Good Morning Church Family!

Sunday began the first day of Passion week; or Holy week. We learned from Sunday morning's message that there are five understandings that can increase our life in Christ: Worship, Peace, Honor, Praise, and Serve. As we live our day-to-day lives making and pursuing these five, we can bring ourselves into a closer relationship with God.

During this Passion/Holy week, we are going to take a look at the life lessons Jesus taught the disciples the week before the cross. We will not be able to cover them all since we only have five days before Friday, but we will try to highlight ones that we feel the Holy Spirit is leading us to!

We’re going to begin Monday morning with the story of Jesus washing the disciple’s feet (John 13:1-17). After pouring water into a basin, Jesus began washing their feet until He came to Peter, who then refused to let Jesus wash his feet. Then Jesus said, “If I do not wash you, you have no part of Me.” This statement changed Peter’s mind, and rightfully so! Then Jesus began to teach:

John 13:12-17

12: So, when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again.  He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?”

13: “You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.

14: “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 

15: “For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

16: Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than he who sent him. 

17: “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. “

Jesus’s whole life has been given to us as an example of how to live life in a world that, at many times, seems so opposite to the Word of God. The act of Jesus washing His disciples’ feet was to leave the example that we are servants to each other in the love of Christ. This act was not done out of hate, envy, strife, or because He had to; it was completed with love, compassion, humility, and servitude. God served us by giving His son, and His son served us by laying down His life for us. In Jesus’ eyes and in the message He was bringing forth, we are all equal in the sight of God. Because we know this, we should position ourselves to serve God and serve others!

Jack Hayford said, “Until a person is ready to wash feet, he is not qualified to be a kingdom leader.” I encourage you as you go throughout your day, to take time to stop and say, “how can I serve others today?” Jesus said this in verse 17: “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them!” In other words, if you look to serve others today, you will be blessed!

Have a blessed day today, as you serve others! 

-Pastor Candace

The Holy Spirit has placed on my heart that this is the season of the “Now Word”. So, daily and for every service, we seek God for the “Now Word”.  AGC is called to this season. Every church has a calling that it must walk in, but for us, this is what the Lord is saying: “Teach, Preach, and demonstrate the now word.”

So, yesterday, February 16th, 2021, The Holy Spirit brought forth a “Now Word” for our church congregation. Below is that Word:

I am releasing an unction of my Spirit upon the man (woman) that will incline themselves to Me. An unction that will help them hear and see another level of Me. An unction that will carry them through the days ahead. And with Me the days are not days of dread, but days of My Spirit flowing freely to those that will yield to the unction of the Spirit of the Lord.

Don’t turn from Me and My ways. I promise I will pull you through these days if you stand strong in the truth and listen to Me. You will be strengthened by Me, by My power, by My grace to finish what I’ve asked of you: Your race.

My unction’s will grow stronger day by day as you yield to me and learn to truly say:

“I am led by the Spirit in all I do, for the greater glory of You.”

The definition of the word unction in the Greek, is “a smearing on, a special endowment, an anointing.”

So, in other words, the Holy Spirit is saying to us that He is releasing an anointing on us to hear Him and be led by Him, BUT we must incline ourselves to Him. Then, He gives us the promise that as we incline unto Him, He will carry us through the days ahead. He will carry us through perilous times without any dread!!  

Glory to God!! I am thankful for this “now word” from the Lord! And I have a knowing, that as we do what He has brought forth, we will see and experience more of Him. As I daily incline to Him, I am believing that He will place a stronger unction on me and I will hear the Holy Spirit more clearly, every day! This promise is not just for me, it is for you! Take it! Receive it! Expect it! Walk in it, daily. Everything is done by faith. Inclining ourselves to the Holy Spirit is done by faith.

I am going to close with the scripture found in 1 John 2:20.

But ye have an unction from the Holy one, and ye know all things.

Love and Blessings to my church family! Praying for you all!

Pastor Candace

Good Afternoon AGC Family!!!

Just posting this blog to encourage you to keep standing on the Word of God. God has created His Word to be used as a tool in our “good fight of faith”. He created His Word for us to have knowledge, wisdom, and revelation to stand against the enemy. The Bible says that the Word of God is a shield and buckler. (Ps. 91)

When you look at a Roman soldier’s armor, you see these two pieces of equipment. Both pieces were used for a specific purpose. The shield was used to protect you - defensive purposes. The Buckler was used as a weapon thrusted forward - offensive purposes. 

In a football game, we have an offensive team and defensive team. The offensive team’s purpose is to score. The defensive team’s purpose is to keep the other team from scoring. This is the same with the Word of God. We can use His word to keep the enemy from “scoring” on us and we can use His Word to “score” things in our life from God and for God.

His Word is our Shield and Buckler! Our faith and confidence in the Word of God, when put to use, is a mighty tool against the enemy. So, get your shield up! Get your buckler up, and move forward in the things God is calling you to do! We are the army of God here on this earth. So, stand strong in God and His Word! Move forward in becoming who you already are in Him.

Praying for you daily.  

Love and Blessings!

Pastor Candace

Dear AGC Family,

I have had several people call and ask if we are having church this morning because some people have been standing against symptoms. Yes! We are going to have church service, but we would like to ask that if you are experiencing any symptoms at all, please stay at home. It is not lack of faith to stay at home! It IS an act of love towards your family and friends not to share the symptoms. 

You can join us online as part of our online church family, and as soon as you are symptom free, we will welcome you with open arms. If you are standing with symptoms, we are praying for you daily as we pray for the whole church family every day. 

Love and Blessings,

Pastors Chip and Candace