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Walk Wisely in the Home This is a must read for all parents seeking to walk wisely in the responsibilities God has given us. https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/dutiesofparents.html

In the World, Not of It So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one

  Dear Church family, Sunday drive up service at 9am. Sunday deaf service at 10am livestream  Sunday hearing service at 11am livestream  Youth Zoom service at 4pm Prayer time together zoom time at 5pm Sunday evening livestream service at 6pm Beloved, please fill out your surveys if you haven’t been able to get to it yet.  Recommendation: Costi is on to something with this article. Christians should heed these words. Costi, “What will it matter if we re-assimilate only to end up “socially distant” again not because of a virus, but because of our inability to love others who approach COVID-19 differently than we do?” https://ftc.co/resource-library/blog-entries/navigating-different-covid-19-recovery-convictions Love in Christ, Pastor Mike

The Myth of Understanding  But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body. (Ecclesiastes 12:12)   https://anchor.fm/mike-sprott/episodes/The-Mystery-of-Understanding-eca76u/a-a1ra5tr Information is coming at us at a million miles an hour everyday now. Government officials, international health organizations, doctors, nurses, scientists, statisticians, religious leaders, media pundits, and social media tidal waves of opinions and so-called wisdom. Information overload has officially overwhelmed my mind. What is so perplexing about all this information is it comes from presuppositions and often distorted world views. As people seek to navigate what is true and what is false their own biases keep them from discerning fact from fiction, lies from truth and exaggerations from simple objective truths. At the end of each day as I evaluate all that I have read, seen and heard I am baffled by just ho

Today we start reading 2 Thessalonians for the month. Along with Amos from the OT minor prophets. Come read with us. I suggest reading the introduction for the books in the MacArthur study Bible. It will give good background for the historical context. It will help give you the setting for the books. At some point it would also be good to try to read straight through 1 & 2 Thessalonians to see how the books fit together. May God give us wisdom and understanding into “Who He is” and “What He has Done” and “what He will do in the future!” In the comments below maybe you can all give one observational question from your first readings?

Is the Sovereign Sleeping?  Mark 4:35-41 Three _________ of this event that should provoke us to _______ the Lord in di ffi cult times! I.  The ___________ Setting (35-37) II.  The ___________Sovereign (38-39) III.  The ___________Students (40-41) Conclusion The __________ Situation

A Special Message from Pastor Stephen Samec Discipleship Meets Social Distancing: A New Testament Case Study in Distance Discipleship We are living in unique days, to say the least. Most local churches across the States are not gathering together in person for corporate worship and exposition and prayer and evangelism and baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We find ourselves forced to consider how we should operate as an un-gathered body of believers.  Believers are responding to this in different ways: sadness, relief (“Finally, a legitimate reason to skip church!”), confusion (“I’m not really sure what I should do), apathy (“Meh, who cares?”), and many others. I do admit that the current quarantine advisements from the White House have provided me with some much-overdue time with my family. I am, however, concerned about the destructive impact this could have on the church. What should be our perspective on the local church right now? What is our responsibility toward bel

WIN - What’s important Now!?!?! So my wife and I are watching 20/20.  They had this ‘expert’ on to counsel people who are struggling with worry.  They said they wanted to help people not be worried and panic.  So this guy starts talking about how to help people with their thoughts.  He said, “I actually have an acronym to help, “WIN.” What’s important now. We have to focus on what’s important now. Those things we can control like our breathing and our thoughts.”   Beloved, there is absolutely no hope in the world’s counsel here!  Because friends, we really control NOTHING!  We are the creation. The irony of the person’s statement is breathing can be stopped by a little micro-sized virus! Also, often our thoughts are not even controlled by ourselves. The news and the show itself actually was pouring fear producing thoughts and concerning statistics into our minds continually.  The more I watched, the more I knew I had to speak truth to my heart and the world filled wi

Embracing the Coronavirus For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed. You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence. For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh. As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years,Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away. Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90: 7–12  The coronavirus is officially a pandemic .  What does this mean?   An official definition is given by the World Health Organization (WHO):  ...an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people.   As of March 2020, 125,000 people have be