Words to Encourage

It has been stated, God does the impossible, but depends on His Church (you and me) to do the possible. No person has all the answers.

Lakeside reviewingly emphasizing its strengths rather than focusing on its weaknesses is taking a step in the right direction. This is not to imply we do not recognize our weaknesses, but to focus on failures, shortcomings, etc., casts a doubt to God's ability to help. This is not an act of positive thinking or whistling in the dark, but appreciation to God for what strength is present. A church could not exist if it did not have some strengths.

Rather than ask first, "What is our needs; what's our problems?" -the first question should be: What are our strengths given from God? How can these strengths be enlarged to help those hurting in our community and around us? What strengths can be added that we can successfully serve the purpose of God to minister to some specific person?