Good Morning South Flint Family,

This is the day that the Lord has made, so I am going to rejoice and be glad in it. We had a great day at God's house. Attendance was 151 and what a blessing it was worshiping together. I was grateful to God for His help with my message. It's not a popular thing today preaching against worldliness and not loving the world. I hope my message, "Love not the World," was a help to you.

We praise God for all the ways He is helping us. Even with the snow in the afternoon, Sunday night attendance was really good. Thanks for putting God first in you lives. Today, let's talk about rejoicing and being glad. If you’re around negative people very much, you know what a downer they can be. Some people just seem to always see the negative side of things, and refuse to embrace hope or happiness. But as Christians, we need to get rid of those negative attitudes. That’s exactly what Paul did in his writings. He was even in prison when he wrote several of his letters, but he chose to rejoice in the Lord! Paul would agree that your attitude will determine your outcome.

Every day, we should make a decision to rejoice and thank God, no matter what our situation. Christians should be the most joyful people on the earth! We don’t need to struggle all day with fear or worry because we know that Christ has everything in His hands, and He won’t let us go.

Learning to rejoice each day is a process of training and disciplining ourselves to serve Christ and live in the joy of His love and grace. We may get irritable and stressed at times, but if the determination of our hearts is to rejoice in the Lord, we can find the good in everything.

You know the little chorus that says, "This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made. I will rejoice, I will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it." That would be a good daily anthem to sing.

Choose to live your life today in the shadow of God’s grace, and rejoice that He has given you another day of life to serve Him.

CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE THE MOST JOYFUL AND POSITIVE PEOPLE ON THE EARTH. ARE YOU?

Till next time, Pastor Don

P.S. Choir Practice Thursday night at 7pm for all who want to help with the special this coming Sunday morning.

Sunday night after the service we are having a super bowl party in the fellowship hall. John Walters will be making his special chili and we will be enjoying some football. Please sign up if you plan to attend.


JOKE OF THE WEEK: SISTER ANNIE

Last Sunday, Annie's pastor challenged his congregation to be aware of opportunities to testify for Jesus. Now Annie was certainly known for her faith and her boldness in talking about the Lord. She was known to stand on her front porch and for the benefit of her atheist neighbor, shout, "Praise the Lord!" resulting in her godless neighbor responding, "There ain't no God!"

When hard times set in, Annie stood on her porch and prayed, "Praise the Lord! Please God, send me some groceries." The next morning she found a large bag of groceries on her porch, which caused her to shout, "Praise the Lord!"

On cue, her neighbor jumped out from behind the bushes and cried, "Hey, don't give God the credit. I bought those groceries, He didn't."

Annie laughed, jumped up and down, clapped her hands, and shouted, "Praise the Lord! God not only sent me groceries, but He made the devil pay for them."
 

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