owe no man anything except love

Let me tell you what happened last Sunday. Pastor Henry was at church, preaching specially for Father's Day. He then introduced Deborah to the church-she's this pint-sized 11-year old, and she was going to preach a sermon.

"Not just any sermon, it will be the best sermon you've ever heard!" says Pastor Henry.

So Deborah went on stage and started reciting chapters 5, 6 AND 7 of Matthew.

You want to know how long was the Sermon on the Mount? Read this.
Chapter 7 is at the bottom of the page.


Why am I pointing this out? Deborah did not read it straight from the Bible like you and I would have. She read it straight from her MEMORY.

I am not kidding you. If you want I can give you a VCD of last Sunday's service.

This, of course, has happened before-there was the little boy of about 8 who recited all of Psalm 91, and his 5 year old brother had Matthew 5 memorized.

It is amazing what God can do with these kids.

Brings me to Matthew 19:14-

Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

FOOD BANK
The church always had two big boxes at the foyer for dry food items. These will be rationed for poorer families around the town. But as we all know, petrol and rice prices have risen drastically. It's hard to imagine how to live without money and all, and how to contribute to those who need it more.

So. As you can imagine (or not), Pastor Ronald said this the Sunday before:

"All of us have a little oil with us. Resources. Little oil. We have to keep asking God for expansion, miracles, more resources to expand. Christians are to expand, not to shrink back."

Please bear in mind that we are blessed to bless others. Not to keep the blessings to ourselves.

So, Pastor Ronald challenged the church-50 bags of rice(or was it 100?) by the next week. Raise your hand if you want to contribute to the food bank, he said.

And, just like that-wow. It's totally amazing what God can do, I tell you, because in every line, there were at least two or three hands up. And there are 30+ lines of chairs in the church, not counting the balcony.
It's times like these that really really....leaves you speechless as to what God can do. I kid you not again.

I took a picture of the food collection box this Sunday, and...



"God will provide" were the words stitched on a purse I once saw.
If, according to the Bible, God will provide for the sparrows, won't He provide even more for you?