Praise

God is moving and blessing our Church family
I am so glad to report that the Lord is really helping our church community come into a healthier and whole place with His direction. A while back, I requested prayers for our church, our pastor was not sharing "the good news" of God's grace and mercy but instead "the hard news" of all the ways we weren't measuring up to God's standards and how we must try harder. Some of us were feeling not encouraging or motivated by God's freedom to continue in our faith. We were feeling burdened and discouraged each time we left church and each time we had church events. God was doing a work with us though, and in that time many of learned perserverance which is such an amazing character to have in a group of people who love God. And now it seems that God has allowed us a new season of being nurtured and councelled. Our initial pastor decided to resign and God has provided a shepherd/pastor who really is passionate about our church, us as indivuals and our community. It is really making a difference in my peace and encouragement. I can't wait to see how God will keep moving in it. I really care for our initial pastor and I thank God for what we learned from him too and I pray that he will keep listening to God's direction and brining him closer and closer to himself and to really understand God's grace. I thank you God that you cause All things to work together for the good of those who love you! Praise to you Holy Name! Your ways are higher than my ways!
Lori 01/24/2013 11:32

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slaveofjesus923 02/03/2013 04:16
Great story of perseverance! I am sure it would have been easy to quit that church and go looking for another when things weren't working out.