COGOP Covington

Romans 2:4 (New King James Version) declares …

“the goodness of God leads you to repentance”

Ephesians 2:4-6 (New King James Version)

“4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”

God is not holding your sins against you. He sent His Son to pay a debt that had to be paid in order to liberate you from sin. God extends His mercy and forgiveness to you and me even when we do not deserve it.

It was His goodness that arrested our attention and that brought us to the foot of the cross, even when we were in our darkest sin, doing some of the most terrible things; like abusing our body with drug and alcohol, and doing things that should have put us in an early grave. But God loved us right in the middle of all of that.

I want you to know that wherever you are right now, God loves you. You may be in the depths of the darkest sin you have ever been involved in, you just feel wretched, but God loves you right where you are.

He loves you so much He doesn’t want to leave you there. His grace can reach you, change you, and lift you out of any sin or situation if you will turn to him with all of your heart.

There is no reason to fear or hesitate. Entrust yourself to the goodness of God and say YES to Him today.

Lloyd G. Phipps, Sr.
Senior Pastor

Church of God of Prophecy
3333 Covington Drive | Decatur, GA 30032 | Church: (404)286-6126 | Residence (770) 529-3721 | Cell: (678) 481-2823 | Fax: (770) 529-3721

Email: pastor@covingtoncogop.org | www.covingtoncogop.org

We’ll be having Christmas morning service on Friday, Dec 25th at 7:00 a.m., please come join us in celebrating Jesus.

Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses” (Luke 12:13-15).

Life is not about things and how much “stuff” you can accumulate. Your identity and value as a person should not be based on the abundance of your possessions.

If, however, your sense of value as a person is wrapped up in your things, what happens if you lose those things?

This man that came to Jesus to sort out his inheritance had the real treasure in front of him all the time, but he couldn’t see it because “things” were in the way. The real treasure was his brother!

He was at odds with his brother. There was friction and tension between them over their inheritance. Apparently this man was willing to destroy his relationship with his brother for things!

Life does not consist in the abundance of things we possess, but in the riches of the relationships we have!

Watch-night Service and CONCERT will be held on Thursday, Dec 31, 2009, starting at 10:00 pm.