Don't Worry. God is able. Trust HIm. You can.

Okay.  How are you doing with the new old back to school routine?  Hopefully everyone is adjusting well, getting up a little earlier, being better organized, and looking forward to the weekend.  With all the “busyness” in our lives, may we always put God first in our thinking, speech, and in our decisions.  Jesus spoke about such things in His Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6:33:  “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things (food, clothing, shelter, and our daily needs) shall be added to you.”

It was a great joy this past Sunday (16^th) to meet a new member at Watterson Trail, Brother Harold Long of J’Town.  Brother Long came before God and the church to rededicate his life to Christ and begin again to work and worship with His church.  We are so very happy to have him with us at Watterson Trail.

Our Sunday morning lesson series “More Than Conquerors” continues this week (23^rd).  We are asking ourselves three very important questions: Who am I?  Who am I trying to please? and Where am I going?  Jesus knew who He was.  When I know who I am; a Christian and a child of God, people, circumstances, and things cannot change me into someone else.  This week we will focus on the second question: Who am I trying to please?  Jesus knew who to please; His Father, always His Father, God.  When I don’t know who to please, I fall prey to three negatives:  criticism, competition, and conflict.  When I aim to please God, people may like me or not, circumstances may be positive or negative, and life may get tough, but these things cannot move me from pleasing the heavenly Father.  On Sunday afternoon we are looking at God’s ability to help us every day.  He is strong.  He is Master of everything.  He is our Father.  He is able.

Our Summer Series “The Christian’s Confidence” has been a great success this year and comes to a close this Tuesday evening (25^th) at 7:00 p.m. with our final preacher, Brother Dean Beard preaching on the subject “Christ is.”  Christ is revealed, verified, declared, believed, known, followed, loved, obeyed, honored, imitated, and exalted.  He is eternal.  He IS.  It is my hope and prayer that we have all increased in our faith and confidence in Christ Jesus through this series of lessons.

We are currently in the process of appointing additional elders and additional deacons to serve Christ and His church at Watterson Trail.  Our elders are carefully and prayerfully considering our recommendations and will soon announce a list of those men of the congregation who are qualified and ready to serve.  Please be in prayer for our elders, for those who will be announced, and for the church as a whole that we will continue in faith and unity as we endeavor to further the gospel of Christ in Jeffersontown and in the surrounding community.  May God bless us.