Chaplain Dr. Paul Spence

An Independent Chaplain Serving Long Term Care Facilities For More Than 29 Years

"Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth." "O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help." --Psalm 71.9,12.

JANUARY 25th; LORD'S Day (Sunday); 2026.

THIS WEEK'S SERMON. In This Week's Sermon, Dr. Spence will continue, GOD Willing, his Series entitled The Three Pourings Of Prayer. This week he will by GOD'S Grace tarry in the consideration of The Second Pouring Of Prayer. Psalm 62.8. “Pour out your heart before Him.”

THIS WEEK'S HYMN. “Near The Cross” by Miss Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915). Miss Crosby was blinded by an incompetent Doctor when she was six weeks of age. Nevertheless, she went on to write more than 8,000 Hymns and was one of the best known women in the United States in her time. She wrote this Hymn in 1869.

THIS WEEK'S REPORT. This week please pray for— 1. Those who feel they are alone. 2. A Lady with a broken wrist. 3. Another Lady has a Friend whose Daughter has been seriously sick six weeks in the hospital. 4. A Gentleman who has “a bad leg.” 5. A Lady's Sister is still in the hospital. 6. A Gentleman suffering with intense knee pain. 7. A Lady was visited by an old Friend. Please keep this Friend in Prayer. 8. A Lady who frequently vomits. 9. A Lady who has just been slotted for surgery. 10. A Lady's Son has been in the hospital for four weeks. In the past months, he has had several surgeries. His health is deteriorating. This Son is in his early 30s. 11. A Gentleman who has an ongoing health problem. 12. Many are sick in the Care Facilities this week. This includes the Residents and the Staff. 13. Last week in the Care Facility Church Services, several new Residents attended Dr. Spence's Church Services in various places. Pray for these people. THE LORD give them pleasant stays in their new surroundings. 14. There is no question that last week, since Dr. Spence commenced his Care Facility ministry in North Dakota this past April, he had the largest Assemblies of any week. THE LORD bless the Preaching of the Scripture in these Meetings! Isaiah 58.13,14 says: “If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” *These Prayer Requests sprang from the Residents, their Families, the Staff, or Dr. Spence observations. In This Week's Report, the names of the people have been withheld to protect their privacy. Nevertheless, the Thanksgivings and Prayer Requests are real and actual.

THIS WEEK'S QUOTATION. Hebrews 6.18 says: “That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie.” In his admirable Exposition Of Hebrews, that truly great Independent, Dr. John Owen (1616-1683), says of these Words: “The 'two immutable things' are the Promise and the Oath of God. Both of these are equally immutable. The Promise is not confirmed by the Oath because it was weak, and therefore needed the Oath to strengthen it. We must carry along with us the infinite and inconceivable condescension of God in this matter. 'In which it was impossible for God to lie'—that is, to deceive. The highest security among men consists in a promise confirmed by an oath; God uses these in our case, and therefore it is impossible that He should lie.”