Today at church we started our service with a baptism! Jorge Andy Rivera made a decision to follow Christ this past Thursday and immediately followed through with baptism. This week has been a week of ups and downs but this really just made it all worth it. These are the days that we live for.
After baptism Jacob preached a powerful message from John 15 & the parable of the lost sheep and how we as the called out ones have to go to the dark places and show them Jesus and that it may cost us something but the time and love and money that you give is worth it!
One thing Jacob said in his sermon is we have to labor in prayer over the lost people. I never thought of it like that. Although the holy spirit and God does the work, we have to give our part also. We have to labor in prayer over them. Labor is an action word-like in school a verb-"it's what you do". People have laboring jobs, women experience labor before their children are born, it is hard earned work . Laboring over people in prayer has results of saved souls!
Let the Angels rejoice! Andy is no longer in the dark place -he has hope. I have had the chance to see the difference in him in just a short time. He is at peace.
I pray that the peace of God is with you today and always as you are living your daily life. I pray that when hard times come that you know that you have a comforter that you can go to.
If you don't, please feel free to message me and we can talk about it.
After the amazing service it was brought forward by the pastor search committee that next week there be a vote for the members to vote on Jacob being their full time pastor.
I pray for God's will! Letting go of control and letting God take the wheel.
We have grown to love these church members for some time now as a fill in pastor.
Stay tuned!
Beautiful!
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