Saturday Night, March 9, 2013

Last Sunday Night, the first part of the series on the History Channel was to air, as i sat waiting to see it, I was hopeful that it would be biblical, and historical, and informative. It was. Tonight i am getting ready for bed, and want our Sunday morning to be the same. Biblical, historical, informative? Yes, possible and necessary if we are to honor Christ! I am thankful for the chance to write, to send this blog out with a prayer and a praise to OUR heavenly Father. I also am thankful that tomorrow I get to preach at MCC, to teach at MCC, to know that those who attend are there with love and grace and because they, TOO, love YOU LORD. 

Tomorrow we will study the second part of our series of Sermons about the "Reality of the Christian life." Tomorrow, we will learn about a little known lady in Acts, with the unfortunate name of Dorcas, which means "Gazelle". She died, and her friends were sad. They didn't know for sure if he would help, but they sent for Peter to see if he could do the impossible! HE COULD. We will also learn about another believer, named Thomas, nicknamed Doubting Thomas. HE COULDN'T. 

The song we will be sharing is called "that is what faith must be" by Michael Card.  Here are a few of the lyrics in the song so you can see why i am sharing it: 

"When the moment was right He sent His own Son

And He opened the way so that everyone

Could have hope and believe that when time was done

He'd be able to make us one

Now I understand that there is a key

It's Jesus in me, a reality

That God is in Christ and that Christ's in me

That with faith I see what is unseen…"

As you go to sleep tonight, and as you wake up, having lost one hour of sleep by the clock, I want to ask you to make your faith real, to learn the lesson of Peter, who failed, but hoped! I will NOT be a doubting Thomas anymore. What was his fault? Thomas failed by demanding to see before he would believe. We believe in the unseen, and that is why we believe. See you tomorrow. GOD LOVES YOU