Truth Springs from the Earth

Psalms85:8: I will hear what God the Lord will say; for He will speak peace to His people, to his godly ones, but let them not turn back to folly.
9:Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in the land.
10:Loving kindness and truth have met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11:Truth springs from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
12:Indeed, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its produce.
13:Righteousness will go before Him and will make His footsteps into a way.

I was overwhelmed and cried tears of joy last Sunday when I was a witness to what God is doing in our church body. God will make a way when there seems to be no way. He is the one who puts highways in the wilderness and sends forth His water to the dry and thirsty land. We had 9 brothers or sisters in Christ who were baptized , because they wanted to be a testimony to others that they have surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. We also witnessed several children being dedicated and surrendered to Him by their parents so He can use them for His plans and purposes. Pastor Cliff gave a testimony about his parents doing that for him when he was five years old, and how his parents never stopped praying for him and how later in life, Christ led him in this ministry.

The Bible teaches us that we should not grow weary in doing good deads for in due season you will produce a harvest of righteousness. Sunday was the day that we were able to see the fruit that was produced by the loving kindness and truth that we shared with each other. Many of these people heard the truth about baptism and a lot of them are newer to our church so I am thankful to all of those in our body who extended love to others. May His righteousness that comes from heaven continue to pour out as rain upon us. There was also another invitation at the end of the teaching where several more people raised their hands to receive salvation.

May we continue to grow as a body of believers and show love to each other and to our neighbors and keep Jesus as the head of our church.

I have been keeping up with some friends blogs and here are two quotes that I enjoyed reading this week.

Pastor Cliff: I have learned that God is a God of restoration and reconciliation so if that is not happening the problem is not God.

Kim: I stopped praying for strength and instead began praying for Him to be my strength. Allowing Him to be my strength is infinitely better than trying to rely on myself.

To God be the glory, great things He has done.