The SUMMIT-Gulf Coast Fellowship of Churches & Ministries

{1 Peter 2:1-2 AMP}
(As Newborn Babes)
👉🏽So put aside every trace of malice
👉🏽and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy
👉🏽and all slander and hateful speech;
👉🏽2 like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word,
👉🏽so that by it you may be nurtured and
👉🏽grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment],

My Precious Daughter, LaSonta Reeves, I love You💯💖💕

THE PRICE OF BEING A PASTOR

Being a Pastor is listed among the four most difficult professions in the United States
because a Pastor must be:
•Preacher
•Example
•Father
•Husband
•Counselor
•Conference caller
•Planner
•Minister
•Visionary
•Director
•Mentor
•Friend
•Reconciliator
•Marriage counselor
•Youth Counselor
•Leader's trainer
•Bible teacher
•Intercessor etc etc
Besides being:
•Keeper of the temple
•Cleaning staff

Every Pastor constantly confronts many different things, such as:

The Pastor doesn't visit me
Sermon was too long.
The music was too loud.
The building is too cold.
Etc....

One of the most difficult things in the life of a Pastor is to know that at some point the people they love will abandon or even betray them.

The Pastor is often the loneliest person in the congregation.

You may see a Pastor be surrounded by people, but very rarely people who are interested in their problems, needs or even in their lives.

If you have a Pastor as a friend take care of them, pray for them, connect with vision that God gave them, support them, but above all love them. Remember they are human and in the same way they go through the same needs as you.

Even if you don’t believe it, many of them have sacrificed comforts, rest, personal plans and so many things including some of their own family’s needs to attend God’s call.

Value the time a Pastor puts into work, the prayers he makes for everyone, the burden he voluntarily carries for ministry. You don't know how much he'd appreciate knowing you do.

(Jeremiah 3:15)
And I will give you shepherds according to my own heart, who shall lead them with knowledge and understanding.
.. For all pastors 🙏
Thank you for all that you do!🙌🏽💯

(Psalm 95:8 AMP)

💎Do not harden your hearts and become
👉🏽spiritually dull as at
👉🏽Meribah [the place of strife],
👉🏽And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,

👉🏽TELL IT ALL TO GOD👈🏽

👉🏽Ps. 120:1 One of the wonderful things about prayer is that you can tell everything to God!

You can unload your heart, and He will hear, accept, understand, and renew you.

Deuteronomy 28:8 AMP - 👉🏽The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your storehouses and in all that you undertake,
👉🏽and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Psalms 119:11 amp

Kingdom Commitment is only for those who are sold out to God!!!!!
“Where My People At?”

(Jude 1:21 BSB)
🙌🏽keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

(Isaiah 61:2-3) {BSB}
👉🏽- to comfort all who mourn,
3 👉🏽to console the mourners in Zion—
🙌🏽to give them a crown of beauty for ashes,
💃🏽the oil of joy for mourning,
💃🏽and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair.
👍🏽So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
👉🏽the planting of the LORD,
👉🏽that He may be glorified.🔥🔥

(Psalm 145:9 KJVS):
🙌🏽The LORD is good to all:
👉🏽and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Isaiah 40:29 KJVS
👉🏽He giveth power to the faint; 🔥
👉🏽and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.🔥

Many :
👉🏽CALLED👈🏽
few are
👉🏽CHOSEN👈🏽

The attack was sent to discourage you but all it did was activate the warrior inside of you!
🙌🏾

The Power of Praise Church of Deliverance Opelika, Al Service was so impactful!
Grateful for every minute💕

(Isaiah 40:28-29 KJVS)
👉🏽Hast thou not known? 👉🏽hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?
👉🏽there is no searching of his understanding.
👉🏽[29] He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

👉🏽💔Compromised: The loss of LOVE for God, for Church, for Others.

👉🏽 Matthew 22:36-37 KJVS
✍🏽 Master, 👉🏽which is the great commandment in the law?
[37] Jesus said unto him, 👉🏽Thou shalt 👉🏽love the Lord thy God 👉🏽with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

👉🏽Matthew 22:38-39 KJVS - 38
👉🏽 🔥 This is the first and great commandment.🔥
👉🏽39 And the second is like unto it, 👉🏽Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Divine Strength comes with Early Morning Scripture Reading.
It’s so evident why there is warfare to prohibit Your time with God everyday!
Take the Time for God!

(1 John 4:4 KJVS)
👉🏽Ye are of God, little children,
👉🏽and have overcome them:
👉🏽because greater is he that is in you,
👉🏽than he that is in the world.

Team Member Spotlight: My name is Stacy Marquar, and I've been part of the Blakeford team for nearly nine months now, serving as a Community Support Staff member. What truly sets Blakeford apart for me is the warmth and acceptance I experienced right from the start. When I first joined, I candidly asked the residents to be patient with me as I learned and adapted to my new role. Their response, reassuring me that it was okay and likening our relationship to gaining a multitude of grandmothers and grandfathers, touched me deeply. Moreover, my fellow team members were incredibly supportive, offering guidance and patience as I navigated through my learning curve. This sense of support and camaraderie made me feel like more than just a member of a team; it made me feel like a valued member of a family.
For anyone considering joining the Blakeford team, I wholeheartedly encourage it. The sense of belonging and connection here is unparalleled. Personally, what makes this job so fulfilling for me is the residents themselves. I'm touched by the simple gestures of kindness, like having residents stop by my desk every day just to say hello. Their warmth and friendliness make all the difference in the world to me. In essence, Blakeford isn't just a workplace; it's a community where everyone is embraced like family.

Ephesians 2:4 KJVS - 4 👉🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
🔥🔥🔥

Habakkuk 2:1 KJVS
👉🏽I will stand👈🏽
👉🏽upon my watch,
👉🏽and set me👈🏽
👉🏽upon the tower,
👉🏽& WILL WATCH👈🏽
👉🏽watch to see what he will say unto me,
🙌🏽and what I shall answer 🙌🏽when I am reproved.

Habakkuk 1:12 KJVS
🙌🏽Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One?
🙌🏽we shall not die.
🙌🏽O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment;
🙌🏽and, O mighty God,
👉🏽thou hast established them for correction.