Pastoral Notes
I am writing you because I believe you
care! I am thankful for people like you who have made a clear choice to
receive Jesus as your Savior. It means a lot to me – both the privilege
and the responsibility – that God and you allowed me to be called
“Pastor” by you. You have given me this honor for ten (10) years – I am
grateful.
Please receive the following
blessing:
May God keep making a "right way" for you
in the area of your greatest need;
May God make a “right way” for you to
generate wealth if you have financial needs;
May God make a “right way” for you to be
more healthy if your have health issues;
May God make the “right way” be made
plain to you;
In Jesus name…
Amen.
I want to thank you for
participating in the family reading, teaching, and preaching experience over the
summer months. Daniel A. Brown’s book, “Enjoying Your Journey with God”, was an
excellent choice for our first church family reading activity. I hope you
enjoyed the exercise and I extend my gratitude to all the Sunday morning
speakers; Thursday night teachers; and Abundance Group leaders for a job well
done.
God has been gracious to
First Pentecostal and He has extended a fresh dose of His blessing of abundance
on us since the beginning of 2007. I am very please to say that God as allowed
us to introduce the “Abundance Stream Ministry” during my tenth year of pastoral
service. We have completed the first stage of the
I would like to share the
following paragraphs from an article by Mark Kelly (The ‘Risk’ of Obedience)
where he discusses the meaning of ‘faith’.
“To many Christians,
“faith” means sincerely believing something is true when you don’t have any
evidence. In fact, faith is acting on
what you know full well is true: God is able to keep his promise and can be
trusted to do it. Faith that is only theoretical conviction isn’t faith yet.
Real faith – living faith, saving faith – does something about it.
The life of faith is a life
of taking risks that aren’t
actually
risky. When God puts a challenge
before you – even one that seems crazy to your human nature – you can step out
in confidence because you know God is able and faithful. When your faith and
actions are working together, then your faith will be made complete.”
First Pentecostal ministry has been moving in the flow of God’s
vision because you care and you are living that life of faith. We did not toss
in the towel because of the challenges that have faced us. We have moved forward
by trusting God even in the dark times.
God’s graciousness toward First Pentecostal has inspired me to
expect great and mighty things in the future. Please read and study the
following paragraphs that discuss how to expect great and mighty things from
God.
“We know
that if we call on the Lord He will answer. Often, however, our expectations are
too small, and we ask based on what we know is possible. But He is the God of
the impossible! The Lord sees the situation from every side and has a bigger
plan than any of us dream.
He did
not choose us to do small things. He
chose us to touch people with His love (Lev. 19:34); to see lives changed
(Luke 4:18, 19); to raise the next generation of God’s people (Deut. 6:7); to
exhibit His life in all we do and say (Rom. 8:9, 10); to live as kings and
priests of the Most High God (Rev. 1:6); and to rule and reign with Him forever
(2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 22:5).
Get
ready today and expect the Lord to do something big through you! For “eye has
not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which
God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Cor. 2:9).”
We are expecting great and
mighty works in the area of the Men and youth ministries. I will be providing
more information on these ministry activities in the coming months. In addition,
we will be introducing a “Ten Dollar” challenge to the entire family very soon
and I encourage your participation. It will be fun!
Thank you for supporting the
First Pentecostal ministry and allowing God to create a place where the love of
Jesus Christ can be shared and the richness of Jesus’ love felt.
God Bless!
Your servant in the Lord Jesus