Autumn Message from the Minister

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or nakedness or danger or sword?” Romans 8 v35

For one week in June, family, friends and colleagues were leaving messages on my house phone and getting no replies. For one week in June, family, friends and colleagues were sending emails to my computer and getting no replies!

I am sure they couldn’t understand why. All the signs of communication being open were there, so why no replies?

The voicemail said, “The person you are calling is not available, please leave your message after the tone, so they did. From my side of the phone and computer there was nothing! No dial tone; no internet connection; no ring tone; there was nothing!

Sometimes it seems that however hard we pray and however often we cry out to God we have no answer from Him.

IS THERE A FAULT ON THE LINE?

In Isaiah 59 it says, “your sins have separated you from God, your sins have hidden his face from you so that he will not hear.”

It is an awful feeling when we seem to be separated from God, when we ask and ask and leave a message and there is no reply. A Psalm of Asaph begins, “O, God, do not keep silent, be not quiet, O, God, be not still…” and another,”Why have you rejected us forever, O God…”

ARE THERE FAULTS ON THE LINE, and do they really separate us from the love of God?

If they did, My Friends, we would be people without hope. Paul knew that there was an answer to the separation because he’d experienced it.

All that is needed is to be those who love God and have been called according to His purpose and then, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. JESUS HAS DEALT WITH THE FAULTS.

So persevere in prayer – don’t give up – leave your messages.

God isn’t like your computer server, He does hear your cry for help and He is there with his answer.

Every blessing in Jesus,

Marion

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