Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, The Apostle often began his New Testament letters with the greeting, “Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” As I write this, those words are my prayer for you, for certainly we all need God’s grace in
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I know we have all been closely following the news regarding the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Switzerland and specifically in the Zurich area. As of today (Friday) the government has issued stricter controls, with school being cancelled as of Monday and gatherings
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In our journey through Exodus, last Sunday we looked at chapters five and six. God had told Moses and Aaron to deliver the message to the Pharaoh to let the Israelite slaves go free. Of course, the Pharaoh refused to heed this message, and
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Let me share with you a few important reminders. This Saturday (Feb. 29) we will have our Prayer Breakfast at 9:00. Paul wrote to the Colossian believers (Col. 4:2-4), “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, We are now approaching our Week of Prayer – Feb. 23-29. I know we can easily overlook prayer, either because we are too busy, or we feel inadequate when it comes to prayer, or we wonder if it is really worth it, or our
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I want to share with you about several important opportunities we have as a church in the coming weeks. First, Feb. 23-29 will be our annual Prayer Week. During this week, our hope is that all will join in praying for IBCZ. Each day
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, One of the lessons from Exodus 1, which we studied last Sunday, is that sometimes God disrupts our lives. There will be occasions when God allows certain circumstances into our lives that are difficult and painful, not what we expected or desired. However, we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, The Christian evangelist and author Leighton Ford wrote, “From the time we were children we were told to ‘pay attention,’ as if this were the simplest thing in the world. But in fact attentiveness is one of the most difficult concepts to grasp and
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, One of the great gifts God has given us is our memory – the ability to remember things. As we know, when people reach their senior years, unfortunately often their memory fades and they become forgetful. But long before that process sets in, we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, We are now several weeks into 2020. I hope the year has gotten off to a good start for you. At this time of year, one passage of Scripture is especially relevant – Psalm 1. Verses 1-3 read: 1 Blessed is the one who does
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