I
am amazed at the prospects ahead of us.
Look at the evidence of what happens when a person sells out to
Jesus. God blesses the people who
whole-heartedly give all to do what He asks and to go where He calls them to
go. The evidence is found in the Bible
as well as in the testimony of the people we have known through the years.
Joshua 1:7 NLT
Be strong
and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do
not deviate from them, turning
either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in
everything you do.
You’ve
heard it before, as I have, that our best days are ahead of us. Stop relying on the past to be our place of celebration
or even to hold our best when the best is far different. I confess that what often keeps us from the
best is us. It’s a fact. We have held ourselves and others back, and I
am dead set against that happening any more.
Do you hear me? My heart says we
have ground ahead of us that must be taken.
Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
For I know
the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for
disaster, to give you a future
and a hope.
We’ve
been blessed. So blessed by God as He
has allowed us as a church for 7 years to serve thousands of people, hundreds
of families each year. This year is
unprecedented in the fact we’ve helped well over 13,000 people in many
different ways, and it will not stop here.
I
believe that 2014 is meant to be a catapult to make those numbers sore, but I
ask that you hear me well. The numbers
are great, but what is important is the soul of each person we get to
serve. See the big picture. The reason why I believe God is preparing us
for greater impact is that “souls are in the balance”. We’ve taken the challenge, the mantle if you
will or the baton in the race, to demonstrate God’s love by serving these
precious people with no strings attached.
The
future is being set up before our eyes.
2013 brought us the possibility of a new campus, and it my belief that
2014 will take us into that campus. Our
size will increase and our impact will increase. Whoever shows up most in someone’s life wins
the battle of influence. Are you
ready? The very best is yet to come.
Joshua 24:15 NLT
But if you
refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your
ancestors served beyond the
Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live?
But as for me and my family, we will serve
the Lord.”
The
New Year is a couple days away, and we have a chose to follow God or to do our
own thing. Our church is set to help
more people and to intercept for people who are headed in the wrong direction
for the cause of Christ, but this all starts with one person. It starts with you and me making a choice to
go with God and to join others in pursuit of what God has for us.
I
pray that 2014 finds you and all you do successful. God promised success. I chose to serve Him. As for my family and me, we will pursue the
Lord! How about you?
WILL YOU HELP US HELP OTHERS? Have you given
your end-of-the year gifts? Mail you
gift by December 31st to The Community
Fellowship (mail to PO Box 388, Collinsville, VA 24078) or give online at THIS LINK.
Please help us serve the hungry, hurting
and homeless.
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