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“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth…in my flesh I will see God; I will see him with my own eyes. Job 19:25-27

Many Canadians were able to see the Queen and Prince Philip last week with their own eyes.  These included a Bible School acquaintance of old and our son, Lee’s, father-in-law.  How exciting for them all!  The  Queen always appears so personable and interested in the particular person she meets no matter how tired she might feel from the oppressive Toronto heat.  Even more, Jesus Christ, is a personal Saviour to Christians all over the world and how truly exciting it will be to meet Him face to face.

Rob Carter heads back home from Kazakhstan this Tuesday.  Their music team has been busy playing almost every day - sometimes twice a day.  Recently they had a gigue at a Men’s Prison where 5 guys accepted the Lord.  Please continue to pray that good follow up will happen with all the contacts made.

Please continue to pray for the return of Maureen Brown’s vision in her one eye. Also remember Howie Johnson’s dad who has had recent heart surgery and Chris Burton’s dad faces prostate cancer surgery this coming Wed.

We will be sending more money to Richard and his cohorts this week for food.  It’s not too late to add some more!  One of the orphans, Judith, has just graduated from high school (very hard to do) and they are very proud of her.  Pray for the next step in her life.  Establishing their own business would provide so many opportunities for their graduates. 

Join with us for Bible study and prayer at a our weekly home group this Thursday evening, 7:00 at the Burton home.  Steve Macdonald will be in charge as Gary and I will be attending a Credit Valley Association Pastors’ and Wives’ dinner to honour 3 couples who have retired.

We have been having problems with our Internet the last few weeks along with publishing this newsletter.  Sorry for the e-mails that say the blog is not there.  We are working on it all.

Have a great week,

Wendy

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Do You Care About Sports? by Gary Carter: Have you been following the news this week about the final destination of the famous basketball players, Chris Bosh, Lebron James and Dwayne Wade in Miami?  This afternoon nearly a billion people worldwide will be watching the World Cup game between the Netherlands and Spain. (Oops, as this blog is being written Spain has just scored to win the game!) All these super stars really want to win and they work extremely hard at it.

Societies have always been consumed by sports.  Paul, in I Corinthians 9:24-27, describes running a race an inferior pursuit as the crown won will not last.  Paul knew he wanted to finish his life well.  God set the bar high and he strove for it.  Are you doing your best for Jesus?  Do you want to be happy or unhappy? Aim matters more than the results.  It is hard to do your best when those around you don’t; however if you try you will meet God’s standard even if you don’t win.

One Hit Wonder by Steve Macdonald: In Acts 5:34-36 we learn about Theudas.  So who was he?  According to Josephus, a Jewish historian of the time, he was a self-proclaimed prophet. Theudas, this Jewish rebel, said he would command the Jordan River to divide so that people could cross with ease as in Joshua 3:14-17.  400 believed him; however the Romans raided his camp.  He was killed and his followers dispersed.  He had a short-lived debut which came to nothing. Gamaliel, the Pharisee, convinced the Sanhedrin with this illustration that Peter and the other apostles should not be killed for their preaching.  He realized their activity, if not of God, would fail.  Millions and millions of people through the centuries have followed Christ’s teaching.
My Unique Design – Ephesians 2:8-10 -  by Gary Carter: You have been uniquely designed for a special role.  The dash between your birth date and the day of your death is all that matters.  That does not mean you are better than anyone else.  You have been created for a reason.  Do you understand that reason or plan that God intended before He made you? 

The person of God, according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17, must be completely equipped.  The Bible, God-breathed and inspired, teaches, rebukes, corrects and trains us to live righteously and do good things.
Hebrews 10:24-25 suggests four active words to follow.
Consider: To consider or think about what we should do we must invest time.  Our cafe room, 95% finished (yeah!), has been well planned – not just slapped together – for added functionality (extra electrical plugs with a new light in the hall cupboard etc.) and pleasing appearance.  Why is it we find it hard to spend the same amount of time spurring one another to good deeds?
Meet: To make our church move forward we must continue to meet even if there is only one person that can participate.  We must resist cancelling a meeting; the second time it will be twice as easy.  Some churches take the summer off and end up with nothing in the fall.
Encourage: To encourage one another we must have the courage and readiness to do the right thing.  We must consider and meet to know what people need.
Hurry: To affect society we must believe that life is a hurry before one’s final day.  Every day may not be perfect but it could be our last.  Bob Probert, a well-known hockey player, died unexpectedly this week at age 45.  He was not a gentle giant on the ice and yet his death was a shock to many.  His day is gone.
We must all get right with God for this is what He made us and saved us for!

Ghost Words by Steve Macdonald:
Some English words suggest the existence of other words – either their opposites or stem words which are not real.  These are ghost words.
1. Behead: Shouldn’t it be dehead instead?
2. Gruesome: if it is so bad shouldn’t it be grueplenty?
3. Preempt: Is there no empt because something else always happens first?
4. Refrigerate: What is frigerate and why are we doing it again?
5. Substantial:  Is this worse than stantial?
6. Window: If it has glass in it shouldn’t it be no-wind-ow?
7. Underneath:  Did you ever wonder what was overneath?
8. Kilter: If being out of this is bad, where do you get more?
9. Interrupt: Is this what connects the rupts?