Putting Words into Action

⁴Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

⁵Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 

⁶Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving

let your requests be made known unto God. 

⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,

 shall keep your hearts and mindsthrough Christ Jesus. 

⁸Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,

whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,

whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;

 if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Phil. 4.4-8

      For the past few Sundays I have been preaching through Philippians at our church. One of the main themes that has kept coming up is that we as Christians should rejoice in al things.We have had some great discussion on these verses. This past Sunday the church had a great opportunity to put in to practice the above verses. Linnea and I packed the car with what we normally use at church and drove down to our meeting place. (This was around 9:30 am.) We walked up to go into the room and find a note on the door. The offices connected with our meeting room will no longer be open for normal office hours. They listed some contacts, none of which I knew.

     We go on into the meeting room to find it looking like a small bomb had gone off. It appeared as though the business was packing to move. Due to what we found we ended up having church at our apartment.  It was  a crazy day, but the Lord blessed in spite of the "problems". We even had a first time visitor in church. It is great to see our church folk putting into practice what we have been teaching. We are sure what is going to happen concerning our meeting place, but we know the Lord will work it out. He has in thepast and will do it again in some way.