TOM and PATTI WHEELER
WBF Missionaries to
WALES
Field address: Tom Wheeler 52 Penylan
Close Bassaleg NP10 8NW Wales, UK
E-mail address: prediger61@hotmail.com
Sent by: Tabernacle Baptist Church P.O. Box
252 Crane, TX 79731
30 May
2009
Dear friends in Christ,
Is it just me, or do some of you have arguments with
yourself? And lest I be thought a 'nutter' (a great British word), no,
these arguments are not spoken out loud.
Just the other day I was thinking about the ministry
here, and specifically among those who have been attendant upon the
preached Word for some time now. We have some folks who are fairly
regular in their attendance, and some others who are more sporadic. And
of course, I'm wondering why they've not made a public profession of
faith in Christ yet. And my other 'self begins to 'have a go at me' as
they like to say around here.
"So... you were saved the first time that you heard the
gospel? "
"Well, no."
"The
second or third time, then?"
"No."
"Fourth
or fifth?"
''No; I get the
point."
"Don't expect them to do what
you didn't do. And
didn't the Lord send that first time visitor Sunday before last? Why
don't you just be thankful that you have unsaved people to preach to
90% of the time, some of whom are genuinely seeking the truth and listen
closely to what you say?"
"I know; you're right."
"Then stop your whingeing"
(another great British word).
"I didn't say a word!"
"Maybe
not; but you were thinking it. And the Lord knows your thoughts. "
So have you ever given yourself a telling off (or is
it received a telling oft)? It is a helpful thing sometimes, especially
when we need an attitude adjustment, however slight it may be.
O my soul, we need a mighty work of God's Spirit
around here! There is such spiritual desolation on every hand. It causes
discouragement among our faithful people; and, as you have read, we have
folks coming that need to be saved. Would you pray for the messenger,
the message, and the hearer right here in South Wales?
I'll be preaching some messages the next several
weeks from John 3:16, a great gospel text. Would you pray that the Lord
will work miracles of grace and mercy and love at every hand, dispelling
darkness and bringing life forth from death?
We appreciate the faithful prayers of all you folks
that we met as we criss-crossed America all those years ago - and also the prayers of those we haven't met yet, knowing that
God continually adds to His family. May He richly bless you all!
Serving sinners, saints, and the
Saviour in the old world,
Tom and Patti Wheeler
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