A hearty welcome to all
9:30 AM Service
Scripture: Luke 10:25-37
The Good Samaritan—A Parable on Gospel Kindness
5:00 PM Service
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1-9 (LD #8)
Faith in God Triune
Offering: Church Fund
Prayer
*Those with ongoing needs: Art VanderWaal, Maliya Mulder receiving treatments. Jim Burgard, Cliff Sword in their healing journeys.
*Those experiencing various afflictions
*Pastor Don Overbeek hospitalized and being treated for an infection on his mechanical heart valve
*Pastor Pieter VanderHoek has received a call from Bornholm (FRC)
*Families, marriages, children, singles, the elderly
*Gratitude for: church, family, health, education, and work
*Mission work and outreach as the Lord builds His Church
*That the Lord would guide us, grow us, and bless us as a church family
*Spirit-worked revival in our nation and reformation in our churches
Calendar
Wed. Oct. 28 Prayer time &Bible Study @7. (chap. 4, Study #2, q’s 1-3)
Sun. Nov. 1. Potluck luncheon after am service. Communion in pm.
Verse for the Day~
Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not —Gal. 6:9
~Reflections~
Holy Fear
“He that feareth the Commandment shall be rewarded”
– Proverbs 13:13
Holy awe of God’s Word is at a great discount. Men think themselves wiser than the Word of the LORD and sit in judgment upon it. “So did not I, because of the fear of God.” We accept the inspired Book as infallible and prove our esteem by our obedience. We have no terror of the Word, but we have a filial awe of it. We are not in fear of its penalties because we have a fear of its commands. This holy fear of the commandment produces the restfulness of humility, which is far sweeter than the recklessness of pride. It becomes a guide to us in our movements: a drag when we are going downhill and a stimulus when we are climbing it. Preserved from evil and led into righteousness by our reverence of the command, we gain a quiet conscience, which is a well of wine; a sense of freedom from responsibility, which is as life from the dead; and a confidence of pleasing God, which is heaven below. The ungodly may ridicule our deep reverence for the Word of the LORD; but what of that? The prize of our high calling is a sufficient consolation for us. The rewards of obedience make us scorn the scorning of the scorner.