Heartland News & Prayer

October 10, 2010 by Wendy Carter.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

“Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.” Psalm 47:6-7

Gary and I were indeed singing God’s praises this past Saturday as we travelled home from the Poconos in Pennsylvania through the Finger Lakes in New York. The beauty of the autumn leaves was spectacular. We are thankful that Gary is 85% finished with his book, Living on the Zipline – From Fear to Awe. Please pray for its completion asap after input from his three colleagues that are participating in this project for Compass Coaching International and that it may have a positive impact on the lives of all who read it. We are also thankful for the safe arrival of our 10th grandchild, Isabella on Oct. 7. Rob & Jess are returning home to Moosonee and rejoining their other three daughters. After being away since August 28 please pray for their adjustment back to normal living.

Please pray for William in Myanmar who is working on the logistics to arrive in Canada in the next few months. Also remember Richard’s orphanage. Several of the older children are enjoying their work each week at a flower farm. This is a great step forward towards this ministry becoming self-sufficient. Through additional donations they have been able to purchase much needed school supplies for which they are very grateful.

Please pray for Fred and Maureen Brown as Fred transitions to a new music ministry at a another church in town. Also remember Howie Johnson who is once again searching for employment. Please continue to pray for the follow up that is happening in St. Eustache with all the people that were contacted in August. May this church become well established in the province of Quebec.

Home Group will happen this coming Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Burton home.

God bless,

Wendy
wendy.carter@kainos.org
This blog is a summary of our Sunday morning services held at 7777 Churchville Rd., Brampton, ON L6Y 0H3, 905-230-8116.

Mansion Over the Hilltop by Gary Carter: Some of you might be familiar with the old country Gospel song, Mansion Over the Hilltop, which was written by Ira Stamphill in 1949 and based on John 14:2,3.

I’m satisfied with just a cottage below,
A little silver and a little gold;
But in that city where the ransomed will shine,
I want a gold one that’s silver-lined.
Chorus
I’ve got a mansion just over the hilltop,
In that bright land where we’ll never grow old;
And someday yonder we will never more wander,
But walk the streets that are purest gold.
Tho’ often tempted, tormented and tested
And, like the prophet, my pillow a stone,
And tho’ I find here no permanent dwelling,
I know He’ll give me a mansion my own.
Don’t think me poor or deserted or lonely,
I’m not discouraged, I’m heaven bound;
I’m just a pilgrim in search of a city,
I want a mansion, a harp and a crown.
Gary met an elderly lady in her mid-80s when he was out for a walk last week near the Delaware River where the Carters were staying. Her home was built in the 1700s. She is in the process of renovating it. This area experienced severe flooding in 2006 during Hurricane Diane. The water came up to the base of the wall of her house. She has lived in this home all her life and is really looking forward to the day when her “mansion” is finished. She didn’t want any “personal questions” about her life which shows that she is not thinking about her life after she dies and moving into a “perfect dwelling place” there. As Christians we can be very thankful for God’s future provision for us. May He enable us to point others to this truth.

Thanks to God by Chris Burton: The following hymn of thanksgiving was written by August Ludvig Storm who was born in 1862 in Motala, Sweden.

Thanks to God for my Redeemer, Thanks for all Thou dost provide! Thanks for times now but a memory, Thanks for Jesus by my side! Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime, Thanks for dark and stormy fall! Thanks for tears by now forgotten, Thanks for peace within my soul!
Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered, Thanks for what Thou dost deny! Thanks for storms that I have weathered, Thanks for all Thou dost supply! Thanks for pain, and thanks for pleasure, Thanks for comfort in despair! Thanks for grace that none can measure, Thanks for love beyond compare!
Thanks for roses by the wayside, Thanks for thorns their stems contain! Thanks for home and thanks for fireside, Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain! Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow, Thanks for heavenly peace with Thee! Thanks for hope in the tomorrow,Thanks through all eternity!
This song became one of the most popular Swedish hymns and found its way into many evangelical hymnals in Sweden and the US. Mr. Storm was converted to Christ in a Salvation Army meeting and joined the Salvation Army Corps becoming one of its official leaders. He wrote this hymn for the publication, The War Cry, in 1891. It contained thanks for both good and bad (32 in all). At age 37 he suffered a back ailment which crippled him for life.

Phoebe by Steve Macdonald: Paul, in his last chapter of the book of Romans, sends personal greetings to a list of friends. The first to be commended is Phoebe (16:1-2), a successful business woman, a trusted companion, a benefactor to the early church, and one of the first women church leaders. She served in the church of Cenchrea about eight miles east of Corinth. The church probably met in her home. She is commemorated with Lydia of Thyatria and Dorcas in the Calendar of Saints of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on January 27. Her Feast Day in the Roman Catholic Church is September 3.

One Another – Romans 16 - by Gary Carter: In Romans 16 Paul uses the word “greet” 21 times. When travelling in the US there are many toll booths along the highways. Gary noticed that one of the attendants at a particularly busy one was saying, “Thank you and have a good day!” probably every 15 seconds. What a job! In verse 16 Paul encourages the people to “greet one another with a holy kiss.” He is urging them to grow a relationship with respect and fondness. It is interesting to note that many of the people listed were women who helped move the church forward with their heart and soul. In our society we have many forms of greeting – fist bumps, pops, high five, low five – all human touches. With just a smile you can start a relationship. A caption on a poster that the Carters’ son had in his bedroom when growing up was, “A stranger is a friend you haven’t met yet.” The word “holy” refers to being set apart for a unique purpose of God. In starting a new relationship within the church and outside can you deliberately break through the resistance and take it to the next level? Will the other person come to respect and esteem you so that they will actually believe that you care? This is all an extension of “one anothering” and an opportunity for you to take them home to heaven with you.

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