Monday, April 7, 2008

Signs of a New Season

Good things are happening. Pastor John and I spent the better part of three days together ten days ago seeking the Lord, listening, and planning direction for this next time. God graced us with a solid three years plus of direction, and we are looking forward to spending time with servant leaders in our Body as we continue to move forward into this new season.

Our youth are wrapping up their Spring Retreat, and we want to be supporting them in prayer and love as they step into all that God has for them as well.

We’ll have information on our Living Way Ladies Retreat - See What the Lord Has Done! - by next week. The guys are meeting every Sunday night through the end of May. Our Acts 13:2 nights have become strong times of the Lord’s presence. God is moving and there is more to come!

Please mark Sunday night April 20th for an evening of Potluck and Passover together as we learn about Christ in the Passover! We hope to have information about another upcoming pilgrimage and study tour to Israel at this time as well!

Camp Dates are on the calendar. Kid’s Camp will be July 14-19, Middle School Camp will be July 21-26, and High School Camp will be Aug 11-16. Cost this year is only $99.00 per camper, and we are pretty stoked about that.

So… position yourself! Get into your Bible! Pray in the Spirit! Love one another! Step into service! Embrace a new attitude! Forgive with purpose! Live with Him passionately! Live from the new heart that God gives every born again son and daughter of His. Consider yourself dead to sin and alive to God! Take new territory! Step into God’s promises for you. It’s a New Season, Pastor Tom

Following is a “word” that Pastor Jack sent to us this week. I submit it to you for your prayerful consideration:

“Through the LORD’s mercies we are to consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion’, says my soul, therefore I hope in Him! The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.” -Lamentations 3:22-25

Children of the Father’s heart, let your soul see and allow your spirit to receive the fullness of His Word. Notice, beloved child, that His mercies are not only “new every morning,” but He has also said they “endure forever!” Together, these words promise you this day will grant fresh mercies, just as new days’ dew sparkles on the grass. But because the constancy of His “mercies” is that they “endure forever,” be assured of abiding, durable mercies surrounding you—ongoing!

This morning’s ‘new mercies’ will not evaporate! What He is beginning today—in your life, your home, or your ministry is only an entry point. Beyond today He promises a continuance of works He will see through to a completion! So hear your Father saying, “What I am giving today is the placing of a platform upon which I will continue to build and advance—establishing lasting works and durable results.” Receive His word on this day, this “morning” of “new mercies”.