Posts from December 2016 (Page 2)
An EPIC Prayer
An EPIC Prayer We have found this prayer to speak powerfully to churches on the Pathway. It invites each one of us to ask God to make the changes in us that he wants to make in our church. Listen carefully as you reflect on this prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me to understand that my church is composed of people like me. I help make it what it is. It will be friendly if I am. It will…
Bulletin – Week of December 11, 2016
We gladly welcome all worshipers on this third Sunday of Advent. May we all prepare for the joyous celebration of the coming of our Lord, Jesus the Christ. Message: Grace Alone Scripture: Romans 11:1-6 Offering: General Fund December 11, 2016 Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Dan Grover, Jerry and Faye Hop, Mark Ireland, Jr. Johnson, Victor Johnson, Jay and Avis Kaemingk. Suggestions for prayers would be for their spiritual growth, opportunities to see Christ in…
EPIC Devotion #10
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and…
EPIC Devotion #9
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the…
Sola Gratia (POHFW)
Preparing our Hearts to Worship In an effort to help you prepare for the December 4th, 2016, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the phrase ‘by grace alone’, I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Sola Gratia”. The main Scripture for the day is Romans 11:1-6. The other passages are either referenced in the message…
EPIC Devotion #8
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 Paul in several passages points to the principle underscored in this passage. All believers have a variety of gifts,…
EPIC Devotion #7
Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons. These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), Andrew, Philip,…
What would you risk to bring Christ to the lost? An Update on the Fighting in the Ukraine
I received this update from a man who works in the Ukraine that I met last year at a homeschool conference. Most of us aren’t aware, or have forgotten that part of the Ukraine is in a serious conflict wanting to secede and join Russia. The hostilities have displaced 1.75 million people. Here is some front line news from Christians trying to serve people on the front lines: “In the village Gnutovo we visited a family living only 500 meters…