Be Strong in the Lord!
In the autumn in Scotland, you begin to feel the anxiety of shorter days, worse weather, etc. God put on my heart to preach a message to encourage our church in the source of our strength. We took Paul's Word's to Timothy, "Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus" and considered our connection to Christ. (Empowered Living.) There was a great spirit after the service and we enjoyed some sweet fellowship after church.
It was a blessing to have a young man (Blake) and his sister with us this morning. Blake attended our church as a student at Napier University. He is now a steward with United Airlines and visits us as often as he can. He was with us about 6 weeks ago. :) He's a blessing and we appreciate His love for us, our church and the Lord.
The week went well. As far as evangelism, I did street preaching on Monday and put out leafletts on Wednesday. On Tuesday and Wednesday I was at church as a beautiful carpet was installed at our church. Katie and I also designed a kitchen and placed that order for the church. A mission team will be with us later in October to help with the installation. We praise God for His provision for our continued building works. Please pray for wisdom as we also had a door/ window installer out this week as well as a heating engineer. We are seeking to make good use of the resources God has given to us as we modernise the property.
On Friday we had a youth activity. All the teens really enjoyed it and it was a blessing to add a teen to our group.
Tomorrow, a supporting church Pastor, Jim Appel, arrives with his wife, Cate, and son, Timothy. Please pray for God's plan for our days as we do evangelism, church work, and introduce them to our area. Thanks for praying.
