The Weekly Diner

Dear weekly readers! God’s Peace!

In a few days my son and I will begin two months of travel by car as we do church visits around the USA. The purpose of the trip is to help raise awareness in congregations about the work that the Lord is allowing the Foreign Mission of the ALCA to participate in, in His Vineyard around the world. My urgent request is that you would remember us in your prayers, and that the work would be blessed by God.

Also on this trip we will be at the Annual Convention of the Apostolic Lutheran Church of America (ALCA). During these four days of meetings and services, many sermons will be preached. Please pray that the power of the Holy Spirit would be present, and all in attendance could be feed and nourished by our Lord! If you want to listen to archived recordings of these sermons, email me at foreignmission@comcast.net in late July and I will be glad to give you the information of how to do this.

Since all this travel will make my time very short for the next two months, I will be using articles written by other pastors and believers for the “Weekly Diner.” I will still publish it weekly however, but the day you get it may vary from Monday to Thursday depending on the daily schedule and internet access availability.

For this week, I will not have a long article, but just to ask you for your prayers. They are so important to the continued Work in the Lord’s Vineyard. Please remember that the USA is in a time of a poor economy, and we must all realize that we all need to join in the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world. We want to be obedient to the words of our Lord Jesus, in both times of plenty and in hard times! Jesus only said, “Go ye into all the world,.....” He did not say to go only if the economic times are really good. No, we are to go by faith!

This week we were privileged to have a guest Pastor from Sri Lanka in our area. His name in Lynton. He spoke on Sunday night in the church that I attend on the power of prayer! He pointed out many verses from the Bible that show the amazing power of prayer. Please look up the verses on this topic in your Bible and you will be enriched by it. There are so many verses, but if you need, a topical Bible or a study Bible would help you find them. I could give you a list at some point as well if you need.

Pastor Lynton, then also shared with us a verse that goes along very well with the prayer topic. This verse lets us ponder the power of God. Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me? Take the time to think ponder on this verse. Do so while you are still and quiet. I am sure upon reflection, you will agree, that NO, there is nothing too hard for God. Therefore, if you add to the fact that there is nothing too hard for God, to the part in His Word that says the prayer of a righteous man availeth much, there is much reason for both Prayer and Rejoicing!

Yes my friend, we can let the Lord take care of us! Yes, we can let the Lord take care of our friends and others! Let’s take all of our cares and concerns to our Lord in prayer, as we pray in Jesus name!

The prayers of the saints go up in Golden vials before God. So important are your prayers!

Please remember us in America in your prayers, and we will surely endeavor to remember you in ours.

May God Bless Your Week.

John R.