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Friend Day was yesterday and it was just protected and blessed and successful because of the Hand of God.  I never got the count for 11:00 service, but Sunday School had over 500!  Vision had 20 people!  That's the most we've ever had, and I was really excited as well as our regular attendees. Roger looked totally releaxed and peaceful during the lunch!  Like he had the peace of God on his face. 

Yesterday during his sermon he referenced the story of Abraham and Isaac.  That reference ministered to me I think more than anything else.  I realized that sometimes to get to God's best we have to be willing to go through tests and struggles that make no sense, and at times may even cause us to question things.  

Genesis 22 

1 After all this, God tested Abraham. God said, "Abraham!""Yes?" answered Abraham. "I'm listening."  He said, "Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll point out to you." 3-5 Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants and his son Isaac. He had split wood for the burnt offering. He set out for the place God had directed him. On the third day he looked up and saw the place in the distance. Abraham told his two young servants, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I are going over there to worship; then we'll come back to you."  6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and gave it to Isaac his son to carry. He carried the flint and the knife. The two of them went off together.  7 Isaac said to Abraham his father, "Father?"    "Yes, my son."    "We have flint and wood, but where's the sheep for the burnt offering?"  8 Abraham said, "Son, God will see to it that there's a sheep for the burnt offering." And they kept on walking together.  9-10 They arrived at the place to which God had directed him. Abraham built an altar. He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.  11 Just then an angel of God called to him out of Heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"  "Yes, I'm listening." 12 "Don't lay a hand on that boy! Don't touch him! Now I know how fearlessly you fear God; you didn't hesitate to place your son, your dear son, on the altar for me

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