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Got Life A newsletter about spiritual enrichment for the Body of Christ
A Monthly Newsletter The Great Harvest An address from the senior pastor. Page 2
Build On A Foundation of Faith Page 2
What’s Going On The monthly calendar, birthdays and anniversaries, and fall activities in the city and surrounding area. Page 3
Church Information NLTC ministry staff, service information and statement of faith. Page 6 Mission’s Trip A brief look at the trip to Cape Town and Durban, South Africa. Page 5
of sunlight? Did we value the moments when the church was the moral conscience of society?
Work While It Is Day
If the church did its job, should our world be in such a state of wickedness? Would our parents live in submission to their children? Would our society be so anti-Christian faith and pro-individual spiritualist?
John 9:4 “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh , when no man can work.” One of the things that happens during this time of the year is the sun seems to go down so fast...before the work day comes to an end. For those who depend on the daylight to do their job will find that once October rolls around there are not “enough hours in the day.”
I know the Word of God speaks of the wickedness that would befall us, even within the church, but I can’t help but wonder how much of it is due to “wasting the daylight”?
”I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4
While the sun does go down early, a person who values the sunlight realizes that this seasonal change happens ever year. So they plan for the shorter days. To them each minuet counts, and non are wasted.
Sunday morning. But as I listened, I came to understand that they were speaking of the time that Christ’s laborers had to work the field, and the coming of the Lord.
I can remember as a child hearing everyone in the church, and I mean everyone, saying it is almost midnight. Of course at first I didn’t know what they meant, especially when the preacher said it on a
Now as I reflect on those words from the saints and the messages, I look at our current world and wonder did we work wisely, valuing the moments
October
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Since I’m not an expert in prophesy or the endtime, I can’t measure the amount of sunlight we have left, but because the Bible is true, the signs tell us the hour is growing late. If we are going to make any kind of impact on this world, our community, we must value the time we have left. The idea of who is “important” in the Kingdom is played out. Every second souls are leaving this world unprepared for eternity. And what are we doing about it? Reaching souls has to become not only our mission, but our passion! -Mel A. Perry 1