United Church of God

Letter From Mike Joseph - February 8, 2019

Letter From Mike Joseph

February 8, 2019

Good Sabbath to Everyone,

This past week meetings were held to continue working out the locations and operation plans for keeping the Feast of Tabernacles 2019. The FOT is a familiar but always exciting commanded assembly each year as we remember it is God's feast ( Leviticus 23: 1-2) that He has personally invited us to attend.

DEUTERONOMY 16: 11 - you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.

Each year the Festival Coordinators put in a lot of prayer and time to find the best, least expensive place to hold the feast. What Barb and I remember the most from whichever feast sight we attended was the messages that really helped us in our understanding of Gods plan for our future. The fellowship opportunities at the feast are like no other all year long. God provides beautiful areas all around the world for His people to come together and keep His feast. We can keep the heartfelt memories that come with every feast in pictures and in our minds for a lifetime. It won't be too many weeks before we take the Passover once again followed by the Spring Holy Days. We can begin getting ourselves spiritually ready to accept God's invitation to join Him in coming together as His children to keep the Passover and the Spring Holy Days. Although it might be a little early to begin talking about where we will attend the FOT,  it never gets boring thinking about it.

Have a joyful Sabbath,

Mike