Make space for worship.

Butch Wilmore talks to family in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (AP/Chris O'Meara)
NASA astronaut Dr. Tracy Dyson is in the middle. She boarded a space ship with other astronauts in March. She returned to Earth in late September. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)
A rocket carries Dr. Dyson and others to the International Space Station. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)
Astronaut Butch Wilmore is in the center. Tracy Dyson is on the right. (NASA via AP)
Astronaut Frank Borman waves. He read the Bible aloud with others from Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve in 1968. Apollo 8 was the first space flight to reach the Moon. (NASA via AP)

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Ring, ring. Captain Wilmore calls. He checks on church friends. He has not been to church in months. Why? He is in space!

He calls home. He teaches the Bible. The church prays for him.

Pray: Thank God we can worship Him no matter where we are.

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Barry “Butch” Wilmore is an elder at Providence Baptist Church in Pasadena, Texas. Dr. Tracy Dyson is also a member. Both have served on the International Space Station. They talk to their church family while floating above Earth. Captain Wilmore’s space capsule had problems. He was supposed to be in space a week. Now he will stay eight months until late February. Captain Wilmore says, “We trust in sovereign God.”

His wife, Deanna, says, “Whatever the Lord does will be for our good and for His glory.” How does she know that is true? Read Romans 8:28!

For more on astronauts, see Astronaut Handbook by Meghan McCarthy in our Recommended Reading.