Thank you for praying for our extra DIY project. God blessed with wisdom, finances, weather, strength, motivation and all the blocks are now in. Everyone in our family worked very hard on this project.We just need to fill some with gravel and put in some top soil. Thank you for your prayers.

The flyer went out Tuesday and Wednesday into Loanhead. I'm praying God will really use this flyer as a wake up call to unbelievers. The Church of Scotland (General Assembly) just voted to allow same sex couples to marry in church. We live in a very wicked day and need the power of God. Please pray for an outpouring of God's Spirit.

For those who are unaware, Scotland has a devolved government. We are part of the United Kingdom and have MP's (Members of Parliament) at Westminster in London. We also have MSP's (Members of Scottish Parliament) in Edinburgh.

This morning I went to Holyrood (the Scottish Parliament building) and hand delivered 200 flyers (Open Letter to the Government) for the MSP's. It was kind of fun. I got to go in an entrance where a member of security unlocked and locked three gates. They scanned the flyers and set them with hand delivered mail. Please pray for God to work in the hearts of the parliamentarians. They "make the rules." And they are making many that are closing the door on religious liberties.

Please pray for wisdom as I seek to get the flyer into the hands of MP's (Members of Parliament, Westminster) as well. I don't believe they are ignorant that God's Word is against their position. They may be ignorant as to how clearly it is against their position.

I handed out the flyer as well for an hour and had a witnessing opportunity with Pedro. Please pray that he will visit the church in Aberdeen which I recommended. He did not promise he would. But, he had me write down the name of the pastor and my name in case he stopped in.

Thanks for praying. We need the power of God.

We enjoyed a good time in the house of God this morning. A family who recently immigrated came and visited. The little daughter and the grand had come previously. It was good to have all of them with us this morning.

I preached part 2 of a message on, "Keep Your Head Up" in the Christian race. (Hebrews 11:1-3) If everyone ran like Christ we would have incredible churches with incredible power. Please pray for revival and obedience to the direction of God. God has a plan and we need to participate.

God's good, whether we have visitors and good attendance or not. He has a plan for our church and we appreciate your prayers for His work at Free Baptist Church.

I was able to also get out Tuesday and today putting out flyers. I think I have done around 600 homes this week. I had one good divine appointment yesterday with a woman from the area of the current conflict in Europe. She made herself available to translate if needed for our Ukrainian guests. I'm hoping God will use this connection to benefit her spiritually. I left a John and Romans with her.

We now have an arrival date for Evelena and Mark. They have booked tickets and should be with us in two and a half weeks. Please pray for grace for them as they leave Ukraine and for Evelena's husband, Constantine. We have applied for a visa for him as well. 

My plan was to start getting the new flyer out this morning, but it was raining heavily at times. I ran my four miles this morning anyway and got drenched on the last two. :) So, I waited until late morning and was able to get out after 11. I was able to put out around 300 flyers. Please pray that God will bless this flyer to men's hearts. I only had brief conversations this morning.

One was with a man who attended our church for a few months several years ago. He has lived a life of addiction and though he professed faith in Christ there is no evidence. I greeted him and he said, "Is this you still putting out the leafletts?" I confirmed his suspicion and he said, "You are wasting your time." I said, "I'm not wasting my time as long as there is a God in Heaven who loves sinners." I prayed as I walked away for God to put Him in his right mind. I'd love to see His life transformed by the God of the Gospel. 

God blessed us with a first time attender this morning. She is the little friend of a family in our church. It was great to have her (8) come. She really enjoyed it and wants to come again.

The theme of today seems to be facing opposition in the will of God. In Sunday School we considered how David ran to the Lord in time of difficulty. In the morning service I preached part 1 of Keep Looking UP from Hebrews 12:1-3,  a message on running our race. I ran out of time and decided to finish this sermon next Sunday. Tonight in our study of Proverbs we have some strong teaching about the adversity we will face in the will of God.

Please pray that God will use these messages to encourage us as we take a strong stand for truth. Lord willing, the new flyer, "Open Letter to Government" will begin to go out." I am struck more and more by the animosity towards those who hold traditional and Biblical positions about modern controversies. 

Our facebook advertisement on the open letter has generated some difficult feedback. I know that we will likewise receive negative feedback despite the gracious tone of the open letter.

This morning I wrote down some thoughts about that,...

"It's a sad day in a Christian nation when a church is accused of believing the Bible and that their belief in God's Word is described as being hateful and offensive."

"If a church is not following God's Word, who's word are they following? If they aren't beliving God's Word, who's word are they believing? If they are not preaching God's Word, who's word are they preaching?"

The feedback is visible on our facebook page for those with access to facebook. I'm leaving up anything that does not have profanity to allow truth to be brought into clearer light.  Please pray for the power of God to convict - and save lives that will be killed through abortion - save young people from lifestyle choices that will ruin their lives - save families from sin that will destroy their union - save souls from an eternal Hell to which they do not believe they are going.

This has been a very busy week. We enjoyed hosting a pastor's fellowship on Tuesday night with Layton Kelly as a speaker. We didn't have record attendance. However, we had what God has always given, a wonderfully refreshing time. It was good to be together and to be encouraged by brother Kelly's testimony and preaching.

On the home front, we've got a big project. We are replacing a rotten retaining wall (railway sleepers) with a block wall. In total it is over 100 feet long and about 2 feet high. I've ordered 17000 pounds worth of block (330 of them in total.) We've also got 11 bulk bags of rock, sand and soil. Your prayers are much appreciated as we take on a big landscaping project. :)

God gave us a fun divine appointment this morning as we met a young couple who are born again. They live very close to our church but attend another Gospel ministry. They hope to get together with us in the near future. They were aware of us as they found us online during the pandemic and had read through our doctrinal statement with appreciation. They had seen some of the journey vides we did during lockdown.

We also witnessed to two women this morning. Please pray that God will work in these hearts. It's amazing how much God loves people. He reached out to them through us this morning and we want to be faithful to reach out again as needed.

God's good. Thanks for praying.

God gave us a good morning. We missed some who were away, but still had fair attendance. The weather has been beautiful lately and that has been refreshing. I preached this morning a topical message, "Steadfast for Truth" and shared the, "Open Letter to Government" with our church. I've already received some of the flyers (10,000 total), but the rest will be delivered here early next week. Please pray for God's blessing as we put these out.

This Tuesday our church is hosting a pastor's fellowship. The speaker is Layton Kelly who leads, "New Hope Residential Centre" in Ireland. Layton is going to share his testimony and let us know about their ministry to the addicted. Our church has supported Layton's family for 9 or 10 years. He was our first missionary. He'll fly in just after noon on Wednesday and depart later that night, but it will be good to catch up. We'd appreciate your prayers for the ministers and their families on this special day.

I love times in ministry where God reveals his hand. He did that this morning and I hope you can see it. The politician to whom I wrote the PS which I have now made into the, "Open Letter to Government" was re-elected by a very small margin. The results came in yesterday.

We knocked on doors this morning in a new area just a few hundred meters from our church location. We only spoke with two people as most were not home and then the rain set in. Imagine our surprise as the politician mentioned above opened the door to their home. I didn't realise they had moved from a village a few miles away. 

Now, to show the hand of God, we are currently in an evangelistic outreach right now because of an email I sent to this politician. We have printed 10k flyers. I'm preaching on the open letter this Sunday. And God had me knock on this politician's door this morning. Can you see the hand of God in that?

Please pray for the power of God upon this open letter. We had an unusual prayer meeting on Wednesday night. Instead of preaching my class went to prayer. We finished at 9:00 PM having spent over an hour and a half in prayer. Please pray with us for the power of God. A church building is secondary. Our primary desire is to see the power of God open the hearts of people in our community.

Link to the open letter on our church website.

I preached last Wednesday and Sunday with a significant chest cold. So, I'm taking it easy this week and am not doing my regular outreach with flyers. However, I wrote a new flyer this morning and am working on prepping it for printing. I've also done a couple facebook advertisements. One is the message I preached this past Sunday which was a clear Gospel message. The second advert has to do with the new flyer, "Open Letter to Government." (Full letter and explanation here.) Please pray that Facebook will allow it to be promoted. It is currently under review.

I'll put the flyer below The flyer is a result of responding to a friend of mine in local government with a Post Script on issues which are hot buttons that the Government is pushing against God. I believe it is time for Christians to be outspoken about God's truth or we will be censured before we can take a stand.

Please pray for the power of God upon this effort. We need to challenge the ungodliness or the sad day is which we live or it will only get worse. God has awakened men before and God can do so again. Please pray for people who read this to humble their heart and say, "God you are right, I am wrong, please forgive me."

If you want to help with this wee effort and you are on facebook, please like/share the Gospel sermon post and the letter link post. The letter link is obvious. The Gospel sermon is the one that says, "No one can listen to this message and walk away without knowing HOW to be saved from Hell and on their way to Heaven. Why not trade one hour of physical life for open access to eternal life?"

Thank you for your prayers which avail much.