Wow

We have just been blown away by God's blessings.  If last week wasn't enough, we recieved a large blessing on Saturday that took us completely by surprise.  I am continually amazed at the way God shows us that He is in controll and we should not worry but just have faith and be about His business.  Thank you Lord!!!

Location : 12289-12323 U.S. 74, Fletcher, NC 28732,

Great Week at Fruitland

    This week God has shown us how great he is. When I left to come out here this week I had $13 and some change in the bank and $22.45 in cash. I put $12.50 in my tank using the debit card which left me about $1.85 available in all 3 accounts combined. I drove out to school. When I got here, I knew I would need gas to get home so I went ahead and put $12.45 in gas back into my tank, and I prayed that it would be enough to get me home on Friday. Well, I still had $10.00 left that I had saved for a special purpose. Part of me was saying that IO should put $5.00 in my tank to be sure I would have enough to make it home. Well, I decided against it and continued on to school. Later that night Crystal called me and said that some friends of ours had given her parents $100.00 to give to us. I was floored. This just came out of the blue, and completely unlooked for.

    The next day when I was going into chapel I could not help thinking about the fact that God had given me tenfold what I had given for His children. While I was visiting with a friend that had come the school for Founders Day, Lisa Horton, the wife of the President of Fruitland came up to me and handed me a card. She said that it had come to her house in my name. Upon looking at the address I found it was from a couple I had met that belonged to David's last church whom I had met around Christmas time. When I opened the card I found a check for $100.00. Our God is an awesome God. To top it all off, I may have a job next week and our family was invited to join some friends of ours for a week at the Outer Banks, NC in a prepaid house. We need to talk about it, but I am floored at all the ways God has blessed us.

    Today our Literature class canceled class and we went down to the county courthouse for an hour of prayer and worship for the National Day of Prayer. It was wonderful to here all those voices in the open air singing praises and lifting up sweet smelling incense to Heaven. It was as if the Holy Spirit inside me was smiling back at God the father and Jesus Christ as they bathed us in their love. The event went completely unopposed. It was wonderful. I would love to see a day we can do that every day and everywhere. Thank you, Jesus!

 

 

Jesus loves me this I know,

For the Bible tells me so.

 

Little ones to Him belong,

They are weak,

But He is strong.

 

Yes, Jesus loves me,

Yes, Jesus loves me.

 

Yes, Jesus loves me,

For the Bible tells me so.

Opportunity for Faith

Yesterday we had an incredible opportunity. Many people may look at a capital campaign as, "Oh boy, the church needs more money." Well, they are drastically missing the point. As I sat there in the service thinking about all those people in ther Bible that we read aout over and over I kept think about how they were ordinary people.

Many of the people we read about were no different from you and me but God called them to do incredible and mighty things. I am sure when Gideon was told that he would drive the Midianites out by the strength of his hands he had to be thinking, "What you talkin' 'bout , God?" But when push came to shove, god did it. He does this over and over in the Bible and as brother John said yesterday, He usually waits untill the last minute when things impossible. That way He can show how mighty He is.

Have you ever known someon who experienced failure? Most times they tell you they never really thought that they would succeed. That's why they didn't. The Bible tells us to ask Him for everything, and when we ask, to ask believing it has already been done.

Lastly, as I shared with some friends already, yesterday I started thinking about the movie "Evan Almighty". In that movie Morgan Freeman, who plays God, asks Evan's unsuspecting wife whether God gives some patience who asks for it, or if He gives them an opportunity to learn patience. It is the same thing here. So many times us Christians ask God to give us the faith of those great people in the Bible, yet when He gives us the opportunity to have faith, we miss the bar by a mile. If we ask for faith, we need to be prepared for when God gives us the opportunity to develop breath. Yesterday was one of those intances. When we have a chance to give to a capital campaign we calculate what we can afford based on our budget. But in reality we need to ask God what He wants us to give and believe that He will provide the means. I believe that in two years, the people of Lake Norman will be amazed at how God has acted to make it possible for His ministry at our church to grow and spread. I pray that God will help everyone stay on task and keep believing that He will act. We serve a mighty God who can do mighty things.

Location : 3567 Lake Bluff Dr, Sherrills Ford, NC 28673,