Joy

Pastor Perry Burgess of Walk on Water World Outreach Church

Awesome message today by Pastor Angie Burgess at Walk on Water Church. Joy...."The Joy of the Lord is my strength". Some awesome examples of Joy today:

Roy Looney, who lost his wife of 50 years to cancer finding joy and a soul mate and announcing it to the church. Happiness is contagious, Roy.

The worship today was fantastic. People are learning how to worship and finding that "In His Presence is fullness of joy and at His right hand are pleasures forevermore".

Altar call today...obvious joy breaking out all over several people who responded, including new people. You could get used to this, right?

My Pastor, Perry Burgess is an encourager, a man who lives out his faith in front of me daily, who loves the Lord with all his heart. When he was watching his wife, Angie deliver the message today, the happiness inside of him kept bubbling over and he couldn't help but smile.

I say make somebody happy everyday, even if it is yourself.

I needed this message today. Thanks Angie for your obedience, Perry for your trust in me, Healing Flow for your awesome heart for worship, and Walk on Water church for taking this journey with us. Anyone in Northeast Georgia who is looking for a church that thinks outside the box needs to come out and experience the difference. 217 Sandy Creek Road in Commerce Georgia.

Today's set list:

Hosanna by Paul Baloche

Our God by Chris Tomlin

Glorious Day by Casting Crowns

The More I Seek You by Keri Jobe

Gotta Have Faith by Healing Flow

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in the flow,

jack

Walk

We are the praise team for a unique ministry in Athens called Walk on Water. Pastor Perry Burgess named his ministry after the story told in the book of Matthew where Peter steps out of the boat to walk to Jesus.

Faith, a daunting proposition at best.

On Sunday, a guest speaker, Pastor Lee Peters of Monroe, GA spoke on the subject: Walk. We want to know what is going to happen, how it is all going to come out before we step out. It rarely works out that way, huh?

Many of my friends and family members are facing obstacles and situations that seem insurmountable. We always try to encourage them to "have faith". Easier said than done. We say "believe" and step back in judgement when the results say something different from what we think should happen. And then there is the old "Why do bad things happen to good people" conundrum.

So we walk by faith, not by sight. or do we?

God knows the end from the beginning. He's not nervous. He just wants to know if we trust Him. We are promised that He will not put on us more than we can bear. Sometimes I wish He wouldn't have such a high opinion of me, and I really do have a pretty good life going for myself. So when it's time for me to step out of the boat, will I be found faithful?

This week was great for us, musically. Keith Franks, my old friend and wingman was with us to add his skills on lead guitar and harmonica. Always a pleasure to have him with us and he is welcome anytime. The set list this week:

Hosanna by Paul Baloche
Forever by Chris Tomlin
Jesus Paid it All (traditional, Chris Tomlin arrangement)
Amazing Love (You Are My King)
Healing Flow by Jack Balthazor

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We also did a reprise of the Train Song (People Get Ready) with Keith on harmonica so they could record it for the church website http://www.walkonwaterathens.com/. Check out the site, it's brand new.

Let's all take a step this week and see how water walking works for us.

In the flow,

Jack

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