God builds back what storms blow down.

What a week. What a last couple of days as it pertains to our wild weather. Did you feel the aftershock at 1am last night. The forecast of hurricane Irene is moving west as of this moment. Wow! I can say in the past 5 plus years I have lived here that this is pretty eventful.

The potential for damage and cause for concern is genuine. However, I am reminded that as I seek God; He is in control. That doesn't mean that things don't happen they do. Yet God knows how to redeem, how to restore. I love what He does in our midst, in spite of ourselves.

I have a lot of new music in my Ipod. One of the new albums is Newsboys - Miracles. The sixth song is called "You build us back" It has really ministered to me. Because when the storms of life come, when our earth shakes, when our joy fails, He builds us back.

Be praying for God's protection over our community and pray for a great Sunday in ministry.

Blessings

Pastor Jay

Persistent Prayer

I'm sure most of us would feel pretty good about our prayer life if the evaluation was based upon the short, quick prayers that we are accustomed to. However, Jesus and the Bible introduce us to another type of prayer that is describes by such words as persistent, enduring, even birthing. If that becomes the basis by which our prayers are evaluated; I wonder how many of us would feel so accomplished.

Join us on Sunday as I will be preaching about persistent prayer - we begin our new series At The Movies and we will use the movie Rudy as a backdrop to the type of prayer that is enduring. Don't forget, there will be popcorn in both services.

See you Sunday.

Pastor Rich