Sunday 21 May 2017

Friday, May 19th, 2017

Often our problem is not the problem but its more how we think about the problem.  Our attitude towards the problem can make it seem large and overwhelming or small and under control.  Problems arise from areas of darkness and when we think negative thoughts about our problems we add more darkness hoping to cancel out the darkness with more darkness.  1 John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin."  No matter how dark the room, one flick of the switch and light changes everything.  John 8:32 "Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”  Today allow the light of the world to be the light in your world, allow the light of life to bring you life.  Lift up your head and put a smile on your face, your best days are yet to come. 
This Sunday morning I will be sharing, "Wisdom Speaks."  By the work of the Holy Spirit the Lord speaks to us, having wisdom is to repeat what He tells us.    
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice

Friday, May 12th, 2017

Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear..."   This verse would not need to be in the Bible if believers never found themselves in trouble.  The verse tells us that our Lord God is a very present help.  That means He's not just a help in yesterday's trouble, nor a help that may come by in tomorrow's problems but right here, right now, in this very moment He is our refuge and strength.  A refuge is a place that believers can go to when there is danger, He's truly our shelter in the times of storm.  We are safe because He is strong and His strength is stronger than any weapon that could be formed against us.  By walking in this confidence we find the power to live and move in freedom.
This Sunday is Mother's Day and we have a special gift for every Mother.  We are expecting a great day of worship and celebration in the house of the Lord.  We have a wonderful lady, Rosemary Osasere, who will be sharing the Word of the Lord with us.  Come out and bring a friend.     
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice

Friday, May 5th, 2017

Today is Alice's birthday.  'Oh', you say, 'how old is she today?'  It wouldn't be wisdom for me to tell you her age.  The point is, we seek wisdom to have a smart or a wise answer but wisdom is often found in what we don't say.  Proverbs 10:21 "The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom." A fool by their lips will bring death to many areas of their life.  The way that a fool talks to their friends causes them to not have any.  The way that they talk to their family will bring also death to those relationships.  Psalm 39:1 “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked are before me.”  More wisdom, you know that there are certain things that you can't say in one crowd that you could say in a different crowd.  To find growth in your life today, walk in peace with those that are around you, speak the praises of God, and use your voice to lift Jesus higher.  According to James if we lack wisdom we can ask the Lord for help.  I have confidence that this is going to be a great day for you.
Wait for it....wait for it....IT'S Family Sunday!  We start @10:15 with food and fellowship.  Don't forget your name tag, it helps so much to get to know everyone.  I'll be sharing on, 'The Pull."  We all work to conquer the pull between the flesh and the spirit, between my way and His way.
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice        

Tuesday 2 May 2017

Friday, April 28th, 2017

The butterfly is proof that you can have a different future than you had a past.  2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."  Just going to church is not transforming.  Being a caterpillar and hanging out with butterflies is not transforming.  You must enter the process to be transformed, Jesus said, 'you must be born again.'  Once you become a butterfly behold or you are now beholding all the areas of your life that have changed.  You are no longer who you were but you are becoming all that the Lord created you to be.  You now can work those wings of faith and fly above what used to hold you captive.  My confidence in you is high, have a super day.
Tonight starts the ladies retreat at the Victoria Road Pentecostal Church in Sydney.  One of the guests at the conference will be speaking Sunday evening at the Pentecostal church.
Sunday morning I will be sharing, 'Renewed In The Spirit.'  There is no greater renewal than one that takes place in your spirit.  It makes all things possible.
Continue to pray for all those in need.  Praying is like sowing seeds in the ground.  Things you pray for begin to grow and after a while you will see results.  Keep praying, keep planting for your future harvest is in your present prayers.
Looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice  
       

Friday, April 21st, 2017

When you were created by God you were made in His likeness.  Jesus our Savior said that you would be able to do greater things than He did.  In Genesis 1:3-5 we read the very first thing that God did at creation, "Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day." As I was praying the Lord spoke to me; 'Kevin, My people need to know how to divide light from darkness.'  We need to be able to separate the things of light from the dark things.  2 Corinthians 6:14 "For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?"  Ephesians 5:13 "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them."  The Bible also tells us that Jesus is the light of the world and Jesus said, "men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."  What then should we the righteous people want?  I believe it's to walk in the light because our deeds are good.  God created everything else that was good after He separated day and night.  Once you are saved the light of the world steps into you and you can clearly see the difference between light and dark.  We then as His new creation have the power to separate good from evil.  I have confidence in you today that you can speak over yourself and as you would walk in the light as He is in the light the things of darkness would not be able to overshadow you.  This is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it.  You are a person of the day and may His light warm your world with His love.
This Sunday we will have Peter from the Bible Camp give us an update on how the camp is doing.  I will be sharing on, 'A Second Time.'  Have you ever needed encouragement... a second time?  Have you ever needed to eat... a second time?  God knows in order to continually advance we need to continually be strengthened.  Yesterday's manna will not strengthen us for today's journey.
There will be no Bible Study this coming Wednesday.  Next weekend there is a ladies retreat at the Sydney Pentecostal Church.  The following weekend is May 7th and that's Family Sunday.
Continue to pray for all those in need.  Looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice 

Friday, April 14th, 2017

We all like the easy way to do something.  Why have it hard if you don't need it to be hard?  This lets us ask the question on this Good Friday; Could Jesus have chosen a different path, an easier road and avoided the hardship of the cross?  Could a different journey have taken Him to the same destination?  Could He have lived a long good life, taken an early retirement, traveled the world, and then sat down on His throne on high?  Sometimes it's the hard way that's the only way to obtain what you need to gain.  Without the shedding of blood there was no salvation.  Jesus never planned an easier road but asked for strength to travel the road assigned to Him by His Father.  We call today Good Friday because Jesus stayed on the hard road to accomplish our full salvation.  If you are on a hard road today do not lose hope but hold on, press in, keep the faith, and be a good soldier.  God will come to you and great will be your reward.
Today we celebrate Good Friday with our 10:30 service with Bethel Family Church in Glace BayTomorrow morning we have a Men's Breakfast 8:30 Salvation Army Community Church in Sydney.
Sunday morning is Easter Sunday with special music and anointed word. 
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice

Friday, April 7th, 2017

Greetings to the Fellowship Family.  (Those who live near and those who live far away.) God is so good, early this morning the song 'Hold On' was playing in my ear.  It's one of the new songs our worship team have been singing.  I was praying for people in the church who need a miracle and hold on, hold on, hold on kept coming from the Spirit of the Lord.  The good news is to receive an exceeding word from God it's only a matter of being open.  Arriving at the end where the word you received is fulfilled is a time of rejoicing.  It's the time in between you receiving the exceeding word and fulfilling that word with rejoicing that we need to love and believe, endure and ignore, trust and obey, hold on and keep our confidence high in Christ.  The real work where we labor is not at the end or at the beginning but it's all point in between.  Today the word of the Lord would say, Hold ON!  It's not over.  I think about the times when I have prayed and then weeks or even months later a day would come when I saw the promise fulfilled.  What's strange is the day when my answer came it was like any other day.  I did not know that that day was the day of my deliverance.    Who knows, maybe today so far is just an ordinary day but could this be the day when your miracle will arrive.  My confidence in you is high, have a blessed day.
This Sunday I will be sharing, "Stuck!"  Success in life is found in flowing or following the works and words of the Holy Spirit.  What happens when we get stuck in a past event.  It could be either a high place of success or a low place of trouble?  Believe it or not people can become no more than a monument of a great victory or a monument of a sudden tragedy.  There they stand stuck in the mud on the banks of yesterday while the forever moving river of life passes them by.
We are one week away from Easter and there are some events planned for you to attend.  Good Friday the Bethel Family Church in Glace Bay partners with us to have a Good Friday Church service.  It's a one hour service starting @ 10:30.   Fellowship time to follow.  Then next Saturday, a week from tomorrow, @ 8:30 am it's our annual Men's Breakfast.  It's at the Salvation Army Community Church in Sydney and all are welcome to attend.  We were planning a Saturday evening worship event but that has been canceled and will be moved forward to a later date.  Next Sunday morning is Easter and it will be a great time as we celebrate the Resurrection and the Life of Jesus.
Continue to pray for all those in need.  Looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice      

Monday 3 April 2017

Friday, March 31st, 2017


March is the month that was in like a lamb and truly out like a lion.  Well, we trust that April showers will bring May flowers.  Our natural sayings can give up hope in the natural but as Christians we also need spiritual truth to give us a hope for our future.  Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."  Our Lord thinks a certain way and we need to have His mindset to walk in His freedom and miracle power.  He tells us to love but the test of true love is to love the unlovable.  He tells us to forgive and that means we must pardon the unpardonable.  He tells us to use our faith and that means to believe the unbelievable.  He tells us to have hope and that means to keep hopeful when things seem to be hopeless.  Today my confidence in you is high as you walk in victory towards your next blessing.
This is Family Sunday and that means we start at 10:15 with food and fellowship followed by the morning service.  We are expecting many visitors and we use name tags on Family Sunday to help people get to know each other.  There will be a Baby Dedication and we also share in Communion.  I will be sharing the word, 'Fooled Again.'  Have you ever been fooled and it wasn't April 1st?  Have you ever made a promise that you didn't keep?  Did it make you feel like a fool?  If you want to soar with the eagles you shouldn't hang out with only chickens.  Come this Sunday, bring a friend and expect a miracle. 
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice          

Monday 27 March 2017

Friday, March 24th, 2017

Ephesians 5:25-27 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish."  In the natural we keep our outer man clean by washing our body with soap and water.  Paul is saying in Ephesians that we can keep our inner man clean by washing with the Word of God.  In the natural the depth of the water that we wash in is helpful to be clean.  If you tried to wash in one inch of water in the bath tub it would be real shallow and it would be hard to clean all of you.  Thus the Holy Spirit leads us into deep water for deep calls unto deep, not to harm us nor to drown us but to wash us on the inside so we are without spot or wrinkle or any such thing.  When we pray to go deeper we give the Holy Spirit permission to lead us into deeper truth and we are rewarded with greater freedom and greater victory.  May His Word wash you today and may you be refreshed spirit, soul, and body.

This Sunday I'll be sharing, "Spirit and In Truth."  We live in a day where Holy Spirit and Divine Truth are working together.  We can know great truth while we walk in great power.  It's a wonderful day to be a Christian.

Next Sunday is Family Sunday and we are expecting great things.

Continue to pray for those in need.  Looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice         

Friday, March 17th, 2017

Psalm 139:14 "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well."  Every day we make choices to either do good or evil with the things that God gave us when He created us.  I pray that we will look for good in others, listen to hear their need, speak to encourage our friends, reach with our hands to help those in need, and walk in the abundance and fullness of Christ.  Jesus said that it's easy to love those that love you but His love is much greater than that.  His love reaches to you, to reside in you, and then to go through you, that it might go beyond you, and touch the world around you.  I pray for you today to have divine appointments.  Who you meet will not be by accident but for a God reason. "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."  Matthew 5:16  My confidence is high that today you will have a blessed day in the Lord.

Tomorrow (Saturday) evening @7 we are having our first ever evening of worship.  It's at our church location and our worship team have been blessed to write some new worship songs.  Songs that come from the Lord at like prophecies and we want to support our worship team as we come together to worship our King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Sunday morning I will be sharing on, 'Lost Things.'  What do you do between losing what you lost and finding what you lost?  It can be a hard time.

The Family Skate was last night and it was a wonderful time.  We meet many wonderful Christians from other churches and we were richly blessed by being a blessing to the family of God.

Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Most of us think, 'wouldn't it be great if we could change the world.'  To share a gospel that would feed all those who are hungry, end wars, free the addict, and stop all abuse.  I know that God created everything good in the beginning and it all ends well in Heaven but the problem is, He left mankind in change in between.  We somehow think it's not our fault that there is a mess so it's not our responsibility to clean it up.  Adam said it's the woman's fault and the woman said it's the serpent's fault and God said that they were both at fault.  If only they had taken responsibility over their own actions.  That then should be our goal, to take responsibility over our actions.  To live in the freedom of today, to worship the living God today, to wear a smile today, to be kind to others today, to rejoice in the Lord for our great Salvation.  Hebrews 12:12-13 "Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed."  To be healed personally and to be no longer lame.  The key is not to worry about what everyone else is not doing but for us to walk and enjoy the presence of the Lord.   I have great confidence that you will be blessed today.

This Sunday is Family Sunday and the Holy Spirit has been abundantly blessing our times together.  We start at 10:15 with food and fellowship followed by the morning service.  I will be sharing, 'Such a Time As This.'  This is our turn to see the wonders of God change the hearts of the people.

Coming up on March Break we are planning a Church Family Skate.

Continue to pray for all those that are sick.  Looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice



Friday, February 24th, 2017

We had a government holiday last Monday because they felt that we needed it.  I decided to make another holiday, today, I'm calling it, "Happy You Day!"  You need to look in a mirror and to that person that is looking back at you declare, "I celebrate you."  Now say it again, OK this time like you mean it.  God created you one of a kind and because He is Master I declare that you are a Masterpiece.  The world tries to devalue our worth but Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."  A part of your future is the rest of this day and God has good thoughts toward you and He has made great plans for your success.  Success starts by you knowing that you are the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath.  You need not wait to become something greater than you already are for God announces to this world that you are the apple of His eye.  This is your day, that's right, Happy You Day!!! So put on a smile and go forth in Jesus name.

This Sunday I will be sharing, 'Normal Thinking.'  Does God have in His mind what we should have on our mind?  What is the normal way for a believer to be thinking?

Next Sunday is Family Sunday so try your best to invite someone to church with you.  It could make all the difference in their world.  We are in a new season where people are waiting to be invited.

Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice    

Tuesday 21 February 2017

Friday, February 17th, 2017

Jesus said to His Disciples, 'Follow Me and I will make you....'  It sounds simple enough, He leads and we follow.  If I wanted to go to your house but I didn't know the way it could take me a long time to fine your house.  If you drove over to my house and said, 'follow me and I will lead you back.'  My need to know the way is no longer my concern but I only need to follow you.  Trouble comes when I start to think that you no longer know the right way to your house.  I start to question the route you pick even when I don't know the way myself.  I start to slow down and you start to slow down because you know I only need to follow you.  Soon we are both stopped and you ask, 'is there a problem? '  Such is our walk with the Lord.  We slow down when He leads us on roads that we don't like to travel.  I encourage you today to look up for the road ahead looks bright and where He leads me I will follow.  Keep the faith for we know that Jesus only lead us in paths of righteousness for His name sake and we will arrive at His house and be glad
Sunday morning I will be sharing, "The Lesson In The Storm."  Why does the Lord lead us or bring us into stormy places?  What it is that we learn in a storm that we don't learn in the calm?  Bring a friend with you this Sunday as we enjoy the presence of the Lord together.
Many of you are aware that Brian Snow has passed from the earth realm to glory.  The visitation is this evening from 6 to 9 at Chant's Funeral Home in Sydney and the funeral is Saturday, tomorrow afternoon at 2pm. 
Also Corinne Samson has passed on to glory but there will be no visitation .  Her funeral is on Monday 2pm from Chant's Funeral Home in Sydney.
In talking with both families they know where their loved one has gone.  They grieve over the loss yet they rejoice in the great assurance of Heaven.
Continue to pray for all those in need.  Looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice 

Friday, February 10th, 2017

The construction of every relationship needs to be made strong enough to carry the conversation that goes on within that relationship.  Light talk is for light friends and heavy talk is for best friends.  Some people say things that are to weighty for the relationship to support. If you are going to say strong words then you must make sure that your relationship is strong enough to stand it or your words will destroy your house.  The best way to prepare to be stronger tomorrow is to act right today.  Living in today can be a hard thing to do.  It seems the things in yesterday hinder us from fully embracing today and the things in our future can cause us to worry about what might happen tomorrow.  The fruit of the Spirit is like all fruit, it’s meant to be eaten fresh.  You should share and enjoy lots of love, joy, and peace today in order to build strong relationships for your future.  This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.  Psalm 118:24
This Sunday I'll be sharing on, 'It All Takes Time.'  There is a time for everything under the sun and if you put in enough time, you'll get to experience many things.
Continue to pray for all those in need.  Looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice  

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

Have you ever heard about the good old days?  These are the days in our yesterdays that we feel were so much better than the days that we are now in.  We use the best of the past as a measuring stick to judge the conditions of today.  If we can remember 20 good things that happened years ago then it can seem like nothing great is happening today.  The Lord told me for every believer He has placed good things in each and every day and it was our mission each day to discover the things the Lord has for us.  Our mission is then to forget the things which are behind and take no thought about tomorrow.  This is the day that the Lord has made and He has placed hidden blessings, hidden riches, and hidden miracles in today.  I can complain that things aren't as good as they use to be or I can praise God that something good is about to happen.  Take a moment and thank the Lord for today and ask the Holy Spirit to help you, guide you, and lead you to the hidden things in today that will bless you.  Lift up your head, God is on your side.
This is Family Sunday and that means we start at 10:15 with food and fellowship followed by the morning service.  We are expecting lots of guest so make sure you bring some food, some friends, and together we will make others feel welcome.  I will be sharing on, "Finding Faith to Believe."  We all want to believe but at times our bad circumstances can seem to be greater than our good faith. 
On Family Sunday we also have Name Tags.  These tags help us to get to know each other.  They have been a great help to me personally to get to know people and Pastor Bruce has worked hard to have them available for you. 
Continue to pray for all those in need.  Lots of love, looking forward to seeing you (our family) soon, Pastor Kevin and Alice  

Friday, January 27th, 2017

Blessings to you today.  In the past has the Lord ever touched you and helped you and yet you still hear yourself praying, "LORD! here I am and I need You to touch me again."  The Holy Spirit spoke to me the other night at Bible Study as Logan was leading the worship, "Kevin (He knows my name) if you were only broken in one area I would only need to touch you once."  I thought about 1 Peter 5:7 "casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."  Each and every care needs to be cast or removed from your heart and placed at His feet.  We all want to have the fullness of His freedom that's been placed in our salvation, "Yet you do not have because you do not ask." James 4:2  I pray for you today that you seek His hand to touch you, guide you, and lead you into victory.  My confidence in you is high, have a super day.
This Sunday I will be sharing, 'His Kingdom Is Here.'  I do believe that we are a God Kingdom minded church and as such we have Kingdom things happening when we come together.  What things from His Kingdom will He deposit into your world this week?  
Last week we asked if anyone had any good used or new children's clothing that they would like to donate could they bring it in this Sunday.  It's to give to school children from levels primary to grade 5.  Thanks so much for your help.
Coming up next week Feb 5th is Family Sunday.  This is always a great time to invite a friend and bring some food as we enjoy the presence of the Lord. 
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice 

Friday, January 20th, 2017

To be always expecting God to work in you and through you is a wonderful gift.  Philippians 1:19-20 "For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death."  Paul the Apostle had the outlook that he could go into every day looking for God to be revealed in him to help him and or through him to deliver others.  We need to fan the flames of hope that we can live each day on purpose to discover and reveal the purposes of our Savior and Lord to the world around us.  We should never forget that God has divine purposes for everyday and this day is not just another day but this is the day that the Lord has made and once I understand that truth, I will rejoice and be glad in it.  Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."  I expect that the God in my heart will be revealed by the work of my hands.  Put on a smile, my confidence in you today is great.
This Sunday morning I will be sharing, 'Core Values.'  What we highly value we highly invest in.  It's in living life that our values are tested.  How much do we value the promises and presence of God? 
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice

Friday, January 13th, 2017

The number one resolution for the New Year was... getting in shape.  Not surprising when we know that man looks on the outward appearance.  There is nothing wrong with exercise unless you end up worshipping the creature that God made rather than the God who made the creature.  1 Timothy 4:8 "For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come."  It is good to exercise, eat healthy, and try to lose a few pounds but don't forget about your spiritual shape.  Hebrews 12:1-2 "Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."  Praying, forgiving, loving, being Godly, acting right, and encouraging others gives us the opportunity to tell people about Jesus.  These are things that give us spiritual exercise and put us in Kingdom shape.  Matthew 5:6 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."  Let's all try to keep in great spiritual shape for God in 2017.
This Sunday morning I will be sharing, 'Knowing You.'  Do you know who you are?  God made you special and our enemy tries to rob, kill, and destroy who we are, Jesus came that we might have life and have that life more abundantly. 
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice

Monday 9 January 2017

Friday, January 6th, 2017

1 Thessalonians 2:19 "For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?"  One of the greatest thoughts that we can have is when we think about us all being together at the coming of the Lord.  It's our hope and hope is a wonderful emotion that we have to hold onto.  If we can have hope then we must also be able to walk around without hope.  What happens when something happens and all hope is gone?  We are, I hate to say it... hopeless.  Where was our hope that we were able to lose it?  Did something or someone steal our hope?  Having hope is important so it seems to be something that we need to protect and hold onto.  If we have lost it, how do we get it back?  Hope is found in our thinking so we need to remind ourselves about certain things.  When we hope in the right place and if it hasn't happened yet, it may be only delayed and not be denied.  Proverbs 13:12 "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life."  The New Year has an inward voice that reminds us to hope again.  Hope whispers that our God is going to do great things this year and you are going to be a part of it.  As you stir up your hope, joy returns to your soul.  My confidence in you is high, have a super blesses day.
Get ready, get ready, get ready... the Lord willing and it doesn't snow to much this is Family Sunday. We start @10:15 with food and fellowship followed by the morning service.  It's a great time to invite a friend.  We ask everyone to pick up a name tag so we can get to know you a little better.  I will be sharing, 'Knowing You.'  We need to know who we are or we could think that we are something that we are not.  You could spend all of your energy pretending to be somebody else and have no energy left to be you.
As the church has been growing I see us becoming a real mature family.  Two weeks ago a new lady was excited as she said to me, 'So many people have come up to me and made me feel so welcomed!'  Good job to all and glory be to God.
Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you soon, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice

Friday, December 23rd, 2016

Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he."  That means if you think you can or if you think you can't....you are probably right.  It's what your heart thinks that determines where your feet travel.  Christmas is the time when we try to visit family and friends and we make an effort to love others and be kind.  The Holy Spirit works through the event of Christmas to touch our heart and with joy we give and share with others.  When I think of our church family and how the Holy Spirit speaks to me about you, I rejoice for the Holy Spirit is with us all year.  All year we have the mighty Holy Spirit working, leading, and guiding us into all truth.  May you have a wonderful Christmas and I pray that you will enjoy the blessings of God in the New Year.
Tomorrow morning Dec 24th @10:30 we will be singing at Loaves and Fishes.  It's a volunteer choir as the songs of Christmas bless all those that come.  Then in the evening at the church @5:30 we will be having some Christmas Fellowship with refreshments and sweets.  @6 pm will be our Christmas church service (the fellowship time will continue) as different people sing specials and some funny stuff for children and I will share with you, "Twas the Night Before Christmas."  What happens the day before something great happens in your life?  Only the Wise Men were smart enough to know what the star meant and were willing to follow the light.  Are there any stars in your sky that point you in the right direction?
Continue to pray for all those in need.  Lots of love, looking forward to seeing you soon, Pastor Kevin and Alice