Archives for 2020

Good morning,

We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 has caused upheaval in our personal, work, financial, recreational, and spiritual lives. All of us are being impacted.

How should we deal with this crisis? Some are hoarding. Some are complaining. Some are seeking answers. While others question the government and healthcare community. Some pray for God’s intervention.

Christians should go back to the basics.

God is in control.

1. God created everything.

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1)

2. God rules over the affairs of men

“Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.¹² Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.” (1 Chronicles 29:11-12)

“The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. ⁷ The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.⁸ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord‘s, and he hath set the world upon them.⁹ He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.¹⁰ The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.” (1 Samuel 2:6-10)

Many of us want to be in control. However, we are never completely in control. God may give us opportunities to be in control, but ultimately it is God who is really in control.

When we read what Scripture says about God’s sovereignty, it makes it very clear we are not in control.

3. God knows everything

“O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.³ Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.” (Psalm 139:1-4)

“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?36 For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to whom [be] glory for ever. Amen.” (Romans 11:33-36)

God knows everything. There is nothing He does not know. What we think, how we will act, and what we will say, He knows.

4. God is always present

“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.” (Psalm 139:7-10)

“The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” (Proverbs 15:3)

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.” (Isaiah 43:1)

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20)

COVID-19 did not take God by surprise! He has known about it since before the beginning of time.

The question we have to ask ourselves is, “Do we trust God to be able to take care of us through these troubling times?” This is when our faith in God is put to the test.  

Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 has caused upheaval in our personal, work, financial, recreational, and spiritual lives. All of us are being impacted.

How should we deal with this crisis? Some are hoarding. Some are complaining. Some are seeking answers. While others question the government and healthcare community. Some pray for God’s intervention.

Christians should go back to the basics.

God is in control.

He is the creator. He is the redeemer. When man and woman chose to rebel against God, He sent His own Son to redeem them. He is all knowing, ever present, and all powerful.

Christians need to pray.

We need to pray that God’s will, will be done. We need to pray for the COVID-19 crisis, the medical professionals trying to diagnose and treat the virus, people who are being impacted, our friends, families, and for ourselves.

Christians need to wait patiently.

Right now, most of our patience is threadbare. We are not willing to be patient. We want to see the COVID-19 go away so that we can get back to “normal”.

Christians should allow the Holy Spirit to comfort them and then be a comfort to others.

When a person trusts Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit comes and resides within that person. The Holy Spirit was sent to be the Comforter. As the Holy Spirit comforts us during this time, we should comfort others.

This will be our study for this week.

The key verses are Proverbs 3:5-6.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

If we believe this verse, it will quiet all our fears. The reason is that we are putting control of the COVID-19 in the hands of the one who is capable of resolving the issue.

Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

We have looked at contentment, God’s chastisement, and now God’s purpose and counsel.

This devotional begins with a list of Scriptures and then the narrative. This will be a good summation for the previous days studies.

God’s Purpose and Counsel

Acts 2:23. Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;

Acts 4:28. to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

Romans 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Romans 9:11. for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls,

Ephesians 1:11. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

Ephesians 3:11. according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

2 Timothy 1:9. who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

God’s Purpose and Counsel
(Don Fortner)

We believe, according to the scriptures, that the Lord our God is a God of purpose, absolute and unalterable purpose. Before the world began, Almighty God sovereignly purposed all that ever comes to pass in time. Nothing in this world is left to chance. Everything is moving toward the predetermined end of God’s eternal purpose with absolute, precise accuracy.

Even a casual reader of Holy Scripture has to face this fact: The God of the Bible is a God of purpose. The above passages plainly state that the Triune Jehovah is a God of purpose, and clearly teach several things about the purpose of God:

1. The purpose of God is eternal.

2. The purpose of God includes all things.

3. The purpose of God has for its peculiar design the everlasting benefit of God’s elect. Everything that God has purposed is for the ultimate, spiritual, and eternal benefit of his covenant people.

4. The purpose of God is immutable and sure. The Lord himself says, “My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure” (Isaiah 46:10). And in its ultimate end, God’s purpose will accomplish the eternal salvation of his chosen people and the glory of his own great name.

Psalm 33:11. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations.

Proverbs 19:21. There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the LORD’S counsel–that will stand.

Isaiah 14:24. The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, and as I have purposed, so it shall stand.
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Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

Octavius Winslow expands our study from yesterday on contentment.

None of us enjoy chastisement or punishment. We sometimes rebel against God’s discipline in our lives.

Today we will see why God’s discipline is so important.

The chastening of love!

(Octavius Winslow)

“For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and chastises every son whom He receives.” Hebrews 12:6

Oh, could we always analyze the embittered cup–how astonished would we be to find that in the bitterest draught that ever touched our lips, the principal ingredient was love!Divine love saw the disciplineto be needful.
Divine love selected the chastisementwhich was sent.
Divine love appointed the instrumentby which it should come.
Divine love arranged the circumstancesby which it should take place.
Divine love fixed the timewhen it should transpire.
Divine love determined the durationof the affliction.
Divine love heard the sigh.
Divine love saw the tear.
Divine love marked the anguish.
Divine love never for one moment withdrew its beaming eye from the sufferer.

Alas! How much this precious truth is overlooked by the disciplined and suffering believer!

Think, suffering child of God, of the many consoling, alleviating and soothing circumstances connected with your chastisement. Think of . . .
  the many divine supports,
  the precious promises,
  the tenderness of God,
  the gentleness of Christ,
and all this will demonstrate to you that this is the chastening of love!

Welcome your trials; they are sent by your heavenly Father.

Welcome the stroke of His rod; it is your loving Parent smiting.

Welcome whatever detaches you from earth, and wings your spirit heavenward.

Welcome the furnace that consumes the dross and the tin, and brings out the precious gold and silver–to reflect in your soul, even now, the dawnings of future glory.

Oh! be submissive, meek, and quiet under God’s chastening and afflicting hand!

“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.” Revelation 3:19
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Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

Thomas Watson challenges us in the area of contentment. We love to be on the spiritual mountaintop, but loathe being in the valley. We wonder if God has abandoned us when we perceive things not going the way we want.

God knows everything, is always present, and all powerful.  Whatever circumstance we are in, He knows about it. This in itself should be a comfort for us.

Knowing that God is with us always, we should be content.

A cross of their own choosing

(Thomas Watson, “The Art of Divine Contentment“)

“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content–whether well-fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.” Philippians 4:11-12

Paul knew how to manage in every state–he learned to be content whatever his circumstances.
If he was in prosperity, he knew how to be thankful.
If he was in adversity, he knew how to be patient.
He was neither lifted up with prosperity–nor cast down with adversity.

A Christian should be content in any and every situation. Many are contented in some conditions–but not in every condition. They can be content in a wealthy state. When they have the streams of milk and honey–now they are content. But if the wind turns and is against them–now they are discontented. While they have a silver crutch to lean upon–they are contented; but if God breaks this crutch–now they are discontented.

Many would be content with their affliction–if God would allow them to pick and choose. They could better endure sickness–than poverty; or bear loss of estate–than loss of children. If they might have a cross of their own choosing, they would be content.

But a contented Christian does not desire to choose his cross–but leaves God to choose for him. He is content both for the kind of the afflictions, and the duration of the afflictions, which God gives him. A contented man says, “Let God apply whatever medicine He pleases, and let it lie on as long as He desires. I know when it has done its cure, and eaten the venom of sin out of my heart–that God will take it away.”

A contented Christian, being sweetly captivated under the authority of the Word, desires to be wholly at God’s disposal, and cheerfully lives in whatever circumstances that God has placed him in. “I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.” (2 Corinthians 12:10) He does not only submit to God’s dealings, but rejoices in them!
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Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

This devotion will encourage our hearts. It will also challenge us to allow God to lead our lives, not us.

Read it, make copies, and pass them on to other needy souls.

My way–Your way

(Susannah Spurgeon, “Free Grace and Dying Love!”)

“Make Your way straight before my face.” Psalm 5:8

Dear Father, this cry is going up to You this morning from many a tried and perplexed soul, who is fearing to “wander in the wilderness in a pathless wasteland.” Will You graciously bend down Your ear, and listen to their prayer, and grant the desired direction and guidance?

“Make Your way straight.” Dear Lord, it is not that Your ways are ever crooked or deviating, but that my eyes are bent on seeing pleasant little bypaths, where the road is not so rough, or the walking so toilsome–as on the King’s highway! My way looks so enticing, so easy, so agreeable to the flesh. Your way means self-denial, taking up the cross, and the relinquishment of much that my carnal heart desires.

Now, dear Lord, hear my cry, “Make Your way straight before my face!” Compel me, by the power of Your love and Your example–to go in the narrow road! “Hedge up my way with thorns”–rather than that I should take a step out of the way which You have laid down for me.

What if, sometimes, there are mists and fogs so thick that I cannot see the path? ‘Tis enough that You hold my hand, and guide me in the darkness; for walking with You in the gloom–is far sweeter and safer than walking alone in the sunlight!

Dear Lord, give me grace to trust You wholly, whatever may befall; yielding myself up to Your leading, and leaning hard on You when “dangers are in the path.” Your way for me has been marked out from all eternity, and it leads directly to Yourself and home! Help me to keep my eyes fixed on the joy that is set before me, and deliver me from the very faintest desire to turn aside, and linger in the flowery meadows which have so often lured the feet of poor pilgrims into danger and distress!

Father, You have said, “My ways are not your ways, neither are My thoughts your thoughts.” True, dear Lord; but then You can uplift my thoughts to Yours, and exalt my ways until they reach the mountain-top of obedience to Your blessed will. Work this miracle for me this day, O Lord; use that sweet compulsion which will delight my heart, while it directs my steps! Make me to run in the way of Your commandments, and I shall run gladly, with the blessed certainty that I shall reach the goal at last! Have You not given me a monitor within, which strikes a gentle warning note when my feet turn but an instant from the straight way?

But, best of all, dearest Lord, may You Yourself come with me along life’s road, today and every day! Let the abiding of my soul in You be so real and constant, so true and tender–that I may always be aware of Your sweet presence, and never take a single step, apart from Your supporting and delivering hand!
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Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

Our lives are filled with minor actors. People who may have played a significant part in our lives at one time, but have faded away as time goes on. However, without those minor players, we would not be where we are today.

Try to visualize who those people were.

Hathach

(J. R. Miller, “Miller’s Year Book–a Year’s Daily Readings”)

“Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the decree issued in Susa that called for the death of all Jews, and he asked Hathach to show it to Esther. He also asked Hathach to explain it to her and to urge her to go to the king to beg for mercy and plead for her people. So Hathach returned to Esther with Mordecai’s message. Then Esther told Hathach to go back and relay this message to Mordecai . . .” Esther 4:8-10

We are apt to overlook the minor actors in Scripture stories–in our absorbed interest in the prominent ones. Yet ofttimes these lesser people are just as important in their own place, and their service is just as essential to the final success of the whole–as the greater ones.

The little girl in the story of Naaman the leper, is scarcely seen among the splendors of the Syrian court; but without her part, we would never have had the story at all.

The young lad with the basket, is hardly thought of when we read the account of the miracle; but they were his loaves with which the Master fed all those hungry thousands that day on the green grass.

The smallest links in a chain–are ofttimes quite as important as the greatest links.

Hathach was one of these obscure characters. But his part was by no means unimportant. Without his being a trustworthy messenger, Mordecai’s communication with Esther would have been impossible–and the whole Jewish nation would have perished!

If we cannot do brave things like Esther, nor give wise counsels like Mordecai–we may at least be useful, as Hathach was, in faithful service. And perhaps our lowly part may some day prove to have been as essential–as the great deeds which all men praise. We may at least help some others in doing the great things that they are set to do in this world.
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Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

What happens when a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ? Instantly, their lives are changed.

How they are changed will be our focus for the next several weeks.

We will look at what happens when a sinner gets saved, in relation to God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and between each other.

Some of the things that happen once a sinner is saved are as follows…

In Relation to God the Son

24) He receives a blessed hope – Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; (Titus 2v13) Notice, he does not hope he’s saved.  He received the blessed hope, & the blessed hope is that Christ is coming to get us – Rev 22v20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Jesus Christ is the blessed hope. He is coming to get us. He is going to take us to heaven to be with Him for all eternity. We patiently await His soon arrival.

25) He comes into fellowship with the Trinity.  John wrote… That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.  1 John 1v3

God wants to have fellowship with us.

26) We gain a mansion in glory – In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  John 14v2

Jesus Christ is preparing a place for each of us. He wants us to be with Him. He has committed His time and resources so we will welcome when we arrive in heaven.

At the moment we received Christ as personal Lord and Savior, God gave us everything we would need to be successful.

Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

What happens when a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ? Instantly, their lives are changed.

How they are changed will be our focus for the next several weeks.

We will look at what happens when a sinner gets saved, in relation to God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and between each other.

Some of the things that happen once a sinner is saved are as follows…

In Relation to God the Son

20) He becomes a friend of God – John 15v15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

What a tremendous statement. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the one who made all things, calls us His friends. We could not earn it. We did not deserve it. He had to become sin for us. He became the blood sacrifice to pay our sin debt. The He called us to Himself. He calls us friends!

21) His name is recorded in Heaven – Luke 10v20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

What a privilege to have our names written down in heaven. The significance of this is that our eternal destiny is secured. We know when we die, heaven will be our home. We will see Jesus face to face.

22) He becomes a fellow laborer whose name is written in the book of Life – Phil 4v3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.

We are labor for the Lord. We are to witness, give, counsel, and comfort fellow believers.

23) He becomes seated with Christ in Heavenly places – And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: In a sense, the Christian has already gone home to glory. – Eph2v6 His body is still down here, & he is in his body, ‘absent from the Lord & present in the body’.  However, his spirit has been ‘born again’ & ‘regenerated’ by the Holy Spirit & joined to Christ’s Spirit – But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. (1 Cor 6v17).  In this sense, he is at present seated with Jesus Christ ‘in heavenly places’

Although we are still here on earth, our position is seated with Jesus in heaven. It is reassuring to know that at the moment of salvation, we safe and secure with Jesus in heavenly places.

Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001

Good morning,

What happens when a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ? Instantly, their lives are changed.

How they are changed will be our focus for the next several weeks.

We will look at what happens when a sinner gets saved, in relation to God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and between each other.

Some of the things that happen once a sinner is saved are as follows…

In Relation to God the Son

What happens when a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ?

When a car is running, the moment the driver releases the clutch, many things happen, but perhaps all the driver knows is that the car is in motion.  This is a good illustration of what happens in salvation for the Christian!

The most dangerous part of a believer’s life in Christ is when the car first gets in motion, because the Devil is very anxious to guide it the WRONG way & thus make the new Christian’s life ineffectual.  Even though the sinner is saved & on his way to Heaven, the Devil wants to make him as ineffectual & fruitless as a child of God by getting him hooked onto some ‘hobbyhorse’ such as ‘Calvinism, baptismal regeneration, tongues & healing’ etc.

Some of the things that happen once a sinner is saved are as follows…

In Relation to God the Son

 13) The sinner is ‘accepted in the beloved’ Eph 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

14) The believer is baptized into Christ’s body by the Holy Spirit – 1Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.  EVERY child, EVERY sinner who trusts Christ, is put into Christ’s body by the baptism of the Holy Spirit; Paul says in Gal 3v27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

15) When the sinner who trusts Christ is ‘accepted in the beloved’ (Eph 1v6) & is baptized into Christ’s body by the Holy Spirit, he is buried with Christ by ‘spiritual’ baptism – Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  Col 3v3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 

Every believer in Jesus Christ is baptized by the Holy Ghost into Christ’s body!  1 Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.  Every child of God is baptized INTO Christ’s body; every saved sinner is buried with Christ.

16) The believer becomes a love gift to the Son from the Father – The Lord Jesus said in John 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.  Every saved sinner is a special love gift from the Father to His Son Jesus Christ

17) The moment you trust Christ as Savior, you are indwelt by Christ, & you are saved by Jesus Christ – Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.  Acts 4v12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  You are indwelt by Jesus Christ the moment you trust Him for your salvation!  Jesus said in speaking of these matters… John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

18) When a sinner trusts Jesus Christ, he possesses ETERNAL LIFE! John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

19) When the sinner trusts Jesus Christ, he has peace with God.  Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  Rom 5v1  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: John 14v27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

20) He becomes a friend of God – John 15v15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

21) His name is recorded in Heaven – Luke 10v20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 

22) He becomes a fellow laborer whose name is written in the book of Life – Phil 4v3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.

23) He becomes seated with Christ in Heavenly places – And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: In a sense, the Christian has already gone home to glory. – Eph2v6 His body is still down here, & he is in his body, ‘absent from the Lord & present in the body’.  However, his spirit has been ‘born again’ & ‘regenerated’ by the Holy Spirit & joined to Christ’s Spirit – But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. (1 Cor 6v17).  In this sense, he is at present seated with Jesus Christ ‘in heavenly places’

24) He receives a blessed hope – Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; (Titus 2v13) Notice, he does not hope he’s saved.  He received the blessed hope, & the blessed hope is that Christ is coming to get us – Rev 22v20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

25) He comes into fellowship with the Trinity.  John wrote… That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.  1 John 1v3

26) We gain a mansion in glory – In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  John 14v2

Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001