“Something in human nature tempts us to stay where we’re comfortable. We try to find a plateau, a resting place, where we have comfortable stress and adequate finances. Where we have comfortable associations with people, without the intimidation of meeting new people and entering strange situations.
Of course, all of us need to plateau for a time. We climb and then plateau for assimilation. But once we’ve assimilated that we’ve learned, we climb again. It’s unfortunate when we’ve done our last climb. When we have made our last climb, we are old, whether forty or eighty,“ author Fred Smith.
The unfortunate situation is that we can have that last climb at 40 or 80 or even younger than that. May we never stop climbing when it comes to doing things for God’s kingdom or for our own growth in the Lord. May we continue to stretch ourselves and keep climbing to be the people that He desires. I am talking about record-breaking climbs like Mount Everest that was accomplished several years ago. Let’s dream big dreams for what He is calling us to. May we (PF church) never get tired of climbing the mountain of God because at the top of the mountain is a beautiful panoramic view of the glory of God.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Don't ever let up - Keep Climbing!
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
January 24th & 25th - PF Church Services Weekend Report
Weekend Report of PF Church Services
* Special Guest Speaker – Andy Leenstra
* Great attendance in spite of the cold weather
* Great talk on relationships this morning
* Evening Session was fantastic – talked about How to hear from God – the presence of God was pretty powerful
* 7 people signed up for being prayer counselors
* Several people signed up for prayer counseling tomorrow
* Sweet time of Worship
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sunday Evening - Weekend Report
Ministry of Praise Fellowship Church
* Today 7 people responded to Christ.
* One of the 7 was a teenager who was brand new and told me afterwards that he accepted the Lord
* God broke our hearts for the hurting of the Sheboygan area
* We had communion today, which was a great celebration
* 10 people have signed up for the Feb. 7 baptism so far
* Worship was fantastic
* 2nd service was packed full – we need to do something --it is 90% filled
I love to see people give their hearts to the Lord; it always makes my day!
Thanks PF church for being a wonderful congregation that is hungry for God!
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