My friend,

Thank you for giving us so many wonderful memories.  My life is so blessed because of the time you and I were able to share doing God’s Kingdom work.

Edwin, your life serves as an inspiration to all of us who have known you. Your passionate pursuit of God’s love and grace given for the broken daily renews the motivation of all who were privileged to serve with you.

Have you ever desired one on one time with Mentor’s?

Have you ever wanted to be a part of a gathering where you could ask questions about life?

Have you ever wanted to know more about God and His Kingdom mandate on your life?

Have you ever wanted to explore the best about you so that you could understand His 21st Century design on you?

Friends,

It's been a while since I've blogged....

I trust your New Year has been launched into the winds of His ardent favor and that your days have been delighted with the sweet incense of consecration!  For me, I've been privileged to stoke the august fires of consecration in the genesis of a new day, 2010!  With twenty-one days of fasting and consecration and thrity-one days of instruction, we've had some glorious moments walking through the Tabernacle plan God gave Moses for us - a pattern then of the heavenly plans for NOW!

Serving comes at the great expense of denying “self.”

To deny self and serve others is to capture the heartbeat of God!

Yesterday morning, I watched in awe as hundreds of volunteers laid down their family plans, party plans, day plans, on the altars of serving and sacrifice – and serve the community of less fortunate!

I trust none of us ever underestimate how much our “thankfulness” and “gratitude” mean to God.  I pray that we all become exceedingly aware of the delight we bring to the Lord when we praise Him with an attitude of thanksgiving and a heart full of praise!

This week, as our nation celebrates Thanksgiving, I pray that every Christian will lift the countenance of friends and family with a personal testimony of thanksgiving.  May the Lord of Hosts become someone’s Savior because of your testimonies of His great love… with a thankful heart!

The Psalmist said, “I will bless the Lord at all times, and His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”  He went on to say, “That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Your wondrous works.”  O’ here's another favorite verse of mine, “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.”  In fact, “Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms.”  I love this one, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.”

Remember to join with us at the Church of Champions on this upcoming Tuesday night at 7:30PM for an evening of THANKSGIVING with praise!