A Healthy Church is Gifted and Serves

Sunday we finished the series of 'A Healthy Church' at an encouraging sermon about how each one is "Gifted 2 Serve." Pastor shared about how 'A Healthy Church' is not just the leaders doing ministry but the ones in the pews/chairs doing ministry. That God has gifted each one with special gifts and they can do something that no one else can do. To reach our full potential of our church, we must discover and use our gifts individually towards the common mission God has given the church. No matter what ones expirence has been in life, God will use it all to reach places that seem unreachable. We are 'GIFTED 2 SERVE!'

Sunday night was also a great evening as we had Bro. Stacy Tuttle preach a wonderful sermon titled 'Bloody Issue.' His wife also sang a wonderful song with an awesome talent given by God. It was a wonderful night.

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Community Outreach is key to a Healthy Church

Sunday we looked at one of the other core components to being a 'Healthy Church.' A 'Healthy Church' must reach it's community as an essential and central focus of all it does. Jesus spent most of His time outside of the temple reaching basic needs to meet spiritual needs. It was interesting to see that when we commonly use the term 'Jesus Public Ministry' we are saying more than His 'known' ministry but actual the ministry He did in the streets, on the mountaintops, and in the homes.

In Ezekiel 34 we see a prophecy of both the 'bad shepherds (leaders)' and the 'good shepherd (Jesus).' Jesus is given as the one who will care for the needs of these people yet we are the body of Christ. He has choose to use us as His 'hands and feet.' So we are the tools of Jesus to fulfill this prophecy. Here are the five areas we must cover to be reaching those in our community for the Glory of Christ.

1- Feed the hungry

2- Strengthen the diseased/Heal the sick

3- Bind up the broken

4- Brought in the driven away

5- Sought the Lost

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A Healthy Church is a House of Prayer

Sunday we continued our search to become a 'Healthy Church.' We cannot forget to be a Biblical Healthy Church we must not forget the most basic element, Prayer. Jesus stated "my house will be a house of Prayer.' This means that we cannot forget to pray or to just do it as a routine. We must seek the Heavenly Father to hear His voice to guide us to a 'New Height' as a local church.

We invite you to join us on this journey to become Healthy Christians!

Plan to join us next Sunday night at 6 PM at the Collinsville Church to have a joint baptismal service. Come celebrate the new lives in Christ!

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Looking Forward to our Future

Sunday morning Pastor Josh was back in the pulpit after being away for a few Sundays at the Church of God of Prophecy's International Assembly that was held in Greensboro, NC. He shared how great the services where and to see what great revival is breaking out across our world today. God has truely been doing wonderful things in the church today.

Pastor Josh preached about the foundation to all of our future vision by starting a series of sermons' titled "A Healthy Church." He spoke that while we will use different ministries and they will each have their pu

rpose they all must work towards the vision of being "A Healthy Church." The first of these sermons was focused on how the early church in the book of Acts was only able to do the work of the church after they were filled by the Holy Spirit. He spoke that we should join in the theme of the Assembly by embracing the moving of the Holy Spirit by "Pursing His Spirit.' Only then can we operate as "A Healthy Church" as we

read about in Acts. Sunday night Pastor Josh continued the them of 'Pursing His Spirit,' by encouraging everyone to take a few steps deeper as recorded in Ezekiel 47. If we are ankle deep go a little deeper into the moving Holy Spirit to a knee deep. If you are knee deep go out waist deep, and if you are waist deep go out to the depth that you can only swim in His Spirit.

At Leesburg Church we seek to be 'A Healthy Church' that desires to be led by the Holy Spirit to meet the needs in our community! Come join us i

n this awesome journey!

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