God is Faithful!

Hello church!

For many of you, this is the first post you have read. You have probably come here because you either read the newsletter or heard about it on Sunday morning. So welcome!

As the article in the newsletter said, I will be posting on this blog weekly. You will see that I have been posting for the past month now. I have done this because I wanted to prove to myself that I could diligently post every Tuesday before I made it known to the congregation (I had to be accountable to myself before I could be accountable to 300 people!).

I encourage you to go back and read the three posts prior to this one; hopefully that will allow you to catch the vision for this blog. If nothing else, please go back to the first week's blog post and skim over it because it outlines the purpose of this blog more clearly.

This past week, we ordained Nick Clason as a full time minister of God's Word. It was an amazing experience and a privilege for me to watch a good friend and co-worker be affirmed by you all, his brothers and sisters in Christ.

The morning was geared towards charging Nick as he moves forward in full time ministry here at UBC. As we closed the service, we sang the song Never Once. The purpose was to encourage not only Nick, but each one of us that we never have been and we never will be alone in this world. Why? Because God has promised us that He will never leave us of forsake us and he has and will always be faithful to his promises.

Take a minute and write a list; if you're anything like me, you're currently looking at about 20 lists piled up on your desk. But write another one. Write down 7 ways that you have seen God's faithfulness in the past. Some of them can be found in the Bible, but also try to recognize the ways He has been faithful to you in your personal life (in the past 20, 30, 60, 90 years). After you make a list, thank God for His faithfulness.

When we recognize how God has been faithful in the past, we will be encouraged to trust Him with our lives both today and forever.