Love From Your Pastor

Hello FBC!

The LORD redeems the life of His servants; none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.  (Psalm 34:22)
What a precious promise from our Lord!  Whom are you taking refuge in today?  Have you been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb?  Then there is no condemnation for you and for all who are in Christ Jesus!
There are only four club nights left for our Awana program this school year.  Thank you for praying for our continued impact on the lives of children and their parents!  This Saturday eight of our kids will be heading to Salem for the State Bible Quizzing.  Please pray for them as they hide God’s Word in their hearts!
This Sunday I will be continuing in Revelation with a message from 9:12-21 about the Sixth Trumpet.  Please read it ahead of time, and join us Sunday morning!  Most remarkable to me, after seeing all the carnage from the judgments, is the response of the remaining people on the earth in verses 20-21.  Why do you think they don’t respond as we would expect?  Or is the way they respond what we should expect?
In this week’s bulletin you will see notes about two missions projects we are raising funds for.  Please pray about, and consider a generous gift toward one or both of these:
1. Thurman Falk is going with Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ) to East Asia for five weeks this summer.  Let’s generously and prayerfully support him!
2. John Joiner returned from Burundi with a burden to help supply a diesel-powered welding machine for the hospital/medical school there.  We’d like to have the money raised by July 1 so it can get put on a shipping container heading there Aug. 1.
Thank you for your support!
Redeemed, and taking refuge in the LORD…
Love From Your Pastor,
Michael