Changing Times

We live in changing times!

When man first walked on the moon I had a conversation with my Dad. He told me in his lifetime he had witnessed the advent of Flight, by seeing a zepplin, or as we would call it a blimp. Now he said "Man is walking on the moon...I have seen great change in my lifetime"

I am approximately the same age as my Dad was then. I see now all or most of the things that I watched on "Star Trek" in its early days being a reality in my own lifetime.

We now have "space stations" "mobile telephones" "virtual reality" the ability to project holographic images of preachers and teachers and to give them multi-location ministries. We have massive TV screens, and ability to see each other as we communicate on the Internet or on our mobile phone.

How does God cope with all this change? "I am the Lord I change not" is His response to a changing world "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever" The same Jesus that saved my Great grandfather , a Primitive Methodist, my Grandfather, a member of the Peculiar People, my Father and myself , still goes on saving people today.

The unchanging Truth of the ability for men to find the forgiveness of sins, by trusting in the finished work of Jesus at Calvary, continues in an age of innovation and technical revolution.

Times may change, and our methods of presenting the Gospel may become more sophisticated but the message is an unchanging message in changing times!

Missed "Church" again

I have lived now for 70 years and for 54 of them have been used to faithful church attendance on a Sunday am.
Around a year ago Nova and I moved to Lethbridge again! Since we have been here we have been attending a unique church plant Mosaic whose leader is our son Jeremy.
Mosaic is different for "old-timers " like Nova and I!
Firstly, we don't meet on Sunday we meet on Saturday Nights in Jeremy's home .
Secondly, we have as many people at our Tuesday Night Training Night as we do on Saturdays.. and when its prayer time they all want to pray !
Everyone in our Church is on Face book and most of them are young adults. We are all nosey and know what is going on in the church and with each other on a daily basis. They like to drop into our homes and spend time with us in between meetings , and sometimes when they do this with each other they land up praying and seeking God together!
People "get saved" we are not always sure how they did it but we are not into "collecting" existing Christians and "maintaining them" Lots of our newer believers seem to be able to maintain themselves and show great insight into things it took me years to understand!
Having said that, for the last two Saturdays we "missed Church" Last weekend was my 70th Birthday so friends and family gathered on our "church night" at Jeremy's house and we worshipped and they prayed for us... then we had cake and talked lots. At the end of the evening we had conversation with a couple and found out that the husband had a potentially serious problem with his eye, a torn retina, that could turn into a disease that would limit his vision. We laid hands on him and prayed in a quiet corner of the room that Jesus would heal him. Just this week came a note on Facebook saying" we visited the specialist who said whatever it was seemed to healed itself because there is no longer a problem" Our friends commented "but we know different!" Jesus is the healer!
This Saturday we "missed church" again and instead went to the first showing of a video produced by three young men in Mosaic. Truth/Life video depicted their search for truth and included trips to Africa and Asia in the process. Two of the young men and another since the trips found Christ in the process of their search. On this special Night one of the guys Moms, who is not a Christian surprised us all and came and visited the event. At the end of the evening the last of the speakers shared some Gospel insights... so the crowd of mostly Christian young folk from other churches , shared with us in hearing the Gospel proclaimed in an entirely new way. During the presentation I sat next to the"mum" and she was quietly weeping through many of the scenes.
At the end of the evening we prayed for another of our young ladies , who was going on a ministry trip. We didn't do it in the spotlight, just in the corner, and sent her on her way under authority and with the Blessing of her local church.
So for two weeks now I have "missed church" so am wondering about next week since we have a wedding on Saturday and most of the church will be there... we have to meet on Sunday am. I am wondering a little if Jesus might just turn up again like he did at the wedding in Cana of Galilee?