Have you ever thought of sleep as an expression of trust in
God? When we are sleeping we
are completely abandoned to God’s care.
We are in control of nothing.
We are aware of nothing.
Each night we commit ourselves to God’s care and ask him for rest.
Psalm 127:2 says, “for he gives to his beloved sleep.”
Sleep is a great picture of trusting and depending on God
because there is no “trying” in sleeping, even though there is an active
element of trusting when we depend on God. Jesus talks about dependence in John 15 where he says,
“abide in me.” Read
John 15 to
prepare for this Sunday. We will
be focusing on verses 4-5.
We are excited to have Jon Miller bringing the word. Jon served on our
pastoral team as pastor of family ministries, until June 2010. Jon says, “
This was a tremendous season of ministry for me that included many
joys and challenges. It was all during this time that God blessed me richly
when I met and married my wife Adrienne, and then gave us three amazing boys,
Ari, Isaac and Elias.” In
August 2010, God led Jon and Adrienne to Harvest in Oakville.
Here is the
set list for Sunday
also. You can preview a great song
Erin is leading us in. You can
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the e-bulletin notice
here.
Don’t forget our campus prayer meeting
next Sunday night (August 21) at the Shaw’s at 6:30. Details are on the web site and in the bulletin.