10-12 Donut Day at Bread Ministry and 6-pm Dinner Huddle discussing Holy Spirit
Sarah Update below. It includes a recap of God's Word for us through me . I really don't remember all He said and felt the message was not my best and off a bit. BUT GOD! What did He say to you? What will you do about it? Stand firm in Christ. Choose joy and His good ways and be ready for whatever may come our way, even subtle attacks like half time shows that attack our values in Christ.
Good Morning Victorious Servants! was the Super Bowl and the Seahawks are populated with many Christians that honor and glorify God on that platform. Check out the video of this I shared on Face Book. We too can be victorious in Christ as we humble ourselves, choose His Good Ways, share the Good News, follow Jesus and use the platforms God has placed us in to glorify Him. Who has God placed in your sphere that needs love, hope and help ? What will you do about that?
At haftime we were finally given an opportunity to choose to turn off the trash the woke NFL shoves down our throats and to choose to turn to Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Great American half time alternative. Sounds like at least 60 million turned off the half time trash and joined us with family friendly fun and love of country verses gay men grinding and a cross dressing USA hating half time. PTL for opportunities to choose well and for doing so. We are called to be in the world but not of it and to choose well to follow God's ways. Keep turning off the noise and choosing God and Bibles and Truth and Love. Who are you giving a platform to speak into your life? The Devil and his minions that think they need to shove their foolish opinions and trash down our throats or God-honoring people and His Truth? Stand firm in Christ and on His Word. Turn off the noise and seek first God's Kingdom and choose to listen to the Truth from the Holy Spirit--our guide and help! Please Lord!
God has created, gifted and activated us for such a ime as this and we get to join Him just as we are, and He then molds us and grows us to be ready to be used to do more. He has gathered us to encourage and spur each other on and to go together to spread the love, hope, help and Good News of Jesus. PTL! Team up! Prepare and go live and love more like Jesus and help someone out of the darkness . God is with you and for you and our Abba who loves and helps us--always. Amen! Be prepared! God has great plans for you! Listen to Him alone and ask for hearts and feet ready to follow !
Sarah Update:
Hi Everyone,
It was so good to worship with you , whether you were in the sanctuary or on Zoom. Felt good to be with each other,
worshiping together, singing songs of praise, praying together and hearing His Word as it was laid on Pastor Don's heart.
We studied 1 Peter 3:19 - 4:19
Be Prepared - be ready to share your faith in gentle and respectful ways. Worship Christ as Lord of our lives. And Live well as a
form of worship to our Awesome God!
Christ is our Lord, Savior and example. He died for our sins and made us alive in the Spirit.
God promises eternity with Him.....choose faith and stand firm in your faith in Christ.
Chapter 4
We need to turn off the past, and focus on Jesus - we need to have His attitude!! Die to self and LIVE for JESUS!!
Stand firm in Your HOPE in CHRIST!
Be earnest in your prayers. Have self control. Share with others your faith, so they can see that God will meet their needs.
Be Ready!! Keep doing what is right! God will NEVER fail US!!!
That is what I heard . What did God whisper in your heart? Hey, why not share what you heard.....if you want to share with all
attached to this email, do a reply all, and then all on this email will receive it. If you are a little shy about sharing, and you would like to share just to me, then just reply,
and just I will get it.
Hearing what each of hear during our time with Jesus can really encourage others....so don't be afraid to share! We learned....BE READY to share.
Here are some of the praises and prayer requests that were shared :
Terry (and Jane) will be meeting with his oncologist () to discuss Terry's PET Scan results and 'what's next'
please pray for God's peace to surround all
Tina (Sandy Ritter's daughter) has on going back pain. prayers for relief and for her medical team to find a way to give her relief.
Lindsay - a friend of Neen and Sarah - is having surgery on to remove cancer. She has been through chemo and praying for
her surgical team to be able to remove the cancer. Prayers for peace for her family.
Continue to pray for the Nixon/Mack family during this difficult time as they miss their wife, sister, daughter, Holly. Holly is in the presences of
Jesus now.
Tracy Schwenk-Huber is a NANA! Her daughter Brittany and Derrick are celebrating the birth of their daughter, Lainey Marie Smith. She was born
on night at 11:30pm, and she entered the world, 'screaming' She is a cutie!
Gail Lichtenwalner is asking for prayers of peace as she will be having a heart procedure on . Prayers for all to go well, and for patience's
during the healing process. She is also asking us to pray for all the volunteers of the Bread Ministry and the extra hands that are stepping
up to help our while Gail is healing.
Kay Paul and Nancy are asking for prayer for Dillon who is going on a missions trip, in Thailand at the end of February for three weeks and for Larry and Braidon
who are traveling to Thailand for a basketball tournament.
Ralph and Pat Breinich are asking for prayer for Ralph's brother, Daryl as he is currently having testing for heart surgery.
Josie C is thanking God for helping her friend Ellen to feel better. Some of her meds were not liking each other so they were making her
feel sick. She is out of the hospital and home and feeling much better.
Earlier , we learned that Ruth Guldner walked into her eternal home and was greeted by Jesus. She peacefully walked home. She has been
able to touch many lives with her talent of music and will be remembered by many. Please keep Nanci Bain and Ruth's church family in your prayers
as she will be missed.
Darlene Geiger is asking for prayer for Sandra Zavecz's family, Scott and his sister. Sandy passed away ()
May God's peace surround her family, and friends.
Hey everyone, don't forget is Donut, Coffee, Conversation day from 10 - 12pm. If you have time, stop in!!
God is actively working within our Outreaches!!! Yay God!!!
Okay everyone, have a great week. BE READY!! God has something great planned for each of us!!
Blessings to ya'all!
Sarah
Connection Blogs
- What is Your Heart Set On?
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about , for will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:15-17, 33-34).
To focus on heaven and heaven’s reward frees us from basing our lives on that which will pass away. Dietrich Bonhoeffer speaks well to this issue: “Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of all anxiety. If our hearts are set on them, our reward is an anxiety whose burden is intolerable. Anxiety creates its own treasures and they in turn beget further care. When we seek for security in possessions we are trying to drive out care with care, and the net result is the precise opposite of our anticipations. The fetters which bind us to our possessions prove to be cares themselves.”
Father, so often my heart is set on things that will pass away rather than on what is eternal and holy. I have made a god of activity and possessions, living a life filled with concern and worry. I ask You to pour out the peace that passes all understanding so that I might find my heart fully engaged in the concerns of Your kingdom instead of my own.
--Taken from Power Praying by David Chotka.
Prayer Points
Praise God, the giver of wisdom and power (Dan. 2:20).
Give thanks for opportunities to worship with others, to learn from God’s wisdom, and to be touched by his presence.
Confess attempts to survive through mere human wisdom and power.
Commit yourself to carefully applying what God teaches you .
Ask God to empower you to live accordingly.
Pray for unsaved persons you know by name. Ask God to work through the power of his Holy Spirit to convict them of sin and lead them into his truth (Jn. 16:7-11). Ask God to use you to love them.
Prayer Points taken from Patterns for Prayer by Alvin VanderGriend. This book is available at prayerleader.com. Use the code CONPSP3 at checkout to receive an additional 10% discount.
