God of Wonders

My God is still such an amazing God. Last night in our worship service, a woman came forward for special prayer. Her arm was in a sling and she told my wife she had experienced a torn rotatory cuff in her left shoulder and was in need of surgery. She said she was experiencing "excruciating pain." Deana prayed the prayer of faith and then asked "Is the pain still there." The woman had a surprised look on her face and said, "No, the pain is gone." She then preceded to take off the sling and raise her arms to heaven and praise God. Completely healed, free mobility, free from pain!
One interesting side note is this same woman surrendered her heart and life to the Lord Jesus Christ just one week ago.
In the same service a man came forward and surrendered he heart and life to Jesus Christ and we prayed that the addictions he had been battling would be gone.
Our youth pastor sent me a text stating they had two salvation's in their youth service. Three salvation's and one totally healed rotatory cuff! Yep! I'll say He is still a God of wonders!

Super Sunday

With the "Big Game" now fading into distant memory, fans across the United States will go back home and settle into their daily routines.
As I shared this past Sunday, you have to appreciate those "fans."

• They will spend anywhere from $1200.00 up to $6000.00 and more to go watch a football game.
• Their car will have to pay $105.00 to set in the parking lot...! They don't care, they're fans!
  
• They will stand up the whole game!
  
• And they will shout and scream the whole game. They refuse to shut up. They refuse to just set down and just be a spectator.
  
• It doesn't matter about the weather, rain, sleet or, shine, they are there....!
  

Well I think you get the point, as a "Fan" of my Lord Jesus Christ, I say, "Lord give us more fans!" Jesus won a great victory for humanity on the cross that is still being talked about today. He arose from the grave on the original "Super Sunday!" If you want to hear more about this, listen in to this past Sunday's podcast, "The Big Event" at www.unioncityfirstag.com

Faith in Action

God has really stirred my heart about this faith journey we are on. I shared with our church last night that Abraham is a great example of how we are to respond to God's direction in our lives. Abraham had faith and it was "counted to him as righteousness."
A couple of key thoughts about faith in action as it relates to Abraham's story is that faith in action takes courage and faith in action requires obedience to God's instruction.
Abraham was being directed to leave his country (his security), his father's household (his support system), and go to a country that God would show him ( surprise! A whole lot of what if's) That took courage and Abraham set out on that journey.
God was putting things in order that Abraham knew nothing of. God was creating a covenant of separation with Abraham and He was establishing a new nation we know today as the Hebrew nation from which the Messiah of the world would come through. God is always working things that we cannot see at the time, but God has a plan for everyone of us.
Abraham's action (stepping out in faith) activated the plan of God. God had a plan, but it would have never been activated had Abraham never taken action.
Faith in action activates the plan of God in our lives.