Take A Walk With Me

 She was born in April and went on to her Heavenly reward on March 16th, 2023. How do you truly honor a lady like Sis Joy Haney? Devoted daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and wife could be titles attributed to her, for they are all true. Much beloved across the world. Profound and wise speaker who authored many books. Singer and worshiper. Oh how, she made you feel special and loved. Her words of encouragement have shaped many lives and set destinies in motion. She was a pastor's wife and for a while superintendent's wife to the United Pentecostal Church International. These titles she wore well and poured herself into as many as she could. On a personal level she was my very first pastor's wife. The sounds I grew up with as a baby were in the prayer meetings she would have with the ladies. I was born into a faith saturated atmosphere. She loved on me. She prayed over me. Even when we no longer lived in the same state, when she saw me, she would squee...

 On Thursday's and Sunday's Lewis would make his way to the back pew to the far left of the church sanctuary. He sat faithfully in the same seat. My interactions with him were on Sundays before church started. I made it a point to say hello to him. At the beginning he would barely have eye contact with me. Over time, he would eventually look at me and give me a smile in return. He had a beautiful friendship with our beloved Sis. Vickie Davis. Even though she could no longer speak, they shared many text messages. She spoke truth to him out of a heart of love. That love opened his heart and God did a healing work in his life. A man who had lived a life filled with pain, rejection and anger and come to find peace that only God can truly give. I still remember his last Sunday at Bethel. This time, he was walking towards me. I gave him a big smile and greeted him by name. He looked me directly in the eyes and with this huge grin said to me, "God is good!". I gladly replied...

  Today's service was just absolutely wonderful. We were given the gift of hearing our pastor preach. For the past several Thursday's Pastor Davis has been teaching some excellent Bible Study lessons. He is doing an entire series and once they have finished, I believe the plan is to have them released via the App. Today's sermon on, "He is God & He Is Still Good" by Bro. Davis can be viewed  here.   I did not take notes. I wanted to soak up every word he was saying. I strongly encourage you to watch/listen to it, it's worth every minute. Bro. Davis preached from his heart. When you know the road he has walked, you understand that he believes every word he spoke today. I plan to watch the sermon this week and I know I will hear things I missed today. I am so thankful for our pastor. I am thankful that God has kept him. I am thankful that in all he has walked through, he stood in front of us today and preached that God is still good. His faith and trust in t...

Every Sunday seems to be better than the previous Sunday.  There is a hunger rising up from the saints and God is responding. The worship team has been going with the flow of the spirit and today it was as if heaven touched earth in the service. I closed my eyes and listened to the sound that was flowing through the sanctuary. It brought back a conversation I had, had with Sis Vickie Davis. Due to restrictions from the pandemic, it was as if Bethel was struggling to push through. We started praying together for specific things to take place. She told me she wanted to hear a certain sound breaking forth from amongst the congregation. This breakthrough started before she was no longer able to attend in person and was at the beginning stages of breaking through when she passed from this life to be with the Lord. Today, I heard it. I felt it. There was a sound all around me. It was the sound of victory. The sound of chains falling. The sound of breakthrough. The sound of freedom. The s...

 We had a guest speaker today at Bethel. Bro. Robert Costa is no stranger to us. He preached a dynamic sermon. I started to take notes, but when it comes to Bro. Costa, I can't write things down fast enough to get the complete sentence. He preached on "Things Are Not As They Appear". His main text was from Romans 4:18-20.  As he was preaching, I kept glancing over at my son. His facial expressions were priceless to me. Bro. Costa had no knowledge of the conversation RJ and I had over lunch this past weekend. He said almost word for word things that RJ had expressed and then in turn answered those very questions and concerns straight from the Word of God. This is the beauty of walking with the Lord. God cares about every detail of our lives. He hears every prayer that we pray. It's not always the big things we pray for, it's even the simple things. RJ is a huge Tolkien and C.S. Lewis fan. Bro. Costa even brought them into his sermon today. I am sure this sermon was...

For the next several Thursday night's Pastor Davis will be teaching our Discipleship 2 Series. It has been a while since we have heard him preach and teach. He lovingly took care of our beloved Sis Vickie during her illness and has not been able to teach/preach for some time. Tonight, we were blessed to hear him teach once again. Bible Study night is my favorite night of the week. I love learning from the Word of God. Hearing my pastor teach just makes it all the more wonderful. I am not sure if it was recorded and as the link is not on the App at this time, I cannot add it. That being said, if/when it does become available, I will add it to this blog at a later time. I did not take notes. I really wanted to hear everything he was teaching. I can, however with permission, add to this blog, portions of the lesson as it was posted to the Bethel App. If you call Bethel your home church or if   you live in the area, I strongly recommend you make your way to Bethel on Thursday nigh...