CHURCH PLANTING IN AUSTRALIA

John 4:13 "Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again." Re 22:17 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."

Water! It consists of only two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. Simple, but yet it is a most precious item! Water is absolutely necessary for human survival. It is said a lack of water will kill us faster than the lack of food. It is sad NASA is spending billions to see if there is water and therefore life on other planets when God’s Word already tells us that of all the planets the earth is unique in that "…God himself…formed it to be inhabited…" Isaiah 45:18. And it is to this world with the precious physical life giving water, that God sent His only begotten Son to provide for man spiritual living water!

The woman of John 4 had come to quench her physical thirst but by the good hand of God she met Him Who offered her "living water". Spurgeon says that "Water was uppermost in her thoughts, and Jesus sanctified the element to his own gracious end."

The city in which we live has an abundance of religious wells but most of them offer contaminated water containing deadly elements (doctrines) which only lead to death! Sorrowful indeed! However, as sad as it is, the majority of people that live around us (and you) are content to frequent those contaminated wells. There they gladly receive the Kool-Aid gospel that is sweet to the taste but death to the soul. Pray as we seek with the Lord’s help to build a fundamental Gospel preaching independent Baptist church in Dubbo and Gilgandra.

We received a phone call the last week of January from Jenny, a young mother, who has heard us on radio. She called not asking about spiritual matters but asking for grocery money. We arranged with the local grocery store to help her with this need and we pray this may be the beginning in her coming to Him as her Saviour. Then our last Sunday of January Linda and her six year old son visited. She just moved to Dubbo and is a believer and seems keen to learn. We also ask you to remember these before the Lord for salvation: Mark, Tim, John, Elizabeth, Bob, Adrian and Anne.

Then there is the physically dry land in which we live. Australia is said to be the driest continent and this summer has been one of the driest in years. December has been one of the hottest on record with temperatures consistently over 100% F. January has not been much better. We are now on water restrictions. This is from the local newspaper of 4th January. "Urgent mandatory water restrictions are being imposed in Dubbo due to the ongoing heatwave. Local residents will be restricted to no external watering between 9am and 6pm and only hand held hoses to be used outside of these times. The filling of swimming pools is also forbidden. Dangerous weather conditions led to a total fire ban in Dubbo yesterday. As bushfires continue to spark across the State, the large amounts of fuel, high temperatures and wind in the local area forced the NSW Rural Fire Service to impose the ban throughout the entire central west plains."

In closing we again thank you for your support of finances and prayer. To God be the glory!

Serving the Risen and Soon Coming Saviour,