[PASTORS' BLOG] Northside Baptist Church
Well good morning NBC blog land.
I AM THE HAPPIEST PREACHER IN CANADA - I HAVE A CHURCH THAT IS OBEYING GOD.
WE SAW 11 SAVED LAST NIGHT AND MET MANY FRIENDLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD VISIT THE CHURCH. I AM THANKFUL FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO MAKE AN EFFORT TO ATTEND EACH WEEK AND PAY A PRICE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO BRO ERIC AND NATASHA LABONTE, WE RAISED $235.00 FOR THEM.
I AM PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON OUR SOUL WINNING MARATHON. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING THAT GOD WOULD OPEN DOORS OF GREAT BLESSING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE SOULS SAVED IN THIS TOWN.
I NEED YOU THERE ON JUNE 13 @ 9:00AM AT CHURCH.
IN JOHN 9
WE SEE A BLIND MAN FROM BIRTH SITTING AND BEGGING FOR FOOD AND MONEY. WE KNOW BY CHRIST’S TEACHING THAT HE WAS BLIND SO THE WORKS OF GOD SHOULD BE MADE MANIFEST IN HIM.
I WONDER THIS MORNING IF THERE ARE ANY SET BACKS THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN OUR LIFE TO JUST SIMPLY GLORIFY HIM. WE THINK IT IS A PAIN, A TRAGEDY, A WASTE, OR EVEN BECAUSE OF SIN. I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHY GOD DOES WHAT HE DOES BUT I KNOW THIS, THAT GOD DOES WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO TO GLORIFY HIMSELF SO OTHERS WILL SEE HIM!
WITH THIS IN MIND, ARE WE ALLOWING GOD TO BE GLORIFIED IN US? CAN OTHERS SEE HIM IN TIMES OF PRESSURE, IN TIMES OF SORROW, IN TIMES OF NEED IN OUR LIFE. YOU SEE GOD CAN BE GLORIFIED IN OUR DAY OF PAIN WHETHER OR NOT HE HEALS US OR NOT. THE REAL FOCUS IS NOT THE HEALING, THE REAL FOCUS IS CAN I WITH ALL MY BURDENS TRULY ALLOW GOD TO BE SEEN, GLORIFIED, HONORED, LOVED, CHERISHED, AND PRAISED.
HEALING IS SECONDARY, TO GLORIFY HIM IN OUR PROBLEMS IS PRIORITY!
I LOVE YOU NBC
PREACHER