The Holy Spirit in the Church

Sunday, February 27th was a great day at Leesburg Church.

During our morning service, the Word of God was presented on the Holy Spirit and His role within the church. We read of all the names that the Holy Spirit is described by in the Bible, but we often lower His importance within the church. We speak of the Comforter (the peace) the conviction of His Spirit- and so on. However, we forget or at least often diminish, the full role He is to have in the church. Jesus said when He ascended into Heaven that He would send the ‘Comforter’ and Jesus said he would ‘guide’ you. We must remember that the Holy Spirit is not just some heavenly being, He is God; God is the Holy Spirit. You cannot separate Jesus from the Holy Spirit. The Trinity is three in one and one in three. If we are to do the work Jesus has intended for us, if we desire to be more than a social club, we must be in tuned to the Holy Spirit and following His lead. While the Holy Spirit is the ‘Great Counselor’ we cannot treat Him like He is just one of many we consult as the church and we will filter what we want to hear and do. NO - we must submit to the Holy Spirit and He will lead us.

Lead us on Holy Spirit - Lead us ON!

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Arise Sleeping Giant and Souper Bowl Fellowship

Sunday was filled with lots of wonderful things. As on most first Sunday’s our Children’s Ministries came out front to participate in our worship as they led us in two songs. The second song they sang was very moving as you could hear the children even above the CD and the Holy Spirit was ministering as they sang.
During our morning service we heard the Word of God from Ephesians 5:14.
Ephesians 5:14 (NKJV)
Therefore He says:
“ Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

We were encouraged to personally, as a local church, and as a makeup of the global Church to arise from the state of sleep that satan has rocked us into and awake to the Giant God has destined us each to become and be within His bride. Then we are promised that Christ will give us light-or ‘illuminate us’ through His Spirit and revelation to His plan and call upon each of us and our church. LET US RELEASE THE GIANT IN US ALL!!

Sunday night we celebrated Super Bowl Sunday with our version “Souper Bowl Fellowship” We had several enter their best receipts of different soups and chili. At the end of the night the best soup beat the best chili to make it two years in a row. Sister Sandra F. won and received a apron that was embroidered with ‘2011 Souper Bowl Champion.’ Congrats also goes to Josh D., the young man who won the chili ‘league’ and came in second. It was a fun night for all!!


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The kids leading us in worship.

Be Renewed by the Holy Spirit

We Praise God for the presence of the Holy Spirit!

The Lord had a Word that was direct and specific to each one present Sunday morning. The Lord had moved upon the pastor in the late hours of Saturday to change the direction for that morning. The Lord’s Word was “My people need to be ReNewed.” God spoke with Power and Annointing that He had a place of Renewal that would change the very appearnance of those seeking it. People that we pass or meet would see the visual effects of the ReNewed Spirit inside of us. As Jesus’ appearance changed, ours will as we allow the Holy Spirit to ReNew our innermost- it will effect our outermost.

Be encouraged to let God ReNew your Spirit- let the Holy Spirit transfigure you today!

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 (NASB)

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watch the Service at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12351271

Slaying your Golden Calf

Sunday was an awesome day at the Leesburg Church. The Holy Spirit was strong and the anointing was powerful.
The Lord spoke from the text of Exodus 32, specifically verses 1-6. The key of the sermon was that the ‘god’ the people of Israel wanted Aaron to make to led them was not an abandonment of Jehovah. The study of the word ‘gods’ that they used was not a term for multiple gods but of the one God- it is the same term used when Genesis records ‘God created...’ in the original Hebrew. The point was this, they wanted to create their own form or view of the one God. They were not guilty of serving other gods but of trying to make THE GOD in the form they wanted. In other words they wanted God to do what they wanted, when they wanted, and how they wanted. They were specifically tired of how long Moses was taking with God and they wanted it now- so they Formed them a god.
Do we not do the same thing? Do we not try to make God in our form? We all have Golden Calves in our lives if we are honest- areas that we have tried to make God fit our form or image.

Let’s break some golden calves and allow the true God to be the only form we see!

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(watch the sermon by going to the website)

Great Video for Christmas

Here is a great funny but simply true video for Christmas. This was done by Empowered Ministries Church of God of Prophecy in Dickson, TN.

Enjoy.

Christmas Sunday

Sunday morning Pastor Josh shared a sermon titled Emanuel: Godwith Us. Jesus came for many reasons but He also came to be with us. How wonderful to serve the real God that wants to be with you, to spend time with you. The presence of God is so special and we are so blessed to have Him come to be WITH US.
Sunday night was our Christmas programs. Our drama team did a great job with their program as they dramas with a scene from Bethlehem and the world today. They ended with a wonderful signing of Silent Night. Our children also blessed us as they searched for the missing Christmas only to find Christmas’ true meaning. After service we enjoyed lots of food and fellowship with our many visitors and church family. We thank God for a wonderful day.www.TheLeesburgChurch.org

Church Christmas Parties

Leesburg Church 2010 Christmas Parties