Dear Christian Friends,

The Bible reading for February is:

Week beginning February 5:
     Deuteronomy 26-30.
Week beginning February 12:
     Deuteronomy 31-34; Isaiah 1.
Week beginning February 19:
     Isaiah 2-6.
Week beginning February 26:
     Isaiah 7-11.

The item we will be collecting for our military troops in February is chewing gum. Let's rally and fill the collection basket in the fellowship hall.

Coming up this month will be two sermons on "The Golden Text of the Bible." The text, of course, will be John 3:16. Make Sunday morning worship a regular part of your week.

This month's Bible reading finishes Deuteronomy and gets into the book of Isaiah. There are some very beautiful passages in Isaiah with Isaiah 53 standing at the head of the list. Isaiah was a prophet from the Southern Kingdom of Judah at the time the Northern Kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the Assyrians. Halley's Bible Handbook states the following concerning Isaiah:

Called the Messianic Prophet because he was so thoroughly imbued with the idea that his nation was to be a Messianic Nation to the world; that is, a nation through whom one day a great and wonderful blessing would come from God to all nations; and he was continually dreaming of the day when that great and wonderful work would be done.

In John 12:41, the apostle writes, "Isaiah ... saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him."

In the January 29, 2012, edition of the Christian Standard magazine, there is a very good article by Lee Magness entitled, "Meeting and Meaning at the Lord's Supper." In the article, he writes, "Gathering is central to our identity. Worship is central to our gathering. And breaking bread is central to our worship." He goes on to state that, on the first day of the week, what we have is, "The Lord's people gathered for the Lord's worship on the Lord's Day to share the Lord's Supper." Take seriously this act of worship and make every effort to meet Him around His table each week.

Best wishes,   Howard Faerber, Minister