Weekend Services

I trust that each of you were able to spend some quality time offering your praise and worship to the Lord this past weekend. We need to remember that no one other than yourself can offer YOUR praise and worship to God. The praise team may contain great musicians and singers but God is looking for your voice and for your heart to express adoration to His name. It is very easy to become preoccupied with the "busyness" of life and we learn to shift the responsibility of worship to others and we become people who allow others to offer praise for us as well as for themselves. I trust that you will decide not just to be an observer during the worship services but you will make the commitment to become a participant and offer your heartfelt thanksgiving to God. I was able to participate in two awesome services this weekend. I was in Radcliff, KY on Good Friday to assist in leading a night of adoration to the great Savior of our lives. Sunday morning found me in Shepherdsville, KY as we gathered for the celebration of the resurrected Savior. These services were unique in which two congregations combined their efforts in a choral presentation to declare the name of the Lord over our respective cities. You could sense the presence of the Spirit as the people worshipped with shouts of praise, the clapping of their hands, as well as the tears that streamed down their faces. Each of the church buildings were filled as people gathered to make the declaration that Jesus Christ died for our sins; but we also declared that He arose on the third day and because of this resurrection we are able to live in the strength of daily victory. PRAISE GOD, JESUS IS ALIVE AND WE WALK IN THE STRENGTH OF HIS LIFE! I want to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Barbara Hatfield and Carol Baker for serving as the leaders of the choral presentation (NOTE: Sis. Carol serves as Worship Leader of New River Ministries in Radcliff, KY). I also thank the choir members who made the commitment to offer themselves as willing servants to the congregations. I also thank them for their willingness to be worshippers as well as presenters. Their heart for worship encouraged the rest of us to be willing to worship the King. I was also blessed by Pastor John and Tara Calhoun of the Shepherdsville, KY COGOP for their support and leadership in this outreach effort. I sincerely believe that the Lord was honored by the commitment of all of those who participated in this worship experience.