Note: Pastor Don and Karen are on vacation/spiritual retreat this week. Pray for health, refreshing and abiding in Christ. Thanks
There will be no Tuesday Zoom Huddle or Wednesday evening dinner huddle this week. We resume next week. There may or may not be blogs as God leads.
Pray for Sarah as she covers for the week and Mike Laise as he prepares to bring God's Word next Sun.
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Good Morning Reborn in Christ Transformed Disciples and Apostles! Amen! May we enter His courts with thanksgiving today as we remember with much gratitude all the blessings of new life and help to become more like Jesus and to go make disciples! We are created for God's purposes. We are custom made, gifted, and prepared to do the things God created us to do. Man what a blessing to walk in the sweet spot of being who you are in Christ and allowing Him to use you! Yes rejoice and worship in Spirit and Truth today!
PRAY FOR GOD TO REACH OUT AND GRAB THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE WE ARE CONNECTING WITH AND TO SOFTEN THEIR HEARTS AND OPEN THEM TO HIS LOVE. MAY HIS LOVING INVITE BE IRRESISTABLE TO THEM. Amen! Ask Him to tear down all strongholds and hindrances for them to come. Pray that He would use us and grow our connections to those He is drawing. Pray for our table fellowships to grow as disciple making opportunities as we put into action Acts 2:42 (They studied the apostle's teachings and prayed as they fellowshipped and ate around the table). God has a custom made plan for you with that and He has some new things to discover and try as we seek more connection points to those not yet here for all of us. We are His Good News Delivery Co. sent to live and love and make disciples like Jesus and we all have a part in that. PTL! Prepare to go love like Jesus.
Check out the Upper Room's reminder about new life in Christ available to all who will come. And The Word for You Today's reminder of how God transforms trash to treasure and those who come with surrendered hearts. Charles Stanley reminds us of the things we know we are called to do as Christ's surrendered, all-in servants--things to disciple others with. We know we are crated by Love to love and to be who we are created to be as we allow God to love through us. That's Jesus' easy yoke! Put it on as you worship this morning and prepare to go live and love like Jesus more in '24. Amen!
This morning there will be an opportunity for some to step into new life in Christ. pray into that and pray for God to draw some to His love today. Pray he would use you too and maybe help you to recommit to Him more earnestly. As we study Philippians 2 today we are reminded of the need for tender hearts filled with compassion as we choose to live Christ--incarnate Him and His love. Amen! Come! Let us worship our King and commit to walk in His love to those He is drawing. Amen! He does have great plans just for you! Rejoice!
UR: New Life
If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny spring day, and I took the opportunity to ride my bike around a lake. One of my favorite parts of such rides is looking at the trees, plants, and lovely views. This time I particularly noticed all the new spring leaves and the blossoms on the trees. As I marveled at this abundant new life, my mind turned to the new life offered to us by our Savior Jesus Christ.
Zacchaeus experienced this new life in a dramatic way after climbing a tree to see Jesus and having Jesus invite himself to his home. Zacchaeus’ experience with Jesus changed his life, leading him to repay his debts to the people he had cheated in the past.
If we follow Jesus’ teachings and get to know him as a personal friend and Savior we, too, can find ourselves transformed and able to live in a new way. Through reading the Bible, prayer, and joining in fellowship with other Christians, we also can be equipped to serve God in new ways and to make a difference in our world.
Today's Prayer
Loving God, draw us closer to you as we seek to follow Jesus. Help us to share with others the new life you offer us all. Amen.
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