FROM THE PASTOR

My favorite Professor at Vanguard University was Ronald E. Wright. It didn't start out that way. I mean, I was genuinely learning so much in his class but he scared me like crazy. Near the end of the semester I was maintaining a ‘C’ average in his class. This was disturbing to me since I had never had a ‘C’ in my entire lifetime!

Well, now that I think about it, I did obtain my very first and only ‘C’ when I tried to learn Hebrew. That’s so interesting to me now that my true passion is to show you what the Scriptures are actually saying from the original languages.

But back to Professor Wright; he gave tests that were mainly multiple choice questions. If you chose incorrectly, he would take points off your test score at a higher rate than if you just left the question blank. I could never leave a question blank because what if I guessed the correct answer?

Anyway, we came to the final exam, which I studied so hard for, and aced it...mainly because it was extremely easy compared to his other tests. And even though I had a ‘C’ in his class up until the final, I received an ‘A’ on my report card!

I asked Professor Wright to sign my yearbook at the end of the year, and he signed with one word - PERSEVERE! And now that I’m in the middle of my 4th decade in full time ministry, and even though he’s already in heaven, I'm hoping that he would be proud of me. Anyway, I said all that to introduce today’s sermon topic, “How to Persevere in Prayer.”

Blessings,

Randy & Pam