Last Sunday, Karen and I were blessed by the sermon at church and by being with brothers and sisters in Christ. You can see the entire worship service, including Jerad Mellette’s message, at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7fMrZF4oLU.
How were you this week? If you live in the Montreal area, you experienced many different weather conditions, including thunder and lightning yesterday. There is an old expression: “If you don’t like our weather, wait a minute.” That certainly has been the case in this area this summer.
Although we often think about our physical health, we must not neglect our spiritual health. In a recent devotional entitled “God Is With You”, Dr. David Jeremiah writes: “Sometimes Christians ask, “Given the Bible’s promises about God’s protection, why do Christians still experience hurtful, even evil, events?” Psalm 121 is a good example of such promises.
This psalm has four stanzas—the first states that our help comes from God; the last three make illustrative promises about how God helps us (verses 3-4, 5-6, 7-8). These promises, taken literally, suggest that nothing bad will ever happen to God’s people. But that’s not the psalmist’s point. Rather, he says that God will watch over His people wherever they go and whatever they do; God will not “slumber nor sleep” (verse 4). David expressed God’s watchfulness in detail in Psalm 139:1-12. And Paul summarized God’s care in Romans 8:35-39: Nothing ‘shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord’ (verse 39).’”
Today our grandson, Timothy, turns six years old. We thank the Lord for him and ask for your prayers for him and his parents – Ryan and Heidi – as Timmy has autism. Please pray also for our daughter, Candace, who is a few days past the expected delivery date of her second child.
Thank you for your prayers for us and the radio ministry to which the Lord called us more than 40 years ago. You can listen to Pastor Michel Martel’s messages (in French) at: www.lavoixdelevangile.ca
Scripture for the weekend: “The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.” Psalm 121:7-8 (NKJV)
By His grace,
Steve