From My Heart                             July 22, 2007

             You will probably notice that my family and I are not here today.  If you have not noticed by the end of today, you may need to stay a little more alert during the services.  My wife (who everybody knows looks so much younger than me) turns 40 this Thursday.  A number of months ago I told her to decide where the family could go for both vacation and celebration.  We have always enjoyed the Northeast, so that's where she decided to go.  We are just a few miles from the Canadian border just relaxing and enjoying sweet time as a family.  Pray for us this week.  We will return later this week.

Next Sunday begins Vacation Bible School for 2007.  I will be handling the children's rally each night with our theme being "The Amazing Grace Race."  For many weeks I have been praying that God would give us a great week.   Please bring your children, grandchildren, neighbors and friends to this great event.  Invite every child and teen you know to be with us.  Each year we see a great harvest of children receiving Jesus as their Saviour.  We will have our regular services in the auditorium both Sunday and Wednesday evening.

I still marvel at God's goodness to each of us.  God has been so good to me with such a great salvation, a loving family and a dedicated church family.  Recently while in California, I had three different pastors come up to me and say that they are hearing all over the country the great things God is doing in Bradenton at Bible Baptist Church.  Each time I responded, "God has been so good to us."  Thank you for all you do for the glory of God.

For Him,

Pastor