Believe!

By Pastor Tim White

I love the story of Norman Vincent Peale’s friend and psychiatrist Smiley Blanton. Dr. Blanton had his faith crushed when during World War II, his son became a Chaplain in the US military. On the way to Europe, the ship he was traveling on was torpedoed by a German submarine. All of the chaplains on board gave up their seat on the life rafts to others and stayed aboard the sinking ship to pray for everyone trying to escape. A picture was taken of the chaplains praying which made the world press. So, Dr. Blanton had a picture of his son praying as the ship sunk. This caused the psychiatrist to lose his faith and sink into a deep depression. His counselor asked him to battle his depression and grief by waking up at dawn and looking out the window and say out loud “I believe - I believe - I believe.” This broken man was healed of his broken faith and became one of the great encouragers in the United States.

This week in our series on the Words of Jesus we will study where Jesus told us to believe. Don’t miss it. We all need this.

Join us for either the in-person service or the online service (You Tube, Facebook Live or church Apps) on Sunday morning at 10:30am.

Your friend for the rest of my life,

Pastor Tim White