The sermon at church today was on Jeremiah 32. One of the key verses was 41, "I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul". Our pastor spoke about how God delights in doing good things for us and in our lives, how it gives Him pleaure. This is a quote from Spurgeon that our pastor read.
'While meditating on this theme, I said to myself, “Come, come, this will not do—with such a subject as this you ought to sing for joy.” I felt that my preparation for the pulpit ought to be one continuous song. The Lord blesses me with His whole heart and with His whole soul, what better news can I hear? This sweet assurance is a bath of milk. Of the man who believes it we may say, “Butter and honey shall he eat.” You breathe the perfume of Heaven when you can get at the meaning of this text. Oh, the joy that lies asleep in these words, as odors hide away in flowers! Come, heavenly wind and wake the slumbering joys—constrain the celestial perfumes to flow abroad, that we may exult in them.'
I think we will really miss our church. The people and especially the pastor. He is really passionate and I think he thinks the same way as Spurgeon. If he could, he would preach as one continuous song.
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We felt the same way leaving our church in Edmonton and thought we would never find one we liked just as much but we also found in Chilliwack that we love just as much! It's hard to say goodbye though. Kylie
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