November 2012

Hello!

Trying to get back into the routine of sending out newsletters.
This has been a very full year full with work and ministry. It is good to begin to slow down enough to get caught up on some things I have let slide. This newsletter being one of them.
We have come through the summer, an election, and now we are embarking upon the holidays. It all happens so fast.

I hope this letter finds each of you doing well and aware of how great our God is. These are definitely uncertain days in our nation and communities as it seems we are embracing more and more those things that displease God. Yet in the midst of it all there is hope, peace, and confidence for those who put their trust in God. Isaiah 32:17 says:
"The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever."

If ever we need the peace of God in our lives, it is now. If ever we need to live by the truth, it is now.

I know we can be anxious and busy. But do we want to be still and know that God is God? Just to know Him more. To quiet our hears and minds in His presence and peace.

So often we seek His hand, (His help, healing, provision, strength, etc.) but we are called also to seek His face. There is a big difference between seeking His hand or seeking His face.

We personally know individuals in our lives who seek our hand. Those who call us or visit us only when they need something. But the most meaningful relationships we have are those where they know we are there for them when they are in need, but they also seek our face. To just want to be with us because they love us and we them. I know I can come to God and seek His hand in my times of need and He will be there. I know I can come to God and seek His hand in my times of need and He will be there.
Yet, I also want to be with Him and seek His face just because I want to be with Him.

Just to worship and praise Him.
To fellowship and share life with Him.
To know God more.

2 Chronicles 7:14 says:
"If my people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

In Matthew 6:33 Jesus says:
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

How long has it been since you have just spent time with God in personal fellowship with Him?

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