Dr. Scott Ferrell

Dear Friends,
I love how God recognizes our efforts to connect with Him, even if our attempts seem futile. He honors our attempt and says “keep trying…keep seeking me”.  That gives me hope!  I pray you will find some quiet time today or this weekend.  It is rare and precious indeed!  So, nourish your soul so that you can be fully who God created you to be.  I look forward to sharing in worship with you this Sunday.  It’s good to be home!  Peace and Love, Scott

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I Meet You in the stillness of your soul.  It is there that I seek to commune with you.  A person who is open to My Presence is exceedingly precious to Me.  My eyes search to and fro throughout the earth, looking for one whose heart is seeking Me.  I see you trying to find Me; our mutual search results in joyful fulfillment.

Stillness of soul is increasingly rare in this world addicted to speed and noise.  I am pleased with your desire to create a quiet space where you and I can meet. Don’t be discouraged by the difficulty of achieving this goal.  I monitor all your efforts and am blessed by each of your attempts to seek My Face.

Zechariah 2:13 13 Be still before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”

2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV)  9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
Psalm 23:2-3 (NKJV) 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.  3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness; For His name’s sake.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dear Friends,
I pray that you will receive the gift of contentment in knowing that in Christ, you are complete.  This is freeing and empowering as you can then refocus your attention on the things that matter most. Those things that are unseen and eternal.  Be blessed in this my friends.  Peace and Love, Scott

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In Me You Have Everything.  In Me you are complete. Your capacity to experience Me is increasing, through My removal of debris and clutter from your heart. As your yearning for Me increases, other desires are gradually lessening. Since I am infinite and abundantly accessible to you, desiring Me above all else is the best way to live.

It is impossible for you to have a need that I cannot meet. After all, I created you and everything that is. The world is still at My beck and call, though it often appears otherwise. Do not be fooled by appearances. Things that are visible are brief and fleeting, while things that are invisible are everlasting.

Ephesians 3:20 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.
2 Corinthians 4:18 18Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dear Friends,
Just a quick note on this Tuesday after Easter to say how proud I am of each of you.  The music you made on Easter was absolutely GLORIOUS!  So many people have stopped me in parking lots, in buildings and here at church to say how blessed they were by your outpouring of heartfelt singing and playing.  You totally outdid yourselves and represented your Lord and Savior with love, dignity and humility all rolled into one.  If I were one who did not know that Jesus died for me, was raised from the dead and came to give me abundant life, by the end of the hour, there was no doubt!  I would have wanted what YOU all portrayed through music and drama. So, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  All of the planning, prayer and practice means nothing if you don’t have the faithful committed to the cause.  And that you are.  I am eternally grateful and thankful for each and every one of you.  What a glorious, musical and spiritual March!  You did it!  God indeed is good and has kept His promise to meet all of our needs according to His rich grace.  Thanks be to God!  Peace, Love and Hugs, Scott

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I Have Promised to meet all your needs according to My glorious riches.  Your deepest, most constant need is for My Peace.  I have planted Peace in the garden of your heart, where I live; but there are weeds growing there too: pride, worry, selfishness, unbelief.  I am the Gardener, and I am working to rid your heart of these weeds.  I do My work in various ways.  When you sit quietly with Me, I shine the Light of My Presence directly into your heart.  In this heavenly Light, Peace grows abundantly and weeds shrivel up.  I also send trials into your life.  When you trust Me in the midst of trouble, Peace flourishes and weeds die away.  Thank Me for troublesome situations; the Peace they can produce far outweighs the trials you endure.

Philippians 4:19 19And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 4:17 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dear Friends,
I hope you and your family, friends and loved ones will take a moment tonight to participate in Holy Communion between the hours of 6pm and 8pm.  This reflective service will be a blessing to you and yours I’m sure.  On this Holy Thursday we will once again remember the great sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who took the act of Passover and turned it into an act of Christian worship.  As you pray tonight, pray that God would also prepare your hearts, minds, bodies and spirits to lead in worship on Friday and Sunday. As worship leaders, God is working through you and in you to spread the message of salvation to a hurting world.  In this way, we are indeed, partners with God on a Holy quest.  Be blessed on this journey as you continue to faithfully serve, sing and play for Him!  Peace and Love, Scott

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I Am A God Who Gives and gives and gives.  When I died for you on the cross, I held back nothing; I poured out My Life like a drink offering.  Because giving is inherent in My nature, I search for people who are able to receive in full measure.  To increase your intimacy with Me, the two traits you need the most are receptivity and attentiveness.  Receptivity is opening up your innermost being to be filled with My abundant riches.  Attentiveness is directing your gaze to Me: searching for Me in all your moments.  It is possible to stay your mind on Me, as the prophet Isaiah wrote.  Through such attentiveness you receive a glorious gift: My perfect Peace.

Philippians 2:17 17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

Mark 10:15 15I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)  3You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dear Friends,
I am reminded that in the Scriptures, we are told that Christ Himself spent many hours and even days in prayer with His heavenly Father.  And, on the night of His betrayal, it was in the garden that he was found, kneeling and praying.  So too am I reminded that in the busyness of Holy Week, what is most important is my personal prayer time in communion with my heavenly Father.  I pray that you’ll find these precious moments too.  Be blessed as you continue to faithfully seek and serve Him.  Love and Hugs, Scott

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Be Still In My Presence, even though countless tasks clamor for your attention.  Nothing is as important as spending time with Me.  While you wait in My Presence.  I do My best work within you: transforming you by the renewing of your mind.  If you skimp on this time with Me, you may plunge headlong into the wrong activities, missing the richness of what I have planned for you.

Do not seek Me primarily for what I can give you.  Remember that I, the Giver, am infinitely greater than any gift I might impart to you.  Though I delight in blessing My children, I am deeply grieved when My blessings become idols in their hearts.  Anything can be an idol if it distracts you from Me as your First Love.  When I am the ultimate Desire of your heart, you are safe from the danger of idolatry.  As you wait in My Presence, receive the greatest gift of all: Christ in you, the hope of glory!

Romans 12:2 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Revelation 2:4 4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.

Colossians 1:27 27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dear Friends,
In today’s instant gratification world, it’s difficult for us to wait on anything.  We want results and we want them NOW!  But, as we often read, God’s ways and His sense of time is quite different than ours.  Patience is what is often preached and required of us.  The trick is to keep on keeping on while we wait.  I know that seems contradictory, but as my mentor Dr. Vick use to say, “all good things come to him who waits, if he works like heck while he waits!”.  So, be patient with God, yourself and those around you.  God is also working in their lives.  In time and in His time, all will be revealed and made known to you.  Be blessed!  See you tomorrow!  Peace and Love, Scott

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Waiting On Me means directing your attention to Me in hopeful anticipation of what I will do.  It entails trusting Me with every fiber of your being, instead of trying to figure things out yourself.  Waiting on Me is the way I designed you to live, all day, every day.  I created you to stay conscious of Me as you go about your daily duties.

I have promised many blessings to those who wait on Me: renewed strength, living about one’s circumstances, resurgence of hope, awareness of My continual Presence.  Waiting on Me enables you to glorify Me by living in deep dependence on Me, ready to do My will.  It also helps you to enjoy Me; in My Presence is fullness of Joy.

Lamentations 3:25-26 25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; 26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Isaiah 40:31 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Psalm 16:11 11 You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Dear Friends,
You will have many opportunities to “grumble” this week!  It’s HOLY WEEK for goodness sake, the busiest, most stressful week of the Christian year.  The rehearsals will be long, the services intense and to top it all off, we won’t be in the comfort of our own church home where we feel safe and comfortable.  So, this is OUR cross to bear and it pales in comparison to the cross Christ carried for us.  So, when you feel the temptation to grumble or complain (and you just might ’cause you’re human), say “thank you” instead to God for giving us the opportunity to openly share our faith to our community in a beautiful sanctuary on Friday night and amazing theatre on Sunday morning.  Be blessed friends!

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Let Thankfulness Temper All Your Thoughts.  A thankful mind-set keeps you in touch with Me. I hate it when My children grumble, casually despising My sovereignty.  Thankfulness is a safe-guard against this deadly sin.   Furthermore, a grateful attitude becomes a grid through which you perceive life.  Gratitude enables you to see the Light of My Presence shining on all your circumstances. Cultivate a thankful heart, for this glorifies Me and fills you with Joy.

1 Corinthians 10:10 10And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

Hebrews 12:28-29  28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29for our “God is a consuming fire.”

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young