A couple more points....

. Before each service my Wednesday Bible study pastor and the elder pray upstairs alone for the souls of everyone in town... before every service. How often do we do this for our area?

. A lovely lady at church told with joy about watching a news channel showing a Good Friday service at a church in Gaza- let us just sit and think for a few moments about the implications and remember we have brothers and sisters in Christ in the Gaza strip too.

. On my own note on the above I don't need to remind you of our brothers and sisters in Christ in Israel as they are always mentioned, but I do need to tell you that the average person in Israel without Christ is no more saved than anyone else anywhere in any other Country. From observations they are a particularly proud bunch when preached too because they've been pampered by certain types of evangelicals.