Hello Everyone,
I know tomorrow is March 1 but it sure doesn’t seem like it. However, I am trying very hard not to be a whiner. Warm house, good coat and gloves, God in my heart … Perspective.
Here is the bulletin for this week. I HOPE to see you Sunday but in view of the weather, I have to wonder if we are going to have another snow day. I have never had a winter where I missed this many Sunday’s because of inclement conditions.
Make me know Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.
Good Friday Afternoon to All!
Here is something that I hope to never get over: Being amazed at the wisdom and the reach of our God in his Holy Book the Bible!
Wow and Wow! Right in front of our noses … that is if our noses are bowed before the throne of God! If your nose is elsewhere (and you know who I’m talking to), then not so much. 🙂
I thought I was choosing our Ezra study, but I have a sneaking suspicion that God was leading me on, but, then again, I guess he is supposed to do that so I am okay.
Enough rambling. But the church has always been the church, hasn’t it. Except when it was Israel but you know what I mean. They finally had the foundation to the new temple finished and were praising God … except the ones who were crying so loud that you could hardly hear the praise band.
With their attention dominated by the physical dimensions of the building, they could not see the glory of their God.
But those who were able to trust God were in for an amazing ride. This week we have guest appearances by Haggai and Zechariah who give us more of God’s perspective of this rebuilding project than what we see from Zerubbabel and Jeshua’s ground level view.
Message Title: It’s Not the Building, It’s the God!
Message Text: Ezra 3:1-13
See you Sunday!
Dave
Here is Sunday’s bulletin. The last Sunday in February and glad of it. 🙂
Here is a site for free church cartoons I found. Permission to print 1,000 copies.
Building Church Leaders / Practical Training from Leadership Journal
http://www.buildingchurchleaders.com/multimedia/cartoons/
Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.
Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the Lord weighs the motives.
Hello Again,
Sorry for my confusion with the other posts. I linked to the wrong files. Duh! I think I have it right now though. Whew! This week we return to our study in Ezra.
Does God build now the way he built in Old Testament times? Whether ancient temples then or evangelizing our community now, I believe in Ezra we see essential principles for being part of God’s construction process.
Message Title:Â Principles of Building 101
Message Text: Ezra 1:5-2:70
✓ God stirred their spirits to go, 1:5b.
✓ They rose up, 1:5a.
✓ They supported the work, 1:6-11.
✓ They left their comfort zone, 2:1.
✓ They followed their leaders, 2:2-70.
Hello Everyone!
So glad that we are having more snow. Aren’t you?
Here is our bulletin for the week.
John & Katie Carter with daughters Tikvah and Anya will be sharing with us in our SS and Morning Worship services.
