Christie Stevens
My family has been blessed by this life giving church. I spend personal time with God and when the word comes from Allie and Frankie it is as if they were in my prayer closet with me. I am truly grateful for each and every second I am in the house of the Lord with sisters and brothers who have fallen in Love with Jesus. If you are tired of a form of Godliness without the spirit, come to Celebration Church, it is not church as usual.
David Schanbachler
I just pray in the name of JESUS that someone reads this will know that we serve an awesome GOD. A God that heals, restores and sets people free... I’m a living example of it. The lord keeps amazing me all the time and I can’t thank him enough. He has blessed My wife and I, with this awesome church of friends that is really more like family. I have definitely found out that taking the narrow road is harder but so much more fruitful in the present and future to come. The scripture I stand on is PROVERBS 3:5-6 - TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND DO NOT DEPEND ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, SEEK HIS WILL IN ALL YOU DO AND HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH. NLT
Missy
Is everyone beating their flesh up this week as we individually head off into fasting and prayer with our wonderful Pastor? I was so happy to hear Pastor Frankie say during Sunday’s message that he had decided to fast because I had already purposed in my heart to do the same. I know God wants deeper more intimate time with me. It’s funny how food comes to mind whenever I am reading or speaking the Word. The idea of fasting has been on my mind for a few weeks now and with the start of a new year it seems fitting to use that mental thrust that the thought of a new year brings to push that desire for more into my life, more knowledge of our Lord, more intimacy with Jesus, more love to give and to receive; in a nutshell, more of God. We get into routines and it just comes natural for that set time in the day to cause us to want to grab a bite to eat but with fasting we have to make that decision ahead of time not to bow down to routine but to allow that time that we would have used to feed our flesh to instead feed our Spirit. Today as I was reading the Word, once again my stomach was calling for a bite to eat so I walked to the kitchen as routine hit me, then, all of a sudden, the image of Pastor Frankie digging his heels into the platform and squeezing his fists in mid air with wrinkled face and squatted knee came to my thoughts. The Holy Spirit used this image to speak a continuance into my soul. He says, “Don’t give up! Just continue.” Thank you, Pastor Frankie, for humbling yourself in a way that allows you to interpret God’s message through theatrical expressions.
Mrs. Vega
Pastor Frankie,
I was truly blessed to visit your church this past Sunday. I was greated so warmly by some church members and your staff. I had the pleasure of meeting the Guajardo Pastoral Team and they were incredibly informative and welcoming. I was also blessed by the testimony of the couple who was struck by a tragedy only to realize that this would be God’s platform to use them. Lastly the sermon you delievered struck a cord with my sprit and the worship was outstanding. What I appreciated the most was your apparent desire to want to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit and your intense intercession before presenting preaching God’s word. Keep relying on HIS strength. I would love to come back with my family. Continue to remain humble and show yourself approved. Thanks for all you do for our community. May the Lord continue to bless you and prosper you, your family and your church! Hope to visit again soon.
Carola
Pastor Frankie,
Praise God for your church and church family.
Thank you father God for the covering our family got during our stay in Houston. Thank you for the blessings, thank you for the hunger for more, thank you for helping me to start picking up the broken pieces of the broken heart so I can give it to my Savior. Thank you for learning me that it is a process, thank you for the freedom and peace to worship my King of King and Lord of Lords at your sermons.
"As for me and my house we will serve the Lord"
Thank you God for blessing this special church and church family and of course the leadership. May God direct your path from glory to glory.
I am listening to your sermons once in a while online and I am so pleased to hear Pastor Frankie being an humble servant and letting the Holy Spirit use him to show us that God has a hilarious good humor.
Hope to have the opportunity to come for a visit to Houston some time next year and see your beutiful church and worship our mighty King together with the family :)
Big love, the Loefholm family
Gary Bentsen
2 Corinthians 3:2 Your lives are a letter written in our hearts and everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you.
Pastor Frankie,
Thanks for sharing at the Christmas banquet about how we are creating moments each time we gather together. That was really a special word I’ll keep in my heart.
Gary Bentsen
DeWayne I.
You’re Still Here
"He calms the storm, So that its waves are still. Psalms 107:29
Have you ever said or thought it can’t get any worse? Then something else happens and it is worse. I am sure all of us have experienced these times sometime in our lives.
These storms or events in our lives often times leave problems for us to deal with long after the storms have passed. Just like the hurricane we all experienced last year. The storm came and passed, however the devastation remained long after the storm. The footprints left by the storm sometimes take a long time to go away.
I don’t know what the name of your storm is. It could be a broken relationship, or cancer, or divorce, or even a unexpected job loss.
When the hurricans or storms come, you have to remember one very important fact:
You are still here!!!
Satan may have tried to take you out. You may be in a weakened state, but you’re still here!
Remember when we are weak, He is made strong.
Hope this encourages you today.
Serving His Kingdom,
DeWayne I.
Brandon D.
Pastor Frankie,
WOW!!! I visited Celebration Church during the weekend of 10-10-09 and I must say that I was honored to be there. I really didn’t know what to expect but when the worship team began to edify the Almighty One, I began to feel a release of worship that I haven’t felt in a long time. I’ve been dealing with so much "Spiritual Frustration" for a long time and when the worship team began to sing "Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place" I just lost it. I haven’t felt that free to worship and just cry my heart out like that in an extremely long time. I definately look forward to visiting Celebration Church next time I am down in the area. I also look forward to listening to all the pod/web-casts that are on the site. I’ve listened to your past sermons all week and have been so encouraged.
Thank you for following your heart. I’ll continue to keep you, Allie and all of Celebration church in my prayers...
Until Next Time - The Best Is Yet To Come:
God Bless,
Brandon Daniels
Jeannie Hernandez
Pastor Frankie,
Your recent messages have really hit home. Reminds me of the way your series "Hell Bait" impacted my life. Practical, real stuff! "Exposing the enemy and his traps" kind of stuff!! I am putting the back of my business cards to good use taking notes! LOL NOTE TO SELF: Remember to bring a notepad!
I often think back to the first time i visited Spirit Filled Celebration Church. I specifically remember thinking to myself, "If you bill your church "Spirit Filled" then the Holy Ghost is bound to show up!" I certainly was not disappointed! Our church was like an oasis in a desert to me. :) And anyone that knows me...surely knows my love for the Holy Spirit. Thank you for your obedience and boldness!
I love you and Allie! You are both such a blessing to me.
Radically Saved, ;)
Jeannie
David McCreight
Wow, what a wonderful service this morning. Practicing the Presence of God! My Family and I have recently moved to the Woodlands area, and We tried a few other churchs and think we have found a home at the Celebration Church. It is so refreshing to find in pastors a freshness and transparency that is so lacking in churches today. I have been tired for a while now of all the masks that us Christians wear in front of one another. It kills us spiritually, I want honesty and Truth. Not people who dress up the outside and leave the inside full of dead mens bones. Thank you guys for being so friendly and helpful today. I look forward to many more encounters with one another, and many new friendships that grow into the body of the Almighty God.
Does Satan know an individuals future?
Obviously, Satan is very aware of the prophecies in the Word of God regarding his own future and the future of the Kingdom of God. However, I am not aware of any scriptures that would led me to believe that Satan knows an individuals future. If he did, he would have never crucified Christ because it was that event that shed the blood for us to be saved. Another place where Satan guessed wrong was when he told the Lord, "if you lift the hedge from around Job, he will disown you!". (Job 1:9 - 12) Job didn’t.
We must keep in mind that Satan has been observing human behavior for centuries. He knows the scriptures very well. Over time he has become very intuitive. He knows the kind of lifestyles God rewards. He is able to recognize when a persons life is on the verge of being converted and is able to recognize private practices of a person that can cause them to be closer to God, thus he intensity’s his attack when either of those events are building momentum. Satan knows the domino effect that could take place when he looses one soul to the Lord. The venom of his hatred toward humans is not partial. He desires that all of us would die first spiritually, then physically as quickly as possible.
I hope this helps you.
In His grip,
Pastor Frankie
Pastor Frankie
It’s 1:01 AM and I am thanking the Lord for the favor He is giving Celebration. Our Grand Opening service this morning was a service that I will never forget.
In His Grip,
Pastor Frankie
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