Valentines Day February 14th, 2013

Pray for your spouse!   

You won't know the power of prayer until you try. Let the power of God change the dynamics of your relationships. It doesn't matter if some of your relationships are completely broke or very good, sincere prayer will move all your relationships to a much better place.

Pray for your children, your spouse, your neighbors, friends relatives, co-workers, bosses....as you can see your prayer list should be very long.  Tithing your time to God in prayer and reading His word is better than time spent any other way.  And, don't to forget to pray for your enemies!  God will intervene there too.  Plug into the power of God through a well disciplined prayer life.

Put it on your schedule and try it!   Let God become your best friend. Let God become the CEO of your entire life and be blessed.

We have all been doing life our own way.  Where has that gotten us as far as having peace, fulfillment, and love?

 Prayer service coming "Soon and Very Soon!"    

I know I know....some of you are thinking..."A Prayer Service?     Really?      Who has time for that?

It's OK because there was a time not so long ago in my life when I would have said the same thing. Here is the absolute bottom line about having a prayer service.  With a powerful prayer service, our church, your life, and the life of those you love will be empowered by the power of our living God.  Sounds pretty churchy doesn't it.  But what do you come to church for?  I hope to build a closer, more intimate relationship with Jesus.  I hope you are coming to empower your life with all that God has to offer. I hope you are coming to change your life for the better, to be empowered by the Holy Spirit.

So, no time for prayer?  That's like joining the YMCA, paying your dues, and never going to the facility to work out.  No work out......No benefits!

The truth of the matter is, building a powerful, effective prayer life is the only way you will ever see the fullness of Gods power in your life.  Remember, "God goes all out for those who are All in!"

Try taking a prayer walk. To me it is one of my favorite times of the day. A couple of days ago I got up at 5:30am and walked Glick park and watched the sky light up. It was amazing. I have amazing talks wit God on my prayer walks.  Give it a try.

See you Sunday at 6:30pm. The Raise The Praise Choir will be leading us in Worship.  Come and join the PCF family for a night of worship and learning.   See you Sunday.  Love, Pastor Kent

Monday February 11th, 2013

All great relationships start with your relationship with God. 

If your relationship with God is broken, chances are you are going to struggle with your relationships with people on this earth.

Make every relationship you have a "trinity"  relationship.  You, God, and the other person.
Allow Gods wisdom and love to guide everything that you think, say and do with the other person. This includes all your relationships, business, casual, and personal.

Will this make all relationships a success?  No, however if you are being led by the Holy Spirit, (Jesus inside you) then you are doing everything you can to create a successful, healthy relationship.

What is a successful relationship?  A relationship which acknowledges the fallen nature in everyone without critical judgement. Instead it offers love, support, honesty (with love) integrity, and never compromises Gods laws. It is trusting the Holy Spirit's guidance and stepping out in faith with all His promptings. That means if the Holy Spirit prompts you to ask for forgiveness, or prompts you to apologize or to pray for someone you do it! It probably won't be easy!

How will I know what the Holy Spirits promptings are?  All promptings of the Holy Spirit reflect the attributes of Jesus. If you are prompted to go tell someone off I can pretty much assure you that is NOT the Holy Spirit speaking. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Of Jesus Christ who loved, forgave, healed and showed compassion. Now it is also true that Jesus drove the money changers out of the Temple with a braided whip. To me that shows us that Jesus stood up for His Father and would not compromise His Fathers laws or will.  Neither should we.

My prayer for all the married couples at PCF is that you will begin praying for one another each and every day. Share your prayer out loud with your spouse and watch your relationship expand and deepen. Bonni and I have recently started to do this and the best way I can explain it is, "It is like fertilizing the relationship!"  Just like when you put fertilizer on your lawn in the spring it grows a deep beautiful green and if you use a pre-emergent no weeds show up.  So there you have it, prayer is a fertilizer with a pre-emergent that can prevent problems from arising.

No matter where you are in your Christian journey you are at times going to come to your Jordan River and there is no bridge. It will seem impossible, a barrier with no way to get over it just like what the Israelites faced trying to get to the promised land. This is when your close, trusting relationship with God will become a reality!

Whats that you say, "You are not so sure you have a close trusting relationship with God?"
Then I suggest you start right this very minute and pray that God will forgive you of all your sins and that you accept His son Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. And then, with all your heart, pray to God to send you the power of His Spirit into your heart so that your faith will increase.

The bible needs to become and important book in your life. In Romans we read:

Romans 10:17

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁷ So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith comes by hearing and reading Gods word. You must get Gods word into your heart so that your faith and trust in Him becomes real. 

God has a wonderful plan for your life!  Let Him in and begin enjoying a whole new life. A life that revolves around God and His will. It is real and it is powerful! 

Call me if you have questions or would like to talk about Gods plan for your life.  618-334-3575

Love, Kent

Amazing News

Bonni and I just received a call from Judi Bertels all the way from Zambia!   She put the Zambian orphans on and they were rehearsing "A New Hallelujah!"  We heard their sweet voices all the way from the other side of the world.  Amazing.

God is doing mighty things today through the people who are "All In."   God is moving!  We are part.

Please pray for Judi and her mission team, that they will be blessed, safe, and empowered by God to bring hope and love and change to the children and people of Zambia of we which we are a part as a supportive ministry.  It just doesn't get any better than this....or wait....yes it can!  And it will through all who are "All In."

Come worship with us tomorrow evening at 6:30 and be lifted up!  Hear the words of the Lord.

Psalm 150

¹ Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;
    praise him in his mighty heavens.
² Praise him for his acts of power;
    praise him for his surpassing greatness.
³ Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
    praise him with the harp and lyre,
⁴ praise him with timbrel and dancing,
    praise him with the strings and pipe,
⁵ praise him with the clash of cymbals,
    praise him with resounding cymbals.

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

See you tomorrow!   Love, Pastor Kent

Saturday February 9th, 2013

                                                     

How to change your marriage, your relationships, and your business into a God honoring ministry!

 Do you want more?    Depends right?  More what?   How about more peace, more joy, and more fulfillment in your marriage, your relationships and your business or place of work?  Come join us tomorrow night at 6:30 and we will begin exploring Gods word and His answers regarding relationships.

My number one goal for everything we do at Praise Community Fellowship is to bring people into an intimate relationship with Jesus. It is only through that relationship that your life can and will  change for the better.

I want all people who come to PCF to discover the power of prayer, Gods word, and the loving fellowship of others who are growing in faith.  All are welcome!   Come and enjoy the spirit of the Raise the Praise Choir and the joyful fellowship of the Praise Community Fellowship family.

Come and join us, "Where Unconditional Love Changes Lives!"

See you tomorrow.   Love, Kent

Friday February 8th, 2013

Come join us this Sunday at 6:30 pm and see what God might do in your life. The Raise the Praise Choir will be providing the music.  Come as you are. All are welcome. 

Praise Community Fellowship, a place where Unconditional Love Changes Lives!

Come pray with us!

Monday February 4th, 2013

Take away points from yesterdays sermon.

• God answers prayers in a way that will guide you to accomplish His goals on this earth and for His Kingdom to come.

• Every Christian who is earnestly seeking God and His direction for their life is in "process." Don't get discouraged while you are in process. Trust God and become aware of all the subtle changes and coincidences that may be occurring in your life. These could be the beginning to Gods answer to your prayer. The "process" is usually not pleasant. I likened it to marine basic training though I have never been through marine basic training I hear it is quite tough. God must train and equip us to be able to do the work he has planned for us. The bigger the job, the tougher the training.

• I told you that 35 years ago I prayed to God that I wanted to become pastor of a church. A big church! In about a week I got a call to teach a 2nd or 3rd grade Sunday school class. Had I not chosen to step into that subtle answer, who knows where I would be today. It has taken God 35 years to bring me to this point of being pastor, AND I am still in process. The answer to that prayer is still in process 35 years later.

• All Christians who sign on with God will be in process their whole life!

• God wants you to be able to complete the unique plan He has for you. Yes He has a unique plan for everyone! The Key is surrendering to His plan. 

• How do you surrender to His plan?   You must get to know Him by reading the bible and praying. Then you must make a commitment to surrendering your wants and desires to His wants and desires. That is when life gets interesting real fast!

• There is too much work to do for Gods Kingdom for any practicing Christian to think that Gods plan for their life is to accumulate wealth so their life can be easy! Refer to Luke 12:16-21 and Matthew 19:16-30

• Here is what I have experienced in my life, God always answers my prayers but most the time He does so not by changing my circumstances, but by how I perceive my circumstances.

• God goes all out for those who are all in!

God does have a wonderful plan for your life. You may never discover it unless you come to know Him personally by spending time with Him. I suggest you try to tithe your time to Him which would amount to about 1 1/2 hour per day. It is only then that we can learn to hear His promptings His still small voice that speaks to our spirit.  The more time I spend with God the more I understand Him  and what He wants me to do for him. You are never too young or too old to pray the second most life changing prayer you could ever pray. The first being the salvation prayer, the second being, God I surrender myself to your will, your plans, and your desires for my life. You can have all of me!

 Sincerely, and with love, Kent

February 1, 2013

My House Shall Be Called A House of Prayer

Take an hour and let the Holy Spirit into the deepest part of your soul by watching my favorite pastor talk about prayer.

Below I am giving you a link to Jim Cymbala's sermon, "My House Shall Be Called A House of Prayer. Please do yourself, your friends, me, your spouse, all the people you love in your life a favor. Seclude yourself, turn off your cell phone and for 51 minutes  watch this powerful, Holy Spirit filled sermon on the power of prayer.

If you can watch this before this Sundays service all the better, but do your spirit a favor and watch all of this sermon. You will be blessed!

Here is the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRfPlJG1rc

If you cannot open the link just go to youtube and put in Jim Cymbala My House Shall Be Called A House of Prayer.

Let God into your life and watch out!  God has an amazing plan for your life! When do you want Him to get it started?  It is up to you.  See you at 2:00 pm Sunday!   Blessings to you, love Kent