July 18,2010
18/07/10 19:02
Prayer
Requests:
1. Starkey Lawrence - Health
2. Bill Treat – fast recovery from back surgery
3. Dan & Melissa Gross – traveling safety
4. Norma Eckelberry’s grandson Zeb - cancer
Bible Study: 6pm tonight here at the church
Ladies Mission: No meeting this week.
VBS Date: Vacation Bible School will run Aug 9 – Aug 13. This will be for ages 5 – 11. Twelve year olds are invited to come be a helper – will participate in everything – must attend a meeting later.
Baptism Fellowship: August 22
Special Service: July 25. Missionaries Alexander and Marissa Coriell from Unbroken International Ministries out of Broken Arrow, OK will be with us to share what God lays on their hearts. (This is Tama’s son and daughter-in-law )
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This David Wilkerson letter seems so “right on the mark” I just need to share it. It is a little lengthy, so I’ll be continuing it in several bulletins. It will do your soul good to read it. It’s title: “Maintaining the Joy of the Lord” Please prayerfully read the portions offered each week.
Make no mistake, at that scene at the water gate in Jerusalem there was no eloquent preaching. Ezra didn’t deliver a sensational sermon. Rather, he preached straight from the Scriptures, reading for hours on end and explaining the meaning. And as the people listened they grew excited.
At times Ezra was so overcome by what he read that he stopped to “bless the Lord, the great God” (8:6). The glory of the Lord came down powerfully and everyone raised their hands in praise: “All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands” (8:6). In repentance and brokenness, “they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.” (8:6). Then they stood up to experience more.
There was no manipulation from the pulpit, no dramatic testimony. These wasn’t even music as yet. These people simply had an ear to hear everything God said to them.
Beloved, I believe the Lord desires to move among His people in the same way today. Yet the kind of reviving and restoration we see happening to God’s people in Nehemiah 8, requires a ministry and congregation as excited by the Scriptures as Ezra was.
It also requires a people who are just as anxious to hear God’s Word and walk in it. Even the most fiery preacher can’t stir up a complacent congregation if they’re not hungry to hear God’s truth.
1. Starkey Lawrence - Health
2. Bill Treat – fast recovery from back surgery
3. Dan & Melissa Gross – traveling safety
4. Norma Eckelberry’s grandson Zeb - cancer
Bible Study: 6pm tonight here at the church
Ladies Mission: No meeting this week.
VBS Date: Vacation Bible School will run Aug 9 – Aug 13. This will be for ages 5 – 11. Twelve year olds are invited to come be a helper – will participate in everything – must attend a meeting later.
Baptism Fellowship: August 22
Special Service: July 25. Missionaries Alexander and Marissa Coriell from Unbroken International Ministries out of Broken Arrow, OK will be with us to share what God lays on their hearts. (This is Tama’s son and daughter-in-law )
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This David Wilkerson letter seems so “right on the mark” I just need to share it. It is a little lengthy, so I’ll be continuing it in several bulletins. It will do your soul good to read it. It’s title: “Maintaining the Joy of the Lord” Please prayerfully read the portions offered each week.
Make no mistake, at that scene at the water gate in Jerusalem there was no eloquent preaching. Ezra didn’t deliver a sensational sermon. Rather, he preached straight from the Scriptures, reading for hours on end and explaining the meaning. And as the people listened they grew excited.
At times Ezra was so overcome by what he read that he stopped to “bless the Lord, the great God” (8:6). The glory of the Lord came down powerfully and everyone raised their hands in praise: “All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands” (8:6). In repentance and brokenness, “they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.” (8:6). Then they stood up to experience more.
There was no manipulation from the pulpit, no dramatic testimony. These wasn’t even music as yet. These people simply had an ear to hear everything God said to them.
Beloved, I believe the Lord desires to move among His people in the same way today. Yet the kind of reviving and restoration we see happening to God’s people in Nehemiah 8, requires a ministry and congregation as excited by the Scriptures as Ezra was.
It also requires a people who are just as anxious to hear God’s Word and walk in it. Even the most fiery preacher can’t stir up a complacent congregation if they’re not hungry to hear God’s truth.