Welcome 2011

Today , Sunday January 2nd, 2011 was the first Sunday service of 2011.
It's such a privilege to live through another year and have a relationship with God that keeps on getting better and better. Its great to offer to God the beginning of this year and to start it off by celebrating Him, His goodness and His power. Today we thanked God for the things He has done for us in 2010 and for the things that we know with great confidence that He will do this year.

We started service this morning by giving every church attendee from the children to the adults, an opportunity to testify of one thing that God has done for them in 2010.
One young lady, Jara, thanked God that her grandmother got saved and stopped smoking.
A woman, Kim, thanked God for being alive. In the month of December 2010 she has been involved in two car wrecks and should not have walked away from them. She will have the opportunity to share this testimony one day.

Miss Sandra, one of our 'mother's in the church' testified of God's goodness and how she has been on a journey in 2010  in search of truth and how God has released her heart from bitterness and unforgiveness that were still lingering in her live.  She mentionned that sometimes we are not even aware that we have such issues still lingering in our lives. She went on sharing some fantastic words of encouragements and wisdom for the ministry and for our walk with God.  Below is a portion of her powerful words.

Pastor Bacon talked about our attitude, the importance of putting murmuring and complaining aside and using thanksgiving as our weapon in the midst of our afflictions and praising God for the victory ahead even when it seems impossible because Christ will always be undefeated and we should be confident that we are winner because God wants our best.

Pastor Brandon also referred to the movie Secretariat and talked about how the horse Secretariat was known for being behind at the start of most races and then moving to the front and winning the race. However, at the most challenging race Secretariat did the unexpected by leading the pack and winning the race and doing what had never been done before.

This to tell us that this year 2011 we can do the unexpected, lead the pack,  and set a record.      

                                                                                                                                             

We closed the service by praying for the children in attendance today. That God protects them and bless them.

I welcome 2011 with great excitement. Today's service was so fabulous that I feel like God has given us a direct promise  that 2011 is the best year of our lives so far. I trust HIM to do great things and we position ourselves to do greater works.