In today’s message, we get to hear a powerful and heartfelt sermon from Pastor Joe Reed at Lewis Lake Covenant Church. In 2017, his little daughter Alice, who was 4 years old, was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor. They were able to treat it for a little while, but most patients have a small remission, and then the cancer comes back, and they only live 9 months. Alice lived about that long. She died on Friday, June 8, 2018.
This sermon was originally delivered on October 15, 2017, just a few weeks after they learned the news. It’s a testament to God’s sovereign goodness that Joe trusted God through this difficult time, and it’s a testament that he still trusts God today. I had the privilege of reading Alice’s story on Joe’s website, and even after she died, he wrote the same message. God gives only good gifts, and we can trust him for that.
If you’d like to read more about Alice, you can follow the links below.
Blog Posts: https://commonslaves.wordpress.com/alice/
eBook: https://a.co/2lFOwGq
The message today is from Matthew 7:7-11 and is titled All the Father’s Gifts are Good.
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