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Because God is our Redeemer , Thus says the Lord , your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord , who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens,   who spread out the earth by myself, (Isaiah 44:24)   For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.                                                       (Job 19:25)  In Christ, we are redeemed : “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” (Galatians 3:13) “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people (Luke1:68)      

I am always looking for new additions to the blog that will be helpful.  So, starting tomorrow I will be posting weekly on the character of God as it ties in with our identity in Christ. I hope it will encourage you and remind you of the God who loves you. Check back tomorrow!

Who is Jesus to you?  Be reminded today from this new song by Chris Tomlin entitled, "Jesus, This is You."

We have decided that we are going to focus on a different missionary that we support or our church supports during our family worship over the next few months. As we share about how they minister in their country or in the United States, we are going to make cards to send to them for birthdays, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. For our teaching time, we are going to look at a particular character trait that we see in that missionary and talk about how it is important in our lives as well. I am excited about this focus and look forward to sharing how it goes. We have already talked about sacrifice and I plan to talk about being content on Tuesday night. Thank you to those who serve God as missionaries!

Our pastoral staff meets every Wednesday morning to pray together and discuss church matters. We also have been reading a book and then discussing it together. We just finished 15 Characteristics of Effective Pastors. Our new book chosen by Brad was Uncommon by Tony Dungy . I read Chapter 1 today and believe it is going to be a good book. Here a few quotes that I highlighted: "The kind of ideas that our young people are buying into and the pressure to conform are causing teenagers to follow that path of least resistance." "We live in a world in which things are accepted as normal without any thought as to whether they should be or whether there might be a better way. Too often we resign ourselves to accepting that things are just the way they are." "Right now, our society also needs to get back to the fundamentals, those basic principles that will allow us to succeed as men." "I won't apologize for or shy away from that, because that's th...