Pastor Ted took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge! Enjoy and donate to Team Gleason today! http://www.teamgleason.org/
Often times, as we go through life we become blind to the things that are taking place around us. This isn’t an intentional thing that we do – it’s just a reality. Whether it is the pair of socks that I left on the bathroom counter for a week and now no longer even see, or it’s the homeless person posted up at the onramp to the freeway that I drive past every day, I tend to stop noticing those things that are familiar.
The warmth of the sun has beckoned me into the garden the last few days. I find it to be so therapeutic, gardening. As I made my way around the yard, watering the plants, I came to the fig tree, and my heart was encouraged and made well. This fig tree was a $10 purchase at Lowes last month, due to the damage caused by the frost. Lowes considered it to be worthless, discounting it even more when I went to purchase it.
I brought the fig tree home, in high hopes of a flourishing, bountiful tree this spring. February continued on, with many more freezing nights, temperatures dropping below what the young tree could bear. I became discouraged and settled in my mind that maybe Lowes was right. The damage might be irreversible.
As our Easter 2012 service, Ransomed is quickly approaching, our desire as a church in Temecula is to put a strong emphasis on prayer. We think it is vitally important to be constantly praying for God’s will over Reliance Church and that is why we are making such a strong effort to cover this event in it.
The greatest privilege a Christian has is prayer. Prayer is not only a privilege, but it is also the responsibility of every believer. Jesus said,
The Way, our young adults ministry, had a blast down at the range today! We thought we’d share some of the experience with you!