Hope to Heal

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Confessions of sin by popular Christian authors, pastors, and musicians rock social media news. Heartbreaks for the involved family and communities show the stains of sin still visible within the worldwide witness for Christ. Some wonder whether every Christian lives in a lie or question the sincerity of those who confess sin. Others believe that few details get shared; some believe that too many are. Bloggers argue that Christians are too hard on fallen believers; others bemoan how lightly the Church treats sin. Truly, sin’s shockwaves can be seismic. Verlin sees the fallout as the unintended consequence of treating the church as a business. The church is about overcoming the sins that commonly affect individuals and communities, not about hiding them to preserve marketable viability.

Healing Hope

Only the Lord knows the motives of a person who openly confesses sin, but let's recognize the glimmer of hope. Confession is to be a daily part of the believer’s life. It begins with salvation as we confess with our mouths the Lord Jesus and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead (Rom. 10:9). Confession continues regularly, as James 5:16 witnesses, as we confess our faults (sins) to one another and pray for one another to be healed. Today’s Evangelical church does well to emphasize confession for salvation, but typically fails miserably to accommodate post-conversion confession. It is as if we have forgotten that all need a Savior-friend as much every day AFTER we are saved as before. Let’s trust that the recent confessions of popular figures are sincere first steps toward restoration and healing. May more of us choose to be examples in our local churches by regularly confessing in family or accountability groups for the good of hearers. This enables the forsaking of sin in millennia-old group-therapy contexts, offering hope to people who struggle with sin or habits they want to break.

Come and See (Psalm 66:5)

At a recent regional CHE meeting in Côte d’Ivoire, a trainer confessed that he needed greater faith and encouragement. His group, accustomed to receiving funds from outside organizations, must adjust to serving as volunteers on a project that will bless the entire community. Another trainer chimed in to encourage him from Scripture and experience. Often, simply confessing a struggle in life is enough to redirect someone onto a better path.

Requirements to renew a nursing license in Tennessee have changed from requiring two of eleven options to insisting on five or ten continuing education credits as one of the options: five if practicing in the compact states and ten if not. The state-recommended option for registering continuing education requires Verlin to devote, on average, 1.5 to 2 hours of attention per credit. The years of COVID disrupted or changed longstanding habits, so Verlin has established a new routine of reminders to complete the computer registration for CE annually by his birthday, while delaying deck and ramp construction for now. Debbie was at home two nights this week because her sister had a long weekend off. Eddie, their dad, is sleeping about 22 hours a day and no longer eats or drinks much.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Pray for the CHE trainers at hard points in ministry where they are tempted to give up, or do not know what to do next. Ask the Lord to call and develop more experienced CHE workers to pray, encourage, and assist.
   
• 🙏 Debbie and her sister continue to covet your prayers as their father’s health declines steadily each week. Caregiving makes for exhausting but blessed days as our families keep him in our homes.
   
• 🙏 Pray for uninterrupted hours for Verlin to complete the longer nursing education requirements and make ramp progress.
  

Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin & Debbie

Verlin and Debbie

 

Christian Health Service Corps (CHSC) is a mission of dedicated medical professionals who participate in the CHE Global Network. Together, in a loose affiliation of individuals, churches, denominational, and nondenominational agencies, we share God's Light and Truth through Community Health Evangelism (CHE). Verlin and Debbie accept donor partners to contribute as led to provide support as we maintain residential ministry to expand CHE ministries in Cote d'Ivoire under the auspices of CHSC & Ivorian partners. Tax-deductible contributions by check are to be made payable to the CHSC with Andersons #0118 written on the memo line. Mail to CHSC - PO Box 132 - Fruitvale, TX 75127. Give online via the CHSC @ www.che4a.org (3% fee) or TDF - specifying Verlin and Debbie Anderson in the optional Memo.

 

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