Pastor,

I want to personally thank you for reading this note of encouragement. I know that over the years, I have come to know Christ in ways that require faith, obedience, prayer, and complete surrender. More importantly, God has placed you, my Pastor in my life, because, that virtually lit the match from within when I didn't know it existed.

You are a person of uncompromising faith whose pulpit is seen most definitively through the evidence of your life and personal walk with Christ. Your teachings are unparalleled in terms of originality in a world where content is generally copied and redistributed yet no thought is given as to where the source of content is derived. The bread is fresh, not stale and the food is not canned. Make no mistake, I am talking about the real deal here! I have never seen a anyone in my life with the wisdom, passion, and vigilance that you have as you exude through your walk and lifestyle that is both personal and pastoral.

My life has forever been changed and continues to evolve not only because of your teachings but because of your obedience to the call. Chosen for the work of God in a way that most would simply reason their way out of, you stand in the gap for people like me and many others so that we may see for ourselves that Christ dwells within us.

I can only hope that as much as I have been given, I can in return and give back to you and others. Please accept my genuine desire to extend the works of God through me, his apostle. I know that when someone calls our church or looks at the church website, they will find lots of teachings in text, and audio. I know that they will uplift them and quicken their spirit from within. Some may be recent and some not, but they all will bless the hearts of those searching for encouragement.

Comments from other Members.

(3) I became a Christian some years ago and it wasn't long after that I heard the voice of my pastor that has since become my spiritual leader in Christ. The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 4:15, "...you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you have not many special leaders..." In a day when many people have what it takes to be dynamic, great instructors, there is an alarming deficit of spiritual leaders who are willing to take their place and do what must be done to groom and shape the children for the Kingdom of God. I am forever grateful that the Lord saw fit to allow me the opportunity to experience the "leading" of His Spirit while on the earth through this special person I call my pastor.

In the many years I have walked with my Pastor, my Pastor has had the grace to comfort me when I was broken, the backbone to discipline me when I was acting like I shouldn't, and the wisdom to counsel me along the path "which no fowl knows, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen." (Job 28:7-8) You have revealed priceless nuggets from the Word of God that saved, transformed and healed my life. The path I have walked under your "sold-out-to-God" leadership has not always been the easiest, but it has been the surest way of coming to know the Father. You has taught our church what it means to "drink of the rich waters without money and to buy and eat wine and milk without money and without price (Isaiah 55:1).

We have learned under your leadership that God gives us what is priceless (His life, His Spirit - Himself) and that when we are one with God, we are in need on nothing. We have come to know for certain that He is Sovereign in all of His dealings with man and that in His love, He has called a people for Himself to reveal Himself through you and we believe we are a part of this people.