Wow - another week beginning.
I feel like I just turned around and another Sunday is here. This past week went incredibly fast. I put out literature on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday was a study day and ministry night. Thursday, I flew to Ireland and enjoyed fellowship and prayer. Brother Les Hill had two missionaries join us in the morning and three joining us for an afternoon prayer session. We also met up with one of our missionaries, Brother Layton Kelly, who runs New Hope Residential men's home in Ireland.
There have been many hinderance to our church attendance. Please pray for God's healing hand. One of our young men has glandular fever (mono) and is really ill. Otherwise, there has just been a lot of other bugs going around. We know that everyone struggles with illness (not just churches) but it does seem at times to be spiritual warfare.
One of the greatest thrills today, was having a man back in church who had turned away from the Lord. He came back with a testimony of repentance and desire to follow God. It was great to have him back with us.
I preached on, "When God Appears" from Jacob's conversion in Genesis 28. It was interesting that God's appearance impacted Jacobs - head, heart and will. God is working and there were some open responses in the invitation time. Please pray for God to do a thorough work in the hearts of all of our church family.
This Wednesday we are having a Valentine's Banquet which our children are going to put on for us. People have been signing up and we are trusting God for a great night. Please pray for visitors and for our church family to be encouraged. Thank you for praying for our family and ministry. God is good and we know it is in answer to your prayers.