Wednesday, December 29, 2010

devotional for December 30, 2010

AWESOME PARTY AT GLENMARY COUNTRY CLUB......Over 75 people came....Great fun, food, and fellowship!   We will plan our next event the Friday prior to SUPERBOWL!!!!    watch for details.
 
 
Devotional:
Reverence:  Character and the Sacred
page 123-130
Reverence and respect
reverence and awe
 
Let's talk Thursday night at 6:15-7:15pm at minors Lane.
 
Friends,
Becky
 
 

Friday, December 17, 2010

Ministry Opportunity for The Lord's Kitchen


Ministry Opportunity for The Lord's Kitchen

 

The Lord's Kitchen is in need of volunteers to help fill the food boxes and organize the coats for The Annual Christmas Food Box Give A Way, and Buy A Coat/Warm A Heart event to be held Wednesday, Dec 22 at 11:00 am at The City of Hope.

 

If you can give a little of your time, meet us at The City of Hope at 10:00 am.

 

We will also be there Monday and Tuesday getting ready for the big event.  This is a great opportunity for ministry.  If you would like to help, meet us there or call 413-0198.

 

Thank you.

 

Pastor Sam


Sunday, December 12, 2010

This week....Source study at Minor Lane

Source study on "Character Matters"  will be led by Barbara Carter this coming Thursday night  6:15pm  December 15.
 
 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND RSVP TO THIS EMAIL IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON ATTENDING OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY AT GLENMARY COUNTRY CLUB AT 7PM ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 21.  I'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU...THERE IS ROOM FOR MORE!!!!!!!  DON'T MISS OUT....ALWAYS A HUGE FUN EVENT!!!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Thursday Dec. 9, 2010 Devotional: Meekness: Character and power

REMINDER:  RSVP TO ME AT THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL SINGLES CHRISTMAS PARTY AT GLENMARY COUNTRY CLUB ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 21 at 7PM.  We must have an accurate count a week prior to the event.  (facility will hold only 100)
 
 
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Meekness:  Character and Power
read pages 107-114  Character Matters by Mark Rutland
Interesting thoughts on Abraham Lincoln regarding the state of the nation following the Civil War.....Only his meekness, his refusal to use his power in unrestrained vengeance, saved the South and the nation from a postwar nightmare even worse than it was.  Lincoln, long known for his honesty, proved the depth of his great and noble character with meekness.
The greatness of the powerful is made manifest in restraint.  Misunderstood by many, meekness is often thought to be only for the weak-sister types.  Meekness, however, is the supreme virtue of leadership without which power becomes tyranny.  Meekness is power under control.
Meekness is not even possible until power is at risk.  Learn of meekness from the lions.  The mother lion, not the cub, is meek.
Meekness is willing to forgive when forgiveness will earn  no reward.  When a culture distorts meekness to become weakness, its leaders grow increasingly ruthless.  The weak in any society depend for proection, not on the mighty, but on the meek.  Take, for example, the relationship between mother and child.  The infant, born or unborn, is subject to its mother's power.  Life and death are in her hands.  Postmodern Western society sees no virtue in meekness, and mothers grow more ruthless in their power.
 
The Meekness of Jesus Christ:
Having full authority in the Godhead, He laid all that aside and clothed Himself in mere mortality.  Phil. 2:6-7.  Servant...Slave.
Christ Jesus laid aside His rights as God to become not only a man but a slave of men.  He was crucified by men whom He had created.  God, willing to lay aside His authority over the earth and become man, is meekness perfected.
 
The Blessings of the Meek:
There are great promises for the meek.:
Christlikeness:  Matt 11:29 We must settle ourselves into the double yoke with Jesus on one side and us on the other.
Happiness:  It makes a man fit to live with because he is not easily threatened by the loss of his power.
                  It makes a man fit to do business with.  And because they are honest, the meek tend to prosper.
                  It makes a man able to be alone.  He is secure in the fact that God communes with him in the secret place.
Inheritance:  The meek shall inherit the earth.  To inherit means to come into authority, to gain dominion over.  Matt. 5 and 2 Cor. 4:7  "earthen vessels".  Self-possession, dominion over appetites and passions, is the inheritance of the meek.  One day, the flawless new earth will be reserved only for the meek.
Guidance:  Psl 25:9.  God will guide the meek into what is right and teach them His way.  The meek live in peace instead of in the world's confusion and turmoil.
 
Judgment for Meekness:
Psl 76:9....God Himself will judge and save all the meek of the earth.  The meek can rest themselves in the face of injustices, because ultimately God will set it right!!!!!!
Rev. 6:10   We dare not turn a blind eye to injustices and become complacent, but justice and vengeance are not the same.  Rom. 13:1-4.  Vengeance and wrath are not emotions that humans are capable of handling.  Vengeance is right but it must never be in the wrong hands.  Vengeance in our hands will destroy us.  We are not God, and vengeance is a godly thing.     
 
May these thoughts bring godly character into our lives,
Becky
 
SMALL GROUP SOURCE CLASS WILL MEET 6:15PM IN FOYER AT MINOR LANE THURS. DEC. 9 AND DEC. 16 !!!!!!!!! 
 

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Evangel Singles Christmas Party


Evangel Singles

       Christmas Party

 

                    Tue Dec 21st 7:00p – 10:00p

 

 

 

Glenmary Country Club, 10200 Glenmary Farm Dr.

 

       Kareoke, Caroling, Games, and Fellowship. 

   Dress: Casual Festive, Appetizers Served      Suggested donation of $5 to cover food