Marc's Second Sermon

Marc was asked to preach again while Dad was away this month for his doctoral program classes in California.  This time it was a morning service with a much larger audience.  If you know Marc, you know that this is WAY out of his comfort zone.  He worked like crazy to understand and apply the passage of Scripture that he had chosen from Ephesians chapter one.  He did an amazing job!  It is so neat to see God use him to speak truth to other people.  If you are interested in listening to the full message, you can find it here:  http://mfbcsermons.weebly.com/morning-sermons.html

The Vault of Spiritual Blessings

Ephesians 1:3-14

1.  In Christ, we are blessed with every spiritual blessing...

2.  In Christ, we are chosen...

3.  In Christ, we will be made holy and blameless...

4.  In Christ, we are predestined in love...

5.  In Christ, we are adopted as sons...

6.  In Christ, we are redeemed...

7.  In Christ, we are forgiven...

8.  In Christ, the mystery of God's will is given to us...

9.  In Christ, all things are unified...

10.  In Christ, we have obtained an inheritance..

11.  In Christ, we are sealed with the Holy Spirit...

12.  In Christ, we are given a pledge...

...ALL TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY!

      "We may have as much of God as we will.  Christ puts the key of the treasure chamber into our hand, and bids us take all that we want.  If a man is admitted into the vault of a bank and told to help himself, and comes out with one cent, whose fault is it that he is poor.”  

                                                                                                   ~ Alexander MacLaren

2+2=12

10 years ago there were just two couples who enjoyed spending time together.  Now there are TWELVE people who enjoy spending time together!  (Actually, 13 if you want to be completely accurate.**)

The Stimac family drove up from California to spend a week with us in Idaho again this summer.  We spent a couple of days at the cabin doing this:

And then we came back down to the valley to do this:

(I got a kick out of this sign up at the snack bar at Barber Park.)

Besides playing in the rivers we also visited Bounce, the Discovery Center, Powell's Sweet Shoppe, Settler's Park, watched Despicable Me 2, played games, etc.  It was a fantastic way to spend a week with friends.  Thanks for making the long trip guys!  We'll see you next summer.

(** NO!  I am not pregnant!  It's Janella that's expecting baby #6 in December.  Gotcha.)