Welcome to Oak Springs Community Church!
Thanks for visiting our website! Oak Springs Community Church is a group of believers dedicated to loving God and the people in our lives, for His glory. Our mission is to get the good news of Jesus Christ into the lives of the people we live with, work with, play with, and interact with. These relational connections we have are the ‘live wires’ God uses to transform lives! We hope that your visit here will be inspiring.
We meet together on Sunday mornings for worship and study of God’s Word. We welcome you to venture out to Grand Isle Senior Apartment Homes in Murrieta each Sunday at 10 AM to experience God in worship and to study God’s Word with us as we equip one another with the truth.
To say, “our doors are always open” would be a little misleading, for our “doors” belong to the Grand Isles. But it is an understanding of Oak Springs’ that we are ‘open doors’ to the love of God and His grace by the sheer fact of His open arms to us. We’ve been embraced by our Heavenly Father and we are just one of many of His open doors to the world He loves and gave His only begotten Son to rescue. So, we welcome you with open arms!
Good Monday morning...
… and I am reminded again, as is often the case when being with the Oak Springs family on Sunday mornings, that God is good and no matter what is happening in my life, He is with me and giving me strength to carry on.
The inner strength of having faith is a gift from God. Wisdom says, “trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV). Trust is easier when you have great confidence in the One you are submitting to. I would be lying if I said that my belief in God has diminished due to the terrible things that are happening in the world today. No, I believe with all my heart that God is good and that following Him, living His way of life, loving the people in my life, and carrying on with a deep confidence in His presence is contributing to the growth of my faith.
It stands to reason that wars are part of the human problem, not God’s doing. Power in the hands of small-minded men seems to be wreaking havoc all over the globe, which fires up my unholy Patton temper. Wipe out the small-minded men doing the dumb stuff that has put humanity under such dire circumstances… is my way of thinking, obviously not God’s way. So, not leaning on my own understanding, I must find a way to think clearly and tame the Patton temper.
I find that thinking globally makes me angry at world leaders creating and profiting from conflicts. I want to dial back my anger and trust the Lord to handle the global stuff. In dialing back, I recognize that the people in my life - family and friends, people I serve as a pastor and chaplain, neighbors and fellow pickleball players are enough on my plate. Trusting the Lord in each of these relationships puts me in a position to contribute to the wellness of the world, following His path and allowing Him to spread the influence.
Jesus took His optimism for God’s plan to save the world all the way to the cross. Humbling Himself to be the scapegoat for all the sins of humanity, He died a brutal death, was buried, and rose from the dead. My hope for good to win over evil is rooted in this belief, and I will not grow weary of doing good. Please join me.
For His glory,
Pastor Mike