Thanksgiving

for the children God has given me. They are far from perfect, sometimes atrial but I love them dearly and pray that they would come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour.

 

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Thanksgiving

for being able to go out for lunch with my husband.

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Thanksgiving

for the christian bookshop in the town I live.

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Sunday Hymn

…let this mind be in you…..Philippians 2:5-6

I’ve never seen this hymn in a hymn book but the words are good.

Ye who the Name of Jesus bear,
His sacred steps pursue;
And let that mind which was in Him
Be also found in you.

Though in the form of God He was,
His only Son declared,
Nor to be equally adored
As robbery did regard;

His greatness He for us abased,
For us His glory veiled;
In human likeness dwelt on earth,
His majesty concealed:

Nor only as a man appears,
But stoops a servant low;
Submits to death, nay, bears the cross,
In all its shame and woe.

Hence God this generous love to men
With honors just hath crowned,
And raised the Name of Jesus far
Above all names renowned:

That at this Name, with sacred awe,
Each humble knee should bow
Of hosts immortal in the skies,
And nations spread below:

That all the prostrate powers of hell
Might tremble at His Word,
And every tribe, and every tongue,
Confess that He is Lord.

Scottish Paraphrases 1781

Hymntime

Thanksgiving

for family and being together at home on a wet, windy November evening.

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Thanksgiving

for expository preaching. Isn’t it amazing how when we’re studying a book, there is so much relevant application that we’ve never seen before.

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Thanksgiving

for godly parents and parents-in-law.

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Thanksgiving

for communication systems (very broad all encompassing).

Mobile/ Cell phone, email. I’ve just received an email from our friend Bernard in North West Zambia. Sometimes communicating with Bernard and his wife Joyce is somewhat difficult, usually as he doesn’t have access to a computer or the weather has affected his mobile phone signal. I’m still amazed that we can still communicate even though he lives in a remote area with very few of the facilities we take for granted in the West.

It’s good to keep in touch and that he can keep us informed of the neeeds of the Children’s village in Ikelenge.

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Thanksgiving

for a cold,sunny windy day. I walked into town, lovely to enjoy the fresh air.

I met a friend from church on the way home. She’s been widowed this year and misses her husband who she cared for through many years of ill-health. She’s an amazing testimony to God’s sustaining grace.

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Thanksgiving

for being able to meet with the Lord’s people on the Lord’s day.