Today is the Advent candle of Joy and we celebrate God's Son, Jesus our Savior! Ir was for "joy" that He yielded Himself to bring salvation to God's chosen and then to the Gentiles. Thank God for the kings of the East who came to worship the new born King and caused eternal life to be given to the Gentiles also! Do we recognize the power of Jesus' "joy?" A joy that brought sacrifice and great physical pain to Jesus, not to mention the moment that God looked away as Jesus took upon Himself our sins! What a God we serve, what a Savior we have!

Consider the Mighty Power of God! We are not wimp Christians, we are filled with the Power of God's presence, and His love and strength abides in us. Isa. 40:31 "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

To celebrate our Savior, first we must give reverence and homage, adoration and honor to our Father God who has turned the darkness into light by the Power of His Spirit! True, when we lift up Jesus, it honors out Father God, but all too often God is thought about as the one who corrects an punished our wrong doings, Today we give highest praise to our Father in Heaven as we begin the glorious Advent of Christmas.

Jesus' Words, "Abide in Me, and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the Vine. I am the Vine, ye are the branches."

The branches receive life and nourishment from the vine or the branches will wither and die.

Prophecy is fulfilled and a glorious eternity is set before the believer, the one who believes in the Son of the Living God! The saints' song of praise breaks forth, "I WILL ENTER HIS GATES" with thanksgiving of praise. Heaven's Gates open wide to receive the praises of His people.

Many undaunted saints have gone to their eternal rewards through persecution, hardship and death. In light of it being "All Saints Day" it is a time to reflect on the martyrs who have given their lives for the furtherance of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Psalm 119:17-18 "Deal Bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live, and keep Thy Word. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy Law."

Rev. Greg Wood and Brother Ricardo visited us all the way from Mexico. Brother Ricardo shared music with us from Mexico. Rev. Wood shared with our church his ministries: 24 hour radio, TV, the church he pastors, a Bible College, and one closest to Commerce Community's heart, the New Dawning Orphanage. https://www.facebook.com/newdawningchildrenshome/

"Who is Worthy" is Jesus, the Lamb of God! But today as we examine this question, we will become more mindful that Christ is the Worthy One! And hopefully it will stir our hearts once more to the Power and Glory of our Savior!

As seen in Psalm 92 which is called a psalm for the Sabbath, it calls for "Sing Praises," not only with our voices, but with instruments also. We are reminded that should the wicked flourish, they shall be destroyed for ever. And then we see the blessings, we shall be anointed with fresh oil - the righteous shall flourish.