Wednesday, June 06, 2012
To my beloved brothers and sisters at Dasal
Baptist Church:
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of
you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,
because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I
am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion
at the day of Jesus Christ . . . For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all
with the affection of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:3–8, ESV)
What an amazing work God has done in this
last year in Salincob/Dalumpinas! After
years of serving Christ, my brother Rolly has been by God's grace directed to
his own community. With his supportive
and godly wife, Marilyn, we have had the joy of seeing our Lord take from His
own resources and plant a vibrant, growing Church. We have seen the love and mutual care within
its members. We have witnessed the ordination
of leadership. Now we have watched with
great admiration the establishment of a building – a building that speaks of
the excellence and goodness of God. With
David I say, “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever
and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the
victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is
yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are
power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to
all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.” (1 Chronicles
29:10–13, ESV)
On behalf of Elk Point
Baptist Church we praise God and bless all of you at Dasal Baptist Church on
this first and momentous anniversary.
You will never know the affection we have for you and the tears that
come even as I remember your love and kindness to us. Please understand with the greatest of
sincerity that we love you in the Lord; we long to see you again; and we are
fully confident that He who started this work will cause it to grow to the glory
of His Son and our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; and for the eternal
happiness of the people of Salincob/Dalumpinas. Our prayer with the Apostle Paul is "that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all
discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and
blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that
comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:9-11, ESV)
Until next time and by His grace alone,
Pastor Jim
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