Aches and Praise Two Hundred & Eighty Four

Posted on 2017-02-16 in English |

Dear friends,

 

In recent months, various media have been promoting the 375th anniversary of the founding of Montréal. This week the city was named as the best city in the world for students. For more on this, please visit: https://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/university-news/montreal-named-worlds-best-student-city

There was another news item that caught the imagination of hockey fans, as the Montréal Canadiens relieved their head coach of his duties and replaced him with the man who had been their head coach a decade ago. In hearing this, I thought of how the Bible speaks of a number of people being given a “second chance.” The prophet Jonah comes to mind, as the word of the Lord came to him a second time (Jonah 3:1). Did you know that Jonah’s name means “dove”? We associate the word “dove” with peace, but Jonah did not experience peace after deciding to ignore God’s directive to preach against the city of Nineveh.

This coming Sunday, “La Voix de l’Évangile” will begin airing on six radio stations in northern Ontario, after a period of several years since the programmes were broadcast in Sudbury and surrounding towns. Our decision to stop broadcasting there was due to financial constraints.

We thank the Lord for the generosity of God’s people in providing the funds to pay for the air time. Please pray that many people will trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as a result of hearing the message of salvation in northern Ontario, as well as in Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New York and the entire world via the Internet.

Scripture for the weekend: “Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it – he will be blessed in what he does.”  James 1:23-25 (NIV)
 
Thought for the weekend: “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.” – Corrie ten Boom (quoted in “Every Day Deserves a Chance” by Max Lucado)
 

By His grace,

 

Steve

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