Sunday Dinner

Tomorrow we are having lunch together after our morning service. If the weather is nice we will eat outside. So dress comfortably.

Grandparent's Day

Today at Living Hope we honored all of are grandparents. Every grandparent got a gift. We prayed for them. Gary Van Beek did a great job talking about being a grandparent. It was great seeing all the grandkids at Living Hope today.

Bring everyone you can.

I love you guys.

In Jesus' Service,

Sunday Celebration Service- God Almighty

I will quote Myrna Wise,"What a wonderful service today, I am so excited about what God is doing." I happen to agree with her.

We had communion today as a church family. Sharing the Lord's Supper with Living Hope is one of my favorite things that we do as a church. Many people are claiming they can live for God without the church. The only problem with that is, God says you can't. So we come together and remember Jesus' death and proclaim His death together until he comes.

We also got a chance to recognize our gradute today. Congrats to Courtney. I hope you had a special day at Living Hope.

The sermon today was on God Almighty. I told the story of my wedding experience from this past Friday. It was an outdoor wedding and the place where I was standing was going to be directly hit by the glaring sun on that beautiful Friday. My eyesight is not the best in the world and I was nervous about reading my lines. I began to pray and felt the Holy Spirit speak to me the words I had been studying and praying about all week. He whispered, "I am God Almighty." When it cam time for me to take my place and begin the ceremony, the sun had creep behind a tree branch. Did Jesus move the sun? Well he did it for Joshua. Did he move the tree branch? Did he just set it up so perfectly that the sun would be where it needed to be at the right time? I do not know the answers to these questions. What I do know is that Jesus is God Almighty and he is perfectly capable of taking care of me and you. He can do more than we can ask or think.

We talked about how Pharaoh's plans of slavery began to shrink as God Almighty's power was revealed. Pharaoh started out in Exodus 5:2 by saying I will not let the Israelites go. As God reveals he is the Almighty when we get to Exodus 12:31-33, Pharaoh and the Egyptians are begging the Israelites and Moses to leave. I believe it is the same with us. The Pharaoh's in our lives (addictions, depression, greed, sin, etc) will shrink as we connect to God Almighty. Every Pharaoh will be dealt with.

At the end of our service we had a powerful alter call. People were coming forward for salvation, healing, and deliverance. Pharaoh's were being dealt with. Praise God Almighty (in the Hebrew, El Shaddai).

The Holy Spirit concluded our service with a word of wisdom. That message can be summed up in one word, "continue." Continue following me. Continue trusting me. Continue allowing me to be your God. We will not follow our own ways, but continue following you El Shaddai.

It was a great day.

I love you guys.


In Jesus' Service,

Sunday Morning Celebration Service

It was a beautiful day outside and a great day inside at Living Hope. Thank you Jesus, you can do more than we can ask or think.

First, we were glad to have Louise back today. She has been gone recovering from knee surgery. It was not the same without her and was really nice to see her again. I also enjoyed seeing Myrna today. She always has a nice smile on her face that can just make you feel good. I really do enjoy spending time with my Living Hope family.

The sermon today was fun, Moses' Journey Part 3. We not only learned that you don't not have to be Superman for God to use you, because Moses certainly was not, but we also learned that God has a specific call for each of us. I was so happy when I saw everyone come forward and take a card that had the phrase: My Family, My Friends, My Neighbor, etc on it back out into the seating area. Each person began to tape these cards to an empty seat. This was symbolic of the call God has for us to minister to those whom we love with the love of Jesus. One day our neighbors, friends, and coworkers will know and understand how much Jesus loves them.

Jesus we say, "Living Hope is yours." "Use your church to show mercy, justice, to do good, and help people to learn to walk humbly with you God."


In Jesus' Service,

Sunday Morning Celebration Service

I am thankful I got to be at Living Hope this morning. Even though Ben Haynes wore the same tie as I did.

I really enjoyed our praying for the sick today. We unapologetically believe God is able to still do miracles. I encourage everyone to keep praying for signs and wonders. God is all powerful and can do more than we can ask or think.

We announced today "Living Hope's Fellowship Weekend." I am excited about that. On Friday June 12 we will gather to watch the movie, Facing the Giants. On Saturday June 13 everyone is encourage to share a meal or cup of coffee with someone else from Living Hope. On Sunday June 14 we will have our picnic following our morning service. Should be a lot of fun and will help us grow closer together as a church family.

Our sermon today encouraged us to set down by a well. The well represents God transforming the depths of our soul. I encourage everyone to set down and learn from Jesus.
1. Set a specific time to learn from Jesus.
2. Set a specific location to learn from Jesus.
3. Set a specific way(ex: journaling in your Moleskine notebook) to learn from Jesus.

Either way solitude with Jesus does a great work. He will leave you fulfilled. You will become the person you are suppose to be.

I love you guys.

In Jesus' Service,

Sunday's Praise Service

There was a lot of joy and laughter in church today. Before our worship service everyone was in a great mood. I personally was laughing with Elizabeth, and pretending like I was playing the keyboard.

After the worship service I had some great conversations with Denny, Scott, Kim and others. It was a fun time.

The challenge this week from our Sunday sermon is to let God whisper his plan for us into our souls.

We will practically do this by prayerfully answering these four questions:

1. What would I do if I had no limitations?

2. What would I do if I only had five years to live?

3. What would I do if I had unlimited resources?

4. What would I do if I knew I could not fail?



I love all of our Living Hopers.

Have a great week.

In Jesus' Service,