GOOD MONDAY MORNING…MY HOW GREAT IT WAS FOR ME TO WORSHIP WITH YOU SUNDAY…WE HAD 46 FOLKS IN WORSHIP AT HOSSTON SUNDAY…I WAS THRILLED TO SEE SUCH A GREAT ATTENDANCE AND TO BE WITH YOU.  I TRULY DO MISS YOU WHEN I AM AWAY AND WHEN YOU ARE AWAY, TOO.

  TO UP DATE YOU ALL A BIT, I AM HAVING A PET SCAN THIS MORNING,  THIS IS A TEST TO SEE IF I NEED TO HAVE  ADDITIONAL THINGS DONE…PLEASE KEEP ON PRAYING I AM FEELING REALLY GOOD.

 

READINGS FOR THE WEEK:

JEREMIAH 1:4-10; PSALM 71: 1-6

HEBREWS 12:18-29; LUKE 13:10-17

 

WE WILL WORSHIP AT THE GILLIAM CHURCH….THE TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER

 

SERMON FOR SUNDAY:

WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAITH?!

 

THIS SUMMER SERIES HAS EXPLORE SEVERAL ASPECT OF OUR FAITH.  IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND OUR FAITH AND BE WILLING TO EXAMINE IT IN LIGHT OF HOW YOU LIVE OUT YOUR FAITH EACH DAY. WE CONCLUDE THIS SERIES WITH A COMBINATION OF THE TWO SERMONS:

 

A CHEERFUL FAITH

II cORINTHIANS 5:6-10

 

FAITH AND PEACE…PEACE IN FAITH

II CORINTHIANS 5:16-21

 

CHARGE WIDE POT LUCK LUNCH

AUGUST 25, 2013

AT

   GILLIAM CHURCH

CELEBRATING

THE END OF

SUMMER

AND

THE ROTATION

     

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

….BOXES ARE AVAILABLE PICK UP YOURS TODAY!!!!

 

IMAGINE NO MALARIA

DROP YOUR GIFT IN THE BOTTLE, ANY GIFT WILL HELP

FIGHT MALARIA.  THE METHODIST CHURCH HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO RAISE FUNDS TO ERADICATE MALARIA AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS IS THE LAST SUNDAY FOR THE

IMAGINE NO MALARIA OFFERING

 

CHARGE CONFERENCE

 

AT HOSSTON UMC

 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

 

5:30 PM

 

KEEP MAKING AND KEEP COLLECTING!!!!!

AS A RESULT OF LMT 13

 WE HAVE KEPT THREE PROJECTS GOING

·       COLLECTING  PULL TABS FOR CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA

·       COLLECTING COUPONS FOR RED BIRD SCHOOLS

·       THE TIE THAT BINDS….MAKE SCARVES FOR THE HOMELESS

Don’t bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.”
- Corrie ten Boom (1892 – 1983)

Invitation

A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to four-year old David's comment.

Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. "Listen", she said..........."What do you suppose that is?"

He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of the strange tap - tap - tapping deep in his chest.

Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he asked, "Is that Jesus knocking?"

CONCLUSION OD SUNDAY SERMON:  I HAVE FAITH…I CAN AND YOU CAN DECLARE THAT WITH PAUL AND OTHER BELIEVERS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE.  IT IS FAITH THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES…WE ALL COME TO THE PLACE WHERE WE MUST DECLARE FOR OURSELVES…. “i” HAVE FAITH…IOT MUST BECOME OURS….YES, IT IS OFTEN A STRUGGLE AND WE HAVE WO WORK THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS THAT TEST OUR FAITH…BELIEVE ME I UNDERSTAND THAT MORE THAN EVER…..BUT IT IN THAT STRUGGLE THAT WE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS ALWAYS THERE WITH US AS WE “WORK OUT OUR FAITH WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING”  AS WE ARE EXPECTED TO DO.

 

THE OTHER ISSUE OF OUR FAITH IS THAT IT IS A GROWING FAITH….

1.  STUDYING GOD’S WORD

2.  KNOWING HOW GOD EXPECTS US TO WORK ON OUR FAITH

3.  KNOW WE ARE NOT ALONE AND THIS IS NOT A JOURNEY THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS TAKEN…MANY HAVE TRODDEN THE PATH YOU MAY BE ON

4.  KNOW THAT EACH DAY AS YOU WALK IN FAITH YOUR FAITH WILL GROW AND THAT GOD NEVER LEAVES YOU HE IS WITH YOU ALWAYS

 

…THAT GIVES ME COMFORT AND HOPE FOR ALL OF US…..I PRAY YOU CAN SAY WITH ME  “I HAVE FAITH”

 MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU WILL USE THE FAITH YOU HAVE…FOR IT WILL GROW

 GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!

 SEE YOU SUNDAY

 

EMILE