Pastor’s Pen – VBS!
Yes!! We have a time machine in the sanctuary. Do not fret, we will not be operating the time machine during service! Displayed on the platform and around the church today are the amazing talents and abilities that God has blessed our church family with. We kick off VBS today to reach out to the community and lost souls. As we spent time canvassing the community, many people were interested in this time of learning about the One and only Savior of the world! This excites me to know we can reach these young lives for eternity! Each morning at 8 AM, our VBS team and volunteers will be meeting for prayer and devotional time. Remember these faithful workers this week in your prayers and especially that we might reach a lost soul and see eternity changed in the lives of these young children, then reach their family for Christ as well!! It’s time for VBS!!
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Homecoming!! This has always been an exciting day for me! Even as a child I looked forward to Homecoming day at church! Today, I look forward again to this wonderful time with the people of God. The sweet fellowship that the family of God possesses because of the common person of the Holy Spirit dwelling in each to witness to one another! Then, of course there is the food! Most will associate homecoming with delicious foods and delectable desserts. While this is a bonus, it is not truly the reason for coming to church today. Jesus told a group of people to not labor for the meat that perishes, but for the meat that will endure to everlasting life (Jn 6:27). That is the true reason for coming into the worship service today. Let us sing praises to the Lord, worship God as we hear sweet melodies lifting up the name above all names. Then the main course, the Word of God!! Let us hear from God and worship Him!
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Today is another special day for many people! We have set this day aside to be able to celebrate and give thanks for our fathers! I personally am so very thankful for the father that God has given me. A leader of our family, a spiritual influence in my life and an example to the type of father that I should be to my family. Fathers, you are the leader of your household. You are the men that should stand and lead your family in this world, teaching them to walk after the footsteps of the Lord, seek the Word of God for the abundant truths it contains and place an emphasis on the importance of the relationship each member of your family should have with Christ. It is wonderful to have an active dad to play, teach you to throw a ball, or even to sit at tea time with your daughter. The fathers most important role is to teach their family to serve, love and seek the Lord! And may we thank our heavenly Father for our dad!
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I have been privileged to be able to spend time with wonderful people of God! Some have been preachers, teachers, prayer warriors and those that sing the praises of the worthy Lamb of God. I have had opportunity to observe these great men and women of God in good times and in tough times. It has been to my great joy to hearing the accounts of those blessed by the hand of God. There has been one common theme among each testimony told. God has been faithful and will continue to be faithful! When pondering many passages of Scripture, we find people that are blatantly unfaithful to the Lord and yet we see the faithfulness of the Lord in every account. God was faithful to those in the times of the Bible and God has been faithful to those saints that have testified of His goodness and mercy in recent years! He has not changed! Therefore, you and I can count on God to continue to be faithful! No matter the storm, no matter the fight, I have a faithful friend that will never leave me nor forsake me!
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The world in which we live seems to thrive on division. Division has only grown stronger in the past few years and some even advance this disunity. Most people say they desire to have peace and unity, yet there is more disunity and much more adversity. These issues are growing stronger and the world is looking to a place where there is true love and unity! This is where the people of God can truly shine. The church, where the people of God come together, should be nothing more than a place of love, prayer, worship of God and fellowship with fellow believers. When the outside world sees the difference in the people that make up the church, they will desire to be a part and we can show them the way to the Savior! Our Savior said in His Word that all men would know that we are followers of Him by the love we have for one another. Let us come together today in unity and love and worship the Worthy Lamb!! Praise the Lord!