A Note from Pastor Rich
October 17, 1999
Years ago, during the building of a bridge across New York’s harbor, the engineers were seeking a base for one of the buttresses. They struck upon an old scow full of bricks and stone that had long ago sunk in the mud until practically buried. Divers were sent down to place huge chains under the scow so that it could be raised, but every device failed. At last, a young engineer assured them it could be done. He brought two barges to the spot and attached the chains which were around the scow to beams on the barges. The chains were fastened tightly at low tide. There was nothing else to do but wait. As the tide swept up harbor and raised the barges by its mighty power, the buried scow shook, shivered and responded. It was raised by the lift of the Atlantic Ocean!
So it is by the life and lift of the Holy Spirit that our lives are energized and hindrances are carried away. Habits and sins that we ourselves would be powerless to uproot are gripped by the might of the Spirit and taken away, thus enabling our lives to be placed on a sure foundation.
“Not by might
nor by power,
but by My Spirit,”
says the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 4:6
Your Servant,
Rich
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