As I sit here and write this e-note we had almost 3 inches of rain this week and most of it in one day! I am reminded that James 5:7 said,
"Be patient therefore, brethren unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receive the early and the latter rain. Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws nigh."The Lord is not coming back until he receives a great harvest of people coming unto Him! Rain is always a type of the Holy Spirit, so there is an out-pouring of the Spirit happening right now!
I am excited about the Harvest! I just want to keep reaching one more! God is so good!
We are having our Harvest Festival on the 31st of this month and we are believing for 500 people to attend. It is one of our main outreaches that we do in the community. So if you can make it, come and enjoy the event! It is a lot of fun!
Pastor Adam and Kelly have been given access to their new building and on Sunday they had one person receive salvation! We are celebrating with them and believe that increase will come in every area!
God is faithful and continues to supply all of our needs for our building project! We are trusting Him to pay off the architect and engineers that are working on our construction drawings! What God orders He pays for! Please be in agreement with us for this!
I want to thank everyone for making our 15 year anniversary as a church a great success! I also want to thank everyone for celebrating with me on my 30 years of being in the ministry! I want to borrow words from the Apostle Paul "and I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry." I truly have been blessed by God's wonderful people.
Sincerely,
Pastor Mark and Esther Butler
