Isaiah 43:18 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Today I can truly say I see God is working in new things. This year has been a life changer for me. God has opened my eyes so much and blessed me over and over again. It is easy sometimes to dwell on the past I find myself still doing it. I talk mostly about what all God was doing @ CFC before the fire. It seemed like we really were starting to get things rolling with the youth and the Sunday School program. We had new families every week.
Sometimes we can get so Wrap up in the past that we don’t see what God is doing right now. I have been busy talking about the things that hinder us by not having a building. When God has blessed us with a building that we are not taking full advantage of FAC has graciously opened there doors for us to use their church. Are old building held 75 people FAC holds 400. We were busting the doors down at max capacity every Sunday and God has now giving us growing room. We should not be sad it’s time to rejoice.
Bro. Sammy made a statement last month at the Men’s prayer meeting he told us that CFC is not handicapped. After that statement I felt like crap because I was convicted I may not have been one running around complaining to others all the time that we are handicapped but in my heart it was how I felt. Since the fire I cut back on outreach & Soul Winning. I put my Spiritual transmission into cost. I got on the “In the new building we will do…” band wagon.
Well I am done with dwelling in the past and it is time to put this transmission into overdrive and let me share with you what God has done this year and is doing.
1. We are still growing. This Sunday I was looking down on the congregation from the loft and counted 8 people who never stepped foot in are old building and we have at least 3 new families that attend are church regular. Since we have been at FAC.
2. God is still saving Souls. This Year alone I know we have baptized more people than the whole time I have been back in church and we have had a 3rd of the amount of services.
3. This year is the first year in 10 years that our church has taken a group to Camp. (woohoo!!!)
4. Jordan is at CFC now where she belongs J
5. Christopher received the Holy Ghost this year.
6. Rebekah is growing leaps and bounds there is an anointing on her life and I am excited to see how God is going to use her.
7. Sunday I got to watch God use Jara to minister to the youth. Sometimes I worry about that girl… but I wept as I watch God use her this past Sunday.
8. My Grandmother is Cancer free… IN YOUR FACE DEVIL!!!
9. Tomorrow we are having a back to school bash for the neighborhood and God is going to bless it. I walked the streets Sunday and talked to the Neighbors they are begging for a ride to church. I foresee a great bus ministry coming to CFC very soon.
10. God is not done with East Nashville and neither am I.
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