"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them."
Matthew 18:20.
God has once again blessed us with a time of spiritually fruitful worship on this chilly Sunday afternoon...
Matthew 18:20.
God has once again blessed us with a time of spiritually fruitful worship on this chilly Sunday afternoon...
Our choir led us in songs of praise, and we have men here who can correctly teach us from the word of God. Yet we are still without a chaplain.
Without a chaplain to oversee our services and Bible studies, the men who are more mature in the faith and have a good knowledge of the Scriptures, have been pitching in and doing the preaching. We've been trusting the Lord with this, and thus far things have worked out well.
The good thing with this, however, is that with the absence of a pastor, the men from our congregation are getting firsthand experience at preparing messages to share with the church. This of course gives the guys a chance to individually seek the Lord's guidance as to what to teach. It also helps to build confidence when speaking to an audience, which most of us would find to be a challenge.
Happily, as one of the congregation's elders and overseers, I am pleased to see men stepping up to do the "work of the ministry." Each of them is getting the experience of crafting their sermons. They're also discovering spiritual gifts which some never knew they had.
But the credit must go to the Lord himself. After all, Jesus is always with us. Be it two or three, or thirty in attendance, the fact is that the Lord is here. He's with us in the prison. And one day we will be with Him in heaven, forever.
D.B.
Without a chaplain to oversee our services and Bible studies, the men who are more mature in the faith and have a good knowledge of the Scriptures, have been pitching in and doing the preaching. We've been trusting the Lord with this, and thus far things have worked out well.
The good thing with this, however, is that with the absence of a pastor, the men from our congregation are getting firsthand experience at preparing messages to share with the church. This of course gives the guys a chance to individually seek the Lord's guidance as to what to teach. It also helps to build confidence when speaking to an audience, which most of us would find to be a challenge.
Happily, as one of the congregation's elders and overseers, I am pleased to see men stepping up to do the "work of the ministry." Each of them is getting the experience of crafting their sermons. They're also discovering spiritual gifts which some never knew they had.
But the credit must go to the Lord himself. After all, Jesus is always with us. Be it two or three, or thirty in attendance, the fact is that the Lord is here. He's with us in the prison. And one day we will be with Him in heaven, forever.
D.B.