Agape Newsletter - 10-23-2009. Special Message From the Mountain Edition.
Brothers and Sisters of Agape,
I greet you from my tent high atop mount Cheaha in eastern Alabama. As I mentioned Sunday, I believe God has been calling me to go to the mountaintop to meet with Him, and here I am. He has been calling me here for a long time, and this obedience should have been done long ago.
As I write this message, it is 4:18am. I actually went to sleep around 11, but was awakened around 2 by the cold and gale force winds outside the tent. Or perhaps it was by the snow, polar bears and Arctic wolves? Ok, that is an exageration, but it is quite cold up here and extremely windy!
The good news about being awakened at 2, is that the Father led me into a good time of prayer, and maybe the most fruitful time in His Word that I have had in years. I wanted to write you now, while it was fresh on my heart and mind, though you won’t read it until later today, because Janet will have to send it from my computer.
The fruitful time in God’s word this morning centered on His heart for justice. I am literally blown away, almost anyway, by a new and deeper understanding of God’s fiery love and passion for the poor, widows and orphans, and what He would have us do about that. This Sunday’s message will focus on this, with Micah 6:6-8 being foundational. What does it mean to “do justice and love mercy?” What does it mean for you and I and Agape? I believe that, as we approach the time when we grasp God’s specific vision for Agape, this message will be foundational and critical. Please, please make plans to join us this Sunday, as we hear, what I believe to be God’s word for us in this current hour!!!
In other very important news, this next Wednesday, we will be expanding our food pantry ministry to include a meal, both for those who come for food, and for our church body. It is time we go beyond feeding the hungry, into the realm of loving them, inviting them in and introducing them to Jesus. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! We need all of you to come and eat with us, so the people of Pinson will feel welcomed and loved. We need some of you to come and help cook and set up, starting as early as five. If, for some reason, you can’t make it wednesday, one other way to help is to cook or buy a dessert, and bring it this Sunday to be used.
Well, my iPhone battery is running a bit low, so I should sign off for now. Grace and Peace to you, and I look forward to seeing you this
Sunday.
Chase
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