Unseen Needs

By Pastor Brad Heintz

hen you drive around our community you see a lot of things. New roads, new buildings, busy places and active neighborhoods. There are also a lot of unseen needs in our community which maybe hidden behind the cars we drive, the houses we live in, the clothes we wear.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a need as a “physiological or psychological requirement for the wellbeing of an organism” In other words, a need is something that you can't be okay without. This can range from food and water to human contact and connection. Over the last few years, we have learned what we can and can’t be okay without. The needs of care, connection, and community are evident and essential for a good quality of life. They are also something that God cares about dearly.

Jesus said, John 6:35—I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty (John 6:35). Philippians 4:18 states, “My God will meet all your needs, according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”

WWhen each of us receives our unseen needs met by God, we can then let that over flow to others. Just think if we each do that, we could saturate our community with His love. God’s Word defines love as a self-sacrificial action for the benefit of another. How do we show love and saturate our community? One selfless action at time. That is why living Word Church has built a new church home and community center. We are praying it is a place for people to experience and from which people can share God’s love. We would love for you to join us in saturating our community with God’s love, meeting one unseen need at time.

Pastor Brad Heintz is the founding pastor of Living Word Church in Taylor Lake Village, Texas, a vibrant family-style, non-denominational gathering of believers www.LWCBA.org

Grand Opening of Living Word’s New Church Home and Community Center

FRIDAY, July 28 + HOMECOMING

6:30pm Ribbon Cutting 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Service

SATURDAY, July 29 + OPEN HOUSE 10:00am-2:00pm Tours, Activities, Food & Fun!

SUNDAY, JULY 30 + DEDICATION SUNDAY

9:30am Blessed & Highly Flavored Social (Coffee & Lite Bites) 10:30am Worship Celebration

WEEKEND SERVE EVENT: School Supplies

Living Word Church & Community Center 1111 Kirby Blvd. Taylor Lake Village, TX 77586 281-532-9000 www.LWCBA.org

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By Capt. David C. Dillman galvestonbaycharterfishing.com

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Most of you may or may not know that I write a daily column for the Galveston County Daily News called the Reel Report. I'm now going into my third year of writing this column and have not missed a day. Someone asked me a few weeks ago,"How do you come up with a subject to write about everyday?" I pondered this question for a bit and replied, "At times, I depend upon the Holy Spirit." This article is one of those instances where I sought his advice and, as always, He gave me the answer.

It's always difficult when one tires to judge the fishing in Galveston Bay. With over six hundred square miles of water, yes I said "six hundred square miles of water," someone, somewhere in the bay is catching fish, regardless of the weather. The second half of May through the first two weeks of June, the weather and the wind provided the angler with some of the best water conditions we've seen in a long time. This also made for some excellent fish catching opportunities in the bay system. For me personally, my groups have been landing speckled trout and a mix of redfish. I've even had the chance to put them on a number of large bull reds, over twenty pounds, by chasing open water schools of these fish. There's no mistaken when you find them because these schools consist of over hundreds of fish, with many of them churning up the water on top while chasing the bait fish and shrimp their feeding on. We don't keep any of these big fish, but they do make for some great photographs.