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JANUARY 14, 2026            
 
GOD'S KIND OF REVENGE
 
Dear Snyder's Church Family and Friends,
 
This coming Sunday we shall read St. John 1: 29 - 42
and the sermon title is "Calling The First Disciples!"
We shall sing "It Is Well With My Soul"; "Precious Lord Take My Hand"; "He Touched Me." plus other music selected for the service.
Jeff will continue to share the Children's Moment and Bill has promised to bring "his teddy bear" from childhood days to show.
Plan to be with us.
 
A young soldier, the story goes, was utterly humiliated by his senior officer. The officer had gone beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior in disciplining the young soldier and knew it, so he said nothing as the younger man said through clenched teeth, "I'll make you regret this if it is the last thing I ever do."
 
A few days later their company was under heavy fire and the officer was wounded and cut off from his troops. Through the haze of the battlefield he saw a figure coming to his rescue. It was the young soldier. At the risk of his own life, the young soldier dragged the officer to safety.
 
The officer said, apologetically, "Son I owe you my life." The young man laughed and said, "I told you that I would make you regret humiliating me if it was the last thing I ever did."
 
That is God's kind of revenge. "Behold the lamb that takes away the sins of the world...." Something happened on Calvary that bridged the gap between a holy God and an unholy humanity. We see Christ in His majesty but also in His mercy.
 
We invite you to follow Jesus and receive that mercy today.
May you truly be blessed today and may you also truly be a blessing to others.
Here's hoping to greet you in church this Sunday morning.
Pastor Bill