Last night, Fellowship Baptist Church hosted the Regional Premiere of Milltown Pride, a new film from Unusual Films (a division of Bob Jones University).
It was good to see some folks out for the film and I pray the film was an encouragement to those who came out. For those who were unable to make it out, we are planning a second showing of the film on the evening of July 15.
Milltown Pride follows the path of Will Wright as he pursues his dream of playing baseball in the big leagues. Growing up in a wealthy family, Will leaves the wealth of his home and family in pursuit of his dream as he goes to play baseball for the local Newton Mill in the Mill League and signs up for a job at the mill in order to be able to play.
While the bigger setting is the baseball that caries the picture, the reality is that baseball is not the only struggle for young Will Wright - or even the most important struggle. Will struggles with alcohol and anger, but most importantly, Will struggles with pride - as he thinks he can do everything on his own, not realizing that it is in Christ that "we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28).
How often do we find ourselves choosing to go "our own way?" Whether the path is baseball, booze, or business - when we focus our choices on what we want instead of what God wants, we have made a foolish choice and placed ourselves on the throne of our lives instead of living with God on the throne of our lives.
Who is on the throne of your life? Whose direction and desires are you pursuing? When you make choices throughout the day, who are you choosing to please - God or self? When you make a choice today about your entertainment choices - will you choose to please God or yourself? When you make a choice this week about being in God's house for the services - will you choose to please God or yourself? When you make choices about how to spend your life - are you choosing to please God or to please yourself?
May God help us all to choose to please Him.
In Christ,
Pastor Frank Sansone
2 comments:
Hello Pastor.
This is a great place to contact you is there any other place that I could e-mail you personally about a serious issue in my life? I have a severe disability and I would like to talk to you about my family matter my faith and I feel God is directing me to you that you could seriously be a great benefit in my life. If you could get back to me I would greatly appreciated and thank God for you.
Jim.
If are okay with posting on your blog about the issue that would be great also I would love to get other people's help who have great insight and a big heart for God's love.
Jim,
Thanks for contacting me. I would love to be able to communicate with you.
If you wish to reach me by email, you may email me at pastor @ fellowshipbaptist-salisbury.org. (Don't include all the extra spaces - that is to try to prevent some unnecessary "spam").
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