We sure do miss him!Bro. Kevin preached in the morning about coming into His presence (Exo. 33:14). It was definitely a word from the Lord that Bro. Kevin was learning, and he preached straight from the heart! He showed us how Moses spent time with the Lord just to be with Him, where He is, in all His glory and majesty! He also showed us how guilty we all are of just coming to Him to ask petitions, and then finishing our prayer. No seeking His face with the whole heart. It was certainly convicting ... Moses' life was changed through this encounter, and so could we if we really hungered to be with the Father in the same way.
After a lovely dinner with (what's left of) Pastor's family, we spent the afternoon down at the Activity Centre. Johann brought his french exchange student Hugo over, and also his friend Ivan and his french student (can't spell his name!). We just had some fun, watched some funny youtubes, including our ads for the upcoming Victory Youth Camp!
http://www.biblebc.com/Activities/YouthCamps/2008/index.htm
Choir started back up again at 6.30pm. We are singing a beautiful hymn called Constantly Abiding! I'm lookin forward to seeing some new faces, and also seeing those who are away come back (Ruth and Gina).
Bro. Martin preached the evening service! I didn't get to hear it as I was with the teens learning how to witness to the unsaved. We looked at how the law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul! (Ps. 19:7;Gal. 3:24) Charles H. Spurgeon said, "I do not believe that any man can preach the gospel who does not preach the Law. The Law is the needle, and you cannot draw the silken thread of the gospel through a man's heart unless you first send the needle of the Law to make way for it." Check out http://www.wayofthemaster.com/
We also had a great time of singing! We all sang a new song called I Am Accepted that Bro. Buddy Blunkall taught us last week when he preached at our church!
All in all, it was a great day. Praise God!
John
3 comments:
Great to read about all the Lord is doing over there! Will continue to pray for all of you. God bless!
Your Portuguese brother,
Mark Pereira
Hi, John!
I’m the daughter of Jake and Leanne Huussen, independent, Bible-believing (KJV) Baptist missionaries in Amsterdam, Holland. We’ve been serving the Lord here for 12 years. I met Bro. Ledbetter in Dundee, Scotland last October. However, my parents have known Bro. Ledbetter ever since their Bible college days, I believe. It was nice to meet Bro. Ledbetter. He’s so nice, and certainly a godly man.
Praise the Lord! It sounds like God is doing some great things in your church. The preaching you spoke of sounded great! I’m so thankful God uses His chosen servants to preach the Word.
“Charles H. Spurgeon said, ‘I do not believe that any man can preach the gospel who does not preach the Law. The Law is the needle, and you cannot draw the silken thread of the gospel through a man's heart unless you first send the needle of the Law to make way for it.’” Wow! That is some statement! So true!
Your posts have been a blessing, John. I’ve also read through Bro. Ledbetter’s blog. What an encouragement to my soul! It’s wonderful to read what the Lord is doing in the lives of others. It’s good to know there are Christians all around the world who are faithfully serving Christ with their lives. One of Satan’s clever tactics is trying to get us to believe nobody else is serving God, so why should we? Praise God, it is not so!!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, John. =)
God bless!
A daughter of the King,
Hannah L. Huussen
www.littlemissmouse.blogspot.com
Thank you for your comments! It's awesome to read the hearts of others for Jesus Christ around the world!
John :-)
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it , and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. Ezra 7:10
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