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"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path"

(Psalms 119:105)

Welcome in the Lord's Blessed Name!

This site is part of our ministry, (Majors Victor & Elizabeth Ross of the Salvation Army)

We continue to minister, now in retirement, in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Within recent months, we give thanks to God, that we have again become grandparents, with the birth of David James Ross, to our son Stephen, and daughter-in-law Ann. This is their first baby, after over ten years of marriage.

PERSONAL

My wife and I have been SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS since our ordination (commissioning) in 1971. We've had appointments in England, Northern Ireland, (where we both originally come from) and Scotland where we've ministered since 1976. It is a challenge and blessing to have the opportunity of expanding the ministry through modern technology like the 'Net'.

Your prayers are requested for our continuing ministry - now, of course, in retirement. We have moved to our new home in Greenock, which is only a few miles from where we were living in Port Glasgow. We are normally out ministering each weekend in different corps and churches, many presently without leadership. It is challenging, and sometimes involves many hours travelling. Please pray that the Lord will continue to bless our ministry in this way.

When the Salvation Army offered early retirement, we felt that it would open new opportunities, and give freedom to accept invitations for ministry. The release from the necessary restraints of 'a pastorate' has indeed made this possible. It has given freedom, not only to minister at weekends, but to undertake midweek ministry in churches and corps. This included a series of Bible Studies in a local Mission.

It is my prayer that you will continue to find these sermons etc. useful and helpful. I only ask that if they are distributed, it is done so in their complete form without alteration. (They may of course be 'zipped' etc.)

UPDATING!

First of all, a sincere apology for the prolonged delay in updating the site. There have been some software compatibility problems due to an upgrade of operating system. Then when this was sorted out, Compuserve wouldn’t let me update, as the site had grown too large for the space they provided. Now the site has been moved to the ‘Pipex’ server, after extensive de-bugging of the internal links, because of case sensitive issues. Hopefully, more time will now be available in retirement, to prepare and update material. Thank you for your prayers and your patience.

We have found it most exciting to know how God is using these pages. So many have sent e-mails from different parts of the world to say that they are praying for this ministry, and the material has been a useful resource to them.

Your continued encouragement is greatly appreciated. I am told of the sermons etc. being used in many different ways, and bringing blessing to congregations large and small. Many thanks to all who take the time to respond in this way - it is an encouragement to us.

It's interesting to note that some of the material is being used in other languages too. I often wonder what it must sound like! Yet others tell me, they have been utilizing the site for daily readings, and have been blessed through it.

Thank God for His goodness.

We have software which can translate requested material into Spanish, German, French and Italian. Also, it seems – Japanese, although I haven’t tried this yet! Obviously the translation will not be perfect - but it should be reasonably understandable. Some of the Spanish translation, I was told, "only needed a little touch."

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COMING BEFORE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

CHRISTIANS MUST ACT TO STOP THIS BILL

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