A friend of mine purchased a copy the other day to listen to during her driving time in the car which her job demands. She texted me this message:

I am listening to the CD …OMG! Awesome! Didn’t know what I was expecting, but WOW! I actually cried when I heard your voice …do you know how hard it is to drive while you are crying? Yikes! I am soooooooooooooooo impressed. You will have to tell me more about the people behind those marvelous voices! There are no words to describe how the music made me feel.

Though I hope you’ll most certainly take advantage of this awesome worship tool for your own self, I even more so say all this because you never know how God is working behind the scenes in someone’s life and how He’ll use you to do something wonderful in a part of their story. Be faithful in what He’s created and given you the opportunity to do. You have the opportunity to make a powerful difference by being YOU and shining Jesus in what you do. I challenge that for you today!

My “home away from home” church family at Liberty Christian Fellowship, are seeking hard to meet the needs of so many who were devastated there in their own backyard on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. If you would like to tangibly help, here’s a message from the dear leadership at Liberty:

Anyone who is willing to give can mail their check or money order to Liberty Christian Fellowship, 244 Williams Drive, Kill Devil Hills, NC, 27948, earmarked Hurricane Relief. We have a team of volunteers as well as Christ in Action helping us with hot showers, meals, tree removal, etc. One of the biggest and most widespread needs are for food replacement, cleaning products, and clothing. The funds will help us get some of things we need. Thanks so much. The encouragement and prayer alone are keeping our heads lifted so our hands and feet can keep going.

Rana Dillon
Executive Secretary
Liberty Christian Fellowship
(252) 441-6592

Please consider going above and beyond your means of service and love, friends …here’s a chance to truly be ‘Jesus with skin on’.

This certainly was a weekend I”ll never forget.  Once a year, our church cancels it’s typical weekend services and decides to serve the community in an UNcommon way, above and beyond what we typically should be doing in our day to day as Christians. Click here to see some pics I put up on Facebook from the Children’s Hospital project I had a privileged of having a part in, and this video shared at a special evening service we had last night will give you an idea of some of the ways so many people became ‘Jesus with skin on’ right here in the very place we live; honestly, I don’t know who’s hearts were changed more …those served or ours!

This church’s story in a nutshell: Mere months ago, the attendance was so low it looked as though the church as they knew it would be no more. And you know, church as they knew it was no more, as God had HUGE plans for these faithful folks! Attendance has jumped from it’s 5 attenders to 250 people coming to this community event …and I must tell you, the people I met and mingled with are the real deal! They are seeking God with their whole hearts, serving Him with all they’ve got, and the joy all over their countenance speaks volumes that God’s HUGE blessings abound, no matter how small the packaging might appear to be.

And this gets me thinking …if I honestly look deep enough, I dramatically see God’s HUGE blessings at work in the small packaging of little ol’ me. He is so faithful. How are you doing in noticing HIS blessings in your what may seem to be mundane packaging in the day to day??? He looooooooooooongs to bless you BIG, and already has in so many ways. I challenge ya …be real, seek God with your whole heart, and serve Him with all you’ve got. You won’t regret it. And I have a feeling that these folks at New Derry UMC have my back here too. (big smile)