We had a good Sunday yesterday. Our attendance on Zoom was pretty good in in the morning. Sunday night was interesting as our oldest person in the congregation was in their early 20's. :) It felt a bit like a youth ministry night, but I preached a message on GIVING BY GRACE from 2 Corinthians 8:1-9. I told them that I'd rather preach to young people than old people (no offence) as young people have their whole life in front of them. Please pray that our young people would learn to grace give as it will be one of the greatest sources of blessing (spiritually and financially) to their lives.

I have two really big prayer requests for good friends who are ministering in Scotland.

1) Don and Chris Dillman are heading to the States to attend Don's father's funeral. Please pray for Don as he preaches the funeral on 2 December.

2) Jon and Terri Gleason - who have served the Lord here as Tent Makers for 26 years, have a major medical prayer request. Terri went into the emergency room on Tuesday night. On Thursday they diagnosed a brain tumor. The Gleasons still have one of their 6 children at home. Please pray for God's intervention, provision and amazing grace for them. The Gleasons had just resigned their church ministry to head back to the States to care for Terri's parents. Please pray for wisdom for all the decisions before them.

God has helped us to accomplish much this week in anticipation of a little down time to celebrate Thanksgiving. I put out flyers Monday morning and this morning. The weather has been much more agreeable this week in the AM when I'm out with flyers. Yesterday Katie was able to help a family affected by the fire. They were able to get back into their flat and collect some of their things. Please pray for these families as they lost many things as well as their homes.

For our midweek service tomorrow night, I'm going to switch from our study of Hebrews to a message on praising God. Sadly, our normal Thanksgiving Praise service can't happen over zoom. But, I'm looking forward to God's blessing on our time together. 

We wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. Praise God for His great goodness to all of us!

We enjoyed a great Lord's day and saw good attendance on Zoom and at church this evening. It was a blessing to have a couple ladies out this evening whom we had not seen in a while. We also had a first time child come with her older sister who used to attend frequently. Both are planning to return next Sunday. 

Covid restrictions did impact our attendance tonight. However, we praise the Lord that we are not in a full lockdown.

I preached this evening a message entitled, Total Triumph, (Audio link as Video is still processing online) from the story of a battle between Israel and Judah as recorded in 2 Chronicles 13. It's a great picture of believers standing with God against an ungodly world who is God forsaken. It was a simple two point message. 1. Get off the side of unbelief. 2. Get on the side of faith.

The Lord gave us a good meetings today. Thank you for praying.

It's Scotland, so windy and wet is generally to be expected. Of our 4 Sunday in person services since our return, 3 have been rain events as we load and unload. It has definitely been wet and windy this week. I was able to put flyers out on Monday in my home area. Yesterday morning I was rained out. I was able to get out this morning for just over an hour before getting rained out. (I love weather and so Scotland weather does not disappoint me.)

God did give me a wonderful divine appointment this morning. I was able to speak with an older woman and share the Gospel with her. The encouragement came when I remembered a conversation I had this past year at the same house with her adult son. Please pray for God's blessing on His Word at that address. He is obviously at work there.

Thanks for praying for God's working in our area.

God gave us an exciting night as we had two visitors last night. Please pray for the man who attended who is a good friend of our church treasurer. He recently found out that he has terminal cancer. A couple weeks ago he prayed to ask Jesus into his heart. Please pray for his health physically and growth spiritually. Please pray for grace for his wife and their family as well.

Our church children did much better last night in being under control. This is an answer to prayer as we want them to be able to have fun and learn the Bible. Please pray for them as several need to be saved.

I enjoyed preaching a message last night on "God's House" from 2 Chronicles 7:1-11. That text is what happened after Solomon dedicated the temple. It is what we desire God to do  in our church. ie - His manifest presence, His glory to be seen, our hearts to be stirred, our service to be given, a place well congregated and a place of refreshment. 

Thank you for praying for God's work in our church and ministry area.

Thank you for praying for Kay Lee's driver's test. She passed and is thrilled to have her driver's license. Thank you as well for praying for the day of prayer. It was a rich blessing to the men who attended. These guys are dear friends, made dearer by our time spent together in prayer. It's amazing how unifying prayer can be.

I was able to get out with flyers today with Pastor Don Dillman in Livingston, Scotland. It was great to catch up with one another as we put out Gospel flyers in his ministry area.

Our work week is busier this week. I've got a day of prayer tomorrow with three other missionary men. Kay Lee also has her driver's test tomorrow.... We've gotten a good start on the week. I was able to get out with flyers this morning. I didn't have any conversations, but put out 150 or so flyers.

God did give me a divine appointment yesterday with a man who has a Bible name. The Christian heritage of Scotland is evident when you consider all of the Bible names here. 

Also, a ten year old girl accepted Jesus as her Saviour last night. My daughter and I were dropping her back home and it was obvious that she was ready to trust Christ. Please pray for her as she grows in the Lord.

Our service was well attended last night and God gave us a great time together. I preached a message on Psalm 2, Observing God's Vote. It's awesome to look at  a 3,000 year old prophecy and to see it coming true before our very eyes. Praise God His Son will reign and the rebellion of this world against his authority is in vain.

Thanks for praying and following along.

Zoom has been a blessing to our church family. I'm thankful that our church has been pretty faithful to these meetings. We are currently studying Proverbs in our 11:00 AM service. Sunday School is a study of Romans at 5:00 PM and tonight I'm preaching from Psalm 2.

We are currently not in lockdown in Scotland. That could change, but we are hopeful that the government will continue with their current management program (tier system.) 

I was able to book our special dates of Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Please pray for wisdom for us as we plan these special events. We usually have a Carol Sing Service on Christmas Eve and a Family Film Night on New Year's Eve.

Thank you for praying for our minisry. We had a great start to our day.

It was a blessing on Sunday evening to have 3 children present from the flats which had the fire. Yesterday afternoon Benson and I helped one of those families move into their new home. We praise God for how well He has provided for each family. Please pray for each one as they get settled into their new property.

This morning I was able to get out with flyers. I put flyers through two new housing schemes in Loanhead. Many of the homes this morning were new builds and it is possible they had never received any of our church literature before. Please pray for God to bless His Word to their hearts and that they would be encouraged to watch some of the Gospel videos from The Journey.

It was great to see a lot of kids in church tonight. Katie collected 7 children from 5 different families this evening and brought them to church. The kids had great enthusiasm. One young lady said she's going to start coming again. Please pray for these children that they won't let anything take them away from church. Please also pray for their salvation.

I don't think I've mentioned that we are trying to do Facebook Live. I don't think we've been successful yet. The video uploaded but I think the signal was intermittent. I'm going to see if I can boos the signal with a booster which we purchased. I'd appreciate your prayers for wisdom how to get it sorted.

I enjoyed preaching a message from Matthew 21:1-11, Donkeys for Jesus. Jesus gave a humble commission to a couple of his disciples and it was to get get a donkey for Him. I enjoyed studying the passage and sharing it with our chruch this evening. Here is an audio link if you're interested in listening in. The video from this evening is still uploadining to sermon audio.

Lord willing, I and 3 or 4 other men will meet for prayer in Blair Atholl on 10 November for a day of prayer. (Englad is going into a one month lockdown this Thursday. However, Scotland is not yet in lockdown.) Please pray for the power of God upon that prayer meeting. Thanks for following along and praying!