Pastor Stan wiedeman from the Lakeside church of Chicago visited our church today, Sunday,10/23/05. Pastor Stan’s message was based on the Scripture reading found in the Book to the Philipians, chapter 3. The essence of the message was on self-sacrifice and love through Jesus Christ.
Pastor Stan spoke on the tendency we have to rely on our own strengths, and not on the liberating power of our Lord Jesus. Often, we hastily embark on a project with not much prayer and guidance, only to find ourselves desperately seeking the lord’s help when our plan falls through. The Apostle Paul, explained Pastor Stan, offered himself as a good example to follow. Though a perfect Jew by his own accounts, he never evoked his credentials when he became a Christian, but rather he said we needed to die to sin, and to the justification of the law, in order to be justified through Christ.
May we find comfort in the direction offered by Christ, and may His light illuminate our paths through our walk with Him.

Pastor Daniel Dumont.