Pastor's Pen with Pastor Jeffery Muchison

The clock is ticking and here we are in a new season as 2024 has ended and we’re now in this new season of 2025, “The Season of Visions.” The season of “seeing” what the Father sees for our lives. Visions, pictures, imaginations, to gaze at, to see our future and where we’re going before we get there. Knowing that God have given His people the grace for victory and to achieve, accomplish and bring to pass every dream He have sowed into our hearts. Victory over every obstacle, every hinderance and opposition, including the sin and weight that so easily besets us. Our minds are made up. As Elder Massey would say sometimes, “I’ve drawn the line devil.” But we’ve got to see it. See it in our minds. Proverbs 23:7 (KJV): 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. In Mark 8:22-26, a blind man was brought to Jesus for the Lord to heal him. Jesus spit on his eyes and asked the man what he saw, and the blind man said, “I see men as trees walking.” Jesus then put His hands upon his eyes the second time, and the man was completely healed in his eyes and could see clearly. The Lord is opening our eyes to the devices of the enemy that we may see clearly, and without any kind of confusion, the thing that weighs His people down, not only is the Lord taking the mask off the devil, and not only is the Lord revealing what’s blocking and trying to stop us, trying to derail our faith and get us to focus on our problems more so than the answer, which is Jesus Christ, but God is giving us the grace, power, and authority to get the victory over it. But what’s our part to do? The Lord is not going to do our part, and we can’t do His part. The sooner we get the sight in our minds that we can do it, the sooner it will get done. Peace!  In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Mark 8:25 (KJV) 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. Announcements for Sunday, 1-5-25 1. CCC’s 21 Day Consecration will be held Jan. 1-21, 2025. The theme for 2025 is “The Season of Visions.” Background scripture is Acts 2:14-18. The ministry will not have Bible study during the 21 Day Consecration but will have prayer each Monday night of the Consecration from 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Information on CCC’s 21 Day Consecration can be found on CCC’s website at cccwaverly.org. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

THEME FOR 2025: “THE SEASON OF VISIONS,” BCKGRND. SCRIPT.: ACTS 2:14-18 (KJV): PRAYER OBJECTIVES 1. CCC’s 21 Day Consecration will be held Jan. 1-21, 2025. The theme for 2025 is “The Season of Visions.” Background scripture is Acts 2:14-18. The ministry will not have Bible study during the 21 Day Consecration but will have prayer each Monday night of the Consecration from 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 2. The Holy Bible, King James Version: Lk 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. 3. The Holy Bible, King James Version: Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. 4. The Holy Bible, King James Version: Ro 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 5. The Holy Bible, King James Version: Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. 6. The focus of all of CCC’s Consecrations are to make ourselves available to God and to focus on our personal relationship with the Lord, to get in the presence of God and spend time in His presence. As the above objectives convey, pray, pray, and to pray. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 12-29-24 Acts 2:17 (KJV) 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Announcements for Sunday, 12-29-24 1. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 12-30-24, at 7:30 p.m. 2. CCC’s 21 Day Consecration will be held Jan. 1-21, 2025. The theme for 2025 is “The Season of Visions.” Background scripture is Acts 2:14-18. The ministry will not have Bible study during the 21 Day Consecration but will have prayer each Monday night of the Consecration from 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Information is forthcoming. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

This time of year is a humbling time for me because of the great love demonstrated by our God. An unconditional love that I can’t imagine in my mind what this world would be like without the love of God. We can see what this age is like without His love and the rejection of that love by many today. Yet, you and I are very blessed that we are recipients of and have accepted the love of the Father. He gave the apex of His love through His Son, our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ, the gift that keeps on giving. He has carried me from my first breath to the last breath that I breathe. He has always been there for me and I love Him with all my heart with all my mind and with all my soul. This Christmas season is an awesome time of celebration. I imagine the wise men that came unto the consolation of Israel and brought expensive gifts unto the baby Jesus and worshipped Him as we should worship Him today. I can imagine in my mind the excitement in their hearts as they were guided by the bright and shining star to the One who would take away the sin of the world. How their hearts raced with anticipation to see Emmanuel, God with us. The Savior of the world was right there before their eyes and they would be blessed to witness it. His birth brought peace into the world, peace with our Creator and peace with one another. As the angel heralded in Luke 2:14 (KJV): 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And that is where this time of year is so humbling and consoling to me, that His peace is accessible and present for all. My prayer for our world is that it receives the peace of God, that troubled hearts are healed, and unsettling minds are calmed by the knowledge of Him and the hurting stops, and the celebration of life begins. Enjoy a prosperous Christmas everyone and a blessed New Year. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 12-22-24 Luke 2:11 (KJV) 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Announcements for Sunday, 12-22-24 1. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 12-23-24, but the video for the Bible study will be uploaded to CCC’s website. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 12-30-24, at 7:30 p.m. 2. CCC’s 21 Day Consecration will be held Jan. 1-21, 2025. The theme for 2025 is “The Season of Visions.” Background scripture is Acts 2:14-18. The ministry will not have Bible study during the 21 Day Consecration but will have prayer each Monday night of the Consecration from 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Information is forthcoming. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

Vision is absolutely necessary whether we’re talking about an individual or group such as the local Church body. God gave Abraham a vision of His plans and purposes for his life and Abraham caught that vision and ran with it. The vision that God gave to Abraham was far reaching from his day to all future believers with like faith as was Abraham’s. The seed that God spoke to Abraham about was none other than our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. Yes, Abraham’s seeds (with an “s”) included his natural posterity but when God spoke of the 2 nd . person of the trinity he used the word seed singular, Galatians 3:29 (KJV) : 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:16 (KJV): 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:6-7 (KJV): 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. The vision that God gave Abraham was bigger than Abraham. If we can bring the vision to pass without God, then our vision is too small. The vision is bigger than us because just like the vision that God gave Abraham, it’s not just about us, but it’s about souls coming into a saving knowledge of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. It’s about reaching our relatives, our friends, neighbors, and co-workers for Christ. It’s not just about having religious meetings but what goes on after those meetings. What are we doing when the meetings are over? It’s about evangelizing the world and changing lives through the message of Christ with the help of God because the vision is bigger than any man or group of men for the vision is of God. Amen, amen, and amen! In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 12-15-24 Acts 2:39 (KJV) 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Announcements for Sunday, 12-15-24 1. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 12-16-24, nor 12-23-24, but the videos for the Bible studies will be uploaded to the website. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 12-30-24, at 7:30 p.m. 2. The youth will have practice Sunday, 12-15-24, at 1:30 p.m. after the Sunday worship service, and Monday, 12-16-24, at 6 p.m. in the main sanctuary. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

Can you believe we are in December of 2024? One season is about to end, and another is soon to begin. Thank God for keeping us in both. As we enter into this next phase of our faith walk, may the Lord grant us wisdom, knowledge, and revelation concerning His plans and purposes for our lives. God gave me a vision in 2002, “Building lives through the message of Christ.” That is, building lives, to build families, to build communities, to build our world, through the message that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. A vision whereas to accommodate bringing it to pass through ministry gifts of preaching and teaching sound doctrine from crib to grave the wonderful truths of God’s Word and demonstrating by practicing what we preach, that there is a God in Heaven who saves, sets free, and delivers. By these we glorify Him as His Word commands us to let our lights shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in Heaven. That’s why we established the 21 Day Consecration for a time set aside for prayer and fasting to get in the presence of God and to honor Him with the first fruits of the new year that He may bless the remainder of the year. As this is the dressing up room down here on this earth, the preparation for eternity for that which have not been imagined nor have entered the heart of men that God have prepared for His people. But not just when we transition to glory, but God would have us blessed on this side of Heaven. As His people, we should be in expectation of His will being manifested in our lives when we obey Him. Our future place in eternity reaches back to our present day to encourage the saints of God to focus on eternity and as the faith characters of Hebrews 11:13 (KJV): 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 12-8-24 Romans 8:18 (KJV) 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Announcements for Sunday, 12-8-24 1. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 12-9-24, & 12-30-24, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 12-16-24, nor 12-23-24, but the videos for the Bible studies will be uploaded to the website. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

We’ll never understand nor comprehend the ways of the all-knowing omniscient God. The all-sufficient One who knows that which has been, that which is, and that which is to come. Psalm 139:7-8 (KJV): 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. When I think of the awesomeness of the God of my salvation, how One so great as He, yet who loved mankind so much that He suffered for us to have life, how much more would He provide for those He suffered for, now that we name the name above all names. He knows all things concerning His people before they happen. Surely the God of the Bible has orchestrated with our best interest at heart. His people must be mindful of these things and not to be mindful of those things that are contrary to the revelation of our God. He who sustains all life, even to the smallest life unseen by the naked eye, maintains the entire creation, teaches the eagle to take care of it’s young, the caterpillar when to cocoon for it’s transformation, and knows our end before our beginning, also knows every storm we will face, every ambush the enemy sets for us, every high point and every low point, and if He takes care of the sparrow, and the grass of the field, the birds of the air, and even the ant we are encouraged to see the wisdom given the ant, the same God of which words can’t do justice to reveal Him in all of His glory, watches over His saints and when we call on Him He hears our cry. He’s still a healer. He’s still a way maker. He still provides. He’s the same, yesterday, today, and forever, therefore there’s a rest for the people of God when we mix the Word of God with faith.  In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 12-1-24 Isaiah 55:9 (KJV) 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Scripture for Sunday, 11-24-24 1 Peter 4:17 (NKJV) 17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? Announcements for Sunday, 12-1-24 1. CCC will have Bible study Monday, 12-2-24, 12-9-24, & 12-30-24, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 12-16-24, nor 12-23-24, but the videos for the Bible studies will be uploaded to the website. 2. Meeting with CCC’s Board of Directors is scheduled for Tuesday, 12-3-24, at 7:30 p.m. in the main sanctuary. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

Alright, I’m going to warn everyone right now, especially the youth. I’m getting ready to sound like an old man. Here’s why. Time does not automatically change things but over a period of time things do change. This is true in Christendom as well. As I listen to some of the old preachers and teachers of the gospel, I am amazed at the difference of messages and messaging. Even when things don’t necessarily change for any one particular item, everything around it is changing, therefore, in that context it’s changing as well. That’s exactly what has happened in the realm of confessing Christianity. I say confessing Christianity because I don’t know who’s saved and who’s not. Whether they are truly saved only God knows. My point being that the changes around the Church world have influenced it to the point that those old preachers that I mentioned would roll over in their graves if they could see the confessing Church today. Whether or not their preaching would be received today will never be known, but the Bible they preached from is still the same, so the confessing Church has changed, not the Bible. Christians are to live consecrated lives, set apart to the glory of God according to His Word, a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, to show forth the praises of Him who delivered us out of darkness into His marvelous light. Instead, many confessing Christians look more like the world. Remember, the Bible has not changed. Lying is still wrong. Murder is still wrong. Dishonoring your parents is still wrong. Fowl language is still wrong. Hating other people is still wrong, and all that God says is wrong, but we have watered the gospel down so to the point that we can’t even tell the difference between right and wrong, or at least we won’t, but this generation has fallen far from the tree of it’s Creator. The time has come though, when judgment will begin in His house of God, 1 Pet. 4:17, and men will be without excuse.  In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 11-24-24 1 Peter 4:17 (NKJV) 17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? Announcements for Sunday, 11-24-24 1. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 11-25-24 but will upload the video to CCC’s website. For the month of December CCC will have Bible study Monday, 12-2-24, 12-9-24, & 12-30-24, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 12-16-24, nor 12-23-24, but the videos for the Bible studies will be uploaded to the website. 2. Meeting with CCC’s Board of Directors is scheduled for Tuesday, 12-3-24, at 7:30 p.m. in the main sanctuary. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison

Matthew 19:26 (KJV): 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. What may be impossible with man is possible with God because all things are possible with the Lord. One subject that is a concern to many Christians is the subject of forgiveness. The Bible reveals in 1 John 1:9 (KJV): 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Also in 1 John 2:1 (KJV): 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. We whom are “in Christ” are clothe in His righteousness. Romans 3:22 (KJV): 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference. Our identification with Christ qualifies us for every gospel benefit, including the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 2:13 (KJV): 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened (or made alive) together with him, ( emphasis mine) having forgiven you all trespasses. Psalm 103:12 (KJV): 2 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Knowing that we are forgiven shuts the accuser of the brethren down as it relates to our past mistakes, shortcomings, insufficiencies, deficiencies, whether we’re good enough, righteous enough, etc., and the assurance that the Believer has is their salvation is secure “in Christ.” It doesn’t mean that we’re mature spiritually because we’re growing and being transformed by the renewing of our minds as clearly revealed throughout scripture which is where we have to understand that just because a Christian may be struggling in a certain area doesn’t mean that they’re not saved, but that they’re growing spiritually, 1 Cor. 3:1-3. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison Scripture for Sunday, 11-17-24 Psalm 32:1-2 (KJV) 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. Announcements for Sunday, 11-10-24 1. CCC will have Bible study on Monday, 11-18-24, at 7:30 p.m. CCC will not have Bible study Monday, 11-25-24 but will upload the video to CCC’s website. 2. Meeting with CCC’s Board of Directors is scheduled for Tuesday, 12-3-24, at 7:30 p.m. in the main sanctuary. In His Service, Pastor Jeffery A. Muchison