C4 Connextion Corner

  Lenten Blog Series 2024: Still Focused: Week 3: “Simple Focus”: by Dcn. Jacqueline Kimble   February 28, 2024 “Simple Focus” When I was approached to complete this assignment, I immediately thought to myself, did “Rev. Dr. Nephew Philor” send this message to the wrong person?  What did I have to offer?  Truth be told, I struggled with where to even start.  It wasn’t until last Wednesday morning while listening to my daily 7 am prayer call, Pray on Purpose, where the Word was being shared by fellow New Jerseyan Minister Tracey Newman, that the picture began to come into focus.  As I listened to her share what God have given her, she referenced Psalm 116:6 “ The Lord preserveth the simple : I was brought low, and he helped me.” And the Holy Ghost intervened and said, Just Make it Simple. I now had some focus. The word simple stayed with me. Webster defines the word simple as easily understood or done, presenting no difficulty. It’s plain, basic,...

“Spiritual Focus”: by Rev. Michael Robinson Fixing our eyes upon Jesus the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) I remember receiving my first pair of glasses as a “New Recruit” in the U.S. Army at- Fort Bliss (El Paso) Texas way back in 1983. The fact that I was handed two pair of military bifocals did not surprise me; but I was astonished at the fact that I went eighteen years not knowing that my vision was defective. Wow! In the eighteen – plus years to that point I believe that I only had one/ perhaps two eye examinations; and I could only imagine how many things I missed seeing correctly in those years. I’ve wondered also how much we, as believers in Jesus Christ, have missed because we were out of focus spiritually. We are in the midst of the Lenten Season 2024; and I am fully convinced that this is a season of divine revelation and that God is truly speaking. We have noticed that God has been moving in the midst of us His people during our Sunday worship.. I want t...

  Psalm 46: 1 0 : Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.   Still Focused   Always remember your focus determines your reality- George Lucas   The psalm was written to invite the readers to be faithful in our lives and to remind us of our commitment to a great God. When I first read the psalm, I was convinced that the text before us is set to remind us that regardless of what is happening around us that we are to be mesmerized by God’s grandeur amid our lives. But that felt limiting to me as I thought about it and decided it was better to have you join me on the adventure of finding what God wanted to tell us today about this text, especially as it related to the topic.   I had such a challenging time with this topic because when I saw it, I wanted to put a conjunction between the words. I thought about Still but Focused or Still and Focused. I wanted to be deep and put Still, yet Focused because...

  Psalm 133 Behold, how good and how pleasant  it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2  It is  like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. 3  It is  like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the  Lord  commanded the blessing—Life forevermore.   Dwell Together in Unity! If I told you of a sure-fire way to be blessed, would you listen?  If I told you how to have the anointing of the Lord be upon you, would you be interested?   Learn to Live together, Learn to Love together, Psalm 133 tells us it is pleasant for brethren to dwell together in unity!   Sounds simple, doesn’t it?  This simple command is the very thing the devil hates and fights against the most among believers. This simple command is the very thing Christians sometimes struggle with doing.  Unity in th...