Well, some time has passed since I last wrote to you, but I trust the Lord has been good. The passing of time does a couple of things in our world:
1. Time is a mirror by which we eventually see the truth. The truth always comes out.
2. Time makes changes in physical things.
So, how have we changed? How are circumstances and situations different than they were before? Am I better, or worse? What new thing is God trying to work in His time in our life? And, knowing the answer to all these questions -- that is the "truth" of our lives -- will come out.
I am very pleased to announce that God is still on the Throne of Heaven. He has not missed any trial, temptation, or trouble that you have had to go through. He sees you where you are at this very moment in time. He saw you where you were, and He sees where you are going. God is not changed by time. The Bible say in 2 Peter 3 that "the Lord is not slack concerning His promises, as some men count slackness. But is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." Furthermore Peter says, "that a day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
That is the kind of God I want to serve. A God that loves me and cares for me. A God that is patient and faithful. A God that doesn't change with the winds of time.
It is that very God we preach, teach, sing, and live out here at Sweden. And that God is working right here in the midst of His people in this community. We are preparing to ordain a new deacon for our congregation. Brother Tom Johnson has been a member with us for the last 8+ years, and he will be ordained on February 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm. We are very blessed by this, and I look forward to working with Tom for years to come to extend the Grace of our Lord for the "time" to come.
Also we have prayed, and are continuing to pray, for God to send us a Revival. We are planning a Revival Meeting to start on Monday, March 9 and last until Sunday morning, March 15, if not longer. Three evangelists are planning to be with us: Bro. Brock Mitchell, Bro. Ray Dobbs, and Bro. Russell McDaris. I believe God will work and move through the preached Word and communion of the saints during this Meeting.
If you have time, please make plans to attend......come to think of it, you probably don't have time not to attend. See you there!!
In Christ,
Joshua Strong -- Pastor
1. Time is a mirror by which we eventually see the truth. The truth always comes out.
2. Time makes changes in physical things.
So, how have we changed? How are circumstances and situations different than they were before? Am I better, or worse? What new thing is God trying to work in His time in our life? And, knowing the answer to all these questions -- that is the "truth" of our lives -- will come out.
I am very pleased to announce that God is still on the Throne of Heaven. He has not missed any trial, temptation, or trouble that you have had to go through. He sees you where you are at this very moment in time. He saw you where you were, and He sees where you are going. God is not changed by time. The Bible say in 2 Peter 3 that "the Lord is not slack concerning His promises, as some men count slackness. But is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." Furthermore Peter says, "that a day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
That is the kind of God I want to serve. A God that loves me and cares for me. A God that is patient and faithful. A God that doesn't change with the winds of time.
It is that very God we preach, teach, sing, and live out here at Sweden. And that God is working right here in the midst of His people in this community. We are preparing to ordain a new deacon for our congregation. Brother Tom Johnson has been a member with us for the last 8+ years, and he will be ordained on February 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm. We are very blessed by this, and I look forward to working with Tom for years to come to extend the Grace of our Lord for the "time" to come.
Also we have prayed, and are continuing to pray, for God to send us a Revival. We are planning a Revival Meeting to start on Monday, March 9 and last until Sunday morning, March 15, if not longer. Three evangelists are planning to be with us: Bro. Brock Mitchell, Bro. Ray Dobbs, and Bro. Russell McDaris. I believe God will work and move through the preached Word and communion of the saints during this Meeting.
If you have time, please make plans to attend......come to think of it, you probably don't have time not to attend. See you there!!
In Christ,
Joshua Strong -- Pastor
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