18/08/2019
Dear Friends,
Thank you for joining us today as we celebrated the 42nd year of the founding of Emmanuel Baptist Fellowship. In the past 42 years, there is no doubt that God has fulfilled His wonderful promise in Philippians 4:19 “And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” But there are three points to note here; namely,
a) Is He your God and mine? Have we truly repented of our sins, believed and received Christ as our own Saviour and Lord?
b) He will supply our needs, not wants. Our heavenly Father knows what we truly need for our physical, spiritual and eternal good.
c) God’s resources and riches are gloriously infinite, while the Philippian Christians had supplied some of Paul’s basic needs according to their limited resources – Paul tells us that God will supply ALL our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. There is no limit to God’s giving because He has not kept back His Son Who became a fragrant offering for you and me! You see, we may not know the needs of the future, but He does!
Too often we dwell on the miseries of the past and forget our mercies. But as He supplied EBF through ALL our 42 yesteryears, and satisfied us with His goodness -- He will not withhold any good thing from us in the days to come! He gave us faith to trust Him, promises to plead with Him, and proofs of His care for EBF and provisions we could not even number. Should these thoughts not encourage us to face the days ahead with confidence?
“To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.” (Phil 4:20)
