For our shutins, or any who might have missed it, here is the the second in our series on Nehemiah entitled "Building, Battling and Becoming."
Monday, June 6, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Managing Our Finances God's Way
If you signed up for this summer elective, remember three things:
1.) Class starts TOMORROW, Sunday, June 5, and will meet in the auditorium.
2.) It meets 15 MINUTES EARLIER than the other classes. The video will start promptly at 9:15. As the videos are a major component of the series, you will not want to miss them. Plan on being here enough before 9:15 to get stocked up on coffee in time to catch the start of the video. The first video features Pastor Rick Warren.
3.) There is a $10 cost for materials, per couple, due at the start of class. This will provide an extensive workbook, as well as a supplemental CD.
If you signed up for Phil Ross's summer elective entitled "Balancing the Christian Life", plan on meeting at the normal 9:30 time in the Conference Room just off Fellowship Hall.
If you signed up for Ray Spangler's continuing series on James, meet at the normal time in Fellowship Hall.
And if you didn't sign up... well, just show up, and give any of the new summer electives a try!
1.) Class starts TOMORROW, Sunday, June 5, and will meet in the auditorium.
2.) It meets 15 MINUTES EARLIER than the other classes. The video will start promptly at 9:15. As the videos are a major component of the series, you will not want to miss them. Plan on being here enough before 9:15 to get stocked up on coffee in time to catch the start of the video. The first video features Pastor Rick Warren.
3.) There is a $10 cost for materials, per couple, due at the start of class. This will provide an extensive workbook, as well as a supplemental CD.
If you signed up for Phil Ross's summer elective entitled "Balancing the Christian Life", plan on meeting at the normal 9:30 time in the Conference Room just off Fellowship Hall.
If you signed up for Ray Spangler's continuing series on James, meet at the normal time in Fellowship Hall.
And if you didn't sign up... well, just show up, and give any of the new summer electives a try!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
A Spurgeon Thought On Prayer
"And he requested for himself that he might die." (1 Kings 19:4)
It was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God had ordained an infinitely better lot, the man who should be carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and be translated, that he should not see death - should thus pray, "Let me die, I am no better than my fathers." We have here a memorable proof that God does not always answer prayer in kind, though he always does in effect. He gave Elias something better than that which he asked for, and thus really heard and answered him. Strange was it that the lion-hearted Elijah should be so depressed by Jezebel's threat as to ask to die, and blessedly kind was it on the part of our heavenly Father that he did not take his desponding servant at his word. There is a limit to the doctrine of the prayer of faith. We are not to expect that God will give us everything we choose to ask for. We know that we sometimes ask, and do not receive, because we ask amiss. If we ask for that which is not promised - if we run counter to the spirit which the Lord would have us cultivate - if we ask contrary to his will, or to the decrees of his providence - if we ask merely for the gratification of our own ease, and without an eye to his glory, we must not expect that we shall receive. Yet, when we ask in faith, nothing doubting, if we receive not the precise thing asked for, we shall receive an equivalent, and more than an equivalent, for it. As one remarks, "If the Lord does not pay in silver, he will in gold; and if he does not pay in gold, he will in diamonds." If he does not give you precisely what you ask for, he will give you that which is tantamount to it, and that which you will greatly rejoice to receive in lieu thereof. Be then, dear reader, much in prayer, and make this evening a season of earnest intercession, but take heed what you ask.
It was a remarkable thing that the man who was never to die, for whom God had ordained an infinitely better lot, the man who should be carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and be translated, that he should not see death - should thus pray, "Let me die, I am no better than my fathers." We have here a memorable proof that God does not always answer prayer in kind, though he always does in effect. He gave Elias something better than that which he asked for, and thus really heard and answered him. Strange was it that the lion-hearted Elijah should be so depressed by Jezebel's threat as to ask to die, and blessedly kind was it on the part of our heavenly Father that he did not take his desponding servant at his word. There is a limit to the doctrine of the prayer of faith. We are not to expect that God will give us everything we choose to ask for. We know that we sometimes ask, and do not receive, because we ask amiss. If we ask for that which is not promised - if we run counter to the spirit which the Lord would have us cultivate - if we ask contrary to his will, or to the decrees of his providence - if we ask merely for the gratification of our own ease, and without an eye to his glory, we must not expect that we shall receive. Yet, when we ask in faith, nothing doubting, if we receive not the precise thing asked for, we shall receive an equivalent, and more than an equivalent, for it. As one remarks, "If the Lord does not pay in silver, he will in gold; and if he does not pay in gold, he will in diamonds." If he does not give you precisely what you ask for, he will give you that which is tantamount to it, and that which you will greatly rejoice to receive in lieu thereof. Be then, dear reader, much in prayer, and make this evening a season of earnest intercession, but take heed what you ask.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Weekly Reminders - Take 2
I missed a couple of opportunities for this week:
Tomorrow, Thursday - Caregivers Meal preparation.
Sunday - 6:00 PM - LIGHT meeting for the teens.
Tonight, immediately following the prayer meeting - Leadership Team Meeting
Tomorrow, Thursday - Caregivers Meal preparation.
Sunday - 6:00 PM - LIGHT meeting for the teens.
Sermon Audio - 5/29/2011
For our shut-ins... or those who missed it... the first message of the series "Building, Battling, and Becoming" - a series on the book of Nehemiah. All services are now available via iTunes, as well.
Sermon Audio - Bro. Phil Ross
For our shut-ins - or those who missed it, here is Phil Ross's message from Job, preached 5/22/2011.
Weekly / Monthly Reminders
It's Wednesday! Prayer Meeting at 6:30 and Zumba for the ladies at 7:30. We start "Questions and Answers" this evening.
This weekend holds lots of opportunity with:
Haven of Rest - 10:00 Saturday morning (BTW - RRODAAT will not take place Saturday, so we can serve at the Haven, instead.)
Softball - Game 3 vs. Wedgewood UMC - 2:45 Sunday afternoon
VBS Team Meeting - 6:00 Sunday evening
We are also looking forward to the new Sunday School reorganization which starts this Sunday. Adult Elective classes begin!
This weekend holds lots of opportunity with:
Haven of Rest - 10:00 Saturday morning (BTW - RRODAAT will not take place Saturday, so we can serve at the Haven, instead.)
Softball - Game 3 vs. Wedgewood UMC - 2:45 Sunday afternoon
VBS Team Meeting - 6:00 Sunday evening
We are also looking forward to the new Sunday School reorganization which starts this Sunday. Adult Elective classes begin!
Life is the time to serve the Lord,
The time to insure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.
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