Weekend Review

This past weekend was very busy but was also very enjoyable.  I was given the wonderful opportunity to minister the Word of God to a group of ladies at a conference in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  The theme of the Conference centered around the endless treasures that God has provided for His children.  Many of us only identify our "poverty" and we never fully grasp all the riches that the Heavenly Father has given to us through Jesus Christ.  We allow our value to be determined by the words of other people, we allow our value to be determined by the actions of other people, and we even allow our value to be determined by our own view of ourselves.  Each one of these attitudes can bring us down to a level of discouragement and defeat in regards to our relationship with Jesus Christ.  The only way that we can stop this process is by allowing the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to have full control of our lives.  Then and only then can we begin to reach our potential that God placed in us at our conception.  Do not let your life be defined by any outward circumstances.  We must remember to claim our identity as sons and daughters of God and walk in the authority of that relationship. 

I was given the opportunity to share in a wedding ceremony for two of the soldiers who attend the church plant in Radcliff, Kentucky.  These young people have a developing relationship with Jesus Christ and we are thankful that God has brought them through the doors of New River Worship Center.  They will be transferred to another base in several weeks but our thoughts and prayers will go with them.  I told you about this event in my schedule so that I could remind you about our need to cover our military forces and their families in prayer.  We are truly thankful for those men and women who place their lives in harms way so that we can enjoy the freedom of living in this great country of America.

I spoke to the church in Radcliff on Sunday about staying focused on the call that God placed in our heart as we began the church plant effort.  God was calling us to be a place of refuge for those people who had found their lives in disarray.  Churches need to understand that we are facing a society that is seeing turmoil in every aspect of their lives and they are needing to find a place of safety when they come into the presence of Christians.  Our walk with Christ must coincide and agree with our words.  Actions speak louder than words either in a positive or negative way.  Nehemiah would not leave the work that he was performing no matter how much the enemies of this task sought to interfere.  Each of us must stay committed to the cause of Christ and not allow the enemy to distract us from our course of action.