Hello Freedom Valley!

We all started studying our year's theme verse this weekend (we did in Kids Ministry too!): Ephesians 3:20, which says, "Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think."   I love this verse so much because it means no matter how much I might ask for or think of, God is still able to accomplish MORE than that!  He made the world and everything in it, so though I ask for things of this world, he is able to think up things so much bigger than that! That just opens my mind up to so many possibilities...and makes me realize how small my faith is sometimes.

There's a second part to that though...did you catch it?  The verse says that God is able to do infinitely more than we might ask or think, yes...but it also says THROUGH his mighty power at work within US!  It sounds like it requires an action from us, we have to be the leg work for God's mighty power!  

So, what step are you making this week toward your goals for 2012? How are you allowing God to work within you?


In Kids Ministry this week, we picked 4 friends to pray for over the next 4 weeks.  We picked 4 that we have not invited before, and do not attend church regularly already. We made something to remind us to pray every day that those 4 friends can find a way to Jesus, and that we can be an example to them! Join us? Pick your 4 today!