What a great Christmas!

The Lord blessed in our Christmas services at Bryant Pond Baptist! On Friday night we had our candlelight service. Our official attendance was 51, just one person away from the record for a candlelight service. (Since 1856) Praise the Lord! We had our first choir presentation, singing "O Holy Night". I look forward to more choir performances in the coming weeks and months. I then preached from John 8 on "Five Witnesses to the Light". Each and every soul there knows why they must and how they can be saved. It was a special service and we managed to not burn the church down! : ' )
On Christmas morning we had a very strong attendance, and I preached out of 1 Thessalonians 4 on "Comfort on Christmas". We have quite a few families that have had a rough year and are struggling through Christmas. Well, we are told to comfort one another with the thought that "if we believe", Jesus is coming back for us!
Glory! The same God who came in Luke 2 will be coming again in 1 Thessalonians 4! Amen, Hallelujah!
On Sunday we had a young family request information on becoming members. (This was an answered prayer if I have ever seen one!)
We also had the parents of one of our van children come to church together for the first time ever. Praise the Lord!

God is moving in Bryant Pond and I am so excited to see what 2012 is going to bring.

New Tracts!!!!

Our new tracts arrived today! Glory! I am a very patriotic person and I love the flag theme.
We had the opportunity today to do some visiting of our members today. We stopped in to see one of our ladies that can't make it out much. She is a blessing. What a spirit she has in that 92 year old body. We also delivered a new King James Bible to Kody (the 14 year old young man that got saved on Sunday night). We then went to the nursing home to visit a couple more members. It was a good visit and I look forward to many more.
I did see one thing that made me very mad. Inside the nursing home is a full rack of Seventh Day Adventist materials. That wicked doctrine would lead them to believe that if they are saved, they can lose their salvation. What a crime! Those saved folks in that nursing home deserve to rest in the fact that no man can take their salvation away (John 10:28). Please pray that someday there would be a great big Baptist display there.

Well, thank you for all of your prayers for us. The Lord sure is good!

What Facebook really should mean to us!!!

All I can say is Amen!

Praise God! Two saved tonight!!!!!

We had our children's Christmas play at Bryant Pond Baptist Church and two young men got saved!!!!! Praise the LORD!!!! Caiden and Cody! How exciting to know that there are two more that the devil won't get! God is good!!!!!!

Tuesday December 13, 2011

What a blessing the last few weeks have been. Last week we spent most of our time in Bryant Pond. Services on Sunday the 4th were powerful. Attendance was good and the Holy Ghost moved throughout the service. God is moving at Bryant Pond. We had our first "door to door" visitation this past Saturday (pictured above). It was a good time getting to meet our new neighbors. We had many say "I've heard about you." I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing : ' )
Word travels fast in a small town. Bryant Pond is no different.
We have had many visitors in the services. Please pray that continues.

Prayer needs: please pray for our Christmas services on the 18th (Childrens program) and the 24th and 25th. We anticipate many visitors. A strong, clear salvation message will be preached each service. Pray for souls to be saved. Please pray for our house and business to sell. The business is under contract, but we still have had no calls about the house. It is a tough time of year to sell.

Thank you all for your prayers and may God bless!

Thanks Norma for the wreath making lesson.

Norma Davis, one of our precious members showed Paula and Ashley how to make a wreath. Looks awesome!

Another Step

Well, the Jones family has made another necessary step in our transition to Bryant Pond. This morning we officially said goodbye to our bunnies Fluffy, Snowy, and Princess. It was very difficult to walk into our kitchen and see my girls sitting with the bunnies crying, but it was a necessary step. There was no way to bring them back and forth in the way we bring our dog. Dropping them off this morning, their cages and "stuff" filled the back of the pickup. We knew this day was coming and I have to admit....even I felt a little misty when the girls were crying. "What, no that must be condensation. I wouldn't cry over the bunnies." (smile)
On happier news I had a member express how much they are truly getting out of the preaching. What a blessing to hear that God is using someone like me to make a difference. This is just a testament to the fact that God can really use anybody. (and I am not saying that to be cute, I really praise God that He can use me).
I am looking forward to this Lord's Day as we look to build off the last two weeks.

This past Wednesday night we had a record attendance (highest in our month of Wednesday night services). Sure, it was only 15 people, but that number is going up. I pray that the Lord continues to add to this service weekly.

I had my business cards arrive this week. I look forward to getting the Bible tracts in with the updated information. We continue to look for ways to get the word out that Jesus is still in the "saving sinners" business. That is the only sure business out there. Praise God for His work. I am so thankful that He is on the throne.