From the Pastor’s Desk (60) One of the core values of New Life is “Energized through Prayer!”  We realize that without prayer we can’t do anything for God.  It is because prayer is a declaration of dependence on God.  If we fail to depend and rely on God for his direction and strength, we will end up doing things that God never desired for us to do and easily tire in our ministry and spiritual journey.  Each time we kneel before the Father we are humbling ourselves and trusting Him for the direction and the strength in fulfilling His will in our generation.  When we do this, God is faithful to meet us and give us ...

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From the Pastor’s Desk (59) Today we are having Mini Urbana Sunday.  In presenting to us a glimpse of what Urbana 2000 was like, the delegates are hoping to pass on to us the passion and zeal for world missions they caught attending the conference.  I saw several people practicing at church and I am very excited to see how God is going to use today’s service to challenge us for the work of world evangelization. This is very timely as we are having our first Mission Fund Campaigning Month in February.  I know there will be several of us who will be going on a short-term mission trip this summer.  Some will go to Roca ...

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