Learning To Walk By Faith

The New Year has started off great at LSCC. We have welcomed visitors every week this year and few have even come back! God continues to draw people from the neighborhood as we keep praying for people to come. This journey of blessings has been humbling and fulfilling. I never considered myself to much of a people person but one of the joy's in these last two years of ministry has been meeting new faces and getting to know them.
I have been more and more convicted about sharing God's word each week in a relevant way while still handling it correctly (rightly dividing). The challenge of hearing from God through His word and sharing that with people He has sent us is at times is overwhelming and exhausting. I am learning to trust God through the process, He has always given me a message rooted in His word to feed the people at LSCC. My anxiety comes from me being involved in the process!!
As we watch this new church grow, we have come to another place much like we were at the beginning of the journey. We're running out of room. So we are praying for what the Lord has in store for this congregation and what our next facility step is. There is land available for sale in the area but at prices above our budget. We could add-on to the building we're in and expand the worship space but there are no guarantees we'd be there long enough to be good stewards of the investment. There's still the possibility Meijer would gift us land where we are (what I'm believing God for). Any direction we turn, there is an opportunity to believe God to act for His church. To Him, these are not big concerns. I'm learning to trust in His plan for us and working to teach people how to walk by faith while I learn it myself. There will be a step of faith in our future, one of risk that I'm sure will stretch us.
Right now, there's work to do! If we can't grow the church under our roof, we sure can grow it out in the world. Pray for the stream that comes out of Living Streams Community Church, that it will come alive and share the gospel with those around us. Jesus is alive! I know because I know Him. I sure want others to know Him too. Blessings, Pastor Greg