9. Draw near to God: Ask God for forgiveness of anything hindering your faith walk and resist the enemy. Repentance isn’t just saying sorry, but it is a lifestyle change and is turning AWAY from poor choices and sin that hinder us from being closest to God’s presence. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (James 4:8) In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. (Hebrews 5:7) 10. Ask for a heart of worship: Let us revere, honor and respect our Lord (Isaiah 6). Galatians 2:20 says, “ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” 1 John 2:15 says, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.” With your support and with God’s blessing in 2025 • We will make it a daily practice to worship the Lord. With that being said, we will keep a worshipful attitude. • We will speak positively about the goodness of God. • We will devote our service to God and others using our God-given time and talents. • We will grow our youth ministry by expanding youth mission experiences, providing conferences, and Vacation Bible School. • We will restructure our new member ministry that will involve informal gatherings. We will integrate new members into the overall life of the church. (Sister Elza Floyd and Minister Warrick Floyd) • We will continually seek opportunities to serve inside and outside the Church as an act of worship and love. • We will be more faithful in attending Church services and events. • We will personally give more financially to the Church by faithfully giving tithes and offerings consistently, God being our help. (All) • We will establish Choirs. (Men, Women, & Senior Adult Choir). (Evangelist Meme Davis & Mother Caroline Coleman) will oversee this ministry. • We will establish back our dance ministry. (Pastor Lisa Burrell) • We will continue rehearsal time for our weekly Praise and Worship Teams. A.W. Tozer says and I quote: “Too often, we give God only the tired remnants of our time. If Jesus Christ had given us only the remnant of His time, we would all be on our way to that darkness that knows no morning. Christ gave us not the tattered leftovers of His time; He gave us all the time He had. But some of us give Him only the leftovers of our money and of our talents and never give our time fully to the Lord Jesus Christ who gave us all. Because He gave us all, we have what we have; and He calls us “as He is, so are we in this world.”
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