Welcome!
As District Superintendent, I encourage you to take a few minutes to experience ministry in Southern West Virginia. Our congregations vary in size, ages and locations. We have churches who have very formal worship and others that are on the leading edges of contemporary worship. Regardless of our size or style of worship, we have one vision: To love God with our whole heart, to serve God by serving our neighbor, and to give witness of the saving grace of Jesus Christ. This is what makes us church. In the words of the hymn "I am the church. You are the church. We are the church together." Thanks be to God! Helen
Daily prayer for Friday, January 27, 2012:
Lord of Glory, You are worthy of all our praise and worship. You do all things well and there is nothing hidden from Your sight. Even Your judgments Lord bring delight to our soul, because You are the righteous judge over all the earth.Lord, I want to agree with Your purposes right now. I know You never delight in hardship and suffering, but You desire to strip away those things that hold people back from You. Because its not Your will that any should perish. May this time of difficulty bring people to see their need of You, like the prodigal son, and send them running to You as the good and loving God You are.Use this time to cancel their dependence on the things of this world, and set them free. Break in upon the fear and despair, and release Your revelation.Even as your word says not to set your heart on uncertain riches, at this time of surprise, disappointment, loss and instability, we speak a breakthrough for the glory of the knowledge of Jesus. Release dreams and visions, miracles and a heavy drawing by your spirit of peoples attention and hearts toward you dear Lord.While we ask for divine intervention, we also ask for divine encounter, just as its written, For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? We ask these things together in Jesus name. Amen.
Dr. Charles Miller
Pastor, Oak Hill UMC, Oak Hill
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