A Christmas note from the Pastor's Desk!

A Christmas note from the Pastor's Desk!

Well, folks, it's that time of year again when all the excitement of the season begins. A time to put up trees, decorate the house, inside and out of course. But it also seems to be a time when people see the worst of life, either by losing a loved one, not liking their life where it is, etc...

Yet why wait until this time of year to get down and discouraged? We have truly lost the meaning of Christmas and all that surrounds this time in our lives. We need to refocus what we put our values in, stop and think a bit about why we are here!

We need to see the precious and priceless meaning of Christmas in a spiritual reality! We need to see the true meaning of Christmas and the gift we have received! We need to see ourselves as special in the eyes of God and the love He has shown by sending His Son for us!

Yet we see our lives as tangled and twisted with not much purpose. That is where we miss so much and see so little. We need to stop and think about even the most minute things in our lives are gifts. We need to stop and remember the joy we once experienced this time of year and why!

We miss the meaning of Christmas because we get caught up in the fast pace of life! We jump right into the world and join in. We get caught up in the glitter being mesmerized by the flash and attraction to those things that only bring temporary satisfaction!

We need to regain our sight and misplaced values and place them back to where they belong, family! Place our values on the things that last and the memories we share. Those things money cannot buy, love, time, and sharing the true gift of Christmas, Jesus!

So this year change just one thing about yourself and the way you see life! We need not think of life as loved ones lost, but memories gained! Stop and take a moment to just be grateful for what you have, little or much, be grateful!

Think about what God gave us as His gift of love. Jesus His Son to take our place becoming sin when He knew no sin to make us righteous before God! That is the meaning of Christmas! So as we come to this Christmas season remember how special you truly are and thank God for all you have!

Merry Christmas from Pastor Randy and Karen Scott

Thankful in an Ungrateful World

by Pastor Randy Scott
with testimonies from the congregation of

Iron Faith Fellowship
801 Darley Road
Wilmington, Delaware

November 26, 2017

Psalm 138English Standard Version (ESV)

Of David.

138 I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;
    before the gods I sing your praise;
2 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.[a]
3 On the day I called, you answered me;
    my strength of soul you increased.[b]

4 All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord,
    for they have heard the words of your mouth,
5 and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
    for great is the glory of the Lord.
6 For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
    but the haughty he knows from afar.

⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
    and your right hand delivers me.
⁸ The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
    your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
    Do not forsake the work of your hands.

No Condemnation

by Associate Pastor Haus Piasecki

Iron Faith Fellowship
801 Darley Road

November 19, 2017

Romans 8English Standard Version (ESV)t

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a]2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin,[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Fear: Satan's Tool of Distraction

by Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith Fellowship
801 Darley Road
Wilmington, Delaware

November 12, 2017

2 Timothy 1English Standard Version (ESV)

7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

What two things fear can do!

What two things fear can do!

Fear is real and many people have experienced fear at different times in their lives! Fear is nothing to be afraid of, but learn from, if fear is not in control!

Fear does two things, it will either distract you from your goal, or it will help you learn to be wiser and more attentive! God is not the author of confusion and He has given us the power over fear 1 Corinthians 14, and 2 Timothy 1:7.

When fear controls us it cause a stagnation in our walk, we stay put and never move forward! Or fear can help us plan and prepare without distraction!

When fear grabs you that is the time we most need to call out to God, Abraham, Moses, King David and many other leaders have been in this position!

God was their strength and ever-present in their time of need, Psalm 46:1!! Remember everyone deals with fear now and again, in this world you cannot help it!

Now you just have to put it in perspective and make the decision what will control the moment, fear or the fear/reverence of God?

Pray for the Persecuted Church

by Elder Christopher Mantei

Iron Faith Fellowship
801 Darley Road
Wilmington, DE.

November 5, 2017

All About the Promises

by Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith Fellowship
801 Darley Road
Wilmington, Delaware

October 29, 2017

Acts 7English Standard Version (ESV)

7 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said:

“Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’4 Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living. 5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.