“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your Name in all the earth. You, who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens.” Psalm 8:1
“To Him who made the great lights, His loving-kindness is everlasting; the sun to rule by day, for His loving-kindness is everlasting; the moon and the stars to rule by night, for His loving-kindness is everlasting.” Psalm 136:7-9
“Yours is the day and Yours is the night. You have prepared the light and the sun and have established all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.” Psalm 74:16,17
“You, O Lord, made the moon for the seasons and the sun knows the place of its setting.” Psalm 104:19
“To whom will you liken God?” Isaiah 40:18
“All things came into being through Him; and apart from Him not one thing made has come into being. In Him was Life and the Life was the Light of men.” John 1:3,4
“And Jesus said, “I am the Light of the world; those who follow Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life.” John 8:12
A NASA photo of a sun storm, erupting filaments lifting off the solar surface, blasting enormous bubbles of magnetic plasma into space.
Leaving the Country: This will be the last prayer letter for several weeks as I leave tomorrow night for Thailand with a team of eight: Bruce and Linda Ungerland, Claus and Alison Hecht, Jody Cunningham, Terry Ogden, Sheryl Bergquist and myself. Gone February 16 to March 1. Appreciate your prayers for a fruitful and safe trip. When I return, Nikki and I celebrate our 42nd anniversary on March 2. How she has put up with me all these years is one of the mysteries of the universe. Seriously, I am not all that easy to live with at times.
Other Prayer Needs…
- Continue to pray for the 55 youth leaders/high schoolers who have arrived at the Amazon in Peru. Ask God to meet each and every one of them in a very special way, as well as the village locals they will be reaching out to.
- Tru, Shari and Linda in Cambodia right now on a dental missions trip; the second leg taking them to Laos
- Steve Young who goes to Bangladesh for a week on Wednesday, after spending six days in northern Thailand.
- Islamic jihad is slowing moving south in Africa, becoming a concern for the Radach Center in Ghana.
- Healing/Comfort/Encouragement – Dorrie, Rhona, Denise, Ginni, Jayna, David K., Beverly, Peggy, Lou, Michael
- Spouses of those who are on missions trips.
- Morning Upper Room prayer while I am gone; thanks to Greg and Robin for overseeing this.
A Beautiful Lenten Tribute From Robin Tench…
Below: From Derek Prince, one of the men I have most admired in my life.
May God release much grace to all of us. My how we need it.
Pastor Jay