Friday, November 28th, 2014

In the Old Testament it says, "Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!" 1st Chronicles 16:8  Jesus said in the New Testament, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15  There are many jobs to be done for Christ in this world and God does call some to sacrifice more to do a certain job.  As a Christian you can wonder what job does God have for you?  In the above verses we are all given the job of telling others the Good News about God and the works that He's done in our lives.  Don't look at what you could be doing until you are doing what you should be doing.  I have discovered when I am doing what I should be doing He leads me to do things that I thought that I could never do.  Make it a point today to tell someone that God has been good to you.

This is the last Sunday of November and in the morning service I'll be sharing on, 'What's The Deal?'  When we are asked to buy into something new we like to know, what's the deal.  Give us the details so we can say yes or no.  The trouble is when God asks us to take on something new He expects us to add some of our faith rather than us knowing all the facts.  In the pm service I'll be sharing, "Doers Of His Will."  There is much to be done in the Kingdom so we must be about our Father's business. 

Our Christmas banquet is coming up on Saturday Dec. 6th 6 pm.  Tickets are $15.00 and we have limited space so sign up early.  Glen Tedford who was with us last year is our speaker for the banquet and he will also be speaking in the following Sunday morning service.

There will be no Bible Study for the month of December.  I do want to thank everyone who helps to make our church fit and flow to make a difference in Cape Breton.   

Over the Christmas Holidays many of our CBU foreign students have no family here and miss out on sharing a Christmas meal.  The last few years there have been around 10 or 12 students and this year we are hoping to have 5 or 6 families from our church to invite 2 students into their home to share with them their Christmas meal.  If your family would like to be a part of this very important ministry you can sign up with Pastor Bruce and we will pair you up with 2 students.

Continue to pray for those in need, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice         

Friday, November 21st, 2014

God is good and when we pray we are asked to ask for those things that we have need of that our joy might be full. Matthew 21:21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done."  We are not to tell God to remove the mountains that stand against us but we are to speak directly to the mountains and tell them to move.  We are to say to those things that stand against us or we are to speak to them and tell them to go because we have been given the authority to move them.  I think there are times when our prayers sound like we are telling God to remove stuff, 'God do this and God please to that.'  The power of our salvation or our authority is to use Jesus' name and to know that no weapon formed against us can prosper.  Say to your mountains to go for they are not allowed to stay.  James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."

Tomorrow morning 8:30 there is a Men's Breakfast at the Sydney Pentecostal Church in Sydney with Bishop Don Carpenter  and on Sunday Bishop Don will be ministering in both of our services.

Christmas banquet is coming up on Saturday Dec. 6th 6 pm.  Tickets are $15.00 and we have limited space so sign up early.  Glen Tedford who was with us last year is our speaker for the banquet and he will also be speaking in the following Sunday morning service.

For Christmas many of our CBU foreign students stay at the college and miss out on sharing a Christmas meal.  The last few years there have been around 10 or 12 students and this year we are hoping that 5 or 6 families from our church would be willing to invite 2 students into their home to share with them their Christmas meal.  If your family would like to be a part of this ministry you can sign up with Pastor Bruce and we will pair you up with 2 students as we get closer to Christmas.       

Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice    

Friday, November 14th, 2014

What a great day to feel the love and kindness of the Holy Spirit.  There is something about the Holy Spirit who lives in us that reveals to us the goodness of God in the land of the living.  Without the Holy Spirit this world feels lost and hopeless but for those who know our God, He never runs out of hope, and He fills us with faith to believe that we can press onward and upward and move forward.  The Bible tells us not to be downcast or looking down about everything but we are to look up.  Our God is up.  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.  Talk to God today and look up as you pray. 

Christmas shoe boxes are to be returned this Sunday.  Bob and Lin are ready to receive them. 

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'Rebuilding With Fruit.'  It's in the fruit on the spirit that we are able to restore our soul.  We live in days where we must know the difference between good and evil.  How do we tell?  In the evening service we will have with us Major Kent from the Salvation Army here in Sydney.  His personal story in one of being a total introvert where he wouldn't leave his house to finding the Lord Jesus and being called into the ministry.  His story is a modern day miracle of how far you can be mentally and emotionally trapped by the enemy to finding total freedom in Christ.

Next  Saturday Nov. 22nd there is a Men's Breakfast 8:30 am at the Sydney Pentecostal Church in Sydney.  Bishop Don Carpenter will be the guest speaker for the breakfast and then on Sunday Nov. 23rd Bishop Don will be ministering in both of our services.

Christmas banquet is coming up on Saturday Dec. 6th 6 pm.  Tickets are $15.00 and we have limited space so sign up early.  Glen Tedford who was with us last year is our speaker for the banquet and he will also be speaking in the following Sunday morning service.

For Christmas many of our CBU foreign students stay at the college and miss out on sharing a Christmas meal.  The last few years there have been around 10 or 12 students and this year we are hoping that 5 or 6 families from our church would be willing to invite 2 students into their home to share with them their Christmas meal.  If your family would like to be a part of this ministry you can sign up with Pastor Bruce and we will pair you up with 2 students as we get closer to Christmas.       

Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice    

Friday, November 7th, 2014

Bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me bless His Holy Name.  I was thinking today about the mercy of God and how mercy given from one person requires honesty from the other.  If a person is dishonest, cheating, and lying the one with the ability to show mercy won't or shouldn't.  Jesus told the story of a man who was deep in debt to another man and was shown a lot of mercy.  Then the man that was forgiven much when out and showed no mercy towards another person that owed him only a little money.  Jesus said this servant was wicket for not showing mercy so the mercy that he received was lifted and full judgement was enforced.  Honesty is the best policy and should be our policy when we are dealing with all the issues in life.  Lamentations 3:22-23 "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."  No matter what we did yesterday, today is a new day and with every new day God reveals that His mercies are new so we can be honest and move forward today.  With the same mercy you received from the Lord, be willing to express His mercy to others.  

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'Desire Increases Confidence.'  The things that you desire the most, you are willing to advance towards even when you are not fully confident that you will find success.  Sunday evening, 'The Laying On Of Hands.'  The Bible is clear that we can transfer the things of God that we have in us by laying our hands on those in need.  Come expecting a miracle.

Christmas shoe boxes are out there and being filled and are to be returned to our church.  Bob and Lin are ready to receive them. 

Next Sunday Nov 16th in the evening service we will have with us Major Kent from the Salvation Army here in Sydney.  His personal story in one of being a total introvert where he wouldn't leave his house to finding the Lord Jesus and being called into the ministry.  His story is a modern day miracle of how far you can be mentally and emotionally trapped by the enemy to finding total freedom in Christ.

Saturday Nov. 22nd there is a Men's Breakfast 8:30 am at the Sydney Pentecostal Church in Sydney.  Bishop Don Carpenter will be the guest speaker for the breakfast and then on Sunday Nov. 23rd Bishop Don will be ministering in both of our services.

Christmas banquet is coming up on Saturday Dec. 6th 6 pm.  Tickets are $15.00 and we have limited space so sign up early.  Glen Tedford who was with us last year is our speaker for the banquet and he will also be speaking in the following Sunday morning service.

For Christmas many of our CBU foreign students stay at the college and miss out on sharing a Christmas meal.  The last few years there have been around 10 or 12 students and this year we are hoping that 5 or 6 families from our church would be willing to invite 2 students into their home to share with them their Christmas meal.  If your family would like to be a part of this ministry you can sign up with Pastor Bruce and we will pair you up with 2 students as we get closer to Christmas.       

Continue to pray for all those in need, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice    

Friday, October 31st, 2014

What a wonderful day in the neighborhood.  I hope you are all enjoying this day as it is the day that the Lord has made.  The goodness of God in today is always greater and better than any event that happens within the day. The test of a bad moment, or the test of a bad day is to remember to remind ourselves about what we believe.  As we tell ourselves what we believe our words will put a different point of view on our circumstances.  I have learned that it is better for me to question my circumstances than to allow my circumstances to question my beliefs.  Faith declares what it is I believe and by faith I continue to believe until my circumstances change. Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."

Tick tock the clocks go back tomorrow night so enjoy the extra hour's sleep.  This Sunday is...wait for it.....wait for it...it's Family Sunday.  10:15 we start with food and fellowship and the opportunity to get to know your brothers and sisters in Christ.  It's also the opportunity to invite a friend that they may hear the Gospel.  My message will be on, 'The Anointed Church.'  Why did Jesus say that He would build a church?  What is the church suppose to be?  There is no evening service on Family Sunday.

Continue to pray for those in need.  Please pray for Bill Sweet's wife Don and their family as Bill went home to be with his Savior and Lord this week.  Bill was a faithful church goer until his recent health issues.  He is now absent from us and yet he rejoices in the present of the Lord.  Pray also for Carl MacDonald and Charlene Petrie who are recovering.  

Looking forward to seeing you, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice    

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.  In order for you to give thanks, you must have it first within you to give it forth from you.  There are only two types of attitudes that we all have towards life.  One is, 'what's in it for me, what do I get.'  The other is, 'what can I give or what can I do to help.'  Matthew 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."  It's like the statement, 'Ask not what can your country do for you but ask what can you do for your country.'  It's in helping others that the Lord looks to help you.  It's in giving that we receive.  It's in working to provide for others that the Lord will work to provide for you.  Look around at your world today and give something to encourage someone that God is good.    

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'At All Times.'  The event or the experience of our salvation should cause us to rejoice at all times.  Since I've been saved there have be trying times but at those times when I recall the blessing of my salvation I rejoice.  Things can be bad, times can be dark, storms can be strong but nothing has ever been so bad, nothing has even been so dark, nor has any storm been so strong that the glorious light of Jesus in my heart has gone out.  Sunday evening Pastor Mark will share with us the Word of the Lord.  Pastor Mark has great faith for God to meet your need.  Come out and be encouraged to receive your miracle. 

Next Saturday in Halloween and we have 'tracts' that you can have to go in the children's treat bags.  Next Sunday is Nov. 1st and it's Family Sunday so don't forget to invite a friend.  Continue to pray for all those in need and pray for Charlene Petrie who is recovering from surgery.  I'm looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love Pastor Kevin and Alice    

Friday, October 17th, 2014

What a great Thanksgiving service and dinner we had last Monday for our students from the CBU.  They all had a wonderful time and to see the fellowship between our helpers and them was a blessing.  Doctor DJ did an excitant job is speaking to all of us.  He told his personal story of how he grew up in a Christian home and how he had a determination to overcome any problems.  He shared how the Lord provided for him and how today he continues to pray, read the word, and believe for greater things.  Thanks be to God and thanks be to all those who helped make this day a success.

The Bible says in John 4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."  ThenJohn 8:32 "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”  The more truth I have about God the greater my worship becomes towards God.  The outward expression of worship is a reflection of an inward truth that is burning in my heart.  Jesus healed 10 lepers but only 1 returned to worship because only one caught the truth about how he was healed.  Every time you catch a truth about Jesus it should bring you into deeper levels of worship.  The more areas of truth you receive the more you love God, yourself, and others. The truth you follow brings you into the levels of freedom that you enjoy.       

This Sunday morning I'll be sharing on, 'Hold Fast.'  There are some days when we are not moving forward and we refuse to go back so we hold on.  Having done all that we can, we take a stand.  There is something to be said for those people who just keep showing up.  Sunday evening, 'Now It Shall Come.'  There are some present promises that are heading to your house.  You shall be blessed in the right here and now.

Continue to pray for all those in need.  Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, lots of love, Pastor Kevin and Alice