From a brief article by UF grad Freddy Harrell

We too easily forget our Maker and Redeemer; replacing God with things and ambition. Lent is the season that does something about this situation. It calls us back to God, back to the basics, back to the spiritual realities of life. It calls us to put to death the sin and the indifference we have in our hearts toward God and our fellow persons. And it beckons us to enter once again into the joy of the Lord–the joy of a new life born out of a death to the old life. That is what Ash Wednesday is all about–the fundamental change of life required of those who would die with Jesus and be raised to a new life in him.

Join us Wednesday, February 13th at 6AM or 6PM*

The truth about ourselves awaits, and a reminder that God in his great love for us, promises new life in the midst of the old, new birth in the midst of the old, new creation in the midst of the old.

*A light meal will be served after the evening service.

The covenant of works refers to the covenant that God made with Adam and Eve in their pristine purity before the fall, in which God promised them blessedness contingent upon their obedience to His command. After the fall, the fact that God continued to promise redemption to creatures who had violated the covenant of works, that ongoing promise of redemption is defined as the covenant of grace.

From this article by RC Sproul

Leighton Anthony Hernandez
Born to Tony & Jen 2/9 @ 4:44p.
7pds, 2oz, 20″

RUF was out and about to serve the church today. Here Are some young ladies who helped Arlene and Ronnie Neder. Then a great text from the middle school retreat.

Pray for this group. They are joining couple hundred 6-8 graders from our sister churches across Florida.