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.

APRIL 26th; LORD'S Day (Sunday); 2026.

THIS WEEK'S SERMON. In This Week's Sermon, Dr. Spence will continue, GOD Willing, speaking about The Third Pouring Of Prayer. In Isaiah 44.3, GOD says: “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.” This week there will be reflection respecting the times in the Gospels that JESUS “poured.”

THIS WEEK'S HYMN. “There's Not A Friend Like The Lowly Jesus” by Rev. Mr. Johnson Oatman (1856-1922). Rev. Oatman wrote this Hymn in 1895.

THIS WEEK'S REPORT. 1. This week among the Care Facilities was filled up more than ordinarily. Please pray for the Sermons and the words of advice that were spoken among the Residents. O for more such weeks! 2. Not a few are presently attending important physician appointments. Ask that things will go well. 3. A Lady's Daughter is in the hospital. She has been there now for four months. 4. There was a death in the Family. Pray for all the Relatives at this time. 5. A Gentleman accepted an invitation to visit his distant Family. He asks Prayer for the situation. 6. In various Care Facilities, many attended the Church Services again. For many had been sick. And THE LORD spares us. 7. Pray for a couple who often attend the Meetings. They always sit in the corner. They both are getting “weaker.” They request Prayer. 8. Some desire that Prayer be made at this time in relation to the Iran conflict. 9. Last week, there were new Residents here and there. THE LORD bless them and give them pleasant stays in these different Care Facilities. 10. One Lady remarked last week that her health is becoming increasingly like her Father's was. She is developing the same problems. She wishes to be remembered in Prayer. 11. A number of Residents last week spoke of Thanksgiving. One Lady is better from the stomach-bug. Another had a good visit with her Family. Still another has a Mother who has been suffering for a long time, and yet this same Mother successfully passed a critical health test last week. Still another is grateful that she is sleeping now. Thanks be to GOD, from Whom all Blessings flow! It is good to be thankful. 12. One Lady asks Prayer that her medicine will work. 13. The Lady presently visiting in Oklahoma will be back this coming Saturday. This Lady's Friends told Dr. Spence last week that her time is going well with her Family. 14. Many are thankful for their “daily bread.” 15. Several ask Prayer for their farming Relatives in Colorado who are now suffering a drought. 16. As for here in North Dakota, others said of their Family farms that it is presently too wet to get the tractors in the field. Pray that this will soon change. Isaiah 60.1 says: “Arise, shine; for thy Light is come, and the Glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.” *These Prayer Requests come from the Residents, their Families, the Staff, or Dr. Spence's 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 8.10 says: “And I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people.” In his admirable Exposition Of Hebrews, that truly great Independent, Dr. John Owen (1616-1683), says of these Words: “This is a distinct Promise by itself. It summarily comprises all the Blessings and Privileges of accepting Jesus and His Covenant of Grace.”