Sleep

Isn´t she pretty?

One of our young teenage boys had a terrible time with his jaw. He was hospitalized and pus was drained from his jaw and neck. Please pray for him to recover quickly.

I depend on your prayers and ask that you pray for my sleeping habits. I go to bed at 10pm but wake up at 3am. It isn´t a total loss. For example, I read the Book of John before getting out of bed.

The staff breakfast was special as usual.

Ephesians 4:11 says that God has given us Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers. I have always thought of myself as a teacher. I teach series and always have 6 to 8 points.

“Beloved let us love one another for love is of God.” I John 4:7.

“Behold, I will send my messenger, and He shall prepare the way before me: even the MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT, whom you delight in: behold He shall come saith the Lord of hosts.” The title we used yesterday is seen here as an introduction to the people that the testimony was now a reality.

About 600 years before Jesus was born the prophet Isaiah announced that God the Father would send His servant with a message of joy and comfort for all people. At the cross the Messenger became the MESSAGE.

If you did not see yesterday´s update here it is.

My Brother Jim

This is a photograph of Jim, Dottie´s brother who threatened me when I first met him. He showed me a pistol and said, “You take my sister away from the Lord and I will find you.”

Over the years we became closer than brothers. He replaced my only two natural brothers who had died. He was an awesome friend. He died when he was not that old due to his Viet Nam service. I believe it was agent orange.

We will have a breakfast Monday morning for the staff. Dottie loves the fellowship.

Yesterday I preached on Spiritual Growth. We all start as babies when we get saved. Dottie had a blessed Mother´s Day.

“God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8

Hebrews 9:15 says that Jesus “and for this cause, He is the MEDIATOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”

Testament is another word for covenant or agreement. The first Covenant of God with His people was formalized in the Old Testament times. God promised to be their guide and lead them through the wilderness. The night before His death, Jesus declared that He was implementing this new covenant that had been promised by the Father. This new covenant will never be replaced.