Nov ’24 – Jan ‘25
Dear friends,
Praise and thanks
Please join me in praising and thanking our gracious God: for his steadfast love and grace, his constant care and protection, his wisdom and power, his kindness and forgiveness, his compassion and care, his sovereign power over all things, his great gospel plan for the nations, and his coming glory.
And join me in praising and thanking him for the immense privilege of knowing the Lord Jesus Christ; for wonderful friends and a wonderful church to belong to; for life, health, and energy; and for every ministry opportunity that he gives me.
Prayers
Please join me in my daily prayers for myself:
- ‘Help me to stand in your grace, live in your love, trust in your truth, grow in your wisdom, walk in your ways, and serve in your strength, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and for your glory.’
- ‘You have blessed and enriched me: help me to bless and enrich others freely and generously.’
- ‘By your glorious and powerful strength, give me patient endurance in everything, and joyful thanks to you for the Lord Jesus [based on Col 1:11-14].’
- ‘May this day be my best day of trusting, honouring, loving, and serving you.’
- ‘Please hear all these prayers from the lips of Jesus Christ, your Son, whom you have made our High Priest, Intercessor, and Mediator. Come Lord Jesus. Amen.’
Please pray with me for my ministry in November and January.
November
Final Mentoring sessions for this year.
Final reading of a 50,000 words DMin thesis which I have been supervising for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in USA.
6th, Training session on Prayer for St Bart’s Toowoomba [via Zoom].
7th, Preaching Training session.
10th, Preaching at St Jude’s [10am and 4pm] on Revelation 3:1-6.
17th, Preaching at St Jude’s [6pm ] on Revelation 3:1-6.
18th, Preaching Training session.
21st, Meeting of Raising up Gospel Workers committee.
28th, Preaching Training session.
[Prayer Training Sessions finished in October].
January
5th, 12th, and 19th, preaching at St Jude’s.
Preparation for 2025 ministry.
Writing
I finalised and sent off my book on Prayerfulness to be published next year by Matthias Media.
I wrote on a short section for a book on Handel’s Messiah to be published by the Church Society UK. A Month with the Messiah: Reflections on Handel’s Masterpiece. This is a book to help Christians benefit more fully on Handel’s Messiah, and also to help enquirers learn more about the Lord Jesus!
I will now get back to work on my book on the Inspiration of Scripture.
The Diocese of Melbourne.
I am no longer the President of the New Cranmer Society but continue as a member of the Committee. We will have a lot of work to do in preparation for the Meeting of Synod Members to elect a new Archbishop sometime next year, so that we are able to give helpful advice to Synod members on voting.
Holidays in December!
As always, I take my annual holidays in December, and I am looking forward to lots of reading, walking, swimming, playing music, and some healthy gardening [i.e., getting rid of weeds!].
Thank you so much for your fellowship and support in prayer.
May you know that God ‘will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus’ [Philippians 4:19].
Yours,
