Greetings Team ~
Well, things were a little disjointed last week as far as worship goes. There were so many distractions on Sat. and Sun. that it made things difficult. The message was great which kind of made up for what we lacked. What a great reminder though that God works in spite of us... 3 people accepted Christ at our church last weekend! This is so exciting, and I pray we see many more in the weeks to come!
Another great Wed. night service tonight. If you aren't attending, you should give it a try. If you are attending, invite someone else to come too.
Please pray about the wonderful things happening in our midst, our pastor, our leadership, next week's services and these songs:
In the Secret
Thinking About You
It is You
Famous One
You Are My World
To You
You Save
Have a great week!
Blessings,
Matt
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
5/24/09
Howdy All ~
So we played the Walk For Life on Saturday... what a great day! It was a lot of fun, a total blessing, and they raised a bunch of money. Did I mention the incredible weather?
I'd forgotten how much I enjoy doing the offsite gigs.
Wednesday nights have been going great. If you haven't checked it out yet, join us this week at 6 p.m. We are doing the video series The Way of a Worshiper with Buddy Owens.
The next get-together is going to be on Monday, May 25th at 5 p.m. at the Goodman's. We are doing a BBQ theme. We will have hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, baked beans, apple pie, and soda. We still need fruit salad, macaroni salad, lettuce, tomato, onion, relish, and condiments, and more dessert. Please let me know what you can bring.
Please pray over the services this week, pray for Russ & Liz as they are at the conference at Saddleback, and pray over these songs:
Psalm 117
All Because of Jesus
God With Us
Light the Fire Again
Something Heavenly
Search Me
Lord, How Good You Are
Scripture - Rom 5:1-5
Have a great week. Be Blessed!
Matt
So we played the Walk For Life on Saturday... what a great day! It was a lot of fun, a total blessing, and they raised a bunch of money. Did I mention the incredible weather?
I'd forgotten how much I enjoy doing the offsite gigs.
Wednesday nights have been going great. If you haven't checked it out yet, join us this week at 6 p.m. We are doing the video series The Way of a Worshiper with Buddy Owens.
The next get-together is going to be on Monday, May 25th at 5 p.m. at the Goodman's. We are doing a BBQ theme. We will have hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, baked beans, apple pie, and soda. We still need fruit salad, macaroni salad, lettuce, tomato, onion, relish, and condiments, and more dessert. Please let me know what you can bring.
Please pray over the services this week, pray for Russ & Liz as they are at the conference at Saddleback, and pray over these songs:
Psalm 117
All Because of Jesus
God With Us
Light the Fire Again
Something Heavenly
Search Me
Lord, How Good You Are
Scripture - Rom 5:1-5
Have a great week. Be Blessed!
Matt
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
5/17/09
Greeting All ~
Okay, so I finally got an early enough start to spend some time here. There is something that has been weighing really heavy on my heart, so I'm going to share it here. Let me know if you think I'm way off base.
I don't want to be judgemental, and I really try to focus on my life and pleasing God myself. But, I'm really getting discouraged by the behavior of some of my brothers & sisters is Christ.
So many of them talk about drinking, having "a few too many", and flat out getting drunk. I'm not talking a couple of friends, I'm talking dozens. I'm also amazed at how often I catch Christians in blatent lies. What happened to be truthful? The third concern I have is the foul, nasty language I hear. The inappropriate topics, and course joking. Everyone I challenge on these issues has excuses and justifications for their behavior.
I found Romans chapter 12 that says, "Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - which is your spiritual worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will".
Then, that took me to Colossians 3 which says, "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator".
So, am I way off base? Am I not underestanding what the Word is saying here? I've always been told that we, Christians, are supposed to be different than those in the world. We're supposed to be a "light".
Let me know what you think. I know none of us is perfect, and we all have areas that we struggle with, but I just see a huge increase in these behaviors with no remorse. The attitude I get is that we are covered by grace, so it doesn't really matter what we do...
Okay, please pray over the services this week, and the following songs:
The Name of the Lord
Awesome in this Place
He Reigns
Great is Thy Faithfulness
All Who Are Thirsty
Adoration
Our God Saves
Scripture - Psalm 42:1-5
Have a great week, and be blessed!
Matt
P.S. See you Wednesday night?
Okay, so I finally got an early enough start to spend some time here. There is something that has been weighing really heavy on my heart, so I'm going to share it here. Let me know if you think I'm way off base.
I don't want to be judgemental, and I really try to focus on my life and pleasing God myself. But, I'm really getting discouraged by the behavior of some of my brothers & sisters is Christ.
So many of them talk about drinking, having "a few too many", and flat out getting drunk. I'm not talking a couple of friends, I'm talking dozens. I'm also amazed at how often I catch Christians in blatent lies. What happened to be truthful? The third concern I have is the foul, nasty language I hear. The inappropriate topics, and course joking. Everyone I challenge on these issues has excuses and justifications for their behavior.
I found Romans chapter 12 that says, "Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - which is your spiritual worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will".
Then, that took me to Colossians 3 which says, "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator".
So, am I way off base? Am I not underestanding what the Word is saying here? I've always been told that we, Christians, are supposed to be different than those in the world. We're supposed to be a "light".
Let me know what you think. I know none of us is perfect, and we all have areas that we struggle with, but I just see a huge increase in these behaviors with no remorse. The attitude I get is that we are covered by grace, so it doesn't really matter what we do...
Okay, please pray over the services this week, and the following songs:
The Name of the Lord
Awesome in this Place
He Reigns
Great is Thy Faithfulness
All Who Are Thirsty
Adoration
Our God Saves
Scripture - Psalm 42:1-5
Have a great week, and be blessed!
Matt
P.S. See you Wednesday night?
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
5/10/09
Greetings ~
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!
Only 2 days back from my vacation and I'm already exhausted, so this will be very short again.
Let's remember to lift one another in prayer, and the songs for this week:
All Because of Jesus
You Are Holy
Your Grace is Enough
In the Garden
Here
Exalted
My Chains Are Gone
Scripture - Psalm 84:1-4
Big thanks to Jim& Vicki(Tri Tip, Green Beans, Desserts, Clean Up), Kevin & Julie(Potatoes, Dessert, Conference Presentation, Set Up, Clean Up), Heather(Pasta Salad, Desserts, Serving, Set Up, Clean Up), Lora(Desserts, Serving), Jolene(Garlic Bread, Dessert),Tony(Desserts, Clean Up), and Bradley(Set up) for all their hard work at the fundraiser( If I missed anyone, or anything you did, please forgive me). Everything was fantastic! Also, thanks to Debbie and Judy for great desserts. The event was a great success...we raised over $1,300.00! With the $700 we already had, that gives us $2,000.00 which is the amount budgeted, but couldn't have because of finances. God always provides what we need plus a little more (the actual amount we have is about $2,060.00). Praise Him!!
Have a great week!
Matt
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!
Only 2 days back from my vacation and I'm already exhausted, so this will be very short again.
Let's remember to lift one another in prayer, and the songs for this week:
All Because of Jesus
You Are Holy
Your Grace is Enough
In the Garden
Here
Exalted
My Chains Are Gone
Scripture - Psalm 84:1-4
Big thanks to Jim& Vicki(Tri Tip, Green Beans, Desserts, Clean Up), Kevin & Julie(Potatoes, Dessert, Conference Presentation, Set Up, Clean Up), Heather(Pasta Salad, Desserts, Serving, Set Up, Clean Up), Lora(Desserts, Serving), Jolene(Garlic Bread, Dessert),Tony(Desserts, Clean Up), and Bradley(Set up) for all their hard work at the fundraiser( If I missed anyone, or anything you did, please forgive me). Everything was fantastic! Also, thanks to Debbie and Judy for great desserts. The event was a great success...we raised over $1,300.00! With the $700 we already had, that gives us $2,000.00 which is the amount budgeted, but couldn't have because of finances. God always provides what we need plus a little more (the actual amount we have is about $2,060.00). Praise Him!!
Have a great week!
Matt
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