NOVEMBER: Developing An Attitude Of Gratitude Month!
November is all about being thankful and so I want to begin Nov. 1 by expressing my thanks…
1. THANK YOU Life House Family and Friends for the surprise Birthday/Pastor Appreciation lunch last Sunday. It really was a big surprise and I appreciate your hard work, gifts and acts of love so much. I am blessed to be able to serve with you as we try to reach souls for the kingdom.
2. THANK YOU for all who worked so hard to make last nights “Fall Festival” a HUGE success. As far as I know everything went over great! We saw many “new faces” come through Life House’ doors and hopefully will see more of them in the near future. Thank you so much for all who planned, ran errands, cooked baked goods, brought candy, set up booths, served in the kitchen area, cleaned, set up/tore down and more. I know it was alot of work but by working and pulling together we were able to see it come together to provide a safe place for kids on Halloween night.
3. Thanks to those who helped get the walls moved in the coffee shop/worship center area. That was quite a feat in itself to see the walls “jacked up” and then rolled around and “set down” to form a foyer in the building and enlarge the worship center space. Thanks for cleaning up, setting up and more. We are truly a work in progress and probably always will be as a church family. We now have ROOM for more people in the worship area.
4. Thank you to our weekly workers on Sunday Morning, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday’s that work so hard to serve food at various times throughout the week to make sure people are fed in our area. Your hard work and act of love touches the lives of lots of people and God is using it to bring people to Himself. We fed 1504 meals in September and 1595 meals in October. Keep up the good work!
5. Thank you to all of the churches and individuals that help support Life House with your “Partner Gifts” and gifts of time, money, needed items and more. Because of you this new church plant is able to move forward and reach people for Jesus. THANK you for loving souls and participating in missions right here in our own area.
6. Thanks to those who help make Sunday morning worship a blessing. Those who play, sing, prepare and execute the service are so faithful and willing to do so. You make my job of pastoring and preaching God’s Word so much easier. Keep up the good work! Can’t wait till we grow big enough to have a “Life House Praise Choir” (or whatever name they might have LOL)
7. THANK YOU to Jesus for His blessings on my family and me. I praise Him for His provision, love and blessings on our lives and on the work of this new church plant. We don’t deserve it but see HIM in it all. We can’t wait to see what He is going to do in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.
NOW – let me challenge you to start making it a habit to develop an “ATTITUDE of GRATITUDE” and start saying THANKS to the Lord and those around you. My list is in no way complete but it’s a decent start. STOP and start counting your blessings and begin to PRAISE HIM and THANK others in your life too. Let’s make November a month of “Developing An Attitude Of Gratitude” month! Well….are you thankful? Pastor James
November 1st, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Loved “Hearing” you again, You inspire me to do more each day. We pray that God continues to bless you and all that you are doing in the sweet name of Jesus.