Liberty University Degree!

I can't believer it but I just sent in my last, my final, my absolute closing assignment for my LU classes, thus I have FINISHED the requirements for my degree!!! Hallelujah! God, you are so good to me! Thank you! Help me please now to remember and use wisely all the good things I have learned! It's seems like only yesterday that I was taking that first Intensive class in January of 2009! Now here I am, two years later....finishing! Thank you Lord for all your help! And to think back in December of 1996 and on the 20th of that month too...I completed my first Master's Degree from Radford! So it looks like the 2oth of December is the date for Master's! I am so glad I am finshed and it will probably sink in tomorrow a little more but right now since it's 3:32 am, I am going to bed! Thanks again, Jesus! Praise Your Wonderful Name! Amen!

God Continues to Bless!

I can't believe it's been several weeks since my last post! I should be on here every day thanking the Lord for His continued blessings! We have had such a good group the last few weeks! Yesterday for example was a cold, cold day here in December and I thought we would have a small crowd but instead God brought 24 people our way! That means we have had 23, 19, 24, and 24 for the past 4 weeks! Again, I feel our move to Round Hill was all in God's timing and it looks like He is blessing our faith in moving! Richie was able to be with us yesterday and played one of his songs for us so I thought that was great. And then he was kind enough to give several CD's of his out to those folks who wanted them, all for free. With Christmas only 12 days away, (it's hard to believe it's that close!) I want our first Christmas at Life Pointe to be a special one, so I am praying that God shows Himself mighty and all of us are drawn closer to Him especially at this time of the year. "I love you Lord...and I lift my voice to worship you all my soul rejoice...take joy my King in what you hear, may it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear."

Round Hill Services!

God continues to bless us at Round Hill Elementary School! It was a good service today as we talked about those people who were atheists who came to know Christ. They included: Alistair McGrath, Lee Stroble, Charles Duke, and.............Saul or as we now know him, the Apostle Paul. I tried to remind everyone that they must have had a Damascus Road experience or else they might not know the Lord. And God will use different ways to grab out attention. But God was there and hearts were touched, so it was good. I look forward to what God is going to do with us and for us, and through us. Happy Thanksgiving, we have much to be thankful for!

New Location at Round Hill Elementary

Our new location is proving to be a good change for us even though I was dreading it for so long. Last week was our first Sunday and things went well. However yesterday, just being our second Sunday there, went great! God really blessed me with a very practical message that was about an "unlikely hero" that being my own sister Melanie. I shared how Benjamin, Emily, and Rachel had come to a saving knowledge and grace of Jesus and the talked about Ruth in the Bible who cared so much about her family being taken care of. God was just really good and was really in the service yesterday. It seemed folks like it too, along with the delicious baked potatoes after teh service. Could it be that Life Pointe is finally turning the corner??? Let's pray so and pray that folks will come to church and bring the lost and unchurched with them. I know God has some good plans for us. May we be found faithful. Thank you Jesus for all you do! And I almost forgot, it was an enjoyable weekend with our friend Richie visiting us from Tennessee. We all had lots of fun playing some music together at Nancy and Larry's house and it was so good to laugh.

First Sunday at the NEW LOCATION!

Today, November 7th, 2010 was our very first Sunday at Round Hill Elementary School! We had a good turn out and it seemed things went smoothly, especially since we just had our yearly Block Party yesterday with temperatures in the 50's! Today was a good day though and we experienced God among us so that's what it most important. I must admit the past few weeks have been trying and today seemed a little more like it use to be. God knows what we need and how much we can take, so He seems to be refining us like silver or gold when it is heated up, so we should be greatful that He is making us better! Today, hopefully will be the start of something BIG! God is good! And I can't believe we are now in a new home...but God went with us and is guiding us, so we are going to be fine. May souls get saved; lives be changed; and God be honored as we continue on as LIFE POINTE Church!

Blessings and Trials!

This morning I awoke to hear the rain pounding down and then later when I went to school it was raining so hard that I just sat in the car for awhile before I could go in. But that was ok, because I wanted to talk to the Lord, so the rain He sent just gave me another reason to stay put and enjoy some quiet time with Him. I felt my day went pretty good but when I got home I learned that the "powers" that be in the Roanoke school system had decided to charge us after all for using Round Hill as the location for Life Pointe Church so once again the Lord seemed to be testing me or us and seeing if we are going to be faithful and hang in there till He changes things or provides another means to use the school. But then Ginny was talking later to Nancy and Larry and asking them to pray and not only did they say they would do that but added that they would like to support us if need be. That is a blessing indeed so maybe God is using us to get other folks busy, going about doing the Father's work. So things are going to be ok, but it still seems like God is putting us through the fire for some reason. Maybe it is to burn off the impurities and end up with something "pure" for Him and His use. May we continue to be faithful.

Tough Day on a Monday!

I know we are not suppose to grow weary but I am. I don't know quite what it is, but on this very rainy, (I can hear it through the roof here at school) Monday, it just seems sort of tough. And it's not like God hasn't been working, I rejoice in the fact that my niece Emily and her little sister Rachel both asked Jesus into their hearts this past week so that's great! But it just seems like I sometimes have the feeling that I am not quite doing all I can to lead Life Pointe Church the way I should be. I want Ginny and Andy and Ashley to grow just like I want other to grow. It seems we have so many different spiritual levels at Life Pointe. But it just seems that our vision and enthusiasm is not as high as it use to be so I just want us to keep the vision that God has given me in front of us; stay expectant of His leading and blessings; and just look for the opportunities that He gives us to share with others the good news of Jesus love and forgiveness. I even need to remember those things myself sometimes. It seems we all either stay busy or tired almost all the time and we have to get out of that rut and get back to enjoying the things we do and not just doing the things we do. I feel overwhelmed at times, yet I know Jesus tells me to put all my cares on Him. I want to do that, it is just tough sometimes. But as the song says "and may all who come behind us find us faithful" and as another song says "I hide myself in thee" so that is what I will do as I sit and wait for all the storms to pass but with this very real rain that's falling and with the "rain" that I feel has been coming down on me for the past few days or weeks. God is in control, and I know that; and I know He cares for me and loves me just like He does His own Son, so that alone should be enough to help me keep going and press on. I want to soar but maybe soon....