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“Our Gospel Meeting In Review”
Our Gospel Meeting In Review
Wade Webster
We prayed diligently for God to bless our Gospel meeting (Mt. 7:7-8). I believe that all will agree that He did so abundantly (Eph. 3:20). Now, it is fitting that we name some of these blessings and thank Him for them (Eph. 5:20). The sweet psalmist of Israel declared, “Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits” (Psa. 103:1-2).
Thank God For Visitors
We were blessed with a couple of visitors from the community. We had one visitor as a result of the Saturday morning that we spent hanging meeting invitations on neighborhood doors. We had another visitor as a result of a personal invitation from one of our members (John 4:28-30). It was so encouraging to see the fruit of our efforts and prayers. I believe that you will agree that these visitors make us want to do more work in our neighborhood (Isa. 2:3). We also had a number of visitors from area congregations. I noted visitors from at least eight different congregations. Several of these visitors drove over an hour to be with us. As these area congregations host events, we need to return the favor and support them.
Thank God For Fellowship
The Gospel meeting gave us a number of opportunities for fellowship (Acts 2:42). First, we enjoyed fellowship on the Saturday morning that we went out in teams to invite families from our community to our Gospel meeting. We had breakfast together, prepared door-hangers together, and went from door to door and from house to house together (Lk. 10:1). Second, we enjoyed a fellowship meal and a period of fellowship following the first two services of our Gospel meeting. We challenged our ladies before the meeting to prepare extra food to accommodate any visitors that we might have. Our ladies rose to the challenge. We had several visitors and still had plenty of food remaining when everyone was full (Mt. 14:20). Thank you ladies for preparing such a wonderful meal for us. Third, we enjoyed fellowship before and after each service. It was especially wonderful to see brethren hanging around after the services to talk and to visit with each other (Psa. 133:1). Fourth, it was great to see some spend time together during the week hosting the visiting preacher. I know that B. J. appreciated these meals and that it was a blessing for these individuals to get to know him better.
Thank God For Preaching
B.J. Clarke did an excellent job presenting lessons. I think all were impressed with the creativity and clarity of the lessons (2 Cor. 1:12; John 10:24). No one left any service wondering what was preached or what God wanted them to do in response to it. We could not have asked for B. J. to have done any better than he did. If you missed any of the lessons, want to hear them again, or would like to share them with someone else, they can be accessed through the congregation’s website. Please continue to pray for B. J., Tish, and the work that they are doing for the Lord.
For sure, there were many other blessings connected with our Gospel meeting. I simply mentioned three of the blessings that stood out the most to me.
