Dear PCF family, This Sunday is Mother’s Day!
We are group of diverse people brought together by God for a purpose. Each of us has a personal calling on our life but we also have a collective calling as a church body. When we come together with our diverse talents and resources, we can make a deeper, more significant impact into the lives of people in need as God directs us.
IMPORTANT: No Choir Rehearsal tonight!
I read the following from Jim Cymbala’s daily devotional book, Jesus Every Day. “Hebrews 13:6 tells us: “The Lord is my helper.” It’s not “He was my helper” or “He will be my helper someday in the future.” The Lord is our helper today. God has helped us many times with past problems, getting us out of trouble and protecting us even from the results of our own bad decisions. And since “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8), we know that we can depend on him for future problems too.”
This little quote from Jim’s book may not ring a bell for some people because not everyone, even people who have been in church for many years, have been brought up believing that God still hears and answers our prayers. Maybe some have prayed in the past and felt as if God did not answer. There are many reasons people do not pray, another is what I call drift. People have drifted from their faith and just don’t have a prayer life. If you know someone like that you can help that person get back to God. Not by preaching to them or nagging them to come to church, they may not be ready for that. Start by praying for them. They don’t even have to know you are praying for them. Just make it a daily habit to pray for them. Ask God to intervene in their life so that they come to Him and become believer. Ask God to use you as a vessel to bring others to know Jesus. Trust in what Jesus taught us. There is power in staying connected to the vine! Stay plugged into that power.
New Prayer request:
Rick Coy has a Step Daughter Bree Ann. Bree Ann is pregnant with a baby girl due in mid June. She had an ultrasound and they discovered one of the Baby’s kidneys is not functioning. Asking for prayers of a safe delivery and no complications for the baby.
See you soon, pastor Kent