Pastor's Desk

This page was last updated: June 3, 2011

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

S. Lee Downing, M. Div.

God Will Show You the Way

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.  Psalm 119:105 (NKJV)

Here we are again and God has blessed us with another year of learning, growing,

worship and service.  As you continue to advance in each of these areas, you are well

underway to becoming the unique individual that God created you to be.  Our Youth Director, Minister Genetta Williams recently reminded each of you that you are “Called Out in Your Generation.”  God is looking for some young people who are not ashamed of Jesus Christ and His gospel.  That doesn’t mean you have to talk funny and act strange.  But you are called to be different.   Yes it’s okay to be cool, but dare to live for the Lord also.  Having a foul mouth and living down to someone else’s expectations is not cool, it’s cowardly.  It takes courage to say and do the right thing.  You will never know who you are and what you can become while trying to be someone you were never meant to be.  

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”  Psalm 119:105.  God’s Word reveals His plans for us and the path that we should follow in order to prosper and have good success in life (Joshua 1:8-9).  His Word is our light to safely guide us now (a lamp unto my feet) and in the future (a light unto my path).  He says in Jeremiah 33:3, “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”  God is willing and waiting.  Are you ready to receive?

Congratulations to our graduates and Godspeed on your journey!

Love and Blessings,

Pastor and Sister Downing