| Rev. David Meyer |

We need to reflect the glory of God not just at church, but everywhere we are.

We think we need to pursue our dreams and make them happen, in order for us to celebrate success. But God wants to put HIS dream in our life. His dream makes us different, but will give us the ultimate success of His desires and promises coming to pass in our life.

We did not dedicate ourselves to the Kingdom of God to just back down, or give up. We need to suffer hardship as “good soldiers” in the spiritual battle we find ourselves in. We can have victory NOW through the power of praise.

If we don’t re-evaluate our spiritual disciplines, we tend to drift off course. The truth of God’s Word does not change, but our flesh can change and drift away from what we know to be true. When we get off course, we can drift into danger of losing the progress we have made and ultimately our final destination.

We get so busy doing things for God, that we forget to build up ourselves in the Holy Spirit. We have been baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire, but we nee too encourage the fire to keep it burning in our lives and in the Church. Prayer is the key to keeping the fire burning!

Prayer isn't just a good option, its the best option. It requires us to humble ourselves and seek the face of God. When we look on His face, we see who He really is, which gives us the perspective of who we really are.

We have a tendency to only see what we want to see. What we focus on, we begin to see everywhere. But God wants to take us to new places and make ALL things new!

Transition is where transformation takes place. Many times we pray for God to change us, but we don’t want to go through the transition that gets us to the transformation. Prayer is the fuel that gets us through it!

Joy doesn't always make sense. But we must have the joy of the Lord, His unspeakable joy, even His fullness of joy, in our lives!

When life makes us feel empty, the Holy Spirit is the only one who can completely fill us with the JOY we all need. We surrender to God as our Redeemer, our Comforter, and our Source. His joy becomes our strength!