GBC Community Update: pray with a believing heart

​Good morning. I hope you’re making this a great week.  A number of ministries are starting to wrap up for summer as we approach Canada Day weekend. I want to thank all the ministry leaders, small group leaders and those who served in various ways this spring.  You have let your lights shine and been a blessing to me and to this church. We appreciate you a lot. God bless you for your faithfulness.
 
 
Child Dedication coming July 16
The opportunity for parents to dedicate their children to the Lord is a particular blessing to the family and to the church. So, on Sunday July 16 we’re going to have the first opportunity to do this since Covid shut us down.
If you have children (regardless of age) that you would like to dedicate to the Lord we would invite you to be part of our ceremony that will be held during our main service.  If you’d like to sign up, or if you have questions about dedication and why we do it this way, please let me know.
 
 
Join us on Sunday in-person or on our livestream as we continue our series, “Firm Foundations”-a study of the book of Romans
The foundation of a building is critically important for the stability of the structure that sits on it. In many ways our faith and relationship with God needs the same thing.  How is your foundation? We continue to look at this idea as we study the book of Romans, perhaps the best book of the New Testament for this kind of thing. 
This Sunday Pastor Dan will be continuing to look at Romans 14 and the idea of how to get along when we don’t.
Want to prepare? Read the text for Sunday ahead of time: Romans 14:13-23.
If you can’t make it you can connect through our website:  
www.guelphbiblechapel.ca  our YouTube channel as well as Facebook LIVE
 
 
Thought for the day: Steps Towards a Mature Prayer Life- Pray Believing
This has been quite the journey the past few weeks as we’ve looked at moving towards a more mature prayer life. I hope this has been as challenging for you as it has been for me!  So, here’s the last thought- when you pray, pray BELIEVING.  What do I mean?
To pray believing means to believe in God and that He will work all things out for good. Even if he didn’t answer your prayers, He knows what’s best and we don’t always understand God’s timing.
We can all learn from the man whose son was possessed with demons and when Jesus told him, “Everything is possible for one who believes.” He immediately responded with, ”I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief” (Mark 9:23-25). We too can ask Jesus to help us with our belief.
The man who asked for help with his unbelief is an example to us of how we need to be humble and ask Jesus to help our own unbelief. Ask Jesus to help your heart to believe in Him. When you pray, remember who you are praying to and say out loud, “I believe in you, Jesus.”  I hope this will help you experience deeper, richer, prayer this summer and beyond. 
 
In His grip,
Pastor Chris