The Thursday Update

JANUARY 8, 2026

Lakeshore Friends,

The quality of our life can be measured by many things, but I’m not sure it can be measured by anything more important than relationships. Tell me about the quality and depth of your relationships and I will be able to predict how much you are enjoying life… or not enjoying it.

Think about your life. If you charted the happiest times in your life, I’m really confident that you would have relationships with people close to you that are strong and vibrant as well as encouraging and comforting. And if you did the same thing with the saddest times in your life, I feel just as confident that you would be distant from the relationships that matter most in your life. These relationships would likely be in a very discouraging and discomforting state.

Would you agree?

Interestingly, the most important relationship that shapes your joy and determines how satisfying your life is the one you have with God. In fact it all starts with Him and your fellowship with Him. Your relationship with God will carry over into your relationship with others which will carry over into your enjoyment of life.

So choose to relate well to God. Find times to be with Him in Bible Study and prayer. Think about Him non-stop. Thank Him for His love, mercy and grace toward you.

And choose to relate well to others. Find friends who will encourage you so that you can, in turn, find others who you can encourage.

On Sunday, I’ll talk about how to find faithful friends and how no friendship is better than the one we can have with God.

I hope you’ll be here to learn the third big step in “Making The Change And Keeping The Changes” you make in life.

Warmly,

Vince
Senior Pastor

P.S. If you want a list of great and key Bible verses to memorize, here is the “ABC List” I mentioned last Sunday, find it here.