Character of stability

I thank God for all the good things that He has done in my life. I thank Him for my salvation, the provisions that He has given to me and for the stability that He has granted to me in my life. Yesterday I spoke about the "Vision for Bethel" which is 'Being a stable, healthy Pentecostal church' within this community needs to see. I encourage you that if you missed this message that you pick up a copy next Sunday. I am going to address the character of stability today which is peace, contentment, hope, sense of belonging and a place where people will want to come and be a part of it. For many people peace seems to be very elusive. Far too often people think peace is the absence of difficulty and conflict when peace is our reliance of God in how we handle the difficulty and conflict. In saying that I can have stability even when life is not all that it should be because our God is able to help us in how we handle and approach these times. Contentment comes from how we are approaching the things of life. When we allow the attitude that things can bring us happiness we can become disillusioned because God is to be our source and the scripture says "But Godliness with contentment is great gain" I Timothy 6:6. God has been and always will be our source of stability. One more thing on the character of stability. Wherever there is stability whether it is a home or church people want to be a part of that because when someone is living in chaos (instability) they find comfort just being in a place that has the atmosphere of stability. If you have greater instability then you should I encourage you to talk to someone and begin to work at making the necessary changes to create greater stability in your life.
May the God of all love and peace be with you.
Pastor John