Prayer Request From Pastor David

Please pray for my aunt Brenda Delk.  She is having kidney failure.

Thank you for taking out a little time to pray for her.

Way Point Sports Clays Tournament Today

Hello everyone!  As you may know we are big fans of what Waypoint is doing.  They are having their very first annual sporting clays tournament today to help raise money.  Call to see if their are any available spaces.  Prizes will be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

1PM Registration

2PM Tournament Kickoff

5:30PM Dinner, Live Entertainment, and Awards Ceremony

Entry Fee – $75 Per Person

Includes: 100 Round, Golf Cart, Dinner, Goody Bag, & T-Shirt

Gun rental ammo is available at event.

Call us for availability.

Etowah Valley Sporting Clays Park
619 Sporting Hill Drive
Dawsonville, GA
706-864-7110

Help Needed!

Hey everyone…..We are finally getting the live stream set up to achieve top quality.  In doing so we need help with camera’s and help running the live feeds on Sunday morning and Wednesday nights.  You do not need any experience for the cameras and I suggest you be computer savvy for running the stream but everyone will be trained.  This part of our ministry is fairly new and it’s a great way to get plugged in.

We will only be accepting 5 people to start.  Email me at rlucia@therockchurchfb.com

Singles Ministry

Don’t forget to sign up for our singles ministry at http://singles.therockchurchfb.com. We are going to the corn maze together Friday.

If you have any questions you can call Ryan at 404-939-7842 or email at rlucia@therockchurchfb.com

The Tree of Life

Proverbs 13:12 says “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire
comes it is a tree of life.”

I remember when I was in the 8th grade I was voted captain of my
football team. One of my responsibilities was to go to the middle of the field
before the start of the game and meet the captains from the other team and
flip a coin to see who would get the ball first. I remember my coach sitting
me down and saying, David if we when the coin toss we always want to defer
getting the ball until the second half. I remember thinking okay but what
the world does defer mean. Well, I quickly learned that to defer meant to
postpone or to put off. When I deferred to the second half I was saying I
wanted to postpone my team getting the ball first until the second half of
the game. Now that may be okay with some people but I was the quarterback
and I was (and still am) very competitive. So I hated to defer because I
wanted the ball right now. I mean we have been busting our hind ends all
week preparing for this game and we go out and the first thing we do is
defer and put the ball into the hands of the enemy! No! I don’t want to wait
any longer… I want the ball now!

This is the way I am and if the truth be known, most of us are. We want
the ball now. We don’t want to wait any longer. We have been practicing,
waiting, meditating, and anticipating this moment for a long time. Just as I
wanted the ball now, we want our promises from God to happen now. We want
our answer now, our miracle now. But just in case you haven’t learned yet…
God doesn’t operate on our time schedules. There are times when it is the
coin flip in your life, you are standing seemingly so close to your answer
but here it comes… defer. Now you have to wait to get your promise. Your
Bible says this makes the heart sick. When your hope; your anticipations,
your expectation, or your confidence is deferred until a later time. Then
your heart becomes sick. Sick with doubt, sick with care, sick with fault,
or maybe even sick with confusion or anger. Some of you may be here now. You
just think it will never come. Like you will never get the ball and have
your opportunity to score, but I am sent to tell you that your second half
is coming. You think that the clock has run out and the horn has sounded
concerning your promise. Well listen to me… the clock has run out and the
horn has sounded but the only thing that is over is half time. It is your
time to have the ball!!! It is your time to SCORE! Don’t let your heart be
hardened and so full of sickness that you can’t muster up enough faith and
hope to believe that the God of your promise is faithful and He is true!

Lastly it says that when the desire comes it is a “tree of life”. I pray
that the desire for the things of God and the promises of God will burst up
from within us yet again! When we obtain “The Desire” to believe again we
then will eat from a continual tree of life. Desire is the first step in
conception. You don’t have relations with someone you don’t desire, right…
I hope?! You must desire them and then you conceive. Where is the desire for
God’s presence? Where is the desire for Him to use us in a mighty way. Not
to build big ministries or to build big bank accounts. But to use us for His
Glory! When we seek first and have the desire first for the kingdom of God
and His righteousness then all the things we hope for will be added unto us.
(Matthew 6:33)

Do you want to live life with all of it’s abundance, joy, and
fulfillment? The you must do as Abraham did and “hope against hope”. You
must apply the medicine of His Word and His promise to your sick
heart, and believe again! Believe Again! Your heart is sick right now but if
you will stir up your Godly desire then you will be able to eat from the
tree of Life!

I hope this encourages you to push on. Tell me what you think by leaving a comment.

Making History,
Pastor David Edmondson

Self Checker!

Are you a self checker?  I am not even sure what a self checker is, I made it up.  As everyone, I battle with selfishness being an only child only makes it worse.  Well, I have realized lately I can no longer be a selfish, only child.  I think it’s a daily battle for me as it may be for you.  Sometimes things have to happen for you to realize “HELLO it’s time to fight your flesh”.  A reminder if you will.  I want to encourage everyone to do a self check every morning.  Am I humble?  Humility is a hard word for me.  I remember once praying for God to break me and then 3 months later asking Him why I was struggling so much.  Funny huh?  He broke me like I asked Him to but it HURT BAD!

Sometimes we get so caught up in our daily routines that we forget or become self absorbed by the things we have to do on a daily basis.  Funny thing is as I am fighting myself this week the verse of the day on the website is James 3:13 [Two Kinds of Wisdom] Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

You notice that they say humility comes from wisdom.  Pray for wisdom and you will find humility and humbleness.  Catch it before it gets out of hand by being a “Self Checker”.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Join Us On Facebook

Hello everyone.  As we are growing to record numbers for our church it is important for everyone to stay connected and updated.  We want to encourage you to come back to our site early and often.  Sign up for the updates at the top of the home page.  WAIT!!!  Before you do any of that become a fan of our Facebook page.

We also have a Lost Coin Food Pantry& Thrift Store Page and a Lost Coin Cause.  By becoming fans of these pages and promoting them to your friends you will help us spread the word that people in Flowery Branch are hungry and need their help.

We are glad you are here and can’t wait to see you on Facebook!

You Are His Ice Cream!

(Zephaniah. 3:17) “The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

Well My Goodness… this verse here will make you want to shout! Lets look at what the Lord says here to Zephaniah and what He is saying to us.

First he says that the Lord our God is with us. This is a very hard thing to comprehend because to think that the God of all the universe is with us just surpasses our carnal minds. How can God be with us all, all the time.

Through the Holy Spirit of course. The spirit of the “Lord” God. The Spirit of the anointed one, Jesus Christ lives inside of us by the person of the Holy Spirit. He lives above us, in us, and through us! We know the scripture records in Hebrews 13:5 “…I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” You must make yourself know today that the Lord your God is with you!

Then he says that He is mighty to save. Save me from what?  You may ask.

Well we know He has saved us from the law of sin and death. He has redeemed us from our sins but I think one of the greatest things He can and will save you from is yourself.  I mean… no matter how bad you mess things up God is able and willing to save you from you. That is big!  Quit looking at all the mistakes you have made and know that the Lord your God will save you! He will pick you up, dust you off, and start you over again!

He will take great delight in you. What? You mean God “delights” Himself in me? Yes He does! You are His child. Through the good the bad or the ugly… you are His workmanship!  He delights in you. You are His ice-cream sunday!  You are His Krispy Kream donut!  You are his prize possession!  He delights in you!

I love this one. It says He will quiet me with His love. Wow… just think of that and let His peace over shadow you. He quiets all the noise around you. All the expectations. All the demands. He quiets all the noise… with His LOVE! Oh, how He loves us! Just thank Him with me right now. Thank you Father for loving me! Thank you for making quiet all the voices of distraction with your love for me. Thank you my Father for being you!

Then oh Zeph finishes it off by saying that the Lord rejoices over us with singing. Now think about you in a church service or maybe riding down the road singing about God and His goodness. Now picture the Lord walking through heaven singing about you. About how He loves you, how He wants you to spend time with Him, how He needs your obedience, and appreciates your faithfulness. Can you picture that? Well that is what He does. He sings about you. He rejoices that you are in covenant with Him and that you are His child. He shows His rejoicing by singing about you with the words of His mouth. He creates a beautiful atmosphere over your life by singing over you.

My Lord I am about to fall out under my desk! Listen… can you hear Him? He is singing… about… YOU!

Making History,

Pastor David Edmondson

Partner To Pave

We are looking for partners to help pave the gravel parking lot.  We need to raise $20,000.  Please mark your donation “Partner To Pave”.

Suggested Donations:

20 People @ $1000

40 People @ $500

80 People @250

A mission to save 1 woman’s heal a Sunday!  Walk with confidence on a paved parking lot!

Don’t Miss Wednesday Night W/ Re:Generation

Pastor Marty on “Hooked” ”Don’t take the bait”.  Wednesday night Youth Church 6:30pm.

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