This year our ladies hosted the Iowa Fellowship of Regular Baptist churches state ladies retreat. Peggy Walker was the guest speaker. She did a great job encouraging ladies to be content with what God has for their lives. Click on the slide show to left for pictures. Click Here for Testimonies.

A terrible plague has gripped Christianity for many years. It has ruined lives, families, testimonies and churches. It is the plague of mediocrity and it runs rampant today. Mediocrity is living below our potential. It is giving just enough to God to ease our conscience but not enough to produce spiritual transformation.

Give God Your Best (Colossians 3:23)
Whether performing responsibilities at home, at work, at church, or whatever you do, always do your best. Do it “heartily”—with all your heart. Whatever we do, whether it be small or great, easy or difficult, let’s not be guilty of half-hearted effort. We must labor “as to the Lord.” Everything the Christian does has a spiritual significance. Therefore, everything we do is a great opportunity to serve the Lord.

Our Best Brings God’s Best (Jeremiah 29:11-13)
Mediocre efforts yield mediocre results. God is looking for whole-heartedness. He is merciful and gracious and does not ask more of us that He is able to accomplish in and through us. We want great marriages and godly children with little effort. We want transformation, fruitful ministries, and revival with as little effort as possible. Let’s wholeheartedly “present our bodies a living sacrifice.” Then we will experience God’s best in our behalf.

God Gave His Best (John 3:16) God gave Himself to redeem our soul from sin. It was nothing short of the blood of God shed on the cruel cross of Calvary that paid the price for our sin debt. Is He not worthy of our best, of our all? Let’s rise out of mediocrity and reach our fullest potential in Christ for He is worthy!
—copied from Betty Abuhl’s prayer letter Pastor James Gugino, Rochester New York