Voices of Lent: Jesus!

Today was a great day for Mooresville Church of God! Today was a huge success for a lot of reasons, here are just a few:

- We saw countless MCHOG people bring family, neighbors, friends and co-workers to be a part of our resurrection celebration! Thank you to all who invited and brought guests today!

- We had hoped that today would be another opportunity to increase our momentum and effectiveness in reaching unchurched people. With an attendance of 240 we certainly had opportunity to minister and reach out to many people who are not normally within reach of our influence! Now comes the task of following up with these good people and inviting them to connect with the ongoing life and ministry of our congregation! Very exciting!

- We saw several of our ministries "knock it out of the park" today as we celebrated Resurrection Sunday! Music & Worship, Children's Ministry, Techincal Ministries, Ushers, Greeters, and countless individuals who gave time, talents, energy and expertise in creating an exciting and effective worship environment! Also a special thanks to Kathy Marine for coordinating our Welcome Center and preparing our visitor packets! Too many other names to mention...I'm afraid I would forget someone! I deeply appreciate all of you!

Now are you ready for the two things that make today a GREAT, GREAT day for all of us? Here they are...

- At the end of the service we invited people to make a decision to know Jesus Christ personally. We also invited people to recommit to Jesus. We had 4 persons recommit their lives to know and follow Jesus Christ! We had 3 PERSONS WHO MADE A DECISION TO KNOW AND FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST FOR THE FIRST TIME! Praise God for His powerful and ministering Spirit! Thank you Lord for doing what only You can do...SALVATION!

- At the end of the service each Sunday I ask myself one question: "Did we honor God with our efforts today?" The answer today, without question, is YES! We had the privilege of bringing honor and glory to the only One who is worthy! Lord Jesus we honor You...we thank You...we praise You...we bow our knee to You, for You are worthy!

BATTLEGROUND - Beginning Next Sunday - April 19
Now it's time to set our sights on a new series and new opportunities for ministry! Beginning this coming Sunday we will begin a 3 week series entitled "Battleground". We will look at three primary battlegrounds that we find ourselves on throughout our life:

1) The World: Money, Sex, Power, the world tempts us toward lesser things than God's best!
2) The Devil: This is spiritual warfare! It is a reality that we MUST recognize and engage!
3) The Flesh: This is where it gets personal - weakness, insecurity, failure, sin.

We must fight the good fight on all of these battlegrounds! We CAN WIN as we seize all the provisions God has for us throughout the battle! You will not want to miss these next few weeks! Join us!

In His Grip,

Pastor John