Friday, October 11th, 2013

Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus.  Alice and I were away for 11 days in Alberta and while there we visited my brother and his wife for 4 days and then attended the National Ministers Conference in Calgary.  The conference was very busy, leaving the hotel between 8 and 9am each morning and arriving back after 10pm at night.   I have discovered that going away doesn't mean that I had a rest.  God made everything in 6 days and on the 7th day He rested.  I have a strong belief that faithfully working is a great part of living a successfully and yet we also need to rest if we are going to renew our strength to work yet for another day.  Rest refreshes us and makes us more alert and less likely to make mistakes.  You can say things the wrong way when you're tired that you wouldn't say if you were rested.  God is our example of balance, He worked and He rested.  Some good old fashion hard work is wonderful but don't forget to also have some good old fashion rest.        

This is Thanksgiving Sunday and I'll be sharing on, 'The Harvest Is In The Seed.'  Your present harvest is the result of a former seed.  If you have no seed then you can have no harvest.  It is God who provides our seed and the environment to grow the seed and we are to work together with God and receive our just reward.  I am thankful for past and present times of harvest and for the seeds that are in the soil of my heart for the future.  This is no evening service this Sunday.    

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

Friday, September 20th, 2013

We shall bless the Lord at all times His praise should be continually in our mouth.  In life we learn about being either right or wrong.  We spend 13 plus years in school being corrected if we are wrong, fail if we are wrong, punished, mocked, embarrassed, laughed at, and belittled so we grow up looking at right as the right way to do everything  and wrong as not an option.  There is nothing wrong with being right unless you always have to be right.  Why?  Because we all make mistakes, we don't know everything, some of what we know is not right, and sometimes there is a writer way than our way.  Romans 11:33 "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!"  There are some things about God that we don't know and even what we do know is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.  None of us want to be wrong but all of us need to walk in unity and love.  At times we may even be considered wrong in the eyes of others and yet right in the sight of God.  Lighten up, give yourself some slack, if you had to always be right then you could never become the weather person.  Don't allow past wrongs to be your present problem but rejoice for His mercies are new every morning.        

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'Dealing With Loss.'  What do you do when you lose?  We fought well but didn't win, how do we get back in the game?  In the evening I'll be sharing on, 'Who Is Holy Spirit?'  When we look at the Holy Trinity we can have a hard time to understand who the Holy Spirit is and what part does He play in our lives.

Next week Alice and I leave for our National Conference in Calgary.  I am the area director for the Canadian Fellowship of Christian Ministries (CFCM) in Atlantic Canada.  This conference is held once a year to give an opportunity to come together with hundreds of other pastors and leaders from across the nation to be refreshed in the presence of the Lord.   

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

Friday, Sepember 13th, 2013

Praise the Lord as we come to understand that He works all things together for our good.  He works on us like making a special soup.  He takes some things that taste good and mixes them with spices that by themselves may not taste so good and when it's finished we taste and see that the Lord is good.  All the things that came to you worked together in you to produce the wonderful person that you are.  It's having the attitude of gratitude for what comes your way that reveals to those around you that you do understand that there is a process.  If the Lord promised to make you a winner, then believe that what you have is what God needs to make a winner out of you. 

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'The Power Of Silence.'  There is no degree you can receive that teaches you how to listen but without having the wisdom to listen you will never gain the understanding that you need to know when to speak.  Sunday evening there will be a Water Baptism Service at Maurice and Barb Tobin's.  We have 9 people who have asked to be Baptised.  We look forward to this event as people who have accepted Jesus as Saviour and Lord follow the Lord in this way.  We will have some food and fellowship starting at 5 followed by the Baptism at 6.  

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

Friday, September 6th, 2013

Praise the Lord for His goodness towards us each new day.   The Bible tells us that we are to wait upon the Lord and our strength will be renewed.  The art of waiting or being still and listening is a hard thing to do.  It seems like a silent conversation is no conversation at all.  Let's move it along, tell me what You want Lord so I can do it for in doing I find my identity.  God on the other hand looks at us as being His children and it's not based on doing but rather on being.  Listening to the Lord or others is best done by those who don't already think that they know it all.  It's amazing the wisdom that I have gained just by listening to others who don't see the world through my eyes.  Today listen....just listen.

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'Open Your Eyes.'  Do you know how to pray when you are confronted with a problem?  In the evening, 'God's A Giver.'  It's not a question about the God who gives but is there a receiving people?

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

Friday, August 16th, 2013

Today is a great day to worship the Lord.  There is a part of the divine nature of Almighty God that responds to our ability to freely offer love to Him.  Psalm 22:3 "But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel."  Worship that is from the heart is awesome in the site of God.  Psalms 147:1 "Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful."  Sometimes we may want to look real good for someone or some event and we dress up to look our best but in God's eyes praise makes you look beautiful.  So today rejoice put on your praise clothes and take of any spirit of heaviness.This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'Giant Promises.'  We are always ready to receive a nice promise from the Lord but the trouble is not found in the promise but problems are hidden along the way as we advance towards the promise.  Sunday evening there is a change of plans and we will not be on the Sydney Boardwalk. Atlantic Jesus Fest is being held in Cape Breton on Sunday at the drive in theatre on Grand Lake Road.  It starts @4pm and ends around 11.  There is live music for the first 4 to 5 hours followed by 2 Christian movies. Alice and I will be away the next 2 weeks, Pastor Bruce will be looking after things while we are away. Continue to pray for those in need.  Really looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice    

Friday, August 9th, 2013

Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus.  There are some things about our faith in the word of the Lord that we need to obey just because it tells us to do it.  Jesus said you shall lay hands of the sick and pray for them to recover.  This is not a great suggestion but when we have the opportunity to pray for the sick we should pray.  It's up to us to obey the Lord and the more real God's Kingdom is to us, the more willing we are to follow His command.  Keeping it real is a challenge when the world around us seems to conflict with the God who is within us.  If you went to a bad place for a visit, you would not consider it to be normal but if you lived in that bad place, it would become your normal.  We are in this world but we are not of this world, we are just a passing through.  Don't allow the world's mess to become your normal but let's believe God for His Kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

I want to thank everyone for the great job they did last weekend to make our Biker's Blessing service such a great success.  The presence of the Lord was strong as everyone was as I like to say, NICE.  It makes me thankful to be a part of such a wonderful church.   

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'Stepping Out.'  There is always a moment when we receive a word from the Lord and then there is another moment when that word moves us and we see it come to pass.  God wants us to get ready for the word from a former season is about to come to pass in this season.  Sunday evening weather permitting @6 we're on the North Sydney Boardwalk.  Come out and enjoy the fellowship.

I was in to see Hazen Usher this morning at the Hospital and he is feeling much better and is hopeful to be getting out in the near future.  Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice  

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus.  Another great day to serve the Lord and in all our ways acknowledge Him.  It is often easy to be so busy with life that we don't take time to ask the Lord or commit to the Lord our ways.  In whatever direction we are going we have gone this way before so why bother God?  That would be true if God was bothered by us coming to Him but He looks to hear from us because He loves us.  His love towards us opens His ear to hear us so may He hear from us today.

This Sunday morning is Family Sunday & a Bikers Blessing.  We'll start at 10:30 on our church property Grand Lake Rd. with the main service followed by the Biker's Blessing.  We'll then be having a barbeque with lots of food and a bounce tent will be set up for the children.  On Family Sunday there is no evening service.

Continue to pray for those in need.  Lots of love, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, blessings Pastor Kevin and Alice