Okay, so much for that resolution...

     Okay, so I knew it was going to be tough to blog something every day of the year.  I guess it is the case of the unexpected in our lives that become more important and take place of other things.  So I get back up after missing a couple of days I plunge on.


     I have had several opportunities to show the movie "Courageous" to our church along with a preview of it.  What a powerful movie.  If you have the opportunity, it is a definite must see on my list.  We showed it to our youth group on Wednesday night and I could not have imagined the outcome from the group.  There was such an outpouring of care for their fathers.  It stretches across the lines to all ages.


     Friday was a trip to Grand Rapids to drop off our last one at home for the holidays off at the train station.  It meant leaving home at 3:30 a.m.  We also scheduled our routine check up with the surgeon on the same day in Grand Rapids at 1:15 p.m.  It was a beautiful day to spend with my wife.  Problem was that a couple days before I came down with a fever and also a pain near my wound area.  That meant staying in Grand Rapids until a CAT scan could be done and read, meaning that we didn't start home until after 5 p.m.  A very long day but the results were that there is an abyss in the area that they have seen before but now it is infected.  I am on antibiotics to see if it will clear it up.  I am feeling better now and I think I will get a better night's sleep tonight.  I feel like I have taken a couple steps back on this recovery of the wound and I am definitely moving slower but the good news is that another CAT scan came back clear of cancer.


     Tomorrow marks a big Sunday.  For some it might be the first Sunday of the year for them.  We are performing some baptisms and offering communion and showing a couple real cool videos.  I hope you have a great day in the Lord's house with the Lord's people tomorrow.


Adam
A simple man serving a great God and the local pastor of Stillwater Community Chapel (stillwater-chapel.org). We are in our 38th year of full time ministry. God directed us to this local body of believers on the Western Range of the Rockies to grow with them in mission and mindedness of Christ.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Connect a bit of Scripture with a bit of life - Spurgeon

     I heard this phrase today along with another that if you connect a bit of Scripture with a bit of life, it will end up effecting all of your life.  This came up in my study of the book of James and specifically the verses dealing with not just being a hearer of the Word but also be a doer of the Word.  It is all about application.  I can't look at preaching the Word without giving steps of applying the Word.  It really is an incomplete sermon if I don't.      Many times I think it has to be big and many points and given cute aliteration that makes it snappy and I think easy to remember and fun to write down.  Reality is, if I would make it a bit of Scripture connected to a bit of life and just that it would probably accomplish much more.  How much time I spend on the opening statement and lame joke and research and introductions and how many points and the closing statement and so little time on connecting the bit of Scripture to the bit of life.      So I guess I ha
Read more

Galatians #15 - Galatians 6:11-18 - "On The Road Again..."

Image
  Another week closer and it involves some more travel for the Wolfgangs.  I feel like the Willy Nelson song, " On the road again... "  I don't know if I agree with the next line though. " ...I can't wait to get on the road again. " One of the members of the church in Wisconsin calculated that I will travel well over 10,000 miles to make this transition.  Traveling mercies prayers please. Last Sunday we will look at Paul's final words to the churches in Galatia.  He brought them the gospel (good news) message of Jesus and what resulted were churches forming throughout the region.  The letter is to defend that message that our salvation comes from and is in Christ alone.  Christ's sacrifice on the cross was sufficient for the forgiveness of our sins.  The summary statement of the letter is found in  Galatians 6:15 (LSB) .  " For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. "  Translated another way earlier in  Ga
Read more

Sermon prep and maybe a video...

     James 4 has brought up some interesting study.  First, "the quarrels and fights among you."  Those are usually worse than you think even though we try to minimize them.  The source is simpler than you think because it is coming from within you.  The solution is easier than you think because the solution that James gives is that we need to humble ourselves before the Lord.  Any sincere resolution is specific and brief.  Beware of lengthy resolutions that usually include explaining it away or excusing some of the behavior.      As I have seen before, the words are a sign of the heart.  I read this week that if we have a critical heart we usually start by speaking evil of another to ourselves.  Then we progress to speaking evil of another to that person with a running tally in our heads of all their wrongs.  Finally, we speak evil of another to others and broadcast in a way that we are thinking that we are helping.  Giving judgment is always easier than giving mercy.  I
Read more