Maritime Christian Ministries Holding Forth the Word of Life (Phil2:16) Dave Robertson (Port Chaplain), 22 Atholl Crescent, Liverpool, L10 8LB. UK Tel +44 (0)151 378 1046 Mobile +44(0) 07814456721 Email: drmcm100@yahoo.co.uk Nov/Dec 2018 yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that “Humble he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” 1 Peter Ch 5 6-7 We had just returned from Israel having prayers and the prayers of others, we do celebrated our 40th Wedding not always get immediate respite. Yet anniversary. It was a fantastic trip with God is good, and I have no doubt about many great moments as we walked that. And as the scripture reminds us. – where Jesus walked. As well as many of We have need to humble ourselves the Kings of old and prophets, somehow under God’s mighty hand casting all – places mentioned in the Bible came our care/anxiety on him because in his alive. We pictured Jesus on the Mount goodness he cares for us. of Olives, walking in Galilee, We decided to do the Christmas wrap Capernaum. The City of David, for seafarers from home this year Hezekiah’s tunnel Saul defeated on because of the difficulty I had in lifting – Gilboa his body taken to Beth Shan. and carrying. Many folk have come and – It was a fairly full on trip and we are not joined us helping Dot with the wrapping getting any younger. Unfortunately, we and bringing their gifts. At the same came back unwell perhaps from the time, they have prayed for us which – rigours of the trip, picking some illness has blessed us immensely. within the group. Dot was poorly for Once again, the response of so many about three weeks, I had an infection, Churches and individuals to this venture and this was further compounded, when has been wonderful, Thank You. Please I trapped a nerve in my neck. The pray that I will be well enough to consequence of this is that I have been distribute them all in December. off since returning home in some pain – and discomfort. Prior to our trip I had some encouraging I recognise that sometimes we are laid conversations and contacts. Visiting the aside for a season and that despite our Musketier and met a number of crew I
Maritime Christian Ministries Holding Forth the Word of Life (Phil2:16) Dave Robertson (Port Chaplain), 22 Atholl Crescent, Liverpool, L10 8LB. UK Tel +44 (0)151 378 1046 Mobile +44(0) 07814456721 Email: drmcm100@yahoo.co.uk Nov/Dec 2018 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” 1 Peter Ch 5 6-7 We had just returned from Israel having celebrated our 40th Wedding anniversary. It was a fantastic trip with many great moments – as we walked where Jesus walked. As well as many of the Kings of old and prophets, somehow places mentioned in the Bible came alive. We pictured Jesus on the Mount of Olives, walking in Galilee, Capernaum. The City of David, Hezekiah’s tunnel – Saul defeated on Gilboa – his body taken to Beth Shan. It was a fairly full on trip and we are not getting any younger. Unfortunately, we came back unwell perhaps from the rigours of the trip, picking some illness within the group. Dot was poorly for about three weeks, I had an infection, and this was further compounded, when I trapped a nerve in my neck. The consequence of this is that I have been off since returning home – in some pain and discomfort. I recognise that sometimes we are laid aside for a season and that despite our prayers and the prayers of others, we do not always get immediate respite. Yet God is good, and I have no doubt about that. And as the scripture reminds us. We have need to humble ourselves under God’s mighty hand – casting all our care/anxiety on him because in his goodness he cares for us. We decided to do the Christmas wrap for seafarers from home this year because of the difficulty I had in lifting and carrying. Many folk have come and joined us helping Dot with the wrapping and bringing their gifts. At the same time, they have prayed for us – which has blessed us immensely. Once again, the response of so many Churches and individuals to this venture has been wonderful, Thank You. Please pray that I will be well enough to distribute them all in December. Prior to our trip I had some encouraging conversations and contacts. Visiting the Musketier and met a number of crew I
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