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Women's Bible Study at Faith Church October 10th at 10:00 AM

Sunday October 16th  5PM is our Monthly Birthday Celebration and Fun Night. 

  Lynn said the game will be Bunco with prizes.
 
It will be Soup for dinner!
 
Everyone is welcome and bring a guest!!

 Please continue praying for all of the Faith Church's family!

 Please continue praying for Pastor John in Pakistan and all the Christians that are being persecuted around the World!!

Sunday September 25 2016

The Sermon today was Discipleship Part 4  Women at the Temple

John 8:1-11

1-Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 
2-But early the next morning He was back again at the temple, a crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 
3-As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery, and put her in front of the crowd.

(This was their stage - Temple Courtyard)

4-"Teacher, they said to Jesus, this woman was caught in act of adultery". 
5-The Law of Moses says to stone her, what do you say?
6-They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.

(We never need to feel rushed into an answer)

7-They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, "all right, 

(Pharisees are now grinning ear to ear) 

but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!" (silent hush falls over the crowd)
8-Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust. 
9-When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman.

(Jesus powerfully showed the weakness and futility of the Old Covenant)

10-Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, "Where are your accusers?" Didn't  even one of them condemn you?" 
11- "No Lord" she said.
And Jesus said, "Neither do I. Go and sin no more."

(Everyone standing there knows sinning no more is impossible) 

For we have all sinned and come short of the Glory of GOD! 

12-Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the Light of the world," if you follow me you won't have to walk in the darkness, because you will have the Light that leads to life." 

(There is an answer and it is Jesus, Grace, New Covenant)

13-The Pharisees replied, "You are making those claims about yourself! Such testimony is not valid."
14 Jesus told them, "These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don't know this about me.
15-"You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge anyone."
16-"And if I did, my judgement would be correct in every respect because I am not alone, The Father who sent me is with me."
17-Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact."
18-"I am one witness, and my Father who sent Me is the other."
19-"Where is Your Father?" they asked. Jesus answered, "Since you don't know who I am, you don't know who my Father is. If you knew me, you would know my Father."
20- Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. but he was not arrested, because his time had not come.

John 8:1-30 (NASB)

 The Adulterous Woman
1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.
3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court,
4 they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.
5 "Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?"
6 They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.
7 But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.
10 Straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"
11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more."]
Jesus Is the Light of the World
12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."
13 So the Pharisees said to Him, "You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true." 
 14 Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
15 "You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone.
16 "But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.
17 "Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true.
18 "I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me."
19 So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."
20 These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
21 Then He said again to them, "I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot * come."
22 So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot * come '?"
23 And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
24 "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless * you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."
25 So they were saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesus said to them, "What * have I been saying to you from the beginning?
26 "I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."
27 They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.
28 So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught
29 "And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."
30 As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.

Women's Bible Study

Women's Bible Study at Faith Church October 10th at 10:00 AM

 Please continue praying for all of the Faith Church's family!

The Worship is over, Now Let the Service begin!

Sunday September 18 2016

The Sermon today was Discipleship Part 3 

"Discipleship - Jesus and Women"

1. Jesus was born of a woman
2. Jesus was first seen by a woman after his resurrection
3. Jesus first commission to announce the resurrection was given to a woman

Big Surprise for some - Women were a part of it all!

This is the 10 - 40 world window, Between 10th and 40th parallel  North of the Equator


The 10/40 Window concept highlights these three elements: an area of the world with great poverty and low quality of life, combined with lack of access to Christian resources. Roughly two-thirds of the world population live in the 10/40 Window. Many governments in the 10/40 Window are formally or informally opposed to Christian work of any kind.

The 10/40 Window originally encompassed 56 countries or Nations. Some other nearby Nations are now included.

This is the part of the World where women are brutally treated and sometimes worse than animals.

This was what Jesus was teaching about how to treat women. The people he explained that to, had a hard time with it because women were pretty low on their totem pole!

Mathew 20:25-26
"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you"
While "lord it over" implies abusive leadership, his words "exercise authority" have no connotation of abuse of authority. 

So Jesus forbids any hierarchy in Christian relationships.

 Matthew 20:20-28 (NASB)
²⁰  Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him.
²¹  And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She *said to Him, "Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left."
²²  But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They *said to Him, "We are able."
²³  He *said to them, "My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father."
²⁴  And hearing this, the ten became indignant with the two brothers.
²⁵  But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
²⁶  "It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,
²⁷  and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;
²⁸  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

Two times Jesus raised people from the dead: both cases for women. 

1. Widow from Nain her only son Luke 7:11-17

 Luke 7:1-17 (NASB)
¹  When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.
²  And a centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.
³  When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.
⁴  When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, "He is worthy for You to grant this to him;
⁵  for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue."
⁶  Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof;
⁷  for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
⁸  "For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it."
⁹  Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, "I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith."
¹⁰  When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
¹¹  Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.
¹²  Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.
¹³  When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
¹⁴  And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!"
¹⁵  The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.
¹⁶  Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people!"
¹⁷  This report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district. 

2. Mary and Martha their brother Lazarus. John 11:1-44

 John 11:1-47 (NASB) ¹  Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
²  It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
³  So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."
⁴  But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it."
⁵  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
⁶  So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.
⁷  Then after this He *said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."
⁸  The disciples *said to Him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?"
⁹  Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
¹⁰  "But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."
¹¹  This He said, and after that He *said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep."
¹²  The disciples then said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
¹³  Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.
¹⁴  So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
¹⁵  and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him."
¹⁶  Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him."
¹⁷  So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
¹⁸  Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;
¹⁹  and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
²⁰  Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house.
²¹  Martha then said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
²²  "Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You."
²³  Jesus *said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
²⁴  Martha *said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
²⁵  Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,
²⁶  and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"
²⁷  She *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world."
²⁸  When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."
²⁹  And when she heard it, she *got up quickly and was coming to Him.
³⁰  Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.
³¹  Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
³²  Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died."
³³  When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,
³⁴  and said, "Where have you laid him?" They *said to Him, "Lord, come and see."
³⁵  Jesus wept.
³⁶  So the Jews were saying, "See how He loved him!"
³⁷  But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?"
³⁸  So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
³⁹  Jesus *said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, "Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days."
⁴⁰  Jesus *said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"
⁴¹  So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
⁴²  "I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me."
⁴³  When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth."
⁴⁴  The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
⁴⁵  Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.
⁴⁶  But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
⁴⁷  Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs.  

  Matthew 12:46-50
"Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"  And stretching out his hand towards his disciples, he said "here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in Heaven is my brother, sister, and mother."

  Matthew 12:46-50 (NASB)
⁴⁶  While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.
⁴⁷  Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You."
⁴⁸  But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"
⁴⁹  And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers!
⁵⁰  "For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."

Luke 13:20-21 Story of Leaven and bread making

 Luke 13:18-21 (NASB)
¹⁸  So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
¹⁹  "It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES."
²⁰  And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
²¹  "It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened."  

Luke 15:8-10Story of the Lost Coin

 Luke 15:8-10 (NASB)
⁸  "Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
⁹  "When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!'
¹⁰  "In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

We are invited into the domain of a servant woman in order to better understand the domain of GOD! 

Friendly Reminder

A friendly reminder that we are praying every day for new people to be drawn to Faith Church and that we can all learn to see through the eyes of the Holy Spirit as well as our own. Remember how important it is to let the Holy Spirit guide, direct, and protect us in our daily lives.

Don't forget, this Sunday night is our monthly Birthday Celebration, food, and game night at Faith church. "Spaghetti dinner" Everyone is welcome and bring a guest. I guaranty it will be fun and exciting! Lynn has a new game for us to learn!!

Coming Events

Sunday September 18th 5PM is our Monthly Birthday Celebration and Fun Night. 

We will have a Spaghetti dinner and Lynn has a new game for us to try with prizes.

Everyone is welcome and bring a guest!!

Prayer request from Pastor John in Pakistan

"Preaching the word of GOD in Prayer and Fasting meetings for upcoming Healing and Evangelistic Events, ready to reach the lost and see great Miracles in JESUS name" Please join us in Prayers  Amen!

Please continue praying for Pastor John and his family in Pakistan, their lives are in great danger because the state of the country right now.

Women's Bible Study at Faith Church Tomorrow September 12th at 10AM 

We want to wish Happy Birthday!! to Charlie, Ivy, and Lynn for their upcoming Birthdays.

 Please continue praying for all of the Faith Church's family!



The Worship is over, Now Let the Service begin!






 

Prayer, Praise, and Protection Service

Sunday September 11 2016

<sup>Discipleship – Humility of Jesus

This the second sermon in our series on DISCIPLESHIP

DISCIPLESHIP is sharing the Love of GOD with the whole world Every day of our life not just on Sunday morning!</sup>   


Phil 2:6  Who, being in very nature^[a] God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷ rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
⁸ And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

1.      Should not always use our human advantages.

2.      Make ourselves as nothing.

3.      Servant like attitude.

4.      Laying down our lives for another.

Luke 9: 23-24   Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. ²⁴ If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.

1. Our cross daily – make it more than “911”
2. Give up your life for someone – not family!

John 13:38  Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!

John 5:19  ¹⁹ So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

John 5:41-43  ⁴¹ “Your approval means nothing to me, ⁴² because I know you don’t have God’s love within you. ⁴³ For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them.

Sunday September 4 2016

DISCIPLESHIP – INTRODUCTION

This is the first Sermon in a series on DISCIPLESHIP

What is it?     Term not used in Old Testament.

New Testament: term only used in four Gospels and Acts

Meaning: learning from a teacher as in coaching. Watch the Master and do what he/she does. Values, principles, methods, applications, dealing with challenges and difficulties

2 John 6  And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. NIV

Ephesians 5:2   Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us^[a] and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. NLT

1 John 1:6-7   So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. ⁷ But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. NLT

Age and Health – remember Jesus was 30 to 33 when he did his ministry!

Analogy of elevator, and staircase

Revelation 3:3-5  The Sardis Church:  Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief. ⁴ “Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes with evil. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. ⁵ All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine. NLT

Praying Every Day

Just a kind, gentle reminder, we are praying every single day for two things as a congregation as well as all that we pray for individually.

1. Father draw new people to Faith congregation and help us grow as you wish.

2. Help me personally to see through the eyes of the Holy Spirit as well as my own eyes.

3. Holy Spirit guide and direct me so that I would grow in the Lord & watch over me always.