First off, please forgive me for my coughing/snorting/wheezing fit yesterday morning. That had to be pretty disgusting to listen to over the speakers. Thanks to Mrs. Fite for coming to my rescue with the four year-old lozenge, and to Ron with the minty drink, and to Michelle and the slower Jake with the Kleenex. Those seemed to do the trick!
Otherwise, it was a great day and so good to be together. I was ‘specially blessed by Josh Mak’s sharing following the message. He is such a humble young man, and so earnest about being a great witness to his fellow airmen. Ana Marcu introduced you to exchange student and fellow worship leader (weren’t the lyrics encouraging yesterday?) Eveling Garcia; today Eveling (from Nicaragua) is featured on the front page of the Mail Tribune (she is pictured with Susan Marcu, above). You might be able to see the article here:
I hope you will continue to remember persecuted Christians in your prayers: find their stories here:
That’s the Voice of the Martyrs website, where you can subscribe to their monthly magazine for free. If you inadvertently go to www.persecution.org, I think is also a good site, founded by a guy from Campus Crusade.
I also mentioned the very exceedingly excellent Christian news magazine, World (www.worldmag.com). I wish everyone in our church who takes in any news – whether from the web, tv, radio, wherever – would support these people and subscribe. I think it’s $49 bucks a year, which is a smokin’ deal given what you get. Will you agree with everything you read in it? Not a chance. But it will get you and your family thinking about things from an-all important Godly worldview. That, to me, is one very practical application of Romans 12:2:
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. (The New Living Translation, obviously…)
Thanks for bringing in all those shoeboxes! Let’s ask the Lord to turn them into gospel-delivery packages for the children who receive them. And don’t forget to fill those coin boxes with money to support Sam and Millie’s work in Zimbabwe. Two awesome opportunities to display the gospel in hands-on ways.
Miss yesterday’s bulletin? Don’t forget you can always find a copy at www.bearcreekchurch.org. Just click on “About our church” and then on “Recent bulletins.”
Remember that if anyone asks you about your church, you can share something with them and then if they want to know more you can point them to these resources: www.bearcreekchurch.org, www.bearcreekchurchpastors.blogspot.com, www.pastordale.com, and to “bearcreekchurchtv” at youtube.com.
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Well, that’s all for now, though I know I’m forgetting something. Hope you have a blessed week, and don’t forget that – according to Romans 11 – we are the humbled recipients of God’s grace, so we have a lot to be thankful for.
-Pastor Dale
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