This morning as I walked into our sanctuary to gather a few things I felt constrained to pause and just

thank the Lord for His goodness and mercy. God has blessed us with a great week. Three more precious

souls have been added to our church, two of which we baptized Sunday. I must confess it was a hard

weekend in that our Evangelist Billy Holbrook and I attended and preached at the Bible Conference

hosted by the Winton Place Baptist Church on Thursday and Friday. We then attended “Faith Fest” on

Saturday hosted by the Salem Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Wilder and his staff did an outstanding

job as usual and our young people had a great time.

Not long after I came back from prayer in the sanctuary pastor Joe Head called to tell me that his

deacon, bother Duncan had surrendered to preach. Wow! What a blessing to hear this news. He went

on to say that the Conference which was in support of Antioch Baptist College was a tremendous

blessing to the church there at Winton Place. I am so happy to hear this, since this is the very first

Conference in which they hosted, what a great way to get started.

I am reminded by the Word of God mentioned above that praise should be the products of His servants.

Praising His name should be the endeavor of our life. However, I realize that not every week is filled

with such good news, sometimes we face difficult times, but even those times can produce an

opportunity to praise the Lord if you will only seek it.

If praise has not become a daily habit of yours in spite of your circumstances then why not “Bless the

name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore?” The psalmist goes on to say that “From the

rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.” Have you praised

Him today?

Remember, it is the Lord who “is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.” “Who is like

unto our God?” God has lifted this poor man out of the dust many times.