Dear Living Word Global Methodist Church, This Sunday Rev. Dr. Ryan Barnett (MidTexas Conference Chief Operating Officer) blessed our new building (1011 Wilson Ranch Place in Cedar Park) and our new name (Living Word Global Methodist Church) with a timely word from Acts 1 and a sermon called “Honk, Honk, Church!” I pray it energized all of you for continued service with our new name and location! For the next three weeks, we will be in everyone’s favorite book of the Bible: L

Heavenly Father, We thank you for this day. We thank you for the opportunity to gather and worship You in this space. We acknowledge that You are the One True God, and reject all others. You are the Potter, Lord and we are the clay. You molded us in Your image, we could never mold You in ours. May we not boast in anything but You, Lord. We know that we are not promised ANYTHING beyond this VERY moment. May we never take any day for granted. May we make the most of what we hav

Lord God Almighty, You are Holy Holy Holy. Perfect in power, in love and purity. Accept these tithes and offerings as a gift of our worship to you. We ask that You multiply what we give for the effective growth of your kingdom here on earth. May Christ dwell in our hearts through faith so that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to know the love of Christ that surpasses all understanding. May we be filled with all the fullness of God--Father, Son and

As its written in Psalm 100, v 3-4, we come acknowledging that “that the Lord is God— he made us; we belong to him. We are his people, the sheep of his own pasture.(we) Enter his gates with thanks; (and) enter his courtyards with praise! CEV We Thank You Lord, and come to Bless your name – all that we have belongs to you! We dedicate these tithes, gifts and offerings to You, that we may fulfill your purposes in this place. Continuing in Psalms 100, v 5, "Be

Lord, thank you for the abundant blessings you have given us, and for all that you have provided in our lives. We are especially grateful for all you have provided for this church, and for our church family. Lord, we acknowledge that everything we have belongs to you. We thank you for the opportunity to give back to you, for all that you have given us. We thank you for the privilege of supporting your ministry through our tithes and offerings, and are grateful for the generos

Father God, how marvelous, how wonderful is Your love for us, that you sent your only begotten son to die for our sins and to overcome death. We thank you for your amazing grace and mercy. You are worthy of all our praise! As we consider “Do not be lukewarm,” if we focus on “lukewarm” we will stay lukewarm. Help us to turn our thoughts to who you created us to be, and what you are calling us to be—Alive in Christ, living into the Freedom in Christ. It is not that we have to d

Heavenly Father, Thank You for blessing this church in so many ways. We ask that You bless these gifts that we are returning to You. Let us always remember THAT - EVERYTHING we have comes from you. We are merely returning that which ALREADY belongs to You. May these gifts be pleasing to You, Oh Lord. May we be good stewards of all with which we've been entrusted. May we be guided by the Holy Spirit as we use these gifts to help those in need. Guide our thoughts, our words, an

Lord, we come before you this morning, in a grateful and humble spirit, to worship you. You have given us so much, and we know you are a merciful, loving, and understanding God. We are grateful for your presence in this church, for our precious church family, and for this loving and caring faith community. We are here because we want to follow you, and be more like you. We pray that you will help us grow as we take on the full armor of God. You have given us the Living Word,

We have so much to celebrate with our new location at 1011 Wilson Ranch Place in Cedar Park! It’s full of light, available to us 24/7, and the presence of the Holy Spirit is evident. This is a time of joy but it’s not a time to rest on our laurels or pat ourselves on the back. While the Lord used many people in getting us here, all glory belongs to Christ. On August 22nd, I called for a corporate time of prayer and fasting from August 23-September 2nd, encouraging our church

Dear church, I am happy to pass along the most recent information about our friend, Jack Daniels. He has been moved back to one of the assisted living facilities ( The Grove) on the grounds of his former independent living apartment at Greenridge at Buckner Villas just 3 blocks east of I-35 on Braker Road. For those of you wanting to contact Jack by mail, here is his address: Jack Daniels 11110 Tom Adams Drive (The Grove Building)

Listening Prayer Exercise – Individual (Be still and know that I am God—Psalm 46:10) 1. Open with Devotion (see below for a suggested devotional) 2. The process is simple: Take our concerns to God; be still, listen; obey. a. Take any praises or concerns directly to God in prayer. b. What is our question(s) of God? Some examples include: i. I don’t know what to do. What should I/we do about _______? ii. What does God

Have you ever asked God to tell you, show you, what He wants you to know—and then gone about your business without bothering to listen? I’m sure I’m not the only person that has done/does this. With so many exciting things happening in the life of our church, and the many things to come as we re-locate, grow, change, this is the perfect time to introduce “Listening Prayer” to prayerfully seek the Lord for His will above ours. Pastor Lauren has asked our entire congregatio

Dear Church… Summer is going by so fast. We’ve just completed our “Unpuzzled” sermon series, based on JD Walt’s devotional on the Book of Ephesians. It was a wonderful deep dive into this rich letter to the church of Ephesus. As we transition into the final days of the summer, we are beginning a new sermon series called “Dear Church”. We will be studying Revelation 2-3 and the different churches the Apostle John addresses and the lessons we can learn from them. This could not

Dear Congregation, We will soon be worshipping in our new space. The soft launch date will be August 16 at 11am at 1011 Wilson Ranch Place Cedar Park, TX. Please expect a low-tech, revival style time of worship in our new space as we suit the technology to our needs. Praise the Lord for this blessed news and the hard work of the Trustees! Our Trustee Chairman, Dick Cram, has recently entered into his eternal rest. One of his last items of business was having a sub-committee

Thursday & Friday updates showed trends going in the wrong direction. By evening on Friday, Dick’s abdomen was huge & his doctor made the decision to call in a bariatric surgeon. The decision was made to open up Dick & look for a problem. Thankfully, the surgery revealed a very expanded, ruptured large intestine which the surgeon removed. Since the small intestine does 90% of the work, we are thankful that it is working well! Liver in trauma is being worked on in a variety of

We ask for urgent prayers for Dick this evening. Specifically, we pray for an accurate diagnosis and successful surgery tonight. Dick is in very serious condition with his stomach severely distended and his liver is not working. We also pray for Phyllis and family to have peace through this time.

From Elizabeth Cram Morris: Pulmonary care team just came by. He is about the same. Main concern is the liver, the numbers are very high. I told them we would ask the prayer teams to specially pray for the liver to wake up. They think that is the main cause for him not responding or waking up very much. Thank you!

Dick continues to breathe on his own with intubation backup if needed. He is still not awake, but does react some to being touched. Doctors are content with slow progress, and blood draws, IVs, scans and X-rays continue to give information for treatment changes. He is still critically ill, but unbelievably better than last week. Thank you for your continuing prayers!

Dick continues to breathe on his own with the intubation giving him a breath when needed. He is still not awake, but staff is balancing lots of things and content with his progress. Machine continues to eliminate fluids at the rate of 100 ml/ hour. He is tolerating sustenance through a nasal tube. Dick’s regular hematologist who monitors his blood with his RA doctor is now involved, too. This is great since she knows his history. Kidneys and liver are getting much attention.

by Jeff McDermott Heavenly Father, We thank you for this day. We thank you for our many blessings. As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence, we are so thankful for the faith, virtue and courage of our founding fathers who risked everything. We thank you for their deep faith and biblical worldview. We acknowledge that Our Rights are granted to us by You, our Creator, and not by an earthly king or government. We only bow to you, Lord, the One Tru