Hi everyone.
Just a quick note to tell you of our Labor Day weekend at The Sycamores Community Church and how we spent it. Don and LaVon Baker, Jack and Karen Gregory and Sally and myself felt the need for a prayer and fasting time prior to the kick-off of Sunday services here at the Sycamores. We began this discipline on Friday and ended today, Sunday, September 1st.
On Friday morning at 9 AM Clay Turner, associate pastor at Lindsey Chapel here in Eufaula, led us in a time of devotion concerning the Lord leading us on narrow pathways and the fact that we are to be meek and gentle in our personal walk. (Matthew 5:5). This was followed by a time of corporate prayer where we sought God's PERFECT will for such a time as this as we move forward. The remainder of the day was spent in individual prayer as we sought to re-ignite our walk with Jesus.
Saturday morning Pastor Tim Turner, senior pastor at Lindsey Chapel, brought us a devotion on doing the right thing in the right way. The scripture he used was found in 1 Samuel 13:8 where Saul offered sacrifices to the Lord. It was a good thing done in the wrong way. Pastor Tim reminded us that as we seek to serve Him we should do those things that honor God and do those things in the prescribed manner found in God's Word. Following this we met for corporate prayer and then dismissed into the remainder of the day seeking God in individual prayer.
Sunday we each went to our respective church services (we have scattered out among local partner churches for Sunday worship until such time as we begin here at "The Sycamores") We each heard powerful messages on the Holy Spirit and on The Great Shepherd. We broke our fasts with Sunday noon meal as we fellowshipped around the noon meal at the fellowship hall at "The Sycamores".
We gathered back at 5:30 PM for Chaplain Don's message from Matthew 9:36-38. The Harvest is plentiful and we are to ask the Lord of the Harvest to send out workers.
God has been good to speak to each of us during this time. Our devotion times, our prayer times and our individual seeking of the Lord has indicated our direction to us. We are to begin, here at The Sycamores Chapel, a community garden. We will teach life skills and lessons through parables from the garden. At the same time, we will feed the hungry and teach them to fish. Please pray for our kick off here on September the 15th. God is going to do a great work.
Blessings
Senior Chaplain Dennis Maloney
International Director
CRM Int'l
Clay Turner
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