The Pastor’s Blog
Song Of The Week
This week’s song is Free To Be Me by Francesca Battistelli. This song is about how we don’t know what we want to do with our lives when we are younger, and in some cases, when we are all grown up, and how imperfect we are but with God, he will lead us the right way and when we are with him we can be ourselves and not worry.So here you go…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38LcrMZutJs
Francesca Battistelli-Free To Be Me- My Paper Heart
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Home Study February 27th through March 3rd
Monday – Read Romans 10:9-13
Who can be saved by believing in Jesus and confessing Him as Lord?
Would you agree that to be saved is simple but a hard thing to do?
Why is that?
How is Jesus challenging you? What will you do?
Tuesday – Read I Timothy 2:1-7
Who does God want to be saved?
What has God done to make that possible?
According to verses 1-3, how should we live so that people may see Jesus?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?
Wednesday – Read II Corinthians 4:1-6
How has Satan blinded the minds of unbelievers?
How can we as followers of Jesus help them to see Him?
How important is it that we grow in our knowledge of Jesus?
What will you do to continue growing in knowledge and faith?
Thursday – Read Romans 15:13
What do we receive when we grow in trust in God?
How do we grow in trust?
Take time to examine your life and ask God to show you the areas of your life where you need to trust Him more.
Friday – Read I Corinthians 16:13-14
What are we called to do here?
Which of these things seems the easiest for you?
Which of these things seems the hardest for you?
If something is hard for us, in whose power and strength may we do it?
Why is it so important for us to do these things, and all things, in love?
How is God challenging you? What will you do?
Saturday – Read Isaiah 42:10-12
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Please Pray for Ukraine!
Last Wednesday we had a guest speaker Named Jacoby. Jacoby and his wife Lera are missionaries in Odessa, Ukraine. If you don’t know, Odessa is the southern part of Ukraine.The picture below shows where it is exactly. It is part of the orange colored region. Here are some things that are going on in the Ukraine that stuck out to me.
One thing is that Ukraine has the most teenage alchohalism in the world. I found this very intresting. I never would have thought that out of all the places in the world that teenage alcohalsim being the worst would be Ukraine! It is a very scary thing that is happening too much.
Secondly, there is a big problem with kid napping, and prostitiution in Ukraine. Lots of teenage girls will apply for a job and they will get kid napped and then be forced into prostitution. It’s very sad and not right at all. It is very disturbing. But unfortunantly, it is happening.
Next, Ukraine is hosting a soccer tornament of some sort I guess, and they have a bunch of stray dogs running around in Ukraine. If you love dogs a lot you may not want to read this because it is a bit distrubing, but they need to get rid of all these dogs. So what they are doing is they are injecting poision into them and they are waiting for them to die. Then once they die, they burn them in order to get rid of the bodies. It is really sick and I absolutoly 100% HATE it, but they have no money to put all of them in pounds and such, so that is the only thing they think they can do with them.
Lastly There is a very high drug use in the Ukrain expecially in Kids.
There is so much more to pray for, for the Ukraine. Please go to this website and learn more about what Jacoby and Lera are doing.http://projectodessalife.com/partnerserve/
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Home Study February 20th through 25th
Monday – Read John 13:34-35
How are we as believers to love one another? Who is our example?
What did this kind of love cost Jesus? What did it cost us?
Why is the love of Jesus’ people such a powerful testimony to His resence in our lives?
How is Jesus challenging you? How will you respond?
Tuesday – Read Galatians 6:2
What does it mean to “carry each other’s burdens?”
How does prayer factor in?
How does this fulfill the law of Christ? See Matthew 22:34-40
How is God challenging you? How will you respond?
Wednesday – Read Nehemiah 8:1-18
What happened when God’s word was read in public?
Why could this happen?
Can this still happen today? Why?
How does this challenge you? What will you do?
Thursday – Read James 1:19-25
How does God’s word clean sin from our lives?
Why is it important to not just know God’s word but to do it?
What promise is given in verse 25 for those who know and do God’s word?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?
Friday – Read II Peter 3:18 and Revelation 22:21
How important is it that we know and grow in God’s grace?
How does growing in our knowledge of Jesus help us do that?
How significant is it that the last verse of the Bible involves God’s grace?
What are these verses saying to you? How will you respond?
Saturday – Read Luke 1:1-4
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