Good Morning Everyone,

This is our last big holiday weekend. Many of you will be spending the day with family and friends. I hope you have a real good time and are refreshed. We just need to get away from time to time.

Your pastor was delighted to have you in the services yesterday. A special thanks to Jonathan Hudson and his friends that came to minister to us last night. They are some of the men who play on our church softball team. They are regular attendees of South Flint Tabernacle. It was such a blessing to hear them sing and preach and share the love of God with us.

I was reading a story a while back about a certain businessman in England. Several years ago he was summoned by Queen Elizabeth to be one of the country's ambassadors. He expressed his delight and appreciation for the honor, but politely told the queen he couldn't leave his own business and travel extensively for his business would surely fail. Now this is the part that caught my attention. The queen said, "You take care of England's business and England will take care of yours." He took the queen at her word and took the ambassadorship position for two years. After his tenure of service, the man returned to find that his business had doubled in size and had done extremely well.

Let me ask this morning, what if you were given the same offer? Well, you have been. My scripture verse for the day is II Corinthians 5:20 "We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us." We are literally ambassadors for Christ, and God has given us the privilege of attending to His business. He, in turn, will take care of us and the things that are important to us. When we are faithful to God and put Him first, that makes God obligated to keep his promises, take care of us, and be faithful to us. That sounds like a good deal to me. However, God has no obligation to anyone who neglects His business in pursuit of his or her own. As long as we have our priorities right, we have an unfailing guarantee of success from God's Word. Proverbs 16:3 in the Living Bible says, "Commit your work to the Lord, then it will succeed." Praise His Name!!!

In closing, "Dear Father, help me to find balance between taking care of business and being Your ambassador."

Till next time, let's represent our Father well..............Pastor Don

P.S. Please remember our Church Work Day on Saturday, September 8, as we gather to make the Lord's house look good. We will only work from 9am - 12pm

P.S.S. Jokes for the Week

TWO VULTURES BOARD AN AIRPLANE, EACH ONE CARRYING TWO DEAD RACCOONS. THE STEWARDESS LOOKS A THEM AND SAYS, "I'M SORRY GENTLEMEN, ONLY ONE CARRION ALLOWED PER PASSENGER.

TWO ESKIMOS SITTING IN A KAYAK WERE CHILLY BUT WHEN THEY LIT A FIRE IN THE CRAFT, IT SANK. THIS PROVES ONCE AGAIN--YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR KAYAK AND HEAT IT TOO.
 

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