Good Friday Update

I want to greet all of our friends that have faithfully been following my blogs throughout these last several months and have faithfully prayed for me as I have been recovering from my liver transplant on January 13.  First, an update on my condition: I continue to improve, week by week.  I am feeling stronger and more energetic with each week that passes (I am now at the three month mark post-transplant).  Someone asked me last night if I felt that I was completely back to full health.  I replied that I felt I was perhaps at 75% of normal capacity.  That is all to the praise and glory of God.  I still have some amount of pain in the incision area, but no major or troublesome issues.  I have not seen my Transplant team in about six weeks, as they have allowed me to get my blood work done up here in Summit County. I am getting that done every two weeks, and so far, my lab numbers continue to look great.  According to my post-transplant restrictions, I am now able (after three months) to return fully to work; thus, I am preaching for the first time this Sunday, Easter Sunday.

I am writing to ask that you  pray for our services on Easter Sunday.  For those receiving this update, who live in Summit County, please invite as many people as you can to our 8:30 and 11:00 services.  I will be sharing the story of my illness and liver transplant, using that story as a modern-day parable of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave.  This may be a great opportunity to get folks from the community who have heard of my transplant and are interested in the story, to come out to church and hear the Gospel.

Whether you live in Summit County or outside, would you be in prayer this weekend for the following things?

·         1. That both services on Sunday would be filled to capacity and that many seekers would be drawn to come to church.

·         2. That God would defeat Satan’s attempts to create confusion, distraction, or offense to the message of the Gospel.

·         3. That God would prepare the hearts of believers and unbelievers alike for the message that they will hear.

·         4. That God would anoint me as I speak for Him; that He would give me strength to preach powerfully in both services, that He would give me a strong voice throughout the day, that He would give me the precise words that He wants me to speak; that He would fill me with His Spirit.

·         5. That many unsaved would respond to the invitation and trust Christ as their Savior; that many believers would dedicate their lives to the Lord, to serve Him wholeheartedly in gratitude for all that He has done for us.

·         6. That God would be glorified in this church and in this community through our services on Sunday.

 I have one other exciting bit of news to share with you:  We received a call today from Kim Christianson from Channel 9 News.  She is the reporter who has been working on the story of my transplant.  She informed us that the story is ready and that it is going to air on Easter Sunday night at 9:00 and 10:00pm.  For those living outside of the Denver viewing area, the story will appear on their website as well, so you can view it on your computer or other devices.  Kim knows that I will be speaking about my transplant on Sunday, so they are hoping to provide a link to the R.M.B.C. website, so that people can listen to the sermon if they like.  This has the potential to provide a huge outreach for sharing the Gospel throughout the community, the state of Colorado, and beyond.  Let’s all pray that God would use this story for the maximum impact of the Gospel.

This is going to be an exciting and historic Easter Sunday for us – so please pray, pray, pray, like you mean it.

For God’s glory,

Pastor Bruce