Yes, Even You!

Sing a new song to the Lord! He has worked miracles, and with his own powerful arm, he has won the victory...Psalm 98:1 CEV

What new songs of life are waiting to be sung in your life this week?

We can explore the possibilities by coming to terms with ourselves...focusing on our true selves...serving in spite of ourselves...

As we meditate on our service and how it reflects our love of God and our desire to follow Jesus the notes of a new song begin to permeate our life transforming us and the world that God so deeply loves.

It's Not Over...God is at work in all life!

Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God...Ruth 1:16 NIV

Never assume that what happens in your life is merely a chance or coincidence. Remember: God is at work, divinely orchestrating events to bring about His purposes in you life.

It's Not Over...Jonah

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go to Ninevah, that great city, and preach and cry out to it the preaching that I tell you. So Jonah arose and went to Ninevah according to the Word of the Lord...Jonah 3:1-3a

Consider this day a new beginning. Consider it a fresh start, a renewed opportunity to serve your Creator with willing hands and a loving heart.

It's Not Over

"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king." Daniel 3:16-17 KJV

Heavenly Father, I come to You today with hope in my heart and praise on my lips. I place my trust in You, Dear Lord, knowing that with You as my protector, I have nothing to fear. I thank You, Lord, for Your grace, for Your love and for Your Son. Amen

YMCA Teens Confirmed

Five teenagers stood up in front of their church yesterday and claimed faith in Jesus Christ for themselves. They've been meeting & learning for the past two months.

Here are some excerpts from things they wrote:

I believe God will comfort, guide, and forgive every person, no matter who they are or what they've done.

I believe that God is set apart, perfect, filled with unlimited love and worthy of awe!

God has always been there for me, through my good times and bad times.

I believe that God wants us to communicate with him, turn away from our sins, look at Jesus as an example and also reflect on ourselves.

The church is not a place to judge, it's a place of holy truth about you and your life.

100 Days of Change

God's Word holds significant place in the life of God's people. God told Joshua " ...don't for a minute let this Book of Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you'll get where you're going; then you'll succeed." Joshua 1:8 Message
The psalmist says...My delight is in the law of the Lord and on His law I meditate day and night. I am like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not whither. What ever I do prospers (paraphrase Psalm 1:2-3)

God's word is the stream of living water/God is the place from which it flows, the originator and the source...God's word is audible to all that is, for it was created through His spoken word.

Self-awareness is one of the keys for change and growth and when I like the psalmist ponder the direction of my life...I turn my feet to God's word. Self-awareness, recognizing who God is and who we are, leads to self-surrender which is necessary to experience the forgiveness of God that in turn transforms and empowers us with the Holy Spirit, a gift received through the abundant mercy and grace of God. God's Spirit continually cleanses, refreshes, renews, transforms, and empowers us...by staying in God's word (seeking more God), We are in a continual state of self-surrender inviting the Holy Spirit to permeate every fiber of our being that we become all that God desires.

We must be the change we hope to see in the world!

Happy New Year

The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you...

In your service may I never tire of seeking you...may I be self-aware, experience forgiveness and live a life in dedication to the gospel of Jesus Christ...may I have eyes to see, ears to hear, a heart to respond trusting in Your faithfulness thereby being fully able to live into self-surrender...Thy Will Be Done! May my all be in and also know God's peace in the balancing act of immediacy and the eternal filtered through a gospel lens that allows me to know the difference. Remembering always that God's reign is founded upon principles of righteousness and justice...to know that my witness is a testimony to God's steadfast love and faithfulness...God does not break His promises! Sing with me Psalm 103 ...Amen