Growing in Our Ability to Love

40 Days of Love continues this week with a study from 1 Corinthians 13:5. There are four statements in that verse that are great life lessons to follow in our pursuit of a life of love. This is certainly not easy but it is definitely worth the effort. We can change the circumstances and people around us by growing in our ability to love with the strength of character modeled by Jesus himself.

We have a great missions opportunity this week. The Bible Alliance has produced a Pentecostal study Bible in many languages of the world where they have not had adequate resources to understand God's Word. This Bible has study notes written into it that provides the reader with Bible College level understanding. For many ministers in other countries, this is the only Bible training available to them. The latest project of the Bible Alliance is to translate this study Bible (also known as the "Fire Bible") into the languages of the countries where Paul traveled in his missionary journeys. These languages are: Hebrew, Greek, Turkish and Italian. Ten dollars provides one of these Bibles for a person in these distant lands. Please consider bringing an offering this week to supply as many of these study Bibles as you are able. Remember, God's Word never returns void. It will always reaps a great eternal harvest.

Isaiah 55:10-11 "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."

Together . . . Continuing the Dream,

Pastor Rick