Remembering the Lord's Blessings

I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. -Psalm 77:11-12

A couple of Sundays ago we had arrived back to church from ministering at the local nursing home and had 45 minutes until the afternoon service. I went upstairs to the sanctuary to retrieve my purse I had left in a pew. I found the sanctuary dark and empty; Instead, I walked up to the front and took a seat on the stage overlooking the pews. This day had marked a year since we had started attending our church. My mind went back a year ago and I thought on what the Lord had done since then....

A year ago we had been looking for a home church. I remembered what we were going through at the time. We were visiting churches Sunday after Sunday and had been doing so for over a half of a year. I was so tired of looking for a church and was ready for a place to call home. I was getting frustrated and waning in my spiritual life as well. We had visited many different churches but none of them we felt was where the Lord wanted us. My family and I were greatly desiring and praying that God would give us a home church soon---one who had a sincere desire to honor God above all else and that was led by the Scriptures alone. We kept praying...

After many, many months of searching and prayer, God led us to our church and answered us and gave us our desires. Our church is more than I could have asked for! It has been one of the greatest blessings in my life. I have grown in my walk with the Lord more than I have any other church we have been to. We have been blessed with wonderful teaching from the Word of God and wonderful fellowship with fellow believers. Pastor Barry and Mrs. Debbie have inspired me greatly in the things of the Lord through their examples, teachings and friendship. They love the Lord and they love people. I am so grateful for them and they both are very dear to me. They really do inspire me. God couldn't have given us a better pair.

I love everyone else in our church and congregation. I am so thankful for a place to meet weekly with other believers who love the Lord. We have made some special friendships and it is such a blessing to "provoke one another to love and good works," and to "exhort one another."

It is such an encouragement to look back and see how God has blessed us and how He's grown us. I am completely in awe in how He works and all He does.

Let me tell you: God answers prayer! If you are trusting the Lord for something, my encouragement to you is to keep praying. Don't give up. I'd also encourage you to look back on your life and see how the Lord has blessed you. That's why I think journaling is so special. It's a great thing to look back on God's grace and see what He has done.

What has God done in your life? What prayers has He answered? Don't forget His goodness and don't forget to thank Him.

God is faithful and He is good to His children. How I love being His child and how grateful I am for His blessings. A church that is built on the Word is such a precious thing and I am so thankful to be a part of one!



Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21


Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:23-25