Family Focused
Pembroke First Baptist’s mission is to minister to the whole family.
Welcome!
We exist to make Jesus known
- Christ Centered: Pembroke First Baptist believes and preaches that Salvation comes through the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and one must believe to be Saved (Born Again).
- Bible Believing: We believe the Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God, which all must hear and accept by faith.
- Family Focused: Pembroke First Baptist’s mission is to minister to the whole family.
Men’s Ministry
Our church is open and friendly with many social activities. To keep our church running smoothly. The men of our church are involved with many different ministries to include the Gideon’s .
THE PASTOR’S CORNER
Unto Good Works
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph 2:10
Do what you are supposed to do. That seems so simple. There have been times in my life when I became troubled because I had not met expectations. It may have been a missed assignment, or missed out on a payment, respond in a certain way, or failed to pick up a child after school. Yep, it could happen. Maybe not more than once, but it could happen. Some of these mishaps may have been due to attending to other matters, and others may because of not knowing or understanding what was expected. For the most part, we often do what is expected of us, if we only know what is expected. Have you ever wondered, “what does God expect of me” or maybe “what is God’s will for my life?” The scripture reminds us that “we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works.” What? God has a plan for me as a Christian. Indeed. There are a few significant words in this passage that are called our attention, most notably, “workmanship…work…walk.” The work that Christ completed at Calvary, is the workmanship that God wants for your life. He desires for His children to know Him, know His ways, look to Him, learn from Him, and lean on Him to trust Him. He wants to involve you in the “good works” that He is doing and His plans for the good that He can accomplish in your life. He plans for His children to know “that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Rom 8:28). God has prepared a plan for your life “created in Christ” with expectation that it will be fulfilled with His help and strength. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jer 29:11). My friend, God has a plan for your life, and will prepare you to do His will. He will equip and lead you to accomplish it. In fact, God says, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you” (Ps. 32:8). Dear friend, your loving heavenly Father has great plans for your life, to fill your life with the joy, peace, and rest that is “created in Christ Jesus unto good works.” Do you want to know His will for your life? Start today, go to Him in prayer, meditate in His word, ponder it in your heart, hear Him speak, and trust Him to guide you into all His expectation. He desires to do great things and mighty things with you. Will you join Him? Father thank You for Your love and the marvelous plans that You have for Your children. Lead me in the way of everlasting light. In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.
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Get Dressed
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. Col 3:12
I am reminded of a strategy that I learned many years ago, “Dress for success.” The strategy was an encouragement to prepare for the outcome that you most desired. The strategy begins with preparing yourself with the right attitude. The scripture passage reminds us to prepare for our encounter with God and with others. For the child of God, each day is a new day because God’s mercies are new each day (Lam 3:23). The strategy for success in the life of the child of God is to “put on” the garments of God and be clothed in the love of Jesus Christ “as the elect of God, holy ad beloved.” Arise each day and put on “the helmet of salvation” and arm yourself in the word of God (Eph 6:17), that you may succeed in the battles and challenges that lie ahead. Setbacks and defeats come upon the child of God when we are least prepared. So, my dear friend, start out today prepared to defeat the attacks of Satan and combat the attacks of his demonic forces and diversions for evil. “Put on the whole armour of God” (Eph 6:11) that you may be about the Father’s business and conduct the holy operations of our Divine Commander. We are dressed and equipped by the Holy Spirit to conduct and carry out the divine maneuvers of His will with “bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering” that “whatsoever we do in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him” (Eph 3:17). Dear friend, dress for success today, put on the whole armour of God in the spirit of His love, that His peace and His power may work fervently and effectively through you (1 Pet 1:22). Father thank You for Your love. Help me to begin each day with You, dressed and prepared in Your love, which is the bond of true success (Col 3:14). In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.
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Escape Temptation
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Cor 10:13
Do temptations still target you? Despite how you might wish to respond, the most likely answer is yes. A better question might be, “How big of a target are you carrying for the triggers of temptation?” Temptation in its purest form is a lie disguised as a promise of fulfillment or a cheap way for satisfaction. It triggers the idea in our mind that, “If you do this, then you will feel satisfied.” Thoughts such as, “If you keep eating, then you will be satisfied.” Or “If you look at these images, then you will be satisfied.” Or whatever the trigger maybe to fulfill a void, lack, or need, this will satisfy. Moments like these are just big targets on your life. These are mere opportunities for the enemy to distract you from the truth, to fall into sin. You are left unfulfilled and unsatisfied, deeper in the passion of sin. The scripture passage teaches us that that temptation “is common to man.” Everyone suffers temptation and a passion for sin (Rom 3:23). Yet the good news is that God provides “a way to escape” from the lure of temptation and the power to resist the passion stirred by temptation “that ye may be able to bear it.” My friend, “God is faithful” to deliver His children when temptation appears, entices our passion, and appeases our desire. He provides a way to escape through faith in His word and alert by the Holy Spirit. Jesus resisted the temptations of the devil through His knowledge and faith in the word of God (Lk 4:1-13). The patriarch Joseph, when he was alienated, alone, and abandoned, resisted temptation to appease for a moment of passion and worldly desire. Resisting temptation enables the child of God to know and enjoy the goodness of God. Joseph was able to say to his brothers, “ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good” (Gen 50:20). God knows that His children are targets for temptation by the enemy, “but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able.” Dear friend, when you are the target of temptation trust the truth of God’s word as the source of satisfaction. Anything outside of Him will leave you unfulfilled and unsatisfied. Also know that with every temptation there is a way out. “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (Jas 4:7). Turn to God and He will help you fight. We all have triggers for immediate satisfaction, but God reminds us that He is the Source of everlasting fulfillment. Even when we fall to temptation, God ‘s way of escape is to confess our sin to Him and to one another, that our beloved friends may pray for our healing to overcome sin’s temptation (Jas 5:16). Thank God for dear Christian friends. Father, thank You for Your love, Your mercy and compassion to keep me out of the grip of sin. Thank You for Your faithfulness to strengthen and sustain me in the face of any temptation that I may face. In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.
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Perfect Peace
But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name. Jn 1:12
I pray that you had a wonderful day of worship with your local church on the Lord’s Day. Have you heard the saying, “Get busy and get busy doing something?” I believe we all battle that type of urge from time to time. It’s an urge tells us that things are not as good as they can be. It seems to come from a sense that things are not perfect, nor complete, or that something can be improved upon. When that line of thinking is allowed to creep into our spirit, we become unsettled, distracted, and dissatisfied. The peace and rest that is given has yet to be fully realized. The scripture passage reminds us that God has settled all our sin account through Jesus “to become sons of God.” That is a message for every child of God. God loves you and gave His Son for you (Jn 3:16) that you might know Him as His beloved child (Jn 17:3). Have you accepted God’s love completely or do you find yourself trying to gain God’s greater approval? When Jesus declared on the cross “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), God’s plan of salvation, His forgiveness of sin, and His eternal love were made perfectly perfect and completely complete for all “that believe on His Name.” God’s not looking at what we can do, He’s looking at who we are in Him. Everything outside of the finished work of Jesus is nothing. Everyone who starts at the foot of the cross, empty handed, “them gave He power to become sons of God.” The child of God is sealed with His guarantee, filled with His Spirit, and given “the peace of God, which passeth all understanding” (Phil 4:7) to know and enjoy the true purpose He has for His children. That true purpose is to know Him, to worship Him, and work with Him, not work for Him. He desires to work in you and through you (Phil 2:13). Dear friend, stop striving and doing in your own strength that pleases you, but receive Him and His power that you may rest in His grace. Actively wait where God is working. “Be still, and know that I am God” (Ps 46:10). Actively waiting is to actively engage, while being sensitive and led by the Holy Spirit. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Eph 2:8). Father thank You for Your love and the finished work of Jesus Christ. Remind me to rest and rely completely in Him. In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.
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Worship and Service Opportunities
Sunday Morning Worship
- 10:30 AM Service
- In Person (various campus locations)
- Drive up or join Online
Mid-Week Bible Study
- Wednesday 7 PM
- In Person or join us Online
Are you going through a difficult time?
We invite you join with us at one of our weekly opportunities.
Sunday 10:30 AM
Wednesday 7 PM