Dear River Reach Family,

But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.”

Acts 23:11

Have you ever looked at your life and thought, “None of what is happening to me makes sense!” Or maybe, “These problems in my life seem to be hindering my attempts to honor and serve the Lord.” How can wasted time, money, effort or senseless pain or pointless conflict be profitable? If God is sovereign over all (and He is), then why can’t He just smoothing things out and remove the uncomfortable and inefficient parts of life to enable us to focus our efforts on “profitable” ministry? From our vantage point life may at times seem like a big and pointless mess, but that is never the case. Even in the most frustrating and difficult parts of life, God is perfectly executing His plan in our life to enable us to accomplish His will and bring glory to His name! The Holy Spirit records for us Paul’s life in Roman custody under Jewish threat along with the Jesus Christ’s specific words of encouragement to Paul in the midst of frustrating circumstances to assure us of His wisdom and sovereign design at work in our lives. Nothing is a waste. All is working together for our good and God’s glory!

Sermon: “Providential Protection” – Acts 23:11-35

Live Streaming Links

• Live streaming to Zoom available for all services
  • Morning Worship: https://zoom.us/j/360308233 (Passcode: 567701)
  • Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study: https://zoom.us/j/225762120 (Passcode: 567701)
  • Backup Plan: If Zoom goes down we will move to Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/qbm-xhcd-vxf

Zelle Online Giving available

If you would like to give an offering through an electronic means, you may now give through Zelle. You will find our church listed under the email address: give@riverreachbaptist.org

If you put in the email address correctly Zelle should recognize the recipient as “River Reach Baptist Church, Inc.” If you have any questions, please contact me.

Prayer Requests:

• Pelcs moving to NC and settling in
• God’s wisdom for Christians and American citizens to vote in a way that honors the Lord
• Peace and righteousness in our land
• Those who are fighting Covid
• Our missionaries to be encouraged in the Lord
• Our leaders to have wisdom
• Opportunities to share Christ in these uncertain times
• Spiritual growth and strength for each one in our church
• Our nation to repent and turn to God
• Someone that the Lord can use you to lead to Christ
• Someone that the Lord can use you to lead to follow Christ

Blessed to be your Pastor!
Matthew Rowley