surround them with your favor as with a shield.  ( Psalms 5:12 *NKJV )

Dear Friends,

 In this busy World of ours we often forget to stop and count all of our blessings. To be grateful for all God

has done for us already. If we are not careful we may even take them for granted!  

So why not stop and count your blessings today, for when you count them you will find that there are many indeed!  Also you will find that counting your blessings is a great way to begin you day!

Now the above verse reminds me of a poem that I very much enjoy.  Today I would like to share that poem with you, and it is my hope that you will enjoy it as well!

Your Blessings Are So Many, Lord!

   Your blessings are so many, Lord,

            To count them one by one

            Would take much longer than a day
            That has just now begun!

           You fill each day with miracles

                 From dawn to setting sun.

          Each night You hear a million prayers

                 When day's work is done.

              You keep this old world spinning

                    As seasons come and go,

                 And each one is a masterpiece

                    That sets our hearts aglow.

              You fill the earth with beauty, Lord,

                 With flowers, shrubs and trees,

                And we marvel at Your rainbows

                     And butterflies and bees.

              Your words still give us comfort

                 For Your promises are true.

            Your blessings are so many, Lord,

                     In everything we do!

                    Poet, Clay Harrison

Success:

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another

without losing enthusiasm – winston churchill

“failure is not the end of the world” Peter Morton

Remember that a failure could very well be God closing one door, only to open another yet how could we know, a new one is opening if we are so focused on the one that closed.

David strengthened himself in the Lord – at ziglag

The things that are lies can seem like realities when we are in the cloud of discouragement.  Remember that God wants to bring LIFE, He wants you to live Life successfully, He wants to empower you with His strengths. He wants to work through

you and your gifts and the devil wants to kill steal and destroy.

Have a wonderful day, and may; God be merciful to you and bless you, and cause His face to shine upon you.  Amen.    ( Psalms 67:1 )

All My Love & Prayers,

    Pastor Allen

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matter compared to what lies with in us. --Ralph Waldo Emerson