A time of intensive focus on seeking God will be started by many Christians throughout the world. Waverly CGP will be joining many in our organization who will participate. Our International Office and General Overseer, Bishop R. A. Howard, encourages this time of seeking the Lord. There are some helpful materials on our church Webb site. Click >> COGOP 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer
Also our Tennessee Presiding Bishop has some helpful information on his site.
Click >> Fasting Suggestions
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
New Year
The new year will be here in four days from today (12/27/10). What we have done in the past is history. We cannot recall it, redo it or remake it. We can go forward and live each day with victory in our heearts and live by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.
May we seek to have "much of heaven in 2011." In looking at many of the gospel songs that are written and sung, we find many with words that speak of heaven. "No Tears in Heaven," "When We All Get To Heaven," are two of those songs. Jesus spoke of heaven. Paul wrote about heaven. The Bible tells us about heaven. The Crabbs sing the song "Don't You Want To Go," about going to heaven. Loretta Lynn sang the song "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, But Nobody Wants To Die." No doubt, there is pain and suffering in our mortal bodies but the child of God need not fear or dread death. Jesus has conquered death, hell and the grave. The child of God will not suffer the true pang of death. Jesus has delivered His own from the sting of death - sin. We will pass from this life to be with Him in pardise - heaven. Where-ever He is is heaven. YES, I WANNA GO!!!!!!!! DO YOU!!!!! THEN TURN TO HIM IF YOU HAVEN'T AND TRUST HIM!!!
May we seek to have "much of heaven in 2011." In looking at many of the gospel songs that are written and sung, we find many with words that speak of heaven. "No Tears in Heaven," "When We All Get To Heaven," are two of those songs. Jesus spoke of heaven. Paul wrote about heaven. The Bible tells us about heaven. The Crabbs sing the song "Don't You Want To Go," about going to heaven. Loretta Lynn sang the song "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, But Nobody Wants To Die." No doubt, there is pain and suffering in our mortal bodies but the child of God need not fear or dread death. Jesus has conquered death, hell and the grave. The child of God will not suffer the true pang of death. Jesus has delivered His own from the sting of death - sin. We will pass from this life to be with Him in pardise - heaven. Where-ever He is is heaven. YES, I WANNA GO!!!!!!!! DO YOU!!!!! THEN TURN TO HIM IF YOU HAVEN'T AND TRUST HIM!!!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Family Time
Waverly Church of God of Prophecy will not have services tomorrow Sunday, December 26. We will be enjoying family time during the Christmas season.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Christmas Meal and Basket for Families
Waverly CGP will feed 15 families this coming Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm and give them a Christmas basket with food and other household items.
We will offer prayer to each one. May God help us to minister to people.
Sunday morning will be children's program and the Christmas message continued - Immaculate, Incarnate and Invincible.
We welcome you to our time to celebrate Christ's coming to this earth.
We will offer prayer to each one. May God help us to minister to people.
Sunday morning will be children's program and the Christmas message continued - Immaculate, Incarnate and Invincible.
We welcome you to our time to celebrate Christ's coming to this earth.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Give Thanks
This is a blessed season of the year when we consider how great our God is. Sometimes it seems so small to say thank you or to express enough thankfulness for such a great God and all He is and all he does for us. We are the "apple of His eye." Even though our thankfulness seems small in comparison to His greatness and love for us, He, nevertheless, simply asks for our thankfulness. He has asked us to have an attitude of thanksgiving in all conditions and situations.
In the early 90's Karen and I pastored a church in Northeastern Tennessee - Johnson City CGP. We were blessed to meet a lady there who was blind. We transported her to church several times while we were there. She was short in stature and enjoyed sharing her songs with us. We had a stool that she would stand at the pulpit where she could hold on and there she would bless us with her singing.
One Sunday as she was getting ready to sing, she shared something that has stayed with me ever since. She said, "You know I had someone tell me one time to be thankful for being blind." I told them, "Never would I be thankful to God for this blindness but I will be thankful in all conditions, sickness, blindness and any other thing that comes my way because my God is such an awesome God and is worthy of all thanksgiving." We took her back home that day and as she got out of the car we helped her to her door and she simply said, "Thank you," which was the most significant thank you that I will ever remember.
To say "thank you" recognizes someone for something they have contributed or blessed others with or to recognize their worth. That day I was greatly blessed by this small, blind lady, not by money or temporal goods but by something far greater - a grateful spirit that would not be denied her gift to minister and share her faith in God and I thanked God in my spirit for such an example of an attitude of gratitude.
Whatever your condition, whatever you may be going through, remember being thankful is an attitude of the heart not a matter of what you are going through in this world. May we remember to "be thankful."
In the early 90's Karen and I pastored a church in Northeastern Tennessee - Johnson City CGP. We were blessed to meet a lady there who was blind. We transported her to church several times while we were there. She was short in stature and enjoyed sharing her songs with us. We had a stool that she would stand at the pulpit where she could hold on and there she would bless us with her singing.
One Sunday as she was getting ready to sing, she shared something that has stayed with me ever since. She said, "You know I had someone tell me one time to be thankful for being blind." I told them, "Never would I be thankful to God for this blindness but I will be thankful in all conditions, sickness, blindness and any other thing that comes my way because my God is such an awesome God and is worthy of all thanksgiving." We took her back home that day and as she got out of the car we helped her to her door and she simply said, "Thank you," which was the most significant thank you that I will ever remember.
To say "thank you" recognizes someone for something they have contributed or blessed others with or to recognize their worth. That day I was greatly blessed by this small, blind lady, not by money or temporal goods but by something far greater - a grateful spirit that would not be denied her gift to minister and share her faith in God and I thanked God in my spirit for such an example of an attitude of gratitude.
Whatever your condition, whatever you may be going through, remember being thankful is an attitude of the heart not a matter of what you are going through in this world. May we remember to "be thankful."
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Benevolence and Prayer Ministry
This coming Saturday, November 13 from 10 am to 1 pm the Benevolence Ministry will be giving away items at the church sanctuary located at 807 Powers Blvd. in Waverly, TN This will be based on a first come first served basis.
There are many items such as clothing, cleaning supplies, hygiene items, and many others too numerous to mention.
We will also be ministering to those who have prayer requests and will have a place in the Sanctuary to meet with those who desire prayer or have prayer requests. We will also share some literature with them and offer Bibles to those who do not have one.
We desire, not only to give people help for their physical needs, we desire to minister to their spiritual and emotional needs.
There are many items such as clothing, cleaning supplies, hygiene items, and many others too numerous to mention.
We will also be ministering to those who have prayer requests and will have a place in the Sanctuary to meet with those who desire prayer or have prayer requests. We will also share some literature with them and offer Bibles to those who do not have one.
We desire, not only to give people help for their physical needs, we desire to minister to their spiritual and emotional needs.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Update
TeamUP in Murfreesboro, TN was awesome the past four days.
Tomorrow we welcome Darlene Long and family to minister at Waverly, CGP. We expect a great time in the Lord. YOU ARE INVITED.
Tomorrow we welcome Darlene Long and family to minister at Waverly, CGP. We expect a great time in the Lord. YOU ARE INVITED.
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