I had not been to church for three weeks because I was ill. It was wonderful to go yesterday. Like coming home from a long, far away journey. It was so good to see all my friends there. Yes, many of them had come to see me while I was sick, but it was so much nicer to be with them all there. And to sing and pray with them. To read God’s word and hear it explained with them and to talk about it afterwards was such a pleasure. And then to crown it all, we shared communion together. That is when we remember what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross, taking our sin upon Himself, not only so that we could have a right relationship with Him, but also with each other.
First, we read from Joshua 3 and 4: 1-24 where we are told about the time God parted the flooding river so that his people, thousands, upon thousands of them could walk across. He did it so we could know how powerful he is. It was a great miracle. A marvellous thing that God did. He had promised that he would take his people to a land he had for them, and nothing would keep him from his promise.
God wants us to remember the great things he did. He wants us to teach our children about it, because when we know what a great God we have, and what lengths he will go to in order to keep his promises to us, we will have the confidence to trust him in all situations and circumstances.
God has done many great things, but the greatest of all was when he came down to earth in the form of a man and died on the cross and then rose again to live forever. And he did this for just the same reason as before – to keep his promise to take his people to a land he has for them, and nothing will keep him from his promise.
Joshua 4:21 “He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”
First, we read from Joshua 3 and 4: 1-24 where we are told about the time God parted the flooding river so that his people, thousands, upon thousands of them could walk across. He did it so we could know how powerful he is. It was a great miracle. A marvellous thing that God did. He had promised that he would take his people to a land he had for them, and nothing would keep him from his promise.
God wants us to remember the great things he did. He wants us to teach our children about it, because when we know what a great God we have, and what lengths he will go to in order to keep his promises to us, we will have the confidence to trust him in all situations and circumstances.
God has done many great things, but the greatest of all was when he came down to earth in the form of a man and died on the cross and then rose again to live forever. And he did this for just the same reason as before – to keep his promise to take his people to a land he has for them, and nothing will keep him from his promise.
Joshua 4:21 “He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”
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