WORD OF THE DAY - Monday 27 August 2012 from Nikolaev, Ukraine

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23)

по милости Господа мы не исчезли, ибо милосердие Его не истощилось. Оно обновляется каждое утро; велика верность Твоя! (Плач Иеремии 3:22-23 Russian) 

Це милість Господня, що ми не погинули, бо не покінчилось Його милосердя, нове воно кожного ранку, велика бо вірність Твоя! (Плачът на Еремия 3:22-23 Ukrainian)

 O LORD God, our dear Father in heaven ~ we come into your gates with hearts full of thanksgiving for all the mercies we receive on this new day from your unending love and faithfulness. Forgive us for our foolish ways when we sometimes think that we are all alone in this vast universe and wonder where we are going. Give us wisdom along with your blessed assurance that we have the perfect Savior to follow into eternity. Help us to fight the good fight of faith without compromising any of our principles based truth found in Scripture. Nevertheless, help us to demonstrate your superior love and patience toward all people with whom we come in contact so that they may see Jesus living in us and not only in our words. We pray in Jesus name, Amen.

 Yesterday was the first time in many months that we have had 20 in attendance. We used to tell the group that if and when we began to regularly have around 20 each Sunday, we would move our worship services downstairs to the large auditorium. We are not exactly preparing for that, since several of the folks yesterday were some who come from out of town and do not intend to be here that often. Nevertheless, we are looking forward to having to make such a favorable change. We experimented with meeting in the large hall in 2009, but our small group was lost in all the theater seats and stage. We had a good children's Bible class yesterday with several kids who have now become regulars. The idea of Nastya's death was very difficult for their young minds. She was the spark of the class and the one who asked and answered questions. We plan to call our children's Sunday Bible class after Anastasia Nezhelskaya, who came seeking more knowledge of the Lord Jesus. Thank you for being faithful in prayer.