University Baptist Church - Tyler

We are at 75 followers! Y’all are doing a wonderful job for God! We only need 25 more to join/follow to be able to share God’s message live each and every Sunday!!!! Thank you and God Bless!!!!!!!!!!’mmm

Hello Everyone,,,,

I need a small favor. We are trying to get 100 followers so we can stream our Sunday services. We currently have 63 followers. But here’s the great news: You can play a part in growing the fellowship of University Baptist Church (UBC)!!!

All you have to do is hit the “INVITE” button on the front of your UBC Page! See how many of your friends you can get to follow UBC!!!

Also, if you are receiving this and are not a follower…why not just go ahead and hit the “JOIN” button? This just means you are joining our Facebook page. It’s a great thing that we all are doing The Lord’s work together!!!

Thank you in advance…
God Bless…..

June

—-HOPE IN THE RUINS—-

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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹

Some days the noise comes from the outside world. Other days it comes from much closer. People you trusted walking away. Your character questioned. Your reputation under attack.

There are days I feel it too. And Psalm 4 reminds me where to turn.

David wrote 𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝟰 while his own people were turning against him. His reputation was under attack. His character was being questioned. Those closest to him were walking away. He had every reason to lie awake consumed by what others were saying and doing. And yet it ends with these words from 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝟴.

"𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪 𝙇𝙊𝙍𝘿 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮."

That word 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 in Hebrew is 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵. It means 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵. Not the absence of danger. The presence of God in the middle of it.

David wasn't sleeping because the threat was gone. He was sleeping because 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺.

The same God is watching over you.

"... 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆."

Only. Not partly. Not alongside everything else. Only Him.

On the days the noise gets loud. On the days uncertainty feels heavy.

On the days the world feels like too much. 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵 is available to you
right now.

On the days it gets personal. On the days the pain comes from people not circumstances. 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵 is still available to you right now.

Lay down the noise tonight for God is always watching over you when you sleep.