Appreciation

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,which is your reasonable service.

Romans 12:1

God expects us to present our bodies to Him no matter where we are,

Don't let the foolish deceive you, this is really not something bizarre.

A living sacrifice is special indeed, as we consciously give Him our all,

So with Him in control how wonderful it is to just go where he gently will call.

The reasonable thing in the Christian life, is letting God take over my life,

And serving Him this way is the way to go, on a road that has much less strife.(RP)

We appreciate the folks who are emailing or calling us about our book.  We were pleased to hear from Brazil.  What a joy to have João comment on our blog as also Pat Conelly.  Glen called us from San Jose, CA to remark about it and we have had many others send words of encouragement.  One lady recently purchased a copy and had me sign it.  She will use it for part of her family devotions. Each story in the book carries a spiritual application.  We are pleased and thank each of you for your prayer support. 

Wash day

Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.

Ps 25:5

For what do you ask when you talk to God in your private place of prayer?

Do you ask Him to lead and teach you His truth as you come to Him with your care?

He's the God of our salvation and we need to wait on Him and do it without delay.

And if you have delayed too long and neglected this truth, my friend, begin anew today.(RP)

Wednesday is wash day at our house.  To help Margie I do this for her.  That keeps her from walking up and down the steps into the garage.  That exercise is painful for her.  I will also work on the weekly prayer sheet for the church and continue on with misc. tasks with our book.  We thank you for praying.

Missionary meeting

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Romans 8:18

The Lord did not promise skies always blue as we travel here below,

But one thing is sure as we walk with Him, rich blessings from Him will flow.

The suffering we experience as we travel the road, is only for just awhile,

In heaven some day when we meet the Lord how, wonderful to have His smile.(RP)

This morning we will be getting prepared for the next shipment of books.  More mailings are necessary.  We are already hearing from those who have received theirs.  This afternoon we attend the monthly missionary meeting at the church where once again I will say a few words about our book.  We have appreciated so much the comments left on our blog and through email about what the book means to them.  Also we are grateful to those who leave a "review" on the websites of the stores that sell our book  This helps us in advertising the book.  Thanks so much for your prayers. 

Overwhelmed

Mt 18:20  

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

The joy of worship for believers in Christ is truly a wonderful thing,

We meet together for fellowship sweet and to honor the Lord as we sing.

Prayers to Him are heard, He says, because we're there in His name.

So country, race or speech matters not, to Him it's all the same.

We were overwhelmed yesterday with the great response to the book signing process in our home church.  It was very thoughtful of the church to do this for us and we appreciate it greatly. Adding to the delights of the day was our family who attended church and then treated us to a meal later.  What a special day.  We will never forget it.  Thanks for praying.

Book signing

Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard thatJesus made and baptized more disciples than Johnthough Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples,He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.But He needed to go through Samaria.

John 4:1-4

Jesus walked in obedience to the Father, so to Samaria he NEEDED to go,

What a display of surrender was shown as He faithfully walked here below.

Are we living close to the Lord, desiring always to do His will?

I pray we all are. so the joy will be ours as we obediently His commands fulfill.(RP)

This is all new for us.  Today is our book-signing day and we are looking forward to this privilege given us by our home church. To make it more special our family will be there with us.  What a great day it will be.  Thanks so much for praying for us.  We appreciate it very much.  

Activities

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.Ephesians 3:12

We have a Savior to whom we can go, when we want to talk to Him,

He never leaves us without hope, and way out on a limb.

Boldly we can speak to Him and tell Him all our woes,

Because He does not sleep or ever take a break to doze.

Thank God our confidence is in Him, we rely on Him each day,

And we are blessed to have His presence all along the way.(RP)

Today Margie will be doing some baking and I will do our Saturday morning special: make stuffed peppers.  We give most of them away to those who are not able to do much cooking.  In the afternoon we will attend, Lord willing, a 50th year celebration of a couple.  If there is time left over I will be addressing boxes in which to send more books to people on the list.  Thanks so much for praying.   

Teaching

Now godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into this world,and it is certain we can carry nothing out.And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

I Timothy 6:6-8

Contentment comes from above as we give ourselves to God,

Those who have it really know it and if we don't that's really odd.

We were born possessing nothing and in death it will be the same,

If we blame this all on Jesus our excuse is really lame.

Let us learn dear fellow Christian with food and clothing to be content,

By doing so you'll learn that your time has been well spent.(RP)

This morning we will be teaching the class at the Ferndale Senior Center.  The study in Philippians is going well and the class is so receptive and involved in the discussions.  We are impressed.  This afternoon I will be addressing boxes and send as many as possible of our books before the weekend.  Thanks for your prayers.