Embrace

Hello ! it's that time a year in which we celebrate God's loyalty and faithfulness to this incredible ministry. We've all been challenged in one way or another and it might feel odd to 'celebrate' in times like these. However, let's remember that we believe in an all powerful God that prevails and demonstrates his glory in these difficult unprecedented times. His mrecy and grace is worth celebrating. We will be celebrating safely from our home studio and stream it for you all. More info to come as the day approaches so keep your eyes peeled for that! Thank you, we love you, may God bless you!

Congratulations to David and Isaiah who got 1st place in the tallest and best design categories!! You guys knocked it out of the park Thank you to all who joined us yesterday for our Christmas party. We hope you had a blast. God bless you and enjoy the holidays . @ Embrace

"It's starting to look a lot like Christmas" This Saturday at 12pm Embrace is going to have a Christmas party!! We're all so excited to see your faces in person and enjoy quality time with you! Send a DM or a comment if you have any questions

Are y'all ready for some turkey ?? You're invited to our Thanksgiving virtual dinner! 11-25-20 @6:30p

Hello everyone please give a warm welcome to Erika who will be volunteering her time in the ministry!! Hi my name is Erika, I am a single mom to 3 little ones. I love singing, playing piano, and worshiping God. My friend first introduced me to ICC. I started watching online during the pandemic. I was actively praying to find a home church that I can serve at, as I was listening to the worship and Pastor speak I immediately felt like God lead me here. A couple of things happened that also confirmed it, if I believed in coincidences I would say it was one but since I don’t and there were two many to be an accident At embrace I would love to help plan events and sing in worship. Most importantly I can’t wait to get to know everyone and see how I can empower them to do things they couldn’t see them self doing before.

A medium is a person who communicates with spirits and is, literally, an intermediary between the spirit world and ours. The Bible condemns the practice of mediumship, and attempting to speak to the dead, through séances or other means, is expressly forbidden. A medium might only communicate with one spirit called familiars", or the communication may be spread across many different spirits. A medium is not necessarily a witch, wizard, sorcerer, or necromancer, since medium...s believe that their communication with the spirit world is an inherent ability. The prophet Samuel was dead, and King Saul was frustrated that God had ceased telling him what to do through prophets or dreams. So the king, in direct violation of God’s Law and his own previous command, told his men to find a medium who could communicate with Samuel (1 Sam 28:3). This medium and Saul communicated with the dead prophet. There is some question whether or not the medium actually meant to conjure Samuel, as she seems to have been the most surprised at his appearance When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice (v 12). God seems to have allowed Samuel’s conjuring in order to drive home His point to Saul. The prophet’s message to Saul was one of doom (v 1719), and he died the next day. 1st Chr 10:1314 reveals that Saul’s interaction with the medium was an important part of why he was dethroned and his dynasty cut short. It should be noted that the spirit a medium conjures is not the spirit of a deceased person (the case of Samuel speaking to Saul was a rare exception). Jesus’ story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:1831 gives strong evidence that, once a person is dead, his soul remains in either heaven or hell. Thus, the spirits who communicate with mediums are lying spirits (see 1 Kings 22:23) who deceive people into believing their lost loved ones are communicating to them. When grieving parents seek out a medium to put them in touch with their dead child, they don’t realize the spirit who speaks to them is actually a demon pretending to be their child. Any involvement with such practices is strongly warned against in the Bible.