Skip to main content

Another Historic Day!

Each day is historic isn't it? First of all it will never be repeated and there are happenings in each day that are "firsts." Yesterday in the history of Faith Baptist Church of Habiteto, Sococaba, São Paulo, Brasil, was historic in two ways. We had our greatest number of people in Sunday School at 38! Rose and her six kids arrived a bit late but we are rejoicing that after nearly 12 weeks of Bible study with her we are beginning to see the bud of fruit in her life. She has yet to accept the Savior but she is very near that decision. Continue to pray for her.

The second historic event happened after our morning Sunday school as we met at Alexandre's house for our organization service. It wasn't a service per se but a time that several of us met to put our doctrinal statement on paper along with our intend to become a church. This document will now go to the mayor's office for recognition and we will be "official" in the eyes of the local government. This is the first church that we've participated in in which we have taken this step so early. It is a good step to take early, we've just never done it this way. We were excited to be a part of the process.

Continue to pray with us about God's direction regarding land or building. To date we have R$25,000 brazilian committed and some $4600 US for a total in Reais of R$33,280 toward our R$55,000 goal (just over $30,000).

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What Are You Worth?

What are you Worth?  Have you ever thought about what you are worth? In investing circles there is a term used to gauge this exact question, it's called Net Worth. You take all of your assets, like property owned, funds in your bank account, clothes, jewelry, car, etc.. You total all of these things. You then take everything you owe, like mortgage, car loan, and credit card debt, and you subtract these items from the first total. This gives you your net worth. That number represents where you are financially. Most people never stop to think about this number because they don't understand anything about it. They never have two nickels to rub together. They live from hand to mouth and know (or at least believe) nothing will ever change so, they fall into the "daily grind" mentality. Psalm 49 should be a great encouragement to such as these. The sons of Korah write about them. These sons write about all of us. They call all people everywhere to listen to their wisdom. Bo...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Circumcision Advantage

 What a title right? I'm thinking of Romans 3:1 where Paul asks, "What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?"  This was always an avoided subject in Sunday school, especially in a mixed class. We didn't use the "C" word. Too wierd.  Paul is bringing up this topic for good reasons. He wants to show that the Jews definitely have had a great advantage during their history. In the next verse he tells one of them when he says, ... "First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God." The first jew talked to God in person. God chose Abram to be the father of many nations and to bring the blessing of the Messiah to the world. The Old Testament is the story of the Jewish nation. God dealt with the Jews throughout the ages of the time before Christ. They were the chosen. But in all that blessing they ended up crucifying the Messiah.  With all of their advantages the Jews came short of the ideal....
Post a Comment
Read more

Abs of Steel with Glasses

Have you ever wondered why Clark Kent always took his glasses off before he turned into Superman? I hadn’t ever thought about it either until this last Saturday when I almost got sucker-punched. Wellington, one of my spunky Juniors, wanted to wrestle. He feigned a punch to my gut and I said, “Go ahead. I have abs of steel!” I think that my gym visits might be going to my head because my abs of steel are buried under a healthy layer of blubber. I have improved my six-pack but it is far from chiseled. It looks more like a quarter of a keg. Anyway, quick as a wink and with near lightening speed Wellington said, “Yeah but up here is made of glass!” as his poke went within a hair’s breadth of my glasses! I belly-laughed. His rapid reflexes and wit had caught me by surprise. And what he said was so true and funny. It was an excellent though brief lesson. I often prepare for an oncoming fray. I get ready, set and then “BLAM”! The proverbial punch comes from a totally different direction. ...
Post a Comment
Read more