As we have officially launched our Tell the Wonders He Has Done ministry expansion campaign, we would like the congregation to join together by taking a moment each Monday to be centered in God's Word. This will not only be a time to consider financial commitments, but also an opportunity to stretch spiritually. Our intent is for these devotions to support that purpose. We look forward to sharing our thoughts and God's Word with you weekly.  

Giving our best to His glory,

James and Becky Blake

Campaign Prayer Coordinators

Rivers of Blessings

"A river reaches places which its source never knows." Oswald Chambers

"If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ‘out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.' " John 7:37-38

How often do we hear stories of believers who prayed or sacrificed for someone or something and never actually saw the fruit of that good work? Moses, "the servant of the Lord," died without entering the land promised to his offspring (Deuteronomy 34:4-6). Yet this doesn’t diminish how great a blessing they were to others. God rarely allows us to see the far-reaching rivers of life. It’s part of what is fascinating about a legacy. It’s also what is frustrating and what is sometimes expressed in lamenting.

Consider the prophet Jeremiah’s complaint: "Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?" We’ll soon highlight the Lord’s response, but the critical consideration is the true source of the river’s water. The call is to believe; the outflow is the work of God. "The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." (John 4:14).

And the Lord’s response to Jeremiah: "If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before Me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as My mouth." Is there a greater honor than to be used by the Lord to speak, to tell the wonders, and to bring the knowledge of God’s glory to others?

Let’s answer this call to believe. Let’s remove the obstacles and barriers to the springs of water, to the river's flow.

With encouragement, we can all agree that this sort of sacrifice, this level of giving, and this commitment is more than a financial asset you pass down. It’s not an experience you share; let’s give it the vision of a river that continuously flows. The Lord will guide you and satisfy you because He is the source of our watered garden, the source of our spring "whose waters do not fail." (Isaiah 58:11).

Even if the river should drop out of sight for miles, we can be confident it will emerge again, broader and more powerful than ever.