Yesterday was a great day of worship!  It is always amazing to me to watch and see how God puts together a worship service.  The way He uses each of us to accomplish getting His message across.  The Communion, songs, special music, prayers and message all came together with the incredible spirit of a group of very loving and caring people to give us an amazing opportunity to proclaim to God how great and awesome He is in our lives!  I really believe that we brought a smile to His face!  I am excited about the things that He is teaching us and I am enjoying the personal spiritual growth that I am experiencing in my own life!

Yesterday was also bitter/sweet in that a very good friend and spiritual brother went to be with our Lord.  Arlen Coggins was a very special person to every person that knew him and to many that had never met him.  He continually reached out of his life and into the lives of others to be a help and a blessing.  I don’t think that his influence can be measured, only appreciated.  I thank God for allowing me to be his Pastor and for giving us all the opportunity to minister to and with Arlen and for the blessing of receiving ministry from Him!  My hope, comfort and healing come from the promise that because of Arlen’s relationship with Christ, He has experienced perfect and complete healing and is living in the presence of the One that he loved to serve! 

I am so thankful for each of you and I am so glad that God has brought us together to minister and make a difference for His Kingdom!  I hope you are living a blessed day!