It's Thank God I'm Forgive ! PTL for salvation and forgiveness . Celebrate with Him and some others all you are thankful about. God is Love! God is good--all the time! God knows me and calls me by name! I am forgiven, redeemed made new...the list can go on and on! Worship! Thank God I'm Forgiven and made new! Amen!
is a new and unique day of being the Acts 2:42 Church. Greeting and fellowship time is 10-10:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Worship is 10:30-11 followed by the congregational meeting followed by Communion, then the "Souper Bowl" Brunch at 11:30 all in the Fellowship Hall! Join us and bring some friends. The worship will begin with a hymn sing of all your favorites (1 verse only). Think about those that you love and have memorized.
*We will also be collecting for Everlasting Life Ministries
**The Lenten Offering envelope will be used to replenish our Benevolence Fund which is used to help members and others with needs. It has been tapped a bit this year already.
Good Morning Praying and Worshiping Friends! Check out the blogs below about praise, worship, prayer and counting our blessings! It's a great day to worship and lift some praise. What a beautiful day the Lord has made! Rejoice and be glad in it! Get up and moving as you pray! Try it! I love prayer walking and lifting praise as I march around the room like a little kid. God loves worship like that and He speaks to our hearts when we come to Him as little children. Remember the old praise song that goes--"I'll shout it from the mountain top"? That's all about praising God for His love and grace. Pass it on too! God loves everyone and is waiting for all who will come to come! We all have a part in spreading that Good News and our hope. Shout to the Lord and pass His love on ! Amen! *Maybe look up the praise songs: Shout to the Lord, Pass It On, and Counting my Blessings as you praise and worshoip and prepare your heart . Focus on God and His Word and our devotionals and just enjoy this day in the presence of God! Shalom shalom--perfect peace awaits you!
Connection Blogs:
- Daily Bread
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. . . no one can serve two Masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. (Matthew 6:19-21, 24, NASB)
There is a temptation to focus our lives on the acquisition of wealth to make us secure. This temptation is sharp in Western societies where the ability to acquire wealth is much greater than in the survival societies of the third world. Still, even in poor cultures, it is difficult not to trust in material goods and possessions to ensure our future survival (or success). But the whole point of the Lord’s Prayer is that our lives are to be centered not “on earth,” but on the invasion of earth by heaven! Rather than asking heaven to guarantee our security, we are to live in such a way that the passing security of earth is rebuked by our God’s providing! To trust in the security of things “here” is to deny the security of things “up there.”
God must be our Master, and therefore must be trusted to meet our needs as we are about our Master’s business. Daily bread comes from God’s hands, not ours. Daily bread is a test to determine if we will obey our Lord.
Holy Spirit, please calm my anxious heart which always wants to be certain that everything is the way I think it should be. May I be completely submissive to Your plans and purposes and trust in Your ability rather than my own! Help me to surrender in complete obedience to the Master of heaven and earth.
--Taken from Power Praying by David Chotka.
Prayer Points
Praise God that Jesus Christ is coming again to bring all things to perfection.
Thank the Lord that you can anticipate dwelling with him in a new heaven and earth.
Confess any attitudes or actions which are hindering the coming kingdom.
Commit yourself to watching and praying, being ready for the coming of Christ.
Ask that you may live in a way pleasing to God, so that he might say to you, “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Mt 25:21).
Ask God to make his people generous in giving their time and gifts for the benefit of others. Ask that the love of Christ will be evident in the care Christians give to each other.
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.
I was stuck. I’d written half of a devotional article when my thoughts dried up. “God, what should I do?” I prayed. Remembering research that found that our creative output is boosted by an average of 60 percent when we walk, I headed out to the trail behind my house and continued my conversation with God. Thirty minutes later I was refreshed. I returned to my keyboard and finished the entry.
In 2 Kings 4:18-35, we read that Elisha and his servant, Gehazi, responded to a Shunammite woman’s plea to help her dead son. At Elisha’s instruction (v. 29), Gehazi laid his staff on the child (v. 31). Elisha prayed. Then he laid on top of the boy. At last, “Elisha . . . walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy . . . opened his eyes” (v. 35).
Scripture doesn’t tell us why Elisha “walked back and forth,” nor does it say what he was thinking. What we do know is that when Elisha’s prayers weren’t answered, he didn’t give up. It’s not difficult to picture him talking to God in this urgent situation.
What do you do when you’re stuck at a dead end and don’t know what to do? Perhaps a “prayer walk” is in order. Whether we head out to a trail for a walk or pace back and forth in our home, connecting to God when we’re in need brings answers that address our circumstances.
By Elisa Morgan
REFLECT & PRAY
Where are you stuck? How might you communicate with God in this situation so that He can direct you?
Dear God, when I find myself in stuck spots, please help me to walk with You.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Elijah’s actions show the intensity of his prayer (2 Kings 4:33). Prayer is a spiritual activity that engages the human mind, heart, soul, and spirit. Since we’ve been commanded to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17 nkjv ), we know that prayer can happen any place, at any time, under any condition. The life of Jesus illustrates that the place and posture of prayer may vary. Mark 1:35 pictures an early-rising Jesus going to “a solitary place” to pray. The prelude to selecting the twelve apostles was an all-night prayer meeting on a mountain (see Luke 6:12). When faced with the horrors of crucifixion, Christ prayed in the garden of Gethsemane. Matthew describes the back-and-forth movements of Jesus between His prayer spot and His weary disciples (26:36-46). Even as He encouraged Peter, James, and John to watch and pray with Him, it’s likely that prayers to His Father continued to reverberate in His heart. , we can be assured that God hears our prayers and will help us.
Arthur Jackson
UR: Ignoring Our Blessings
Throw all your anxiety onto [God], because he cares about you. - 1 Peter 5:7 (CEB)
I watched in amusement as our bulldog, Archie, puzzled over a toy that had rolled under a footstool. He peered beneath the footstool and pawed repeatedly at the red ball, which remained just beyond his reach. Finally he down in frustration, looked at me, and whined plaintively. I laughed aloud and moved the stool while Archie happily pounced on the ball and trotted off with it.
Archie has many toys, but watching him ignore all the others while he fixated on the one toy he could not have made me think. We humans can get trapped by that same mindset. We can become so intent on the one thing we can’t, don’t, or shouldn’t have that we ignore the many blessings in our lives.
Recently I was so overwhelmed with solving a problem (which was not my responsibility) that I lost all pleasure in life. Thankfully, God patiently showed me how I was allowing the problem to keep me from enjoying the beautiful life God has given me. Now, though it is still unsolved, I give the problem to God who alone has the ability to take care of it. And I focus my energy on appreciating all that God has done for me in other areas.
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's Prayer
Patient and loving God, even though it’s hard sometimes, help us to trust you to resolve the overwhelming issues we face. Keep us ever mindful of all we have to be grateful for. Amen.
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