Day 8 of "10 Days of Waiting" Devotional

Job 30:26

But when I looked for good, evil came to me; And when I waited for light, then came darkness.

We often have a view of waiting on the Lord that is hopeful and positive and know things always end that way, even in death we win.  But in the process of life at times things can get worse during our waiting on the Lord than better.  I know this to be true.

In Job's final defense of his position and opinion of the reason for the events of his life (see chapters 1 and 2 if you are unsure of what happened) he give insight into a spiritual truth.  God is not a "rub the lamp, get a wish fulled" God.  Sometimes when we waiting on God for something to get better it can get worse "I waited for light, then came darkness".  DO NOT give up in moments like these.  Press in... press on.  Keep your eyes on Jesus!  He is working even in the darkness.  He is perfect in all his ways and you can trust Him as everything seems to be getting worse.

For Job at the end of the book, God reveals not His plans to Job but who He is... GOD in powerful control of all things.  Job says "“I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. ³ You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,"  (Job 42: vs 2&3.)     

God has a purpose in that what you are facing.  You may never know it.  But trust God to be God in your situation.  Keep waiting! 

Day 9 of "10 days of Waiting" (count down to Pentecost Sunday) devotion

In Genesis Chapter 8, Noah, and all those on the boat had been on the water for forty days.  The scriptures writes "⁸ Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; ⁹ but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the ^[surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself. ¹⁰ So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. ¹¹ The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. ¹² Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again."


In the Lord's good timing and also through the natural process of this life there are times we have no other option but to  wait for a change in the situations that we find ourselves in.  Yet waiting does not have to mean we do nothing.  Noah had a plan to test if conditions outside the situation he was in made it possible for him to move ahead to what was next for them all.  So he sent out a Dove (note the Biblical symbolism of the Holy Spirit) then after the Dove returned made a decision to wait some more for the Lord to change his situation.  There is no record of complaining or anger but again after 7 days another Dove was sent out… this time returning with a sign that the conditions were changing for them.  TODAY as we are symbolically “waiting” for  Pentecost Sunday, as the disciples were told to do so many years ago, let us draw encouragement from Noah that in our waiting the LORD is changing the conditions around us. He is preparing the ground for you to move to the next thing he HAS for you.   So wait… patiently and with expectation upon the LORD.  He is working on your behalf.  MORE TOMORROW...   

10 days of WAITING

The Book of  Acts 1 reads “and being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to WAIT FOR THE PROMISE of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; ⁵ for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

On May 9th (Thursday) , all those years ago, Jesus spoke these words then rose to heaven where He is today until his return to this earth.  We now know that 10 days later the Holy Spirit, the “PROMISE of the Father”, came unto those who were waiting as they were told.

I invite you to take some special time EACH DAY from now until NEXT SUNDAY (Pentecost Sunday May 19^th) to fast and pray and “wait” upon the LORD.  We will be having some special times of worship and waiting at LPC so stay tuned….

Psalm 130:5

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope.

With love and respect…

Pastor Kevin

“Spiritual results require spiritual work”   

Everyday Faith

Here is a web page that is worthy of you regular visit.  As "EVERYDAY FAITH"  website says; "We believe this shared life we have in Christ calls for certain core practices.

Whatever our gender, personality or ethnicity, we are called to read God’s Word, to pray, to give, and to share our faith—every day. These core practices of a follower of Jesus are what we, as leaders of our Pentecostal family, are calling each of us to exercise as Every Day Faith.

My desire is that, as Christ followers, we will:

Read Every Day so we become disciplined followers of Jesus, grounded in the Word of God

 

 

Pray Every Day and develop an intimate relationship with the Lord, marked by lives of continual prayer 

 

 

Give Every Day, being generous with all we have and do, just as the Lord has been to us 

 

 

Share Every Day, empowered by the Spirit to be Christ’s witnesses in word and deed

I am convinced that this is what our daily lives must look like as Christ’s disciples. I want everyone I know to experience the joy of being His witness! We can reverse existing discipleship trends and see the body of Christ strengthened and empowered. Let’s live out Every Day Faith.

NEW GRADS!

LPC celebrated the graduation of Sharon, Gina and Matha (pictured here with their husbands) from the intensive TWO year "School of Women in Ministry" program. SO proud of their accomplishments and their desire to become better equipped in Biblical training and leadership. Praise God for you ladies and I am excited to see how the Lord will use you all even more in the months and years to come! You three are models to us all on being willing to GROW in Christ! God bless you.

























The 18 graduates being commissioned as they graduate!

LIFELAND WIND UP PARTY - April 30/13

WEDNESDAY NOON Prayer Meeting; Can you come pray?

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Martin Luther King, Jr. 


COME PRAY with us!

LifeLand is OPEN till the end of April 2013

COME PLAY!! 
Tuesday 6- 8pm
Wednesday 10:00am - 3:00pm
Thursday  10:00am - 3:00pm
Cost is by donation: a minimum $5.00 is suggested PER visit. We are needing to pay off the new bouncers AND we also need to purchase some new indoor hockey sticks. Thank you for your generosity!

 

GOOD FRIDAY 2013

Please join us! You are warmly welcome!

BG Clubs starting again!