September 1, 2024

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant, Mt. Pleasant & Shiloh

Prayer: Pastor Baggett

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1 - For everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven; Matthew 4:19 - And he said unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Subject: Stepping into a New Season

• In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Genesis 1:1-4
• Genesis 1:14 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
• Why do we go through the seasons of life? 
• Philippians 1:6 - For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ.
• Change is going to happen whether we like it or not.
• We serve a God of change, a God of seasons.
• There will be new challenges when stepping into a new season. Faith may be challenged has Peter's was when he stepped from the boat to go to Jesus. 
• Feeling depressed, nothing is going our way, we begin to drift away from the Word.
• There is a purpose for every season.
• Christ's love is greater than all our failures.
• God's grace and mercy brings us through.
• Stepping into a new season creates champions.
• Think of the Upper Room when the Holy Spirit came in,
• Read Acts 2 (Peter's redemption & sermon) 
• Psalm 24:7-10 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. (Selah) 

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. I. Pelton

Debra W.

Evelyn H.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Eddie & Maria J.

Sedric & Dorothy M.

Ginger R.

Violet W.

Clark M.

Thelma W.

Gina L.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett