“A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself” (Proverbs 11:17)
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
(Proverbs 15:1)
Jesus unmerited kindness for us is the only place I know to find kindness when harshness seems like the only way. "The Cross"
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Week 1 - Wisom...
“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.” - Proverbs 3:3
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Spend the next 30 days reading Proverbs!
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Spend the next 30 days reading Proverbs!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Week 3 - The Straight Up On ?orship: Baptism, Communion
"Do this in Remembrance of Me"
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Helpful hints when taking communion to help us remember -
1) Look back
Romans 6:6 “For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that we should no longer be slaves to sin”.
2) Look within
1 Cor 11:28 says, “You should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.”
3) Look around
Look around and know you are part of something bigger than yourself.
4) Look ahead
(1 Cor. 11.26) “Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”
Baptism -
“All of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death. We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead though the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” (Rom. 6.3-4)
Mark 16.16 says, “He who believes and is baptized shall be saved.”
“Those who accepted His message were baptized, and about 3000 were added to their number that day.” (Acts 2.41) “But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.” (Acts 8.12)
Baptism is how the Bible says to give myself to God, And if you haven’t your missing out on what it means to be buried with Christ and to give myself publicly to him. Jesus says “If you confess me before men I will confess you before the father.”
Reaction:
Helpful hints when taking communion to help us remember -
1) Look back
Romans 6:6 “For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that we should no longer be slaves to sin”.
2) Look within
1 Cor 11:28 says, “You should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.”
3) Look around
Look around and know you are part of something bigger than yourself.
4) Look ahead
(1 Cor. 11.26) “Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”
Baptism -
“All of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death. We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead though the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” (Rom. 6.3-4)
Mark 16.16 says, “He who believes and is baptized shall be saved.”
“Those who accepted His message were baptized, and about 3000 were added to their number that day.” (Acts 2.41) “But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.” (Acts 8.12)
Baptism is how the Bible says to give myself to God, And if you haven’t your missing out on what it means to be buried with Christ and to give myself publicly to him. Jesus says “If you confess me before men I will confess you before the father.”
Monday, April 6, 2009
Easter Weekend...
Thought I would share what is going on at Lpcc this upcoming weekend!!!!
Lpcc Troy Campus:
April 10th - Good Friday Fest - 6:30-8:30pm (blow-ups, face painting, food/drinks, guitar hero and rock band and Wii bowling plus 4 services 25 minutes in length with communion served at each)
April 11th - Saturday Night Worship 6:10 pm
April 12th - Prayer Walk 6:00am (2020 West Hwy. 47 Troy)
Worship 8:15am, 9:15am, 10:45am
Lpcc Moscow Campus:
April 11th - Saturday Night Worship
April 12th - Worship 10:00am
Lpcc Online Campus Times: Saturday 6:10pm; Sunday 8:15am, 9:15am, 10:45am
http://www.lifepointetroy.com/
Lpcc Troy Campus:
April 10th - Good Friday Fest - 6:30-8:30pm (blow-ups, face painting, food/drinks, guitar hero and rock band and Wii bowling plus 4 services 25 minutes in length with communion served at each)
April 11th - Saturday Night Worship 6:10 pm
April 12th - Prayer Walk 6:00am (2020 West Hwy. 47 Troy)
Worship 8:15am, 9:15am, 10:45am
Lpcc Moscow Campus:
April 11th - Saturday Night Worship
April 12th - Worship 10:00am
Lpcc Online Campus Times: Saturday 6:10pm; Sunday 8:15am, 9:15am, 10:45am
http://www.lifepointetroy.com/
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Week 2 - The Straight Up On ?orship: Giving!
“‘Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Arawnah the Jebusite.’“When Arawnah looked and saw the king and his men coming, he went and bowed down before the king and said, ‘Why has my lord the king come to his servant?’ ‘To buy your threshing floor,’ David answered, ‘so I can build an altar and make sacrifices and worship the Lord.’ Arawnah said to David, ‘Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. O king, Arawnah gives all this to the king.’ (2 Samuel 24.18-23)
(vs. 24) “But King David replied, ‘No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God that which costs me nothing.
In Malachi chapter 3 verse 8 God says to the people, “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me?” But you ask, “How do we rob you?” In tithes and offerings.
(v.10) “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.”
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Does what I give God cost me anything?
I gotta ask if what I give to God is something that costs me something, something that's an actual sacrifice, or is what I put in the bag something that I won't really miss? This is about you and me and worship: and gifts of love always cost me something. And that's why God talks about tithing: there's something about that particular percent.
It's about “God, you're my God, you've given so much to me, I wanna give back to you.” Worship is responding to the God who really is my God. If a person is gonna tithe, odds are there's some things things they're gonna have to do without. It's gonna really cost us something.
(vs. 24) “But King David replied, ‘No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God that which costs me nothing.
In Malachi chapter 3 verse 8 God says to the people, “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me?” But you ask, “How do we rob you?” In tithes and offerings.
(v.10) “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.”
Reaction:
Does what I give God cost me anything?
I gotta ask if what I give to God is something that costs me something, something that's an actual sacrifice, or is what I put in the bag something that I won't really miss? This is about you and me and worship: and gifts of love always cost me something. And that's why God talks about tithing: there's something about that particular percent.
It's about “God, you're my God, you've given so much to me, I wanna give back to you.” Worship is responding to the God who really is my God. If a person is gonna tithe, odds are there's some things things they're gonna have to do without. It's gonna really cost us something.
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