Fight the good fight, finish the race, keep the faith

Eternal Decisions

Greetings Morning Star Baptist Church Family and Friends:

     With all of the violence that we have seen lately, we can conclude one thing: not everyone will get a second chance at life.  Therefore, all of us need to get it right and to get it right now.
 
     The Apostle Paul, when writing to Timothy, cautioned him how to live life by speaking of his impending death.

     Paul said, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 

     Too many people these days think they have time. Time to get right.  Time to overcome their addiction.  Time to decide to follow Christ. The time is running out for so many.  Many of us have left the arena.  We are no longer in the fight. We have departed from the race.  We have failed to live a faithful life.
 
     Let us all understand that there are no guarantees about tomorrow for any of us.   Today is the day of salvation. Please do not put off eternal decisions until tomorrow because your tomorrows may never come to pass.  Paul tells us in 2 Timothy 3:14 that we should “Continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.”

     Stay in the fight. If you get knocked down, get back up again. If you become winded, seek after your second wind.  If you become weary, wounded, and worn, pray for strength, healing, and deliverance.  Persevere and let nothing turn you around, but above all things, I pray this day that you will “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.”  In so doing, you will have all that you need.
 
     If you know someone who has not accepted Christ Jesus, reach out to them today.  Tell them you are part of the Morning Star Baptist Church Family.  You want to share your faith with them and then commence to tell them how Jesus, through the power of the resurrection, has changed your life, given you victory over the challenges of life, and instilled in you a Hope that serves to encourage you each day.
 
     We love you. We pray God’s blessings be upon you. We wish above all things that you will prosper and is always in good health.

The Resurrection is Truth, 

Pastor John H. Whitfield

STAY HOME! SAVE LIVES!
​Remain Faithful and not Foolish! 

 1. STAY home as much as you can
 2. KEEP  a safe distance
 3. WASH hands often
 4. COVER your cough
 5. SICK? Call ahead

​Email: morningstar@msbcgulfport.org
 Website: www.msbcgulfport.org

Pastor John H. Whitfield

Be Encouraged!

2 Timothy 1:7 - For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
 
Psalms 37:4 - Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
 
Psalms 121:1-8 - (A Song of degrees.) I will lift
up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.   (Read More...)
 
Proverbs 30:5 - Every word of God is pure: he is
 a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
 
Mark 11:24 - Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
 
Psalms 28:7 - The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
 
Psalms 34:4 - I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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​Morning Star Baptist Church
2050 Thornton Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39501

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

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