Almost done!

Things are progressing nicely at our new facility. The sanctuary is almost done. This past Sunday we had our highest attendance at 30! We also had our first missionary come and speak at our mid-week service on Tuesday night. Brother Nathan Haifley has a ministry that helps churches get into the prisons and jail to preach and hold services. He preached a tremendous message to us about fear; that fears generally fall into one of three categories: Failing, Faces (people), and Future. He used 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

About a month ago (right around the time when we got the keys), things seemed to start becoming overwhelming. Things in our personal life and in church seemed to just be falling apart. It may sound a little dramatic but things always seem bigger than what they are when you are in the midst of it. We knew satan was going to attack, yet I was unprepared for some of the ways he did it. Being in the valley certainly brings me closer to the Lord (sad to say). I am ashamed to admit that when I cry out to Him most is when the troubles arise. I need to seek the Lord in EVERYTHING I say or do. That message was the perfect one for me to hear...I have all three of those fears-failure, faces, and the future.

I asked the Lord to forgive me for not trusting Him completely. We know that this is what He called us to do, so I don't need to worry about how it all gets done.

I am happy to say that the Lord is good, all the time. But we all knew that, didn't we?