Happy New Year!
Wishing all of our friends and partners a Blessed New Year!
A Treasured Moment
I was standing outside, waiting for the garbage truck to arrive so I could dispose of our accumulated trash. I looked up and saw the cross on the rooftop of the Roman Catholic Church.
It was a visual reminder that we need to be looking for glimpses of Christ in our everyday life. We cannot use our physical senses of sight, hearing and touch to verify His presence, but He is still visible if we look.
- Maybe it will be evidenced as we observe love being expressed or received.
- Maybe we will take note of it as we see creativity in the cloud formations.
- Maybe we will see changes in someone’s life because of a relationship with Christ.
- Maybe it will be in His healing touch or His hand of provision that we will sense that He is near.
- Maybe we will see that by drawing close to Him we are being changed into His likeness.
As we enter a new year, may we all be aware that He is with us in the everyday moments (like when I was throwing the garbage) and at the special times too!
Feel free to write us and tell us about a time recently when you sensed the presence of Christ.
Praise and Prayer
- Praise the Lord that the Christmas weekend events at Baozhong Alliance Church were well attended.
- Please pray for preparations for the “I Am the Bright Morning Star Camp” January 22-26
- Praise the Lord that the part for Lorne’s computer is ordered and will be installed soon.
- Pastor Joshua is asking the church to pray for God to guide us in 2024 to have a special focus on reaching out to adults. This will include a visitation ministry. We don’t have details of what he is thinking, but we can join together and pray that God will add people to the church in the new year.
- Pastor Joshua will have his ordination oral examination (interview) on January 29. Please pray for him as he prepares. He has already completed his thesis and the other requirements.