I hope this message finds all of our BBT members feeling truly blessed & highly favored!  You are whether you feel it or not.  We had a great time last week and I appreciate Linda sharing with us her dream for Bartimaeus.  Lets all grab hold of this dream and work very hard to reach the ones that need our help.  I also appreciate Brenda Potts sharing her testimony with us.  My how I love to hear people say this is where God wants me.  I truly believe that is the absolute truth.  I also want to think The Potts girls Sarah and Becky for the lovely shower for baby Cheyenne.  I know Sarah and Chuck loved it!

Baby Cheyenne got to come home form the hospital on Tuesday and Mike & Cindy are helping take care of her.  Mike and Cindy have been a great help to Chuck and Sarah over the past few weeks and we need to tell them how much we appreciate what they are doing.

I can not believe we have already hit March but the older I get the quicker time goes by.  I hope we can take time to enjoy life and not just walk through it.  It is the only life you will have here on Earth so make the most of it.  As I was watching the Oscars Sunday night I saw what a value we put on winners.  We are such a competitive society that we only seem to care about the ones who come in first, as I have said many times second place is just first loser.  In our scripture this week we will look at another contest that is between to very good men Joseph and Matthias.  The scripture is Acts 1: 15-26.  These two men are the final two to replace the fallen disciple Judas.  We will look at what we expect from life and is winning the most important thing in life?  What do we value and what do we strive to be?  I know what the world says but does what does the Bible say?  We will look at this closely this Sunday.  I hope you will be able to be in Church on Sunday and I hope you will invite someone to join you there.

Lets start the month off right by praying together sharing together.  Lets be there for each other and continue to support this ministry.  I hope you have remembered to pray for our prayer request everyday at 10:00 this week.  I am anxious to see what God has done for you and your family because of the prayers of his People.  Do something good for somebody this week and receive the blessing God has for you, I will see you on Sunday.  We love you

Pastor David