A Heart After God.

Good morning everyone! What a beautiful Saturday is on the way. :) This coming Sunday, I will be ministering at the Ellenville Assembly of God in Ellenville, New York, where Pastor Brenda Cates leads this church. Once again, this was a church that stood by me last year as I battled cancer. Please pray that the Lord will bless and encourage this congregation with the words that I will preach. I really believe that people just need a word of encouragement to continue in their walk with God. I'm reading through 1 Samuel. Saul, the disobedient king of Israel has been rejected by God and now the Lord is telling the prophet Samuel to go anoint another man to become king of Israel. 1 Samuel 16:7 says, "The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." I'm so grateful that the Lord looks beyond the things this world says are important, like beauty and looks, and sees what is really important, a heart that longs to serve Him. May your heart follow hard after God today. Gayle