Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

On Thursday our nation celebrates Thanksgiving Day. On the calendar it is not considered a religious holiday but a look at history clearly demonstrates the Christian influence within this celebration. In the early proclamation concerning Thanksgiving Day there are clear reference to giving thanks to God and encouraging us as a nation to give thanks to God. My purpose here is not to go over the history of Thanksgiving but to encourage each and every one of us to take time out of our schedule to give thanks to God for all that He has done for us. Not everyone is having their best year with the economic down turn but we can choose to focus on the negative or we can choose to focus on God who is the solution. Giving thanks to God is a great way of being able to give our attention to the creator God who is good and loving.
May we set some time aside on Thursday to give thanks to God for the many blessings that we have received.

Encounter with God

This weekend a group of men from the church are going to an Encounter. This Friday night and all day Saturday will be a time to reflect upon God and upon our own lives and then ask God by His presence to change us into the image of Christ. One of the missing aspects of today's discipleship is having genuine experiences with the living God. Jesus is alive and He wants to affect our lives for the good as we encounter Him. We need a fresh outpouring of His Spirit and we need to realize that we cannot solve our problems within ourselves and as we do that God will step in with His presence and begin to do what we cannot do ourselves. This is my prayer this weekend with the men who are attending this Encounter. Pray with me that all of us who are attending this Encounter will come back changed by the power of God.