Letter to the church @ Leadington

Many of you have asked for a transcript of the letter to the Leadington church that I read today.
Here you go:

Grace and peace to you in name of our great Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  

It is by Him alone that we have hope, and it is for His great name’s sake that you pursue Him together and love each other well.  You are thriving!  Your elders are shepherding you well.  Ben is guiding you through the Word with skilled precision.  You have staff and cell leaders that deeply love Christ and you.  The focus is the Gospel.  And, MOST of you are on mission.  You showed last week that you are going to honor God and worshipfully give to make your house payment and plant churches that plant churches.  Stay with Jesus and Jesus alone.  Humbly stay there --- thrive there. LOVE GOD!  I leave you with two warnings and an encouragement: 1st, your heart is prone to wander. Look to the cross today for your identity and look there again tomorrow. Jesus will never let you go, but you will try and get away.  Sin crouches at the door, but Jesus has crushed it –

TURN TO HIM.  2nd warning, false teachers and hatred are present. Hard times will come, but Jesus has won the victory. Joy WILL come in the morning. Love each other and keep the wolves off of each other.  LOVE EACH OTHER.

Our hearts are prone to wander.

And the encouragement, God does not leave unfinished business.  

He promised that he will never leave nor forsake you AND he has said that HE will complete the work that HE has started in you.  Cling to Him and Him alone. Rest in His great promises.

Your humble servant,

tim