Out of town last Saturday, so others will have to fill in the blanks. I do know a large group of servants showed up at the center to make sandwiches for our community, especially for our children who had not been in school for 3 days last week because of all the flooding we had in our area. It was great to see and hear about. One of our friends, Robert, who lives outside was brutally beaten and is now in the hospital. Another reminder of the cruelty of the streets.
Monday and Wednesdays we continue to teach and learn from our children. Monday, we had more tutors than we had children! What a great problem to have. Wednesday, we had one on one teaching going on, all over the center, remarkable!
Tuesay evening Jacoby led our men's gathering, reading from Luke 17: 11 - 19. Jesus healing the 10 men with leprosy, only one thanking God for his miracle. Do we thank God for our miracles?
Thursday evening was full of servants and fun. Our friends from Elizabeth Baptist church, led worship in chapel, Ms Abbie was fired up on the piano, the food was outstanding, groceries were given away in masses, clothes left the racks in a hurry, a very busy night. God is good.
Don't forget this coming Thursday, we will host our annual Easter egg hunt, everybody is requested to be there to help out. Next Saturday, March 26th, we will be hosting Silent Saturday Service starting at noon. Prayer stations will be set up from noon to 4, then a silent service of prayer, reflection and the reading of scripture will take place at 4:30. Easter Sunday morning at sunrise we will gather at the center to walk the neighborhood hiding God's lvoe in the form of easter eggs.
God is good. We all know that, but how often do we voice it? How much do we take for granted, God will be there for us? More importantly when God is there, do we thank Him for lvoing us? I was reminded of that in the reading of Luke 17 Tuesday evening.
The men who had this terrible disease called out to Jesus, heal us. And as Jesus usually does, He did. As the men were walking away being healed, only one of them, came back, praising God in a loud voice, threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked Him. How often, do we call out to Jesus, for comfort and healing, when it happens, when our lives get better, how often do we go about our routines forgetting to acknowledge where our restoration has come from?
Jesus does not heal us because he wants our praise. He wants us to acknowledge where His powers come from, from His father, our father. In verse 19, Jesus says to the one who came back to praise His God, Rise and go; your faith has made you well. Only one of the ten were made well. We can be forgiven of our sins, but until we accept God into our hearts, throw ourselves at the feet of Jesus, thanking God for all His has done for us, only then will we be healed. Amen!
Hope to see you this week around the center, I need help finding those Easter eggs!
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