Prayer Requests 4-26-09

Prayer is such a wonderful thing. Isn't it awesome we get the opportunity to pray for others?

Prayer Requests from this past Sunday:
Taylor (21 year old) Cancer
Brown Family
Abbey has been sick
Scotty - drug addition

Also we have received a prayer request from last night. Cameron Mann (Wren High School Student) injured in a car accident. He is in ICU at Greenville Memorial. His parents are Johnny and Cyndi Durham that use to attend Marathon Church. He needs our prayers right now.

Prayer is the best thing.

Have a wonderful week and I will see you Sunday.

Exit Plan, Baptism, Praise Night

The past few weeks God has been moving enormously at Marathon Church. For it to come out of several staffs' mouths that the past weekend was one of the best experiences at Marathon so far is awesome. Words can't even explain what is going on and the feeling of God's presence here at Marathon.

Eddie's messages lately have been unreal. I don't see how anyone sitting in church this past Sunday could refuse to accept God. We are going to exit this world and what a blessing to have a choice Heaven or Hell. I choose HEAVEN! It made me think of people in my life that I don't even know their choice. There are so many we won't see in Heaven. I have work to do and so do you. Another thing Pastor Eddie said Easter that has stuck in my head is when he talked about tombstones and how there is an entering date and an exiting date. Then there is the dash. We are in the dash right now. I can only think over and over "am I doing everything I should be doing for God in my dash?" As Christians we are representing God in the actions we do each day.

Last thing, BAPTISM was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!! Along with praise night! I hate it if any of you missed it. Baptism was a celebration! I mean a celebration!!

Have a wonderful week! See you Sunday!

Get Ready for this Coming Sunday!!!

Get ready for this coming Sunday!!!

65 people have signed up so far to get baptized this Sunday. WOW!!! AND I know that will not be the final number. We will have so much to praise at Praise Night! I love Praise Nights and this one is going to be UNREAL!!! God is so awesome that I don't see how anyone can try to describe how much. People are seeing God through the volunteers each week. Keep shining for the Lord!!!!

Have a wonderful week!!! Remember to keep staff in your prayers!!!

THANK YOU!

Thank you, everyone for all that you did Saturday night, and Sunday morning to make the Easter Services so incredible.

I saw the power of God’s Love move on the thousands of people who came through those doors. I saw darkness break against The Light. I heard the quiet desperation of some lives drowned out in the laughter of celebration. In short: Today, I saw death destroyed by Life.

Easter burst upon the world as it does each year. People were surprised by the assault of God’s Love. Lives were changed. Hope returned. Joy remains. Everything erupted with redemption.

Easter has come, again! REJOICE!

Prayer Requests from 4-5-09

The past few weeks have been an awesome experience for me. I know this coming weekend is going to be fantastic. God has his hands all in the preparations for Easter services. I know we are praying for 6000 people but the salvations are so much more important that we are praying for. Just think and remember you will have a huge part in it. It is amazing how God can use someone like me to help with His kingdom. What a wonderful privilege!!!!

Prayer Request from 4-5-09:
Ken King - Eyes
Angie Morgan - Brown family, Angie's own job
Troy Gill - his grandmother
Richard and Jeri Hill - Job Situation
Ben Hill - Motorcycle Safety
Jim and Teresa Demioa - Cancer in lungs
Ori Allimassey - Seizures

Please also to remember to lift up the many people that will be attending this weekend. I am praying for God to bubble over us where everyone can see Him in the volunteers. Please also remember to lift Pastor Eddie up. Thank you so much for what each of you do.

Your Sister in Christ,
Crystal Riggins

Easter Celebration

I spent a few hours outside yesterday morning. The weather was beautiful, and I got in the first bit of yard work for the year. The snow that we had a month ago, the recent rain, and the high winds yesterday had wreaked havoc on the trees around our house. There was a ton of dead limbs lying around my yard. It took about an hour to pick all of the limbs up and carry (sometimes drag) them to the pile near the road where they will be picked up sometime next week.

I couldn’t help but think of all of the storms that have hit my life lately, and the debris that has been left lying around for my Father to pick up. The great thing about it is that it was all dead weight, extra baggage, dead limbs that I shouldn’t have been carrying around in the first place. God used the storms to clean me up, and I am thankful.

As we enter the final week before Easter, our thoughts should turn more and more to the cross and what was done for us all there. God sacrificed Himself for us, and even though there is no possible way that we could ever thank Him enough, we must do what little we can to show our gratitude for the sacrifice that He made on Good Friday.

The wonderful thing is that Friday was not the end, because when Easter Sunday arrived we where given our reason to rejoice in His resurrection.

I encourage all of you participate in the services on Saturday night, and Sunday morning, not just to show your gratitude for His sacrifice, but to rejoice in celebration of His resurrection.

Big things are happening. Lives will forever be changed. You will miss many blessings if you’re not a part of what God is about to do at Marathon.

See you there.

Robert