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 In the late 18th century, Pew Fees were established in Christian churches in England and America. Families or individuals would pay a yearly… Read More »

Pastors Pen 04/20/2025

He Lives! “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to  die again; death no longer is master over Him” (Romans 6:8-9). Welcome to Grace Harvest Bible church. If you are visiting today, we are grateful you… Read More »

Pastor’s Pen 04/13/2025

My Redeemer Lives! “As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will rise up over the dust of this world        (Job 19:25).” Almost all believers and unbelievers alike have heard the expression, “You have the patience of Job.” However, most people do not know why the saying came into… Read More »

Pastor’s Pen 04/06/2025

Come and See! “Come and see the works of God, Who is fearsome in His deeds toward the sons of men.”  (Psalm 66:5) Welcome to the dedication of our new worship center. Come and see what God has done in the ministry  at Grace Harvest Bible Church. Dr. John Marks, former   Swift Creek Baptist Church… Read More »

Pastor’s Pen 03/30/2025

We Will Remember “I shall remember the deeds of Yah; Surely I will  remember Your wonders of old (Psalm 77:11).” To God be the glory! Today, we meet in our new worship center. Ten months ago, on June 20, 2024, we began     constructing our new building. Here we are today,  thanking God for all He… Read More »

Pastor’s Pen 03/23/2025

Wailing and Gnashing! “The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will throw them into the fiery furnace; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:41-42).” Everyone born of woman will live… Read More »

Pastor’s Pen 03/16/2025

Hated! “And you will be hated by all because of My  name, but it is the one who has endured to  the end who will be saved ( Matthew 10:22).” Hate is a strong word. Merriam-Webster defines hate as intense hostility and aversion  usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury. The only time… Read More »

Pastor’s Pen 03/09/2025

Streets of Gold! “And the street of the city was pure Gold, like transparent glass.“ (Rev. 21:21)  Have you ever wondered why the streets in the new Jerusalem will be made of Gold? Some Christians have such a distorted view of what heaven will be like. If you asked five people what will heaven be… Read More »