It's our Anniversary!!!!

Today is our anniversary!! Marge and I got married 5 years ago at the Cabrillo Marina in San Pedro. We met while leading the singles in the Peninsula Sector, and at that time, we had no idea how God would use our lives to serve Him. I am even more in love with her today than the day we got married. Marge is an incredible woman of God that I am so thankful for. Thank you, Marge, for all that you do to love me, love the ministry, and most of all, love God! I couldn't do it without you!!

Our theme for our 6th year is "Faith". We are praying for faith to grow to the next level and for the ministry here in the GLB to flourish. We don't know what the Lord will do with our lives from here, but one thing we are determined to do, is to put it all in HIS hands.

Outdoor Regional Singles Midweek

Last Regional Singles Midweek was incredible. The power went out on the whole block of the Chinese Church where we usually meet so everyone drove down to Cerritos Park to worship there. Joel Landi preached the word and showed us all through the Bible that God wants each of us to find out what our God given gifts are and use it. He inspired all of us to use what God has given us to glorify Him. Marge and I are fired up to have the Landi's here as partners in the Gospel. We have so much to learn from them!
Not only was the lesson great, but the fellowship was awesome!! Some disciples went down to the water to pray and the rest stuck around to fellowship - no one wanted to leave!
I just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the GLB Singles ministry. Thank you so much for all of your love and hearts to serve God. You guys bring so much joy to Marge and I. We love you with all of our hearts and believe in this ministry a ton. Thank you also for helping us to believe again that God will do miracles through our lives. The singles ministry is the place to be!!!!!!!!

Dedicated to the Re-Building of the (GLB) Wall

The other night, my d-group had a discussion about Nehemiah and the rebuilding of the wall. We all discovered that there are many simularities to the story of Nehemiah and what has happened here in our ministry. At the end of the discussion, each person committed to the rebuilding of the GLB Singles wall. Here the notes of what I shared that night:

Nehemiah 1:3-4
Nehemiah heard of a problem – the wall of Jerusalem had been broken down.
He wept, mourned, fasted and prayed.

Seeing the distruction stirred his heart to action!

Nehemiah 2:2 ½ -3
He was afraid but asked anyways because he knew that God was calling him.
So he asked and the King let him go.

Nehemiah 2:11-20
Nehemiah when around to all the different parts of the wall to see the damage and then reported to the people what he saw.
The peoples response was “Let’s start building”
These people, I am sure, already know of the problems – this was not new news.
The amazing thing was Nehemiah did not have to look far for the people to help him – the people that he needed were already in place – they just needed a dream implanted in their hearts.
Even opposition could not stop them – they just said that God will bring them success.
They really believed this!!!!

Chapter 3

Each person was given a part of the wall that was his responsibility.
It kept on saying “next to him” was _______ and next to him was _________.
The wall would be built by everyone taking a responsibility for their section of the wall.
This was the plan that God would bless!!

Nehemiah 4:1-6
More opposition came so the people prayed to “turn their insults back on their own heads”
They again put their trust in God.
And in vs 6 the people were still working with all of their hearts.

Nehemiah 4:7-12
Now the opposition started to affect them and for the first time there started doubting.

They claimed that the laborers started giving out and they started to believe that the wall could not be rebuilt.

Our perspective is what will make the difference!

Its all about our perspective. Negativity and doubting = no faith!

Nehemiah 4:13-23
Nehemiah pulled (vs 14) everyone in to meet to regroup, reenergize, reunify and rethink through the plan.
Vs 14) He told them:
“Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
They came up with a new plan and from that day on, they carried it out. ½ the people would work while the other half would guard.
When the trumpet would sound, they would all join there to fight – but really believing that God would be the one fighting.
So they worked with all they had, so much as to never even change their clothes or shower.
They were dedicated to continue the rebuilding!!!!

· We must regroup, re-energize, reunify and rethink the plan.
· We must remember the Lord, who is great and awesome and fight for our brothers and sisters!!!!!
· We must get back to everyone being responsible for their part of the wall
· We must rededicate ourselves to the rebuilding of the wall!!!!!

Welcome to the GLB Singles blog!!

I would like to welcome you to the first posting of the GLB Singles Ministry blog. The purpose of this blog will be to keep everyone up to date on the great things that God is doing in our lives as well as an avenue to document my thoughts, lessons, stories and other things.

God has done incredible things in our ministry!! It has just passed the year mark that Marge and I were asked to lead the GLB Singles Ministry. In that year, God has shown us more than we could ever ask or imagine. We have seen so many people grow in their faith and love for God. The 4 not-so-small groups that we started out with have now turned into 8 small groups with many new leaders raising up and listening to Gods call. We also now have small groups in the downtown Long Beach area that we kicked off with our "777 Day" where everyone came together to evangelize downtown for an entire day. It was an event that we will remember for ever.

God has also brought to us much fruit!!! 7 baptisms and 1 restoration!!!! Here are the pictures of our new brothers and sisters so that we can be reminded of God's power:








Let's all keep praying! And please stay tuned to this blog to see what else God is doing in the GLB!
Love you all,
Mike Gross