Happy is the person whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned. Happy is the person whom the Lord does not consider guilty and in whom there is nothing false. (PSALM 32:1-2)When Jesus told us to pray for forgiveness of our debts as we forgive our own debtors, He knew who would be the one to pay the debt. As He would hang on the cross He would say, “It is finished”… the debt is paid! There are some facts that will never change. One fact is that you are forgiven. If you are in Christ, when He sees you, your sins are covered-He doesn’t see them. He sees you better than you see yourself. That is a glorious fact of your life. Sometimes we’re afraid that we’ve done something unforgivable, afraid that we’ve made our heavenly Father angry. We wonder how He can ever forgive us. Yet, His Word teaches us that He will forgive us and that there is no sin too deep for His hand of forgiveness to reach. If we confess our sins, He will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done. (I JOHN 1: 9)
Your singing was wonderful this past Sunday. I look forward to more great singing in the weeks ahead. This Sunday evening as a part of our service we will be singing your favorite Hymns. Be sure to look up your favorite Hymn number and be ready to call it out this Sunday evening!
You’ve been hearing about it every Sunday—Every Believer A Witness. And now as you read this we will all have experienced it for ourselves. I trust it has been a time of renewal for you as you examine your witness for Christ. Tell your story and open the door to someone’s heart to join our wonderful family.
We have a new opportunity before our students on Sunday evening at 5:00p.m. Student Choir is returning. We have some great new music – come join us! You will learn music to help you worship in Refuge and to share in joint worship as well. We NEED YOU!! We will not meet for the next two weeks because of your fellowship for Super Bowl and D-Now weekend. But make your plans now to join us on February 21st.
Be sure to look for the new schedule for our Wednesday night activities. Fellowship meals will start February 10 – serving starts at 5:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. Choir, Bible Study and Prayer Meeting will all begin at 6:00p.m. Join us. There will be different teams preparing the meals, which will give us some diversity. Your staff will be one of those teams, get signed up to fellowship with us. We hope this will improve our connections with one another and help make it easier for more families to get here for great activities.
I look forward to seeing you in worship this week ready to praise Him!
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to You. (Ps. 71:23)