Video

Yesterday Liz and I made a 2 minute 20 second video for the EAB AGM this Saturday and sent it to Roy. Saturday will be a busy day for us as we will have the EAB board meeting and then we will also have the main service of the week here in Patos on Saturday at 5:30 pm instead of Sunday, because on Sunday is the second and final phase of the presidential election between President Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, with the latest opinion polls showing them tied at 50% each. 

Last night I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study and Firefighter Lieutenant Romildo brought a good study on Acts 1:6-11 as he proceeds with a series of studies in the Book of Acts.

It was lovely to see 2 children from our Patos school bringing their mother to the weekly service we hold there, and she was really blessed and says she will return! Please pray for her salvation. 🙏

Let me remind everyone that the 88th EAB AGM will be tomorrow!

New Church Hall

Yesterday Liz and I travelled to the town of São Mamede where we rented a small hall to officially function as a church for £77 a month as from November 1st. Please pray for this venture of faith. EAB/ACEV's work in this town goes back decades. In the 1950s Missionary Pastor Frank Dyer was attacked by an Armadillo on his way back from evangelism in São Mamede. About 20 years ago we made another church plant attempt and now we are trying again. The church will be led by Deaconess Dodora so please pray for her. 

In the Patos High Street they are putting up the Christmas lights! 🎅

News from Betânia, Henrique and team in China is good and they are now in the north having travelled for a day yesterday by coach and plane. Please pray for them. 

São Mamede

Last night I travelled with the Patos Men's Fellowship to the town of São Mamede where I preached in a street service on 'Jesus sends out the twelve' from Mark 6:6-13 which is part of my series there in the Gospel of Mark. Pastor Rafael led the service and various people took part. At Green Pastures I am doing a series in John's Gospel and in Patos I am doing a series in Romans and am also about to start another series in Revelation. I am enjoying preaching more and more and value your prayers.

New Church Plant

We especially ask your prayers for a new church plant to start in December or January in the beach area of Bessa in João Pessoa. This new venture of faith has been under discussion for some time but we have now rented a house to start the work which we will receive on December 1st, and the church plant will be led by Thyago from Campina Grande and his wife Letícia. This young missionary couple are really blessed and intelligent with Thyago now finishing his PhD and Letícia about to do her master's degree. However above all they are on fire for God!🔥We already have 8 people committed to this new church plant and yesterday we had a meeting with Thyago and Letícia together with Pastor Wostenes and his wife Gleydice. 🙏

Complete Bible

When on this blog I announced my aim to write a résumé of the entire Bible chapter by chapter I imagined that this could take me 7 years. So I started on September 23rd 2024 and 2 years and 25 days later I have completed the 1,189 chapters of the 66 books of Scripture. This means that over 2 years I averaged about one and a half chapters a day, not just reading, but writing an abbreviated summary of each chapter and publishing this initially on this blog to be later published on the EAB website. I am very pleased and blessed to have finished this task.

Last night I led the service in Patos and preached the first of a series of sermons on the Book of Romans covering chapter 1 with the title: "I am not ashamed of the Gospel". It was a good service and the sermon went well. Pastor Murilo went and preached at our Imaculada church, and Pastor Rafael went and preached at our Catolé do Rocha church.

Revelation 22 (résumé): The River of Life

Revelation 22 is the Bible's final chapter which affirms that Jesus will return and offers the water of life to God's people. "Then an angel showed me the river of the water of life... flowing from God's throne... and on each side of the river was the tree of life giving fruit every month, whose leaves were for the healing of the nations... and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city and his servants will serve him... and they will see the Lord's face and his name will be on their foreheads... and God will give them light and they will reign forever and ever... and Jesus said behold I am coming soon... then the angel said the time is near... behold, said Jesus, I am coming soon... I am the beginning and the end... so blessed are those who wash their robes so that they have the right to the tree of life... but outside are the dogs... and I Jesus sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches... I am the bright and Morning Star... the Spirit and the bride say come... whoever is thirsty come... but don't add anything to this book nor take away from this prophecy... yes I am coming soon... Amen come Lord Jesus".

Revelation 21 (résumé): The New Jerusalem

Now after the final judgement Revelation 21 points to the tremendous blessings God will give his people. "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth... and I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem coming down from heaven from God... prepared as a bride... and it was announced that now God dwells with men... and he will wipe all tears dry... and there will be no more death or pain... and God announced that he was making everything new... I am the Alpha and the Omega and will give water to the thirsty... and he who overcomes will inherit this... but unbelieving murderers, sexually immoral and idolaters will go to the fiery lake which is the second death... then an angel invited me to see the bride... and he showed me Jerusalem coming down from heaven shining brightly with a high wall with 12 gates with angels at the gates... and there were 12 foundations with the names of the apostles... and the city was a 1,400 mile square and the wall was of Jasper and the city was pure gold... and the foundations were of precious stones... the 12 gates were pearls and the street was pure gold... and there was no temple because God and the Lamb are its temple... and there is no sun or moon because it is lit by God's glory... and there will be no night there... and nothing impure will enter... but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life".