Sunday, February 13, 2011

We've Come This Far By Faith--Church Anniversary (148 years)

Words are inadequate to convey how honored I am and how humble I feel to celebrate our church’s (Divine Baptist Church) 148th anniversary.  I honor God for this opportunity to serve, and I honor you for your demonstration of love and support in our every endeavor. 

Allow me to respond with a BIG THANK YOU for all you’ve done!  Truly God is Good All the Time and All the Time God is Good...GIGATT & ATTGIG! 

God has a purpose for each and every one of us and we must continue to face the future with faith.  As we run this race of life, we are reminded that the race is not given to the swift, nor the battle to the strong... but let us run with patience the race that is set before us (Eccles 9:11 & Heb 12:1).

Sometimes, we look behind and are amazed as we reflect on how far God has brought us.  We are encouraged by God’s blessings from the former days, and are assured from our biblical teachings that our future will be greater than our past.  The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former (Haggai 2:9a)...The Best Is Yet To Come!

We honor the efforts of those trailblazers and pioneers who had an enormous impact on the establishment and sustainment of this great church—Divine Baptist Church.  It is evident that God moved by the Power of His Holy Spirit to work through these great men and women to bring us to where we are now, 148 years of Divine blessings.  "We've Come This Far By Faith!" 

May God bless us and keep us focused as He leads us with a
 Divinely Illuminated Vision Inspiring New Expectations (DIVINE)
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4 comments:

  1. Achild'sfirststartFebruary 16, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    To GOD be the glory. This is our time and season here at Divine, for God is the potter and we are the clay. I am truly blessed to be given the opportunity to walk this journey with you.

    Your Wife

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    Over those 148 years God has always met the needs of Divine by placing the right Pastor to lead that generation of Divine people. What a blessing that God ordered Pastor Tommy Smith to lead Divine Baptist Church.

    C. Watson

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    Hebrews 12:1-3; I love this Scripture! It motivates me to keep moving forward, despite the challenges....

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    The previous comment was made by Robyn Gatlin--forgot to add that in. :)

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