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Hello Everyone! Happy Wednesday! This past Sunday's sermon was a continuation of our Snow Day Sermon . In essence, the sermon gave us an awareness of the brighter side of things and implored us to quit complaining. In honor of 14 years (double the number of completion; a double measure of virtue), here are 7 Tools to Quit Complaining: Tool 1: Realize That Some Things Are Necessary & Will Require Patient Endurance Get what you need out of your current season. Just because it's uncomfortable doesn't mean it's uncommon. You're not the first to go through it, nor are you the last. With that understanding, it's proven that it's possible to get through it, so go ahead and go through it sans complaint. Tool 2: John 14:26 "But the Helper [Comforter], the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." NKJV You have what you need to ge...

Hello Everyone!! Happy Wednesday! I hope you all were able to catch the Facebook Live to see the sermonette Pastor gave us last Sunday and I hope you all are doing well. Pastor’s main point was to stop complaining! He took the snow as an example and basis for the sermon. A lot of us complain about the snow, especially when it inconveniences us. But snow wouldn’t exist if there were no reason for it to exist.  Snow serves 2 of perhaps many other purposes: 1. Excellent Insulator of the Soil 2. When It Melts, It Helps Build Rivers & Reservoirs The scientific knowledge is really good to know, but the spiritual revelations are also really good to know. Snow Is An Excellent Insulator of the Soil. “Some seasons we love wouldn’t be as pretty if not for seasons we didn’t enjoy.” We have to fashion ourselves to not complain about the things that are necessary. We’ve all heard it before, but if seasons were always pretty, we would have little n...

Hello Everyone!! I hope you're having a great week thus far! Last Sunday's sermon was definitely time appropriate and very encouraging. There are quite a few people who are currently furloughed right now, but Pastor taught many and perhaps reminded others that  Furlough: a temporary leave of absence He encouraged those who fell into this category to correctly use their speech, especially when other co-workers may be complaining or speaking in defeat. I'd like to stand with him and ask what are you doing during this temporary leave? Are there some projects you've been putting off because you haven't had the time? Well, here's your time. Have you been wanting to spend more time with God? Well here's some time to do so. I'd like to encourage you to make the best of the time you have until you're able to go back to work or until you get a new one if that's what you're looking to do. We were told that our faith cannot be f...

Happy New Year Family!!! Welcome to 2019!! Over the past few times we've met, we've received some good things to put in our bag as we travel through 2019. This blog is going to remind us of a few things we've learned before entering into the new year. The first thing that was mentioned was that GOD CAN DO SUDDENLY! Don't count Him out, and even if He doesn't work according to your timeline, He's still God. We also learned not to count ourselves out of the things we are promised. Again, just because the timeline doesn't look promising in our eyes or time looks as though it's running out, that doesn't mean there's no longer a promise, nor does it mean that time is actually running out. Just wait on it. First Lady's Encouragement: No matter what, your promise still stands.  Keep your hand to the plow. The year is changing, but God isn't The promise doesn't leave with the year. #RolloverPlan 1 Thessalonians 5:24  ...

Hi Everyone!!!  I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas #HBDJesus In light of the Christmas season, we started last Sunday's sermon with  Isaiah 9:6 NKJV For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a  Son is given; And  the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor,  Mighty God, Everlasting Father,  Prince of Peace. The emphasis was focused on who Jesus is. He is Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, [etc.] the "etc." isn't in the verse, but the point is to remind you that He is the "I am that I am", meaning He isn't limited to one title; the list can go on and on. Praise the Lord for the "etc." !!!! Whatever it is that you're in, God can be your "etc."  He can do the impossible and be whoever it is you need Him to be at that time. The question that was posed after the scripture was, "who is He to me?...

Hi Everyone! Happy Wednesday! High five for making it over the hump As a matter of fact, since we're working on magnifying our  faith drops , let's celebrate a bit for making it mid-week... That was fun, wasn't it? Last Sunday we revisited our friends, #Faith and #NewThing. If you missed last week's blog, click  here . Our focus scripture was  Isaiah 43:18-19 . I'm going to put several versions/paraphrases of the scripture below in case one hits you more than the others or more simply, in case there's one that is more understandable to you than the others.  KJV                                18  Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.                                       19  Behold, I will do a new ...

Hi Everyone!!! Welcome back to the Bible Study Blogs. We will meet here until February when in-person Bible Study resumes. You're invited to read, share, and comment. Did something strike you during service that wasn't mentioned here? Please add your comment. Know some social media friends who may want/need to get Sunday's message? Feel free to share the link to this post on your social platforms. #GoodNewsIsForSharing On Sunday, we focused on: Isaiah 43:18-19 NLT “But forget all that—      it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new.      See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness.      I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Wow, right?  #NewThing To provide a little context for these verses, in verses 14-17, God is highlighting the amazing things He has done, and then in verses 18 and 19, He's saying yes, t...