Wednesday, April 4, 2018

JOHN Good Morning! I’m John Branning, Lead Pastor of Central United Methodist Church. Anyone who's been a parent knows what it's like when the kids don't do as they're told. It's so easy to fly off the handle and to raise our voices or find some form of punishment fitting of the crime. I have found that lots of people feel the same way in their relationship with God. They kind of expected God to be like that - ready to pounce on them the moment they put a foot wrong. Just waiting to jump on you. However, that is not what the Bible says about God. What you will discover is that God's a great Dad - He kind of gives us room to make mistakes - to learn from them - without jumping down our throat. In fact, the best way I've ever heard it described is that He's slow to anger. And His love's steadfast - rock solid. So, when we've blundered, and we get up and dust ourselves off - and go back to Him and say, Lord, I got it wrong. What you will discover is this incredibly faithful God, rock solid despite our blunders. I invite you to worship with us this Sunday at Central and hear about the mercy of our God.