Dear Five Points family~ Everything in life can change in an instant. And things can continue to change throughout the day. As we face the current COVID-19 pandemic, news of closures, bans, market fluctuations, and medical updates can make what we knew and thought yesterday irrelevant. We...
Five Points family~Last night, our governor declared a state of emergency in Michigan due to the coronavirus. With presumptive cases now in Oakland County; our proximity to Oakland University, Fiat-Chrysler, and other large, international organizations; and following the new federal...
"The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad."Psalm 126:3 I'm always amazed when I reflect on my day or week or month, how many amazingly gracious and wonderful things the Lord did for me. As we approach the end of 2019 considering the past twelve months, how can we do anything...
"...each dawn He does not fail..."Zephaniah 3.5c Since reading Zephaniah a few weeks ago, the Spirit has not let me forget this part of verse 5. Zephaniah 3 ties God's actions to His righteousness. Since God is righteous and never fails, we're commanded to wait upon the Lord as He will...
And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel. Judges 2.10 One of the most sobering passages of the Old Testament is Judges 2.6-15. After God amazingly...
We regularly celebrate the Lord’s Supper during our corporate worship but the Supper is not for everyone in attendance, so we practice what is called ‘fencing the table.’ At Five Points, we fence the table by giving initial instructions as to who can partake of the communion...
With Labor Day in the rearview mirror and students back to school, our attention turns to the beginning of another ministry year. Our desire at Five Points Community Church is to proclaim Jesus Christ, teaching everyone with all wisdom so that, as the apostle Paul writes in Colossians 1.28...
I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.Psalm 138:1–2 We...
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen! Psalm 72.18-19 As spring has turned to summer, we Michiganders rejoice! I know I'm biased, but there's no where else in...
As Christmas 2017 has come and gone, we remember that Advent is not only a time to look back, but also a time to look forward with hope-filled longing and waiting as we anticipate what God will continue to do as we wait for Jesus to come again and make all things new once and for all. So as we...