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To all of our His Church Friends and Partners,
I pray your week has been filled with the blessings and presence of God. As good as this week has been, I am already looking forward to Sunday, and the continuation of our series, "God Is..." I hope to see you there...don't forget, INVITE SOMEONE! :-)
NEW: Be sure to check out "This Week's Extra" each week in our newsletter.
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 An Evening with Shane and Shane- North Monroe Baptist Church is hosting a concert starring Shane and Shane--- it will be one great evening of celebration, encouragement, and worship. The concert is Saturday, March 6 @ 7:00 p.m. (doors open @ 6:00 p.m.) Tickets are $10. Visit www.shaneandshane.com or click here for more details.
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 Spare Change for Life- We are filling baby bottles with spare change as a way to support Life Choices pregnancy resource center. Though we may continue to support Life Choices as an ongoing ministry, we are collecting the bottles filled with change on Sunday, March 21. So, fill your bottles and bring them on that Sunday. If you haven't received a bottle yet, but would like one, let us know. We do have extras and can get more. Contact us or Mrs. Debbie Hutto for more info. (You may also check out LifeChoicesofMonroe.com)
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 4th Annual CR in the Park- Come celebrate "Unity in the Community" with Celebrate Recovery Sunday, April 18 @ 2:00 p.m. His Church will be supporting and volunteering at this event. There will be food and fun activities including a dunking booth, jumpers, horse shoes, softball, and much more!
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Devotion: Right now there's a health care summit taking place in Washington D.C. in which our country's leaders are seeking to reform/overhaul our nation's health care. The hope is that we may be able to fix "broken" parts of our health care system in such a way that all Americans will be able afford to be live long, healthy, productive lives.
Though I don't have much a voice in that debate, I do have a "prescription" that will allow us to add energy and vitality to our spiritual lives:
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom
teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God." (Colossians 3:16)
Ready for a spiritual health care overhaul? Try these few steps:
1. Let God's Word richly dwell in you. Read it. Meditate on it. Memorize. Study it. Pray it. Live it. It will transform you. In fact, it's got a guarantee that it will not be unproductive. (Isaiah 55:11)
 2. Teach and encourage one another. Compliment each other. Build each other up. Hug, "high five," and give pats on the back. After all, it's by our love for one another that the world knows we are Christ's.(John 13:35)
3. Sing songs of praise and adoration with thanksgiving in your hearts. As the old hymn says, "count your blessings." Be appreciative. Look for the good in things. Tell God (and others), "thank you."
I'm no health care expert, but I submit to you these 3 steps are a healthy prescription that will help you have life and life more abundantly.
May your days be better and your smiles be brighter...
I love you all and can barely wait to see you Sunday!
On the Journey Together,
Justin Winstead, Lead Pastor
P.S. Everyone is invited to our Sunday morning worship services. They're in the BCM at ULM and begin each week at 10:00 am (arrive early for coffee and doughnuts/muffins). Childcare provided. See ya there!
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