The FIRST Blog!

as a Pastor, one tends to think a great deal before writing anything much less a blog. I have never written one before, and it is kinda interesting, to say the least.

As I sit here at my computer, I am thinking about my life verse. Do you have a life verse? It is a verse that people use as a mission statement for their life. I do not mean a favorite verse, as I have many of them. Psalm 139:14, "I Praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well," to name one of them.

But a life verse is something that motivates one to a life of purpose. I think my life verse is found in Mark 5:19, "And he did not permit him, but said to him, Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you."

Jesus just healed a man with a demon. Many other people have tried to help him to no avail. He ended up living in the tombs, his behavior was destructive. He had tried to kill himself, and he was not in his right mind. His speech was erratic, loud, disruptive and slurred. He was a man whose soul was in travail, all night and day.

I am sure that I was not like this man with a demon, but I was destructive. I was angry inside, and hateful, at times. My speech was spiteful, not courteous, and slicing to others. But Jesus had mercy on me that night when he forgave me of my sins and became not only the resident in my life, but also the president. Since then, I have made it my life verse to share with Jesus an updated testimony of what God has been doing in my life.

May I take a moment to tell you, as well? Why not come join us in the house of the Lord at Heritage Church of the Nazarene, 610 Dennis Street, Clanton, AL. We would love to have you, and we would love to share with you the story of God in our lives. It is the only story we have!

I hope you'll visit this site often, and get a new glimpse every week of what God is doing at Heritage Nazarene! We're excited, because leaving a Heritage unto the Lord is an exciting adventure!

Yours,


Rev. Rick McClain, D. Min.
Pastor