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Stay up to date with the happenings of West Side Baptist Church by visiting our blog. You'll find information such as announcements, sermon notes and thoughts from our pastor to encourage and challenge your walk with the Lord.

Just do it

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

07/29/2026

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Sometimes we have a problem following Jesus’s commands. He asks us to do things that seem puzzling, and He does this without any reason why. To have Faith in Him, we must have Faith in His Word. If He said do this or do that we shouldn't question His motives, “Just Do It”.

Jesus encountered a man born blind. He exercised His Messianic powers and spat on the ground, made clay out of the saliva and anointed the blind man's eyes. After he had done this, he ordered the man to

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When God does not answer our Prayers

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

07/21/2026

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Have you ever been in a difficult situation, where the walls are closing in around you and there is no escape? We pray and pray and God is silent. There is no help from anyone and our closest friends have turned their backs on us, and we are all alone. Do we doubt God? Do we say God has forgotten us or He is not concerned about us?

God wants us to stand on His Word. He is The Great I AM, The All Knowing, All Loving God of the universe. He will never leave us nor forsake us.

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Unalive

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

07/14/2026

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I have tried mightily to understand why so many people are being unalive by other people. We have no right to take another person’s life into our own hands and to do away with it. This act of malice does not come from the Creator. Jesus wanted us to follow a new commandment. He said that we should love one another as He has loved us. It may be a level of hate that has risen in our society that has consumed us and taken over our Godly way of thinking.

There is so much ki

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Count it All Joy

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

07/08/2026

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The book of James outlines the position that we should take when we are in stressful situations. Jesus said that in this world, we will have trials and tribulations, but be of good cheer because He has overcome the world. We will be tested on the knowledge we have received from the Word of God. We should hide the Word in our heart so that we will not sin. Sin is bondage, sin is living a lie. The Word of God is Truth. If we know the truth, the truth will set us free fro

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Do We Really Need to Go to Church?

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

06/29/2026

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Can’t we just live stream church? Why do we have to get up early on Sunday and get dressed and go to Church? Sunday is the only day we can rest before going to work on Monday. I read the Bible at home during my spare time, isn’t that enough?

These questions and many more have taken a foothold in our Christian society: The need for Church.

Being committed to Church has benefits. It allows us to be among others that have the same belief system striving for the same relations

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Happy Fathers Day

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

06/21/2026

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You have been honored for the responsibilities that you have performed over the years. You have worked hard and you have kept the family together. However, does anyone see what you had to endure to be a Father? Nobody sees the worries that you take to bed at nights or the pain in your body you had to bear that you fail to mention to anyone. The pressure on the job and what you had to swallow, the racism and the put downs so the boss wouldn’t fire you. You kept in your

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He’s Coming Back

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

06/15/2026

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Jesus’ first advent was when He came as a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes laying in a manger and surrounded by farm animals. He was born as a helpless child and a suffering servant to be the Savior of the world. He came for a specific purpose and that was to die for the sins of the world.

In Acts 1:11 it says two men dressed in white said, "Ye men of Galilee, why stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall come in like mann

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Trust God and not the world

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

06/04/2026

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I want to encourage you not to get discouraged. We serve a God who loves us deeply. It is not His desire for us to hurt, be harmed or be disillusioned by what is happening around us. What we are experiencing is a break-down of our Christian values and these Christians values come in the form of loving one another. Jesus said in John 12:34-35, "A new commandment I give you. That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall al

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On Solid Ground

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

05/25/2026

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Our character indicates where we are spiritually. When we are in the right place, doing the right things, we are standing on Solid Ground. This means that we are secure in our belief system. We are putting God first, following His commanments and doing those things that He has outlined in His Word.

Solid Ground is being in a relationship with God, having the fear of God in our members. This fear doesn’t mean being afraid, it is having an awesome respect for Him, not want

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Inside Reflection

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

05/18/2026

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Most of us are playing a part in this life. It doesn’t mean that we are phony or have ulterior motives. It simply means that we try to address what we need to be when we need to be it. When there are times when our actions are not understood because of our outward facade, it is then that we want to shift blame on someone else, trying to make them believe it’s them. We must have Inside Reflection. Being able to look inwardly and to adjust our outward proclamation onto our

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Remembering Mother

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

05/11/2026

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It is a great acknowledgment of this nation to recognize the accomplishments that a mother has performed in the life of her children. God allowed mothers to be the cradle of our existence. None of us would have been here if it weren’t for our mothers. She taught us how to care for ourselves and be respectful to others. It was her that we saw when we first opened our eyes to this new world. It was her hand that guided us to learn about God and to accept His teaching. W...


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Keep the fire burning

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

05/04/2026

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I have often wondered how the fire continues to burn in the hearts of the people of God. This fire was set ablaze when Jesus gave the mandate to go into all nations, baptizing and teaching them the things that Jesus had commanded.

It is the Spirit of God that dwells in us that motivates us to continue to do the work we have been assigned. We can’t do Evangelism without the Spirit of God moving in us so that we can speak about the goodness of God. It is a Holy and Spiritual

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Straddling the Fence

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

04/27/2026

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To remain neutral, undecided and committed to nothing, is falling into Satan’s trap. That old saying, "If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything" is a true saying. The Devil wants us to be undecided so that he can manipulate us into falling for his schemes. If we are not on God’s side, we are on the devil's side. There is no way we can be neutral, not going one way or the other. We must make a decision.

The Bible talks about the "Narrow Way". Matthew 7:13-1

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The Call to Courage

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

04/21/2026

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Having the strength to move forward while not regarding the danger is being courageous, having the ability not to give up even though it is hazardous and harmful. There may be no one following, when we are on this trek and most of the time we are alone.  This is when we do not depend on ourselves. We must gather strength from on high, from God. He said that He will never leave us nor forsake us.

When we are being led by the Spirit of God, we realize that with Him we are a m

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Don’t Worry be Happy

by: Pastor Clay Jackson

04/15/2026

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There was a song that was sung some years ago called "Don’t Worry be Happy" by Bobby Mcferrin. The song says that regardless of what is going on in your life or what we may be going through, it will all pass. So, we as children of God shouldn’t worry about things that are beyond us. We cannot worry and trust God at the same time. We either worry or we trust. We can’t do both.

It is recorded in Luke 12:22, that Jesus says, "Do not worry about temporal things, what we should

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