Welcome to our service today. It is great to have you here and we would love to invite you to stay after the service and join us for tea and coffee.
We read in the bible of Isaiah, who as he saw the Lord and listened to the praise of angels, had the realisation that he was a man of ‘unclean lips’ and therefore unclean before God with no hope of measuring up to God’s standard of holiness. However when his lips were touched with a live burning coal he was told his sins were forgiven. We know that it wasn’t the coal that cleansed him, but God. In response Isaiah submitted himself entirely to God’s service. No matter how difficult his task would be he said, “Here am I, send me!” The painful cleansing process was necessary before Isaiah could fulfill the task to which God was calling him.
We know that when Jesus died on the cross and said ‘It is finished’ that we too, if we confess our sins, will be forgiven through the blood of Jesus shed on the cross and His finished work. At times this may also be a painful process for us however we must let God purify us so we can truly represent God, who is pure and holy, if our hearts cry is “Here am I Lord, send me”.
Blessings, Sandra
Beckenham Baptist Church 