Tips on Loving Our Neighbors
Dear North Wake Family, All of you should be familiar with our church mission statement to “reach the lost and equip them to join with us in the process of becoming mature and ministering worshipers of God." If you’re a member of this family you have agreed to join us in taking ownership of that mission. Most agree that loving our neighbors through evangelism and disciple making is important. But unfortunately few know where or how to begin. I want to commend to you several resources that have been shaped/created (many by former North Wakers!) to help ordinary church members
The Fields are White Unto Harvest
Testimony from NWers Cheryle and Ray Atwater Within the last week we have seen two glorious examples of the Holy Spirit’ s manifestation and the divine work of the Lord of the Harvest. On Saturday, we attended the wedding of a subcontractor who worked for Raymond when he was a home builder more than ten years ago. Gary and his girlfriend had lived together for more than 15 years and have a teenage son but had never married. We recall praying for them years ago to become lawfully wedded and to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. We rejoiced a few
Daily Devotional
Recommendation by NW Elder, Gene Woodall. "For a few years I have subscribed to a daily devotional email sent to me. It has been a great additional supplement to my daily time with God. Many times I do not get to this email until later in the day, which can be timely in helping me deal with life's daily issues. The site is http://godsminute.com/. I highly recommend it."
A NW Testimony of Thanksgiving
This post of thanksgiving is from NWer Debby Meredith, who is beginning treatments for colon cancer ... Thinking about Thanksgiving way back, I knew I wanted to share at this service this year as I have much to be thankful for. Well, it turns out I had to rush off to Arizona to a promising clinic that offers low dose chemo with nutrition and couldn't be here today. Really this is one of God’s mercies as He knows I do not like to talk in front of big groups and now someone else gets to read this. It seems fitting that
The True Story of Thanksgiving
I read this blog on Thanksgiving morning and found it greatly encouraging and beautifully centered on the Gospel, the good news that we can be deeply satisfied (and thereby deeply thankful) in Christ. Enjoy & Happy Thanksgiving! http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-true-story-of-thanksgiving
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
Thanks to NWer Mike Garrett for this timely post! “The first Thanksgiving Proclamation was issued by the revolutionary Continental Congress on November 1, 1777. Authored by Samuel Adams [yes the brewer and also a very devout Christian], it was one sentence of 360 words, which read in part: “Forasmuch as it is the indispensable duty of all men to adore the superintending providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with gratitude their obligation to him for benefits received…together with penitent confession of their sins, whereby they had forfeited every favor; and their humble and earnest supplications that it may please God
“Faith-Filled Thanksgiving”
Read I Thessalonians 5:18 Because God is sovereign, wise and good, we can trust Him. If we are to honor Him in our times of adversity, we must trust Him. There are some corollary responses to trusting God that are important. They provide tangible evidence that we are in fact trusting God. One of those is thanksgiving. In I Thessalonians 5:18 Paul instructs us to "give thanks in all circumstances." We are to be thankful in bad times and good times, for adversities as well as blessings. All circumstances whether favorable or unfavorable to our desires are to be occasions for
4 Verses on Cultivating Thankfulness
The end of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving always puts a smile on my face. Two things stand out. In the midst of a Thanksgiving feast, Charlie Brown and friends have popcorn and jellybeans on their plates. Such simple food, but it makes total sense for kids to have these foods at Thanksgiving. They are being thankful, so why not something as simple and praiseworthy as popcorn and jellybeans. I am not as naturally thankful as Charlie Brown and his friends. Not that I am ungrateful, but too often I don’t call to mind the things in life for which I
Devoted in Summary
Read Mark 12:28-34 I am more persuaded every day, as I examine my own relationships and as I observe others in theirs, that relationships are first fixed vertically before they are ever fixed horizontally. Paul captures this dynamic in surprising words in Galatians 5. "For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself'" (v. 14). Now think this through with me. If you had just written, "The entire law of God is summarized by one command," what would you have written next? Well, I would have written, "Love God above all else." That
Names of God
This compilation of the Names of God has been a near daily encouragement to me in my personal times with the Lord for decades! I use a different name each day as a prompt to worship God for who He is and to invite Him to glorify His name in my life that day. Enjoy!
