The Stream is Flowing

Welcome to the reflections of Pastor Greg Ruble, lead pastor for Living Streams Community Church. These are posts of some random thoughts, prayers and experiences from my journey as our family serves God in this new church. If you live in the McCordsville/Mt.comfort area and don't have a church home, come worship with us. We'd love to see you in the Stream!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A Story of God's Grace


I can't believe that three months has passed since we opened the doors of LSCC to the community! My attention has been diverted from the blog but it's been nagging at me to post some thoughts about where we've been since the Stream started flowing. All I can say is God is good and He has poured out much grace upon His new church in McCordsville. The building provided us has been a real blessing, giving us an identity and visibility in the community. Every week since we opened our doors, there has been a new family or face at one of our two services! I am constantly amazed at how God places us on the hearts of people. In January we began standing on our own two feet finanicially. God's has provided for the work He called us to do. I'm humbled by the gifts from people to LSCC as the economy looks bad and other churches are struggling. We are planning for some remodeling to accomodate more people and are looking to put a permanent sign out front too! Our core group of 15 families has grown to 25 giving us over 70 most Sundays.

It is hard for me to express my gratitude for all who are praying for us and who have supported us financially. All of it has brought 2 Cor 9:8 to life at LSCC, "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." We continue to pray for the seeds of God's word to bear fruit in the lives of people, for His gospel to take root in a hard heart and for His will to be done in our lives. He is sending the sunshine down upon us, it's a story of God's grace and we can barely contain our joy. All for Jesus...Pastor Greg