Blessings to you and yours today and every day, A verse from Psalms pierced my heart today and I wanted to share it with you. It is found in Psalms 57. I want to share it from several translations to get the full picture of what is being said by David the Psalmist when he is in thick of the battle. I am reading from verse 6:
Choice greetings on a beautiful summer day,
Wow, what a week in the Tri-State. How wonderful it is for a pastor to see the church working together as one big family. Recently, I have coined the phrase ‘MOVING PARTS’ and this exactly what God intends for His church family to be.
Dearest Friends in Harvest,
This week I thought I would share a throwback from the 90’s. Truth is truth, and what was true 30 years ago is still true today. Looking back and looking forward, the message is still the same!
Your pastor and friend,
Cleddie Keith
Thanking you for your investment in souls, through the moving parts of Heritage Fellowship
The Battle Is Not Over Until You've Won
Today is your promised day of victory. David had developed a worship and victory spirit while he kept his father Jesse's sheep in the lonely desert solitude.
Bob Buess, who has been our guest on several occasions, is a great faith preacher. He recommends: Learn to sing the word of God. Keep a melody flowing out of your spirit. This keeps your soul clean and fresh. You may feel awkward at first but once you develop a melody, it will flow and flow. Practice abiding in the word of God.
Psalm 34: 1 "I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth."
Prov 27:21 "As a firing pot for silver and a furnace for gold; so is a man to His praise."
Psalm 74:12 "Let not the oppressed return ashamed, let the poor and needy praise His name."
Psalm 67: 5-6 "Let the people praise Thee, then all the earth shall yield her increase; and God, even our own God shall bless us."
What Do We Learn From These Scriptures?
• Let praise, VICTORY praise, be in your mouth instead of a negative report.
• Praise purges and purifies just as a furnace will purify gold.
• The oppressed break the oppressor's yoke through praise.
As we yield to joy and worship and praise in our lives, we draw God into our lives. As we yield to negative influence and complaint, we draw in the influence of the enemy. The Battle is the Lord's And It Is Not Over Until We Win!!
Pastor Cleddie Keith
Would you allow me to refresh all our minds about the degrees of transformation that begin in us when we are first converted, and the progression of what we refer to as our first love for God?
Warm Summer Greetings to each of you,
The best part of my day is when I take time to spend with the Lord, cultivating a devotional lifestyle. That is exactly what it is like to plow the fallow ground of my mind by study and prayer.
AN OPEN LETTER OF EMPHASIS IN REGARD TO OUR TREASURED EXPERIENCES IN THE LORD
In that we are experiencing an outpouring of the presence of God at Heritage, I felt it would be important for me as your pastor to share with you a lesson I have learned through the years: “The God of the experience is more important than the experiences God gives us.” It may also be wise to add to this, “The work God is doing in us, is more important than the work God is doing through us.”
Choice greetings to all my friends; of faith, hope and love, I want to express my appreciation for the faithful family of God, who by faith have walked it out and in life and sometimes like a bruised athlete had to walk it off, as they followed the Lord in their callings.
