Weekend Reflections

After all of these years I am still amazed as I witness the Spirit of God direct a service.  Yesterday morning I witnessed the Spirit of God take a group of individuals and mold them into an effective team that followed the leading of the Spirit. This began with the Call to Worship, flowed through the songs that the Worship Team led, was evident in the message that God placed on my heart, and was finalized when people responded to the altar invitation.  The obedience to the Spirit led to the release of the ministering presence of the Spirit to those who were present in the service at New River Worship Center.  It is such a blessing to be able to witness people respond to the direction of the Spirit and we saw that in the service yesterday.  I felt that I must begin this week's post by offering praise and recognition to God for His awesome and wonderful love that He willing shares with each of us.  Do we truly take the time to thank God for His love and realize that His love is the foundation of our hope as we face the challenges of daily living?  We can move forward because we are convinced that God loves us and that He cares about each of us.  That is a powerful principle of the Bible that must not be overlooked.  We can only move through the challenges of life because we are strengthened by the daily presence of the love of God.  Each of us can take heart in the fact that Christ has not abandoned us during our difficult moments. 

 

Romans 8:38-39: "38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,  39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (KJV)