It is my hope and prayer that this new year will be a better one for our churches and for you personally! Let us push forward for the cause of Christ.
PERSONAL NOTE: I want to look back for a moment to 2009 and mention a couple of things:
- Praise God for His blessings during a difficult year for us and the nation.
- Thanks goes out to all of our church leaders for their hard work and service
- A special thanks to our musicians who had to step up to the challenge
- A special thanks to our youth leaders who had to step up to the challenge
Looking ahead is always a little more difficult but let me try:
- Pray for someone to fill our music opening and possibly our youth opening.
- Be in prayer for our theme for 2010: "Each One, Bring One!"
- Pray for the March Missions Conference
- Remember your Pastor
- Remember your Leaders
- Ask the Lord to increase our outreach and impact
- Pray now for the big events: Missions Conf., Easter, any summer concerts, etc.
- Pray for the nation and its leaders
- Pray for revival among God's people
MONTHLY AUDIO: Please click on this LINK in order to hear and download the Audio by Ken Boa entitled: "WISDOM" (It is part of the Leadership Development Series).
LEADERSHIP TRAINING FEATURED ARTICLE: Please click on this LINK in order to read and download the article : "Stewardship for Small Churches".
BONUS BOOK RECOMMENDATION: I have found the book, THE OUTLINE BIBLE by Harold Willmington to be a very helpful tool as a teacher. It is described as, "...a tool for making the content of the Bible easy...". I know from experience that it can be an asset to any believer's library.
BONUS THEOLOGY ARTICLE: Please click on this LINK in order to read and download today's featured article: "Can a True Christian Backslide?"
YOU CAN KNOW THE WILL OF GOD: First Peter, chapter 5 and verses 1-2 is given as instruction to the ministers and it says that it is God's will that the "elders" (read pastors or ministers) are to tend to the flock. That statement has a broad range of application.
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "Ideas won't keep: something must be done about them." Alfred North Whitehead
TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL: Please click on this LINK to view today's devotional.
I pray that you will have a great week of service to your Lord.
In His Majesty's service, Pastor Darrell (B.S.O.C.)
