This Sunday at Praise

We will finish our series on "Worshiping God, Loving People" on Sunday at 10 am. The message is titled, The Worth of a Human Being - Image IS Everything! I encourage you to read and ponder Gen. 1:26,27 You are extremely valuable. We will be celebrating the Lord's supper together.

We will be having the second part of our Thanksgiving History Series at the Equip 412 service on Thursday night at 7 pm. If you have any interest in learning about our amazing, godly heritage then come out and be blessed as Mike Rohlin continues the series. Also, this 2 part series is available on DVD in the bookstore.

I am very excited about this year's Christmas Eve Service. It is on Dec. 24th at 9:00 pm. It will feature the Voices of Praise Choir and many other Christmas songs as well as the beautiful, gospel message of Christmas. This is a service you will want to bring all your family and friends to.

I love you all. Let's come together ready to worship our amazing King Jesus. He is so good and so worthy of our praises.

Continue to pray for the NYSUM team in New York City. They will be ministering there until Tuesday.

Good History

I have been very concerned that our culture is ignoring the Thanksgiving Holiday. Does it seem to anyone else that we have gone directly from Halloween to Christmas? I suspect that this is so because it is not easy to commercialize Thanksgiving.

With that in mind, tonight at PF, we will bring in my brother, Mike Rohlin, who is a true Historian. He will be teaching about the real history of the Pilgrims. You will learn about what caused them to seek out the new world. You will hear about the amazing, miraculous hand of God along the way. And you will see the great foundation that they laid for our nation. This is one of the richest periods of the New World's history and it is filled with the Divine Providence of God. You do not want to miss this two part series.

Also, we will plan to have it broadcast live over the internet at 7 pm, so join in from your home if you are not able to attend. www.worshipplace.org

I John 3 & 4

Love is a really good thing! I know that is quite obvious, but sometimes it's good to point out what we have heard our whole lives because we become desensitized with the familiar.

Here's a challenge for you this week. Every morning before you see any people, let me encourage you to read I John 3 & 4. Maybe one day read chapter 3 and the next day chapter 4. Do it for an entire week and ask the Lord to fill you with His Spirit in order that you can love. Just watch what happens.

PF Sunday Announcements

Here are Sunday's announcements at PF. Thanks Eric and Stacy Clark. You two are quite creative.

Rachel's mission trip

Here is a video detailing what Rachel Johnson is doing on her YWAM Disciple Training school. Rachel has been with us since since her days in high school. God is truly doing great things in her life. If you would like to contribute to her mission, let us know. teens@worshipplace.org

A Father loving His kids

Most of the time our two boys, Zachary and Jason really get along excellently. They play together and genuinely enjoy each other. As I watch them play, in this case football, I often think of the truth in Psalm 133. "How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.... For there the Lord bestows his blessing."

When our boys are playing well together, I love it and I want to do anything to encourage that behavior. That usually means getting down on the floor with them and doing some tackling myself. I as their father am extremely pleased with them. I think that is exactly how God, our Father feels when His Children are walking in Unity. He desires to reward that behavior and I think it also makes Him want to get down on the floor with us and join in the play. How about that for an image of our loving Father in Heaven.

Visionaries

Sunday morning I asked the people at Praise Fellowship to answer this question: If money were not an issue, what is your vision? What do you want to see God do?

We had people write their visions down on 3x5 cards in keeping in line with Habakkuk 2:2 "Write the vision down and make it plain on tables, That he may run who reads it...."

I just got done reading about 75 of the visions that some of our people wrote down. Wow!!!! I am hanging out with some amazing visionaries. There is such a hunger and desire to see God be who He says He is. This is indeed a season to dream. No matter how great our plans are, God's are bigger. He has the audacity to desire that the "whole earth be filled with His Glory." :-)

So, my encouragement to you is to dream dreams that God has put on your heart. Share them with other people and then take action as He leads.

Why not here, why not now, why not us?