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God blessed last Sunday as we heard messages from the Word of God. Pastor Josh preached from 1 Peter 213-17—a ‘very good message on the believers’ responsibilities to God and to government.

Next Sunday is a big and important day in the life of Harvest Baptist Church. We begin our Revival-Evangelistic meetings with Evangelist Ro Comfort. I consider it a great privilege to have Dr. Comfort preach for us. He is a man of God, signally blessed wit the gift of an Evangelist. he will be a great blessing to all who hear his messages. Next Sunday morning he will speak to the Adult and Teen Bible Study Classes during the Sunday School hour at 9:30. Then he will preach in our Morning Service at 10:45. We want a great crowd for that Morning Service. Believe me on this—you will receive wonderful blessing from Evangelist Comfort’s ministry. I am looking forward to Sunday, especially looking forward to seeing all of you there for the Morning service.

Wil Kroeker underwent the balloon procedure yesterday that was to correct the blockage of his intestines. A blockage was found. The balloon did its work, but it may have to be repeated before too long. He is feeling quite a bit better. Praise the Lord, the doctors reported the fond no cancer.

Today his wife, Terey, is undergoing an angiogram reaching to a c luster of arteries in her brain. This is a very delicate procedure, and she needs our prayers for her today.
She has been suffering severe headaches.

Pray also for Glen Lamoreaux is having a lithothripsy procedure this morning to break up a large kidney stone.

May the Lord bless each of you that you may honor the Lord with your life daily. We are thankful for the privilege of being your pastor.

Yours and His,

Ed Nelson, Pastor

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In our family devotions today we meditated on the First of the Ten Commandments. That Commandment reads, “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” This is a very important commandment. It is the first Commandment, and all the other nine are related to it. If we have the Eternal God as our only God Whom we worship, then every other Commandment will be easy to follow—for if He is the One Whom we put above every thing and everyone else, then we will want to obey and honor Him. Thus we will be conscious of the time when we break any of the Commandments.

Who is this One Who commands that we must have “no other gods before Me (God)”? The Lord answers that question in Ex. 20:2: “I am the Lord they Good, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” He was the One Who delivered the Israelites from Egypt. He brought them out of slavery. Today that same God has redeemed us from sin and delivered us from the bondage of sin. Just as Israel was brought our of Egypt, we, who are saved, have been delivered from the world, sin, and the snares the world and sin use to trap souls into slavery to sin. Galatians 1:4-5 “Who ["our Lord Jesus Christ" (v.3)] gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: to Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen”

You see, the Ten Commandments are introduced by grace—by the Word of God informing us that He is the Lord Who delivered Israel from Egypt. The Ten Commandments have a double purpose—1. They are to convict of sin (Rom 3:19) and (2) they are to give the standard for those who trust Him to know how they are to live well pleasing to God. The Commandments are still in effect today, and they are our rule for a life that can be blessed of God. The fact is that when they were given to Moses, Israel had already been delivered from Egypt and delivered through the Red Sea. They were God’s people. He had brought them out of bondage. Even so, the Lord has bought us out of sin by the price of His Own blood, and He has brought us into the wealthy place of being joint heirs with Christ.

It is well for us to see our for lives under the grace of God, we have standards that we are to keep to please Him.

We were blessed by the services at Harvest Baptist Church last Sunday. In the Morning service, Pastor Josh preached an excellent message from 1 John 5:10-13. Then for the Evening Service we had the privilege of hearing from a Chinese Missionary. This man spent 9 years in Chinese Labor Camps because of his preaching of the gospel, of his winning people to Christ, and of his establishing Bible preaching churches. He expected to be executed at least three different times, but God delivered him; and, now in his seventies, he is still working hard to get the Gospel message to the Chinese people. Praise the Lord.

We are looking forward to great things in March at Harvest Baptist Church. This month we have the following:

Revival-Evangelistic services with Evangelist Ron Comfort
March 14-17
This Four Day Meeting begins a Week from this Sunday.
Please make this series of meetings a priority—you will not regret hearing this man of God. Preaching both services, Sunday, March 14. Services Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 7:00 P.M. Children dismissed during each service for an exciting Children’s Program.
BRING THE FAMILY, BRING FRIENDS, AND BRING NEIGHBORS

Pray for Wil and Terey Kroeker. She has been having unbearable headaches. An MRI this week revealed she has a number of blood vessels grouped together in a clump. The next step is for her to have an angiogram. That will take place in the next few days. This is a very serious problem—and I know she will appreciate your praying with her about this. Also the doctors have learned that Wil has a blockage in the small intestine. They are going to try to clear it with a balloon type procedure. If that does not work, he is going to have t
undergo surgery very soon. So you see we need to be upholding the Kroekers in prayer.

Continue to pray for David Head. He is undergoing extensive therapy right now. And pray for Viola Wall as she is recovering from her recent bout that sent her to the hospital. After the hospitalization, she was at Brookside Inn Nursing Home for a time. Now she has come home and the Heads are ministering to her.

Don’t forget our Big Day, March 28—the day we are calling THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD. On that Sunday, I will be bringing my last message as Pastor and will be stepping down from leadership here at Harvest. In the Afternoon Service (2:00 P.M.), Pastor Josh Musgrave will be installed as Pastor. We want all our people and friends to be with us for this service. We are having a Fellowship Sunday Noon meal together at the Church. We will not have our regular 6:00 P.M. Evening Service that day. Put it on your schedule to be with us for this very eventful day.

My wife and I will look to see you next Sunday at Church. And don’t forget, this being the first Sunday of the month, we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper after the Evening Service.

God’s Best To You All.

Pastor Nelson

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In my devotions this morning I read this verse and then meditated on it a bit:

Prov. 20:24 “Man’s goings are of the Lord: how can a man then understand his own way?”

From that verse we see two very definite Bible Principles.

1. God is sovereign and He has power over every one of our lives.
2. Man is dependent on God, and in and of himself, man is helpless except as God leads and directs.

It seems the multitude today reject the second premise. They believe that man can solve his own problems—in fact he must solve his own problems and not need to depend on God. But the fact is that the more man tries to solve his own problems, the more complicated the problems become. We can see that in the works of our government and in individual lives who leave God out of the equation in living their lives.

The wonderful truth is that when we realize our “goings are of the Lord”, we have a strength to do the right things. We learn to rely entirely on Him. Jesus gave it to us very clear: “…for without Me, ye can do nothing.” [John 15:5 (b)] To many, that seems foolish. But God states, “For it is God which worketh in you to will and to do of His good pleasure.” (Philippians 3:13) I must admit there have been times in my life when I wondered why certain things were happening or working out as they were. But later I could look back and said, “The Lord was leading, and I did not realize it.” We see this acted out in the Bible when Abraham’s servant could say concerning Rebekkah whom he had just met, “I being in the way, the Lord led me.” (Genesis 24:27) Man”s goings are of the Lord, though we may not always understand them. Therefore we should always endeavor to live according to Proverbs 3:5-6:
“TRUST in the Lord with all thine heart; and LEAN NOT unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, and He shall DIRECT THY PATHS.”

We had a day of blessing last Sunday as we met together at Harvest Baptist church. In the Evening Service we heard a message by Pastor Bart Janz telling of his struggles as a father while his son suffered from an accident and was in a debilitated state for 14 years. That message was a tremendous blessing to all who heard it. For Brother Janz, he realized “Man’s gongs are of the Lord.”

Pastor Josh has returned from his missions trip to Zambia. We heard from him Thursday night in our Mid-Week Service and he will preach again next Sunday in both services. We are anxious to hear his account of this Missions Trip to Zambia. Plan right now to be with us next Sunday. For the past two Sundays we have had snow which has kept some of our people from being able to come. It looks like there is snow in the forecast again so lets pray that we are able to have a good attendance this Sunday.

Don’t Forget—Our Valentine Dinner and Fellowship is this Saturday,February 20, at 6:00 P.M. The restaurant, Siena at the Courtyard, is located at 333 Perry St, right across from the Fire Station.

Viola Wall is back home again with the Head family. Willi is busy caring for both David and Viola.

Remember—Keep trusting with your confidence being only in the Lord.

Yours and His,

Ed Nelson

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We had a good day last Sunday. In the Morning we had a message from Dr. David Canedy. It was an excellent message and a real challenge to all of us about giving to missions. The snow storm really cut into our attendance at Sunday Schoo.l Evangelist Tom Williams came to Sunday School and the Morning Service. On the spur of the moment I decided to ask him to speak to a combined Sunday School class of both Adult Classes. His message was excellent, as you can learn from any one who was in attendance. He really did tickle Casey Robertson’s funny bone. People in that pew said Casey laughed so hard he shook the entire pew. I could hear him laughing from the front pew where I was sitting. Brother Williams drove the point home very clearly: We need to have our hearts right with God. Amen!

Sunday night was a blessing as I preached on the Ninth Chapter of Revelation. Praise the Lord, those who know the Lord will not have to go through the two judgments given in Revelation 9. We followed the Sunday Evening service with observance of the Lord’s Supper. What a blessing to seriously meditate on what Jesus Christ accomplished for us on the Cross of Calvary.

I trust you are praying for Pastor josh Musgrave who is in Zambia ministering the Word of God and who will be visiting the George Mutale family this week. God is blessing his ministry there.

Plan to be present with us next Sunday. We need to see all of you in the Sunday School and the services. I will be speaking in the Morning Service from Revelation 10. I encourage you to come and fill our auditorium again this sunday. We do have a children’s church in the morning and we always have a well staffed nursery. Especially do I want to invite you to our 6:00 P.M. Evening Service. We will have a special speaker, Pastor Bart Janz, Holly Ridge Baptist Church, Northglenn, CO. I have known Pastor Janz for many years. His children attended and graduated from the Silver State Baptist School while I was pastor of South Sheridan Baptist church, the church of which Silver State was a ministry. One of Pastor Janz’ sons, Jeremy, was an pastoral Intern of a Baptist Church in Utah. One night after church he was struck by a truck and was in a coma for almost twenty years. I have heard Pastor Janz
speak of the experience of him and his wife during all that time. It is a stirring message. I asked him to speak on it for our service, and he is able to be with us next Sunday night. It is a message every believer ought to hear, because we are all going to face difficulties. I encourage you to be present next Sunday night. Those who attend will definitely testify that they received a blessing from hearing this message. Remember, next Sunday, night, February 14, 6:00 P.M.

Don’t forget our Valentine’s Fellowship dinner is at the Sienna Restaurant , on Perry Street across from the Fire Station, on Saturday, February 20, at 6:00 P.M.

And also remember that Pastor Josh will be speaking about his trip to Zambia in both services on Sunday, February 21. In the Evening Service that day he will show pictures of Zambia and of his ministry there.

Continue to pray for David Head as he is visiting doctor after doctor (at least two doctors today as I write this) to help them decide the type of treatment he needs to have feeling restored to is legs and feet.

May the Lord bless each of you.

Yours and His,

Pastor Nelson

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Greetings to all our families:

We had blessings in the services last Sunday.  In the Evening Service, we anointed David Head with oil and prayed for him according to James 5:114-16.  He had surgery on Tuesday and the doctor has felt that everything went fine with that surgery on his knee.  He has been greatly improved, able to move about with only one crutch, and feeling much less pain.  However only last night his feet began to be discolored—so seriously that they are going to see the doctor this morning.  This is an entirely different issue from that which involved the surgery this week.  It is that he does not have feeling from the mid-calf to the bottom of the feet in both legs.  So David continues to need our prayers.  You can send David a card at 5153 E. Essex Ave., Castle Rock, CO  80104.

Viola Wall has returned from Sky Ridge Hospital to the Brookside Inn Nursing Home in Castle rock.  She has shown definite improvement.  You can send Viola a card by addressing it to Brookside Inn, 1297 S. Perry, Castle rock, CO   80104

Today I have another prayer request for a big physical need.  It involves Pastor Ross Davis, Littleton Baptist Church, Littleton, CO.  He had a serious fall in his home two weeks ago.  I do not know why, but I had not heard about this until two days ago.  He was in the bathroom during the night and fell hitting his head very hard against the sink.  In the fall his foot got caught under the vanity and so his body was twisted.  As I understand, that caused his ankle to be broken and also caused a serious disk problem in his back.  The blow on the head was so hard that it tore the ligaments in his neck.  When the three firemen were getting him  prepared for the trip to the hospital, they realized that the situation in his neck was so serious that a mistake could have caused him total paralysis .  He has undergone surgery, and now there are internal complications following the surgery.  He is very week and has been transferred from Littleton Hospital to St. Joseph’s Hospital where he is Intensive Care.  I am told that he feels as though his whole body is numb.  I am asking all our people to pray for this dear brother.  He has been wonderfully used in our area to see Littleton Baptist Church continue to be a wonderful testimony for the Lord.  Brother Dave Deets whom we have known here as a Missionary to Italy, is the Assistant Pastor of Littleton Baptist Church. Because of serious illness with their son, the Deets had to resign their appointment to Italy, and he was called by Littleton Baptist Church as Assistant. He is now carrying the load of the church.  It looks as though Pastor Davis is  gong to have a long recovery process ahead. You can send Pastor Davis a card by addressing it to Littleton Baptist Church, 1400 W. Caley Ave., Littleton, CO  80120

Pray for Pastor Josh.  He leaves today to go to minister God’s Word in Zambia, Africa.  He will be returning in two week.s  Pray for safety in travel and power in his ministry.

Next Sunday morning, we have an excellent preacher speaking in the Morning Service, Dr. David Canedy, Deputation Secretary of Baptist World Mission.  You will be blessed by this man’s ministry of the Word of God.

In the Sunday Evening Service I will continue the series of Messages on Revelation.  We will be  looking at Ninth chapter of Revelation this week.

Keep looking up.  We will look to see you at the services on Sunday.

Yours and His,

Ed Nelson, Pastor

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I trust that you are having a good week.  This week has been a blessing to Guyla and me.  We have seen some answers to prayer.  That is always a blessing.  God’s word states:  ”Ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.”  (John 16:24)   That is true.  There is no joy  in life like the joy of having seen God answer a prayer.  How essential it is that we pray.  Our Prayer tells God that we have recognized that our dependence on Him is absolutely essential.  By praying we have admitted to God the truth we find in John 15:5 where we read:  ”I (Jesus Christ is the Speaker) am the Vine, ye are the branches:  he that abideth in Me, and I in Him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye ca do nothing.”  
Scriptural prayer involves the realization that I can do nothing for the Lord except by His presence and power.  May we each realize that wonderful truth this week.

Lat Sunday was a day of blessing.  We are thankful for the visitors we had in attendance.  Right now, be sure you have your  plans to be with us next Sunday.  I encourage you all to be with us for Sunday School and Church in the morning.  Then plan to return that evening.  Our services are designed to present the truth of the Scriptures so that you can apply them to your daily lives.

David Head has surgery on his knee scheduled for next Tuesday, Feb. 2.  But he has problems beyond the knee surgery.  He has no sensory feeling on either leg from his mid-calf down through his feet.  His blood tests show no diabetes.  However, his toes are changing color and look bad.  Yesterday as he visited one of the doctor’s offices, as soon as the doctor touched his toe with gauze, all of the skin on the toe came right off.  So the doctors want to work with him to learn the reason that he has no feeling in his lower legs and feet.   They will be working on that as soon after the surgery as possible.  Please do keep praying for David Head.

Viola Wall is doing well in Brookside Inn as she has therapy after her hospitalization.  She has an excellent attitude, but does hope she can be home again soon.

Pray that we will see souls saved and believers growing in the Lord.

Remember—The Ron comfort Revival Meetings are March 14-17.  He will speak in both Sunday service and each night , Monday through Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M.   Please put these dates in your schedule.  These will be days of great blessing for Harvest Baptist Church.

Yours and His,

Ed Nelson, Pastor

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