The Shepherd's Fold Apostolic Church

We must find a place in God that provides us rest and peace during our storms. Text: Luke 8:22-25    Verse 24 : "And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, 'Master, Master, we are perishing!' Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm."           Our 11 year old Golden Retriever, Ginger, is afraid of storms. She didn't used to be so fearful until a few years ago when a terrific storm came through with 70 mph winds for over 6 hours. Ever since, she increasingly gets afraid, scratches at the carpet, tries to get behind furniture or on your lap- and she is NOT a lap dog! To each person a storm is something different. But one thing is for sure- EVERYONE encounters a storm from time to time. There is no way to get out of it.   In our text, it was just another day. They were just going from one side of the lake to the other. No big deal. But they were caught up in the storm which

Matthew 9:37-39: "Then He said to His disciples, 'The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.'"     God has set individual Christians and churches in specific fields. Harvest will come but we must be obedient to the Lord and allow Him to prepare us for the harvest. We can not wait until harvest time and them make sure everything is good to go. No, we must prepare now for time will be short when it is time to harvest.   We must allow God to do the work in us so that His light will shine out from us. Then others will be attracted to that light. Are there people in your pathway that seem to bother you? They may be a nuisance to you or obnoxious or just difficult to get along with. These very people may be part of that harvest to come and we must show them God's love now. As we do this, we are "cultivating" the field for the harvest. Our neighbors, co-work

Acts 4:8-14 Verse 13 : "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus."     Peter and John had been arrested for preaching and healing in the name of Jesus Christ. They were then presented to the Sanhedrin- the rulers, elders and priests and scribes- who asked them questions. Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke to them and explained about the resurrection and power of Jesus Christ. The rulers realized that these men, Peter and John had not any formal education yet they spoke with great boldness and they "realized that they had been with Jesus."   The world will not be changed just by the few things that we do or have- our education, going to church, acting religious. It will take anointing of God and this only comes from being in the Presence of Jesus Christ. There is nothing wrong with education but Christians must carry