Thoughts from Gulfport
“Humble yourself, and cease to care what men think.” ~ A.W. Tozer “It will do us good to be very empty, to be very weak, and so to go about our Master’s work.” ~ Charles Spurgeon These quotes seem to sum up the experience that I have had this week in Gulfport. Simply, it is all about Christ. The moment that my “self” was put ahead of the Lord, I became discouraged. But once I put Christ ahead of everything and purposed to serve Him and Him alone, then I was satisfied in Christ. It didn’t matter if I heard the word “thanks”, or was...
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First and foremost, I speak for the entire Mississippi missions team when I express how thankful we are that the church came together and financially provided our trip here. Thank you for sending us – Glory be to God! Anyway, when I first arrived in Gulfport, I was startled at how much has remained unfinished – this long after the disaster. But I soon realized after watching a brief introductory video from 2005, filmed directly following the storm, that there has been much improvement! The initial catastrophe will always remain pictures to me – but it’s still real...
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Last night, in Pastor Mike’s Bible study, he was talking about Judah in the book of Isaiah. Mike brought up a very interesting question. He asked us what God wanted from his people and from King Ahaz in order for him to take care of them. Was it sacrifices? Was it a feast? A celebration? A prayer? A tithe? The answer wasn’t remotely like any of those. I’m sure God was/would have been pleased with those offered to him, but that wasn’t what he had desired. God wanted his people to trust him. Isaiah 7:9b states, “If you will not believe, surely you shall...
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