What a wonderful week we are enjoying in the country, warm sunshine in February, buttercups blooming in the yard, calves in every pasture, one at a time and sometimes two, and the temptation to start our spring garden work and lawn work. But wait. It could be that winter may have one last romp before spring rushes in. God is good. We are thankful.

Our lesson series “Seven Steps from Darkness into the Light” or “Seven Steps Out of a Rut” has come to an end. I hope you have been challenged and encouraged by these lessons from God’s word. I am very excited about what we will be studying next. If you would like to read ahead, read the Biblical account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden just after they ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil – Genesis 3. We will consider the four questions God asked Adam and Eve:

Lesson/Question 1 Where are you?
Lesson/Question 2 Who told you that?
Lesson/Question 3 Have you sinned?
Lesson/Question 4 What have you done?

This Sunday, February 26th Cindi and I will host our monthly Birthday and Anniversary Get-Together at our house immediately following our Sunday evening service. If you or a member of your immediate family has a birthday or an anniversary in February, please come and enjoy the good fun and fellowship with your fellow Christian brothers and sisters. If you would like to bring your favorite finger-food, please do. We will provide the cake, drinks, and utensils. We certainly enjoy having you in our home.

Mark your calendar for our quarterly Church Luncheon on Sunday, March 4th. We will meet for Bible study at 10:00, worship at 11:00 then following our worship hour we will walk over to the fellowship hall for a lunch together. I know that Cindi will be probably cooking her fabulous chicken casserole, some “angelic” eggs, potato salad…Mmmmm! After our luncheon together we will meet back in the auditorium for our afternoon service and dismiss for the day. Please prepare enough food for your family and our guests as I know you always do. Our ladies are definitely the best cooks in Faulkner County.

Some of our fellow Christian brothers and sisters are having some difficult times presently. Let us remember these in our daily prayers to God. Let us also commit ourselves to having a greater appreciation for God’s provision for our needs every day. By this shall all know that we are his disciples, if we have love for one another as Jesus loved us (John 13:34-35).