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It’s been quite a three months, I must say! Here are the most popular posts, most recent last, with the three most popular posts of all in bold.
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The Brubacher Family Is Here in Mexico!
Today I went to the airport, and picked up the Brubacher Family, from Hamilton, Ontario. It’s great to have them here!
Then when we get back, they’ll be involved in music on Sunday morning, and will be teaching lots of classes and doing lots of outreach. We’re looking forward to some fun times!
Answered Prayers are Prayed Prayers
It’s amazing what happens when you pray specifically and strategically. When God answers, you actually notice.
When you pray things like “God bless George”, how will you know if it’s answered?
Anyway, I’m thanking the Lord for His specific blessings over the past week.
We have been really encouraged to see what’s happening at the community centre. In an answer to prayer, people came to my Bible study, where we solved five “Bible mysteries” and got ready for the series which will be starting next week.
The English classes have had students, but mine has been sparse. However, we brought along a neighbour, who learned some words and had a fun time.
And another reason to thank the Lord – another answer to prayer – this week’s baking class! Check out all these people:
On Saturday, I was at a church leadership meeting. It was well attended – and it was so encouraging to see people concerned about evangelism, discipleship, practical needs in the congregation and beyond – things that I think Jesus would be concerned about. We’re preparing for some exciting stuff in the months ahead – may God continue to answer prayer!
This morning we enjoyed a full service, contemplating our Lord, love for His people, and His return.
So often I put up with things that I really should just pray about. God is the one who can transform hearts and make things move in a way we never could!
Thanks to all of you who are praying as well – see? God is answering!
Mountains (sermon)
This is a sermon that I preached while in Canada this past August. But here’s the catch – it’s actually a translation, pretty much word-for-word, of a sermon I preached in Mexico in April (you can hear the sermon in Spanish here).
It’s a bit of an unusual sermon for me, because it is largely quotes and allusions to Scripture, but only once do I actually mention any kind of a reference. So I’m including below a list of the Scriptures in order, in case you want to follow along.
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Exodus 3:16-17
Exodus 19:10-12
Exodus 19:16-19
Deuteronomy 6:5
Exodus 20:2-17
Exodus 34:6
1Timothy 5:8
Leviticus 19:17
Matthew 5:21-22
Matthew 5:27-28
Habakkuk 1:13
Exodus 23:7
Leviticus 19:2
Exodus 24:3
Galatians 5:19-21
Genesis 22:14
Isaiah 28:16
1Peter 2:4
Revelation 14:9-10
Revelation 6:15-16
John 3:14-16
Psalm 109:29
Isaiah 54:4
2Corinthians 5:21
Mark 1:15
Luke 24:45-47
Ephesians 2:1-3
Isaiah 64:6
Ephesians 2:4-6
Colossians 3:3
Romans 4:5
Romans 4:7
Galatians 2:20
Isaiah 43:11
Galatians 4:24-26
1Peter 2:6
Hebrews 12:1-2
Hebrews 12:18-29
1Peter 2:24
Hebrews 9:14
Romans 6:11
John 19:30
Titus 3:4-7
Hebrews 7:25
Proverbs 21:21
Hebrews 12
Tweets 6-17 September 2015
- Good morning brothers and sisters! #verseoftheday Psalm 16:2-3 [image] (6 September 2015)
- Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding. ~Proverbs 10:23 (7 September 2015)
- For random facts, type “I’m feeling curious” into Google’s search box. But don’t get addicted. 👀 (7 September 2015)
- In Guatemala, all ready for … !!! — meetings! (7 September 2015)
- What the Camino team leaders WISH they were doing…. [image] (9 September 2015)
- Congratulations to our longest serving monarch! God save the Queen! ow.ly/S2mfZ (10 September 2015)
- It’s possible to “love” the Bible without loving God. It’s impossible to love God without loving the Bible. (10 September 2015)
- Some thoughts for preachers — “Five Ways to Deepen Your Preaching” ow.ly/S8eG2 (12 September 2015)
- A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight. ~Proverbs 11:1 (14 September 2015)
- 👠I’m back in Ixtapaluca – thank the Lord! (14 September 2015)
- No one at my English class tonight. I think they ran when they saw the rain coming. (Or – ran when they saw ME coming! … — ?!) (15 September 2015)
- 🎸 ¡Viva México! ¡Viva México! ¡Viva México! 🌶 (15 September 2015)
- A story from this past July – Mexican firefighters helping Canada: ow.ly/ShWo1 (16 September 2015)
- I saw the sign on the left somewhere in Canada, and it got me thinking. This sure ain’t heaven… ! [image] (16 September 2015)
- Found this great deal on shoes in Canada … just compare the regular price to the amazing sale price! [image] (16 September 2015)
- A few more recent pictures from Mexico, Canada, and Guatemala. ow.ly/Sl80c (17 September 2015)
A New Semester Begins!
A new semester of community centre classes started up in Las Palmas this week! It’s turning out to be a slow start, but it should pick up in the weeks ahead.
The classes at the beginning of the fall semester are especially dependent on the weather. A good thunderstorm, or the threat of one, can keep students away, since they usually come on foot.
September is our rainiest month of the year. The good news is that the rain drops to about half of September’s levels in October, and about half again by November, when we only get rain on a very rare day.
But the biggest deal in the middle of this week is Independence Day. Tonight, the parties begin, and tomorrow is the day itself. So I don’t have high expectations for huge numbers of students, but I’m going to be ready anyway. Shari was wise and decided to start baking classes next week instead of this week.
Anyway, tonight is the first edition of English: Inmersión Radical. This will be an experiment in an interactive, total-immersion English class to compliment the other English classes that we run. Tonight will be a bit of a “light” version anyway, so we’ll see how things go.
Tomorrow night is the start of a Bible study at the community centre. There are no classes on Wednesday night, just the study, which will be open to anyone who wants to come. The first couple of weeks we’ll just be present and see how things go, before starting into more of a series of studies in October.
I’m playing catch-up, having just returned from meetings in Guatemala yesterday. So I need to finish unpacking, and get things ready for tonight. Excuse me – time to get back to work! 🙂