Messiah Baptist Church, Wake Forest, NC

Reading Scripture

Alan Knox — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:59:57 +0000

Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching… (1 Timothy 4:13 ESV)

Sharing food

Alan Knox — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:39:50 +0000

They received their food with glad and generous hearts… (Acts 2:46b)

Caroling

Alan Knox — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:40:27 +0000

…addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart… (Ephesians 5:19 ESV)

Community

Alan Knox — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:04:37 +0000

And all who believed were together and had all things in common. (Acts 2:44)

How do we love God?

Jason Hammond — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:15:28 +0000

So…I’ve been thinking. Yesterday, Adam asked us why and how can and do we love God with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength. That’s really been on my mind a lot this morning. I’ve really been thinking through the passage in Galatians 2 where Paul says that we are crucified with Christ, and it’s not us who live, but Christ who lives in us. As I think on that, I think about what Alan brought up about the passage in Deuteronomy and how God told Israel that they won’t love Him with everything, and just how I can’t love Him like that. The only way for that to be possible is that I surrender and step back and allow Christ to show that love. That’s really been a humbling and freeing thought to me this morning. On one hand, I’m am just so convicted about how much I get in the way, and though I try to love, so often it’s in vain. On the other hand, what a comfort that I don’t have to. I put it that way only because I know I just can’t sit back and be lazy about it. there is obviously the fact that I have to choose to love, but with that I have to choose to surrender and humble myself and allow the love of Christ work through me. Just some things that I’ve been thinking on this morning and wanted to share.

Sharing in the Life!

Alan Knox — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:10:36 +0000

So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. (Romans 12:5)

Meeting in New Meeting Place beginning Sunday, August 16!

Alan Knox — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:52:54 +0000

Beginning Sunday, August 16, we will meet in our new meeting place on Capital Blvd in Youngsville, NC. The address is 14114B Capital Boulevard. Here is a link to a map.

The new meeting place is on Capital Boulevard in Youngsville between Embarq (traffic light at Capital Blvd and Sunset Drive) and Sheetz (traffic light at Capital Blvd and Holden Road). The meeting place is on the north bound side of Capital Blvd (same side as Sheetz and the opposite side as Embarq). Look for the sign on the left side of the building saying “Messiah Baptist Church meeting Place.” There is also sign on the right side of the building for “Capital 1 Auto Brokers”.

You can reach the meeting place from the northbound lane of Capital Boulevard. Also, you can pull through the back of the building from Fish Stallings Road which comes out on Holden Road at Sheetz and intersects Sunset Drive off of Capital (see map).

Remember, we will begin our meeting at the same time as usual: 10:30 a.m.

One bread and one body

Alan Knox — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:37:06 +0000

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. (1 Corinthians 10:17)

New Meeting Location Reminder

Alan Knox — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:56:35 +0000

We will meet in the reception room of the Cotton Company for the last time on Sunday, August 9, 2009. Beginning Sunday, August 16, 2009, we will meet in our new meeting location on Capital Boulevard between Wake Forest and Youngsville. We will post more information about our new meeting location, and change the About page next week.

Sunday, July 12, 2009 – Matthew 20:29-34

Alan Knox — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:30:40 +0000

Last Sunday, July 12, Ryan taught from Matthew 20:29-34. In this story, Jesus and a crowd are leaving Jericho. Two blind men call out to Jesus, but the crowd attempts to quiet them. They call out even louder. Jesus stops and heals them. Then the blind men follow Jesus.

This is a great example of the service that Jesus taught about in Matthew 20:25-28. Jesus demonstrates the kind of servant we need to be (especially our leaders) by serving two people who the crowd considered to be unimportant.