Friday, April 26th, 2013

Bless the Lord Oh my soul and all that is within me, all that I can do, all that is possible for me to do, bless His Holy name.  It’s not always easy to give God the glory when things go wrong.  What happens when the dreams from yesterday run into the problems of today and destroy your hopes for tomorrow?  You were working the plan but you won’t planning for what happened.  Life landed you a sucker punch that caused you to see stars and brought you to your knees.  Someone blew out the light at the end of the tunnel and even if you do get back on track, which way do you go in the dark?

As I have watched and helped many people to recover by using the power of the Holy Spirit it’s been in special moments that suddenly the light comes on and a person makes the decision to move forward.  It doesn’t happen in days, weeks, months, or years but it’s in a Divine moment that the person decides for themselves that their future is not going to be controlled by some past mistake.  It may take some time to reach the moment but our biggest changes happen in moments when we feel the presence of God .  I call it a miraculous moment and may you today have a miraculous moment and be blessed. 

This Sunday morning I’ll be sharing on, ‘Now Unto Him Who Is Able.’  When we have a need in our life we seek for someone who is able to meet that need.  There are some needs that are beyond human help and require us to look higher to find the answer.  In the evening I’ll be sharing on, ‘Dealing With Contradiction.’  As we walk with God the Lord answers all our questions but there is the time between having the question and finding the answer that can work to test our faith. 

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

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Psalm 102: “Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits.”  If we are asked to forget not then it must be possible to forget.  On the day that a benefit touches us we say that we shall never forget but down the road as time and life pass the memory of the event fades.  Another part of this forget not is to remember what we have learned about God and what He has done for others in times when they needed Him.  Don’t forget what you have experienced and remember to call on the living loving Savior in times of trouble.  So when we forget not it’s not just remembering the things that we have seen Him do for us but it’s also remembering all the things that we know that it’s possible for Him to do.

This Sunday morning I’ll be sharing on, ‘I Can.’  Until you confess I can you’ll never advance past where you currently are.  The next level for you must first become a possibility to you.  Sunday evening I’ll be sharing on, ‘Whatever Things You Hear.’  The word must inform you before it can transform you.  If you have an ear to hear then all things are possible.  If you pray to hear from God then it’s not the list that you take to God in prayer but it’s the list that forms while praying that counts.

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

Friday, April 12th, 2013

Blessings in the name of the Lord Jesus.  I was thinking how we often don’t know what we have or we don’t appreciate what we have because it’s right under our noses.  Some children I know are going to Florida and they are counting the sleeps till they go.  What about the children in Florida who live next door to Disney World, are they counting the sleeps until they get to go to Florida?  Not likely.  What about our Cabot Trail and the millions of people who come to see it and we who live here may not give it the time day.  I thought about church, serving the Lord, and worship.  We live in a country where we have the right to go to church, serve the Lord, and worship as much as we want but many who need to don’t bother.  Some have lost interest or don’t care but God will always have a ‘want to’ people.  Jesus in Matthew repeats the words of Moses and said, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  Loving the Lord is a personal choice that must be kept burning in our hearts.  We are to fan the flames with joy, stoke the fire with acts of love, and add the fuel of our faithfulness.  Take some time today to talk to the Lord.

I was talking with a young man this week who raised his hand last Sunday morning in church and with tears he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior.  He said that this week has been so much better and he feels totally different.  He is now praying for his wife to accept Jesus also.   This Sunday in the morning I’ll be sharing on, ‘Whoever Can Have Whatever.’  There are many promises in the Bible that apply to us all.  Not just for some elite group but when the word declares that whosoever can have whatsoever then it applies to us all.  Are you a whosoever?  Are you willing to follow the Lord?  Then whatsoever applies to you!  In the evening Pastor Mark will be sharing the word and praying for the sick.  Come expecting a miracle. 

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

Friday, April 5th, 2013

Praise the Lord for His goodness towards us.  1^st Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” As I was meditating about this verse this morning I asked myself, have we as adults put away our childish things.  Do we as adults act like adults?  When we talk with a child who’s having problems at school we tell them to tell their parents and let their teacher know.  We give them some personal direction but we do not position our self to take on their problem.  When we talk with an adult who is having a problem we are no longer talking with a child and adults are to receive advice and then act like adults.  An adult should know their boundaries and they hopefully have learned ways to handle problems and protect themselves.   Acting right is a learned process but the problem is we are often handed a problem before we know how to handle the problem.   We thus need to grow up while we process through the problem on our way to becoming mature.  A sign of maturity is the putting away of childishness.  The Lord has us all on a journey to our promises and in the process we shall become mature.  It’s not that we have reached perfection but we are hopefully less wrong than we used to be.

On Saturday, that’s tomorrow morning @9 there is a Men’s Breakfast @ Bethel Family Church in Glace Bay.  Sunday morning is ourSpecial Family Sunday.  Everyone invites a friend and @10:15 we share breakfast together.  The morning service follows and I’ll be sharing on ‘He’s Alive.’  The message places us between the resurrection and His ascension.  Jesus is back walking among His disciples and is there a difference in the ministry of Jesus?  Also on Family Sunday we serve Communion and there is a special Building Fund offering.  On Family Sunday there is no evening service.

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

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Hi again and praise the Lord for another blessed day.  I know it’s Thursday but I wanted everyone not to forget the Good Friday service tomorrow morning @10:30 at Bethel Family Church in Glace Bay.  It’s always a wonderful time as our 2 churches work together.  There will be a sound check for the worship team @9:45 and in the service I’ll be sharing on, ‘the sayings from the cross.’  Hold onto your hats as Saturday morning @8:30 is our 6^th Annual Men’s Breakfast.  Martin has lined up all the ducks for another blessed time as men get together.  Sunday morning is our Easter service with lots of great music, communion, special DVD, and our guest speaker Richard Bragdon.   

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

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Bless the Lord oh my soul and forget not all of His snow storms.  Time will bring change as long as you are willing to take chances along the way.  We can look back at history and see how great people changed the world but we can somehow go through life feeling that we can’t do much.  I received an email from a teenager in Sydney and that was his dilemma.  He wanted change but he didn’t want to take any chances.  He hated what was but felt trapped and unable to make a difference.  I believe that we all go though such feelings but it’s important not to buy real estate in your wilderness.  Press on, the sun will shine, the snow will melt, and tomorrow will bring a better day.  2 Timothy 2:3 “You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”  Don’t allow your moments in the wilderness to cause you to forget the promises that await you in your Promise Land.

This Sunday morning I’ll be sharing on ‘Delivered and Freedom.’  Sometimes we can think because we are delivered from sin that we can automatically walk in freedom above sin.  Deliverance is an act of God while freedom is an act of truth.  If you don’t receive the truth after you get delivered you have swept the house clean but you never established truth and you end up walking away in frustration.  You also look at others and don’t understand how delivered people can still walk in bondage.  You shall know the truth…..and the truth shall make you free.  Sunday evening we are believing for a great time of word and worship signs and wonders.

Coming up next weekend @10:30am is our Good Friday Service with the Bethel Family Church in Glace Bay.  It’s always been a highlight of the Easter Weekend for our churches to join together.  Then on Saturday morning @8:30 is our annual Easter Men’s Breakfast.   We will have a big breakfast, good music, and our special speaker is Richard Bragdon the new director for Monty Lewis and Bridges of Canada.  He is noted as being a fire ball for the Lord.  If you have any question about the Breakfast or would like to help out please contact Martin McCarthy at 539-5355.  Easter Sunday morning  Richard will be the guest speaker at the church and there will be no evening service. 

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

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Praise the Lord for another wonder filled day.  I am expecting today to be a great day, a blessed day, a beautiful day for me to walk in and receive God’s Divine favor.  I do not base that on yesterday circumstances nor on tomorrow’s hopes but faith for me today is based on the fact that active faith is always in the now.  Now faith is Hebrews tells us.  God said about Himself that we were to address Him or call Him I AM.  Not I was before now nor one day I hope to be but right now I am whatever you need.  As a believer you are walking with I am right now and He is an ever present help.  In other words you walk to the degree of the revelation you have of who I am is to you.  He does not change but as your knowledge of Him increases you walk to a greater degree with I am.  My prayer for you today is to increase in the wisdom and revelation of who He is so you can obtain new heights and receive new blessings.

Sunday morning I’ll be sharing on, ‘Own & Owe.’  In all of our relationships that we have with others we have power over some things and others have power in some areas over us.  How do you balance yourself to be like Jesus in every relationship?  Sunday evening Pastor Bruce will be bringing the Word of the Lord.  Come out and bring a friend to hear the insights and wisdom as Pastor Bruce shares with us.

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