Have You Ever Been Considered? - Men's Meeting Update

Last night we had our regular monthly men's meeting at the church and, as always, what a blessing it was. For those who don't know, on the last Thursday of every month the men of our church and any other men who would like to join us gather at the church and have a worship service. The service always begins with a time of praying together at the altar. Then we have preaching or teaching.

Last night, brother Keith Copeland from Pine Ridge Baptist Church taught on the thought of "Have You Ever Been Considered?". Through the lesson God sent a wonderful reminder that sometimes the family of God goes through trials simply because we are being considered. Not all bad things happen because of chastening but sometimes things happen just so God can be glorified and seen in our lives in a greater way and that we may grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Every Christian who's ever been through a trial should definitely hear this lesson sent from the Lord. Thanks to the Lord enabling us to record our services we were able to record the lesson. What a blessing from the Lord!!

"And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?" -- Job 1:8

Verse Of The Week - One Of My Faves

"And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?" -- Nehemiah 6:3

As anyone who knows me very well at all already knows, Nehemiah is one of my absolute favorite books of the Bible. In this portion of Scripture, Nehemiah and the people of God have begun the work of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem when the enemy comes and tries to hinder the work. Rather than yielding to the enemy and allowing the work to stop, Nehemiah determined to press on and not stop for anything because he realized how important that the work really was. Any time we labor in the service of the Lord the enemy will try to halt our progress. Let me encourage the family of faith to press along just as Nehemiah did. The work is far too important and far too great for us to allow anything to prevent us from finishing the course the Lord has set for us. In the words of the old hymn, "press along, weary pilgrim, press on."

Exciting Church News

I am so excited to announce that as of last Wednesday night we are now recording our worship services. The Lord wonderfully blessed our church with a great opportunity and the means to purchase all we need to begin this wonderful outreach. Now we can share the Gospel with those who are shut in or unable to attend regular service or folks that have a church home but would like to have a copy of our services as well. We thank God for this amazing opportunity to share His Word with more folks. If anyone would like a copy of any service, please feel free to contact me and we will be more than happy to fulfill that request. Please pray God would use this to reach more people with the Gospel of His Son. All glory and honor are His!!!

Verse Of The Week

"Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?" -- Jeremiah 23:29

Nothing or no one can speak with as much authority about the Word of God then the Word of God itself. Here the Lord reminds Jeremiah of the power of His Word. Thank God that His Word is, as Jeremiah said in another place, like a fire shut up in the bones of the believer. There is also reason to rejoice that His Word is like a hammer and is able to break and penetrate even the stoniest of hearts. I encourage you to take a moment and thank God for the amazing power of His Word.

Back To Blogging

After a little over a month's rest from blogging, I decided it's time to get back on track. So, here we are back in the blogosphere. Here's a quick update of what's been happening in our neck of the woods.

- Addison gets more beautiful and fun every day.

- Ava is still healthy and growing and inching ever closer to her grand debut into the world.

- Our wonderful Lord is still blessing at the church and things are going wonderful.

More updates and blog to come, hopefully, in the near future.