God's mercies are new every morning - Lam. 3:23

"Say Yes to VBS" is one of the songs we will sing this week at Vacation Bible School.  I love the "freight train" that hit our church today - I love the energy and enthusiasm of the children and I will do my best to keep up!  Watching them do the  motions to "Change My Heart" was inspiring to me.
Our theme this year is "Facing Fear, Trusting God" and we will have the privilege of guiding these children to:
                 *  Dare to Change
                 *  Dare to Speak Up
                 *  Dare to Believe
                 *  Dare to Stand Strong
                 *  Dare to Trust

We want to offer them life through Jesus Christ in a world that is increasingly threatening.  Jeremiah, in the book of Lamentations, felt the same way.  In Chapter 2, he was weeping for the wounded children whose "...lives ebb away" (v. 12).  We could easily get discouraged, but like Jeremiah, we need not lose hope.  In his verses in Chapter 3:22-23, he says:

Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.  They are new

every morning; great is your faithfulness.

 

Every morning the VBS workers will wake up and cling to the promise that His mercies are new every morning...we are trusting that as we offer them hope through God's word, little seeds will be planted that will grow into mighty trees of faith that will equip them for all they have to do in their lives.  Pray with us for their salvation.  He greets us every day with His "great love"...what a wonderful gift we have!

 

For further study:  Exodus 33:19, Deuteronomy 4:31, Psalm 25:4-10, Isaiah 40:31, Matthew 28:19-20, Romans 9:14-18, Ephesians 2:4-5, 1 Thess. 5:23-24, 1 John 5:12

 

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

 

Love,

Holly