Reflecting … Forward
Reflecting … forward
Reflections on 2011: May the Past be Prologue
We can learn a lot from Moses. One of the key precepts he taught – and a theme repeated throughout the five Books of Moses – is “remembering.” Consider the Book of Deuteronomy, for example: the first four chapters are essentially a lesson in remembering what the Lord has done for the children of Israel. Over and over again (more than 20 times in Deuteronomy), Moses encourages and warns the people to “forget not.”
Deuteronomy 4:9 is a great verse for the family of God at Jacob’s Well to embrace and hold tightly to:
“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children –“
Our eyes and our hearts saw the Lord do wonderful things in 2011. The list could go on and on, for maybe the greatest things He has done will never be fully known to the Body at large, for they were the moment-by-moment provisions and protections He continually provides beyond our ability to perceive or understand. But within our perception, when I think of 2011 I think of: babies, baptisms, Basque students, Bible studies, beautiful music, ball games, bountiful garden, wonderful weddings, VBS, Valentine’s “Table for Two,” conversations over countless cups of coffee, prayer over people and places and predicaments and promises, new building and old building improvements, and most memorable of all: new people worshiping and serving with those who have loved Christ and His people here for years.
Do not forget the mercies of the Lord towards Jacob’s Well.
News & Announcements:
- Prayer gatherings resume 1/11/12
- Advocate Bromenn Partners in Prayer January –
- Summer in the USA!
Lord-willing, we will once again host Basque students next summer. (The word is out! There are students over there ASKING to come to the Jacob’s Well families!) It’s time to start planning and praying, praying and planning. If you want to play a part, pray a part, or help plan a part, please let Bob V. know.
New series starts next week: Seven
from the Book of Revelation 2 & 3
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The Christmas Story
The Christ Candle
taken from: WorldVision’s Hope, Joy, Love Peace Advent Study Guide
We gather to celebrate the birth of the One who is the Light of the World, the Prince of Peace, Home to the homeless, Refuge for the weary.
We have explored what it is to wait expectantly for the best Christmas gift the world has ever known. We have acknowledged that the world needs the hope, joy, love, and peace of Jesus Christ—now more than ever.
Christ is our hope and our salvation. Christ is God’s promises made flesh. Christ brings meaning and hope for a world short on both.
We light these four candles again, remembering how we have waited on love—and celebrating that love has not let us down.
We light the Christ Candle recognizing that Christ is the center of all. The Light of the World was born this night. His name is Jesus, Emmanuel, God with us. Our waiting is over.
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