Finding Strength in Trust

"Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:28-31)

As human beings, we all are prone to becoming tired, weak, and weary. I'm so glad that the God that we serve never experiences any of these things! He fully understands the things in life that we will never understand and because of his depth of understanding we can rest assured by trusting in Him.

"But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength."

It is when we begin trusting in ourselves, in our flesh, and in our own understanding that we will find ourselves tired, frustrated, and worn out! We are prone to find strength in trusting in ourselves, our education, our emotions, etc. But when we come to the place where we fully put our hope and trust in God, it is there where we will find new strength! It is when we are fully trusting God we will be able to soar high like eagles!

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Because of our experiences in life, we as human beings find it hard to trust. Humans can lie, humans can let us down, but God is the one we can fully trust with all of our heart! We are to walk through life FULLY trusting God in every circumstance, what seems to be good and bad. There are certainly times in life that we do not, in our finite mind, understand everything. We are commanded to not depend on our understanding, which is so shallow at times, but to fully trust in the one who understands all things! So when we find ourselves in situations in life that we don't quite understand, we are to continue to seek HIS will in everything we do and trust in the Sovereignty of God to direct us!

Trust God today and experience new strength and peace like no other!

Children's Home Outreach

Jodi and I took the 9th Grade Boys and the 8th Grade Girls small groups to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home yesterday. "Joy Cottage" is made up of three girls and two boys and "The Pierce's" are the cottage parents. We all got them gifts and had the priviledge of watching them open them up yesterday! We all hung out, played some XBox, football, archery, and loved on them! I was so pround of how our teens engaged with each of them!

The Gospel According to Scrooge!!!

For over ten years Family Church has blessed the community with the "Gospel According to Scrooge". This is a powerful "broadway like" presentation when Ebenezer Scrooge comes face to face with "another chance" with life concerning Jesus Christ. You DONT want to miss!

Performances start tonight at 7 P.M.!

The dates are Dec. 2-4 & 9-11, 7 P.M. December 12 @ 3 P.M. is the Matinee!

Tickets are available online at www.familychurch.org and General Admission is FREE!
Reserved seating is only $10 and can be purchased online!

There will be opportunities to "meet the cast" after each night's performance as well as hot chocolate, coffe, and spice cider!

Hope to see you there!