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I am so grateful to the 16 people who promised to sponsor at least one pair of shoes for the Western Hills choir. We so far have received enough pledges to buy 35 pairs of shoes. What we can do now is get the 30 pairs plus buy new socks plus have a little bit left over for the expenses of the choir concert and the travel and the meals. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your generosity overwhelms me. We are so blessed to live in this community of believers at this time in our lives. My love to you all Mary.
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Acts 12:6-12 New International Version
6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”
12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.
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The Truth Can Be Hard to Believe
I look at the evidence.
I look at what’s there and try to figure out what it means.
Take the story below—much like the one I told last week. Joel Harper is a well-known personal trainer who has appeared on Oprah, ABC News and PBS specials.
He rides a bicycle in New York everywhere he goes. One day he was late for a meeting and biking as fast as he could.
He saw, some 60 ft. in front of him, a father and a little girl. She looked about three. They were playing beside the bike path.
Let Joel tell his story:
“At the exact moment I reached them, the child darted in front of me. I could not stop or even slow down. I knew I would hit her.
But now—I don’t know how to say this.
I didn’t hit her.
My bike and I went through her body.
Just sailed through her body.
I felt I was floating. She went right through me. No one was hurt.
It was a physical thing, but it seemed spiritual.
I stopped to look back. The dad seemed in shock, as was I.
And I was too confused to go back and talk to him.
I know it sounds crazy. I hate to put it into words.
It is beyond words.”
Joel harperI have other similar accounts. This is God working, but through the laws of nature.
Science tells us all matter exists as both particle and wave. In the wave state, matter is not solid.
Something like this took place in the resurrection. The dead body of Jesus dematerialized.
The burial cloth fell through the body.
The cloth lay flat on the burial slab. That’s the way the disciples found it.
The truth can be hard to believe.
It is still the truth.
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For the Hearing Impaired
We have several people in this category.
The new blue-tooth headphones and the machinery to connect them to our sound system will cost $3,000. This is the estimate from our sound people at Stage4. (They installed both our sound system and our lighting.) We will begin inviting gifts for this purpose immediately—and when we have the $3,000, we will ask Chuy and his crew to do the work.
Breakfast
We are still looking for one or two people to do breakfast for two Sundays in the month. Winston will continue doing two Sundays. Mac and Faith Salfen will do one Sunday. Someone can take either one or both remaining Sundays.
Let me know.
And show up for breakfast this Sunday—10:30 to 10:55. (Finish eating before worship.)
This Sunday
Mary was scheduled to preach this Sunday, but her life is complicated now, with Anna, her daughter-in-law, in the hospital.
So, I will be back in the pulpit this Sunday.
Sermon: “The Wonder of It All.”
See you Sunday.
Second Sunday of Lent.
It will be Easter before we know it.
But to get to it, we must go through the cross.
God bless — MB
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