The Lords Prayer

Christ Continues His Sermon On The Mount, Speaking Of Alms

 
  Matthew 6:1-15 (KJV) 
 
¹  Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
²  Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
³  But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
⁴  That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
⁵  And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
⁶  But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
⁷  But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
⁸  Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
⁹  After this manner therefore pray ye:
 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
¹⁰  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
¹¹  Give us this day our daily bread.
¹²  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
¹³  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
¹⁴  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
¹⁵  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Sunday October 30 2016

Sermon Title "Pray like Jesus"

Pastor Kim's Sermon Notes

Isaiah 56:7

7 Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my alter: for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

 Isaiah 56:7-8 (NASB)  
⁷  Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples."
 
Jesus at the Temple

Mathew 21:12-14
 12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
13 "It is written," he said to them, "My house will be called a house of prayer," but you are making it a den of robbers.
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.

Cleansing The Temple

 Matthew 21:12-14 (NASB)
¹²  And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
¹³  And He *said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."
¹⁴  And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 

Are we doing anything in our "House of Prayer" that might anger Jesus?

Jesus Teaching on Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

1 One day Jesus was teaching in a certain place. when he finished. One of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
2 He said to them, "When you pray, say Father, hallowed be your name. your kingdom come."
3 'Give us each day our daily bread. 
4 'Forgive us our sins, for we forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.
5 Then Jesus said to them, "Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, "Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
6 A friend of mine on a journey has come to me , and I have no food to offer him.
7 And suppose the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.
8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your persistence shameless audacity (brashness, boldness, impudence, )  he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9 "So I say to you: ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish will give him a snake instead?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

Instruction About Prayer

 Luke 11:1-13 (NASB)  
¹  It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples."
²  And He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
³  'Give us each day our daily bread.
⁴  'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'"
⁵  Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;
⁶  for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';
⁷  and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.'
⁸  "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
⁹  "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
¹⁰  "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
¹¹  "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
¹²  "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
¹³  "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"  

If you pray with no Mojo, the answer will be NO NO!

Sunday October 23 2016

 This is a Pre-Election Sermon 

 Story of Jesus

Matthew 6:31-34 

31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What
will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 

32 These things
dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already
knows all your needs.

33 Seek the Kingdom of God[e] above all else,
and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own
worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
The United States of America will end one day!
Kingdom of God will last Forever!

 Matthew 6:25-34 (NASB)

 The Cure for Anxiety

 
25  "For this reason I say to you, do not be 
worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; 
nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than 
food, and the body more than clothing? 
 
26 "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and 
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than 
they? 

27 "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 

  
28 "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do 
not toil nor do they spin, 
 
29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in 
all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 

 
30 "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is 
alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not 
much more clothe you? You of little faith! 

31 "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What 
will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' 

 
32 "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your 
heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 

 
33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and 
all these things will be added to you. 

34 "So do not worry about 
tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its 
own. 

 Philippians 3:1-3

1 Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters,[a] rejoice in
the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it
to safeguard your faith. 

2 Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators
who say you must be circumcised to be saved. 

3 For we who worship by
the Spirit of God[b] are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely
on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human
effort

The Goal of Life 

Philippians 3:1-3 (NASB) 
 
1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To 
write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard 
for you. 
 
2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the 
false circumcision; 

3 For we are the 
true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ 
Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, 

 We need to be Value Voters

 Please DO Vote!  NOT personality, NOT gender, NOT skin color.

 Matthew 5:13-16 

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if
it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown
out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 

15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a
stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. ... 

Matthew 5:13-20 (NASB) 

  
13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the 
salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no 
longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by 
men. 
 
14 "You are the light of the world. A city set 
on a hill cannot be hidden; 
 
15 Nor does anyone light a lamp and put 
it under a basket, but on the lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in 
the house. 

16 "Let your light shine before men 
in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is 
in heaven. 
 
17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the 
Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 

18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass 
away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is 
accomplished. 

19 "Whoever then annuls one of the 
least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be 
called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches 
them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 

20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses 
that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of 
heaven. 
 

 Daniel 2:20-21

20 “Praise the name of God forever and ever,
    for he has all wisdom and power.
21 He controls the course of world events;
    he removes kings and sets up other kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
    and knowledge to the scholars.

 Daniel 2:19-23 (NASB) 

The Secret is Revealed to Daniel

 
19  Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then 
Daniel blessed the God of heaven; 

20  Daniel said, "Let the name of God be blessed 
forever and ever, For wisdom and power belong to 
Him. 
 
21 "It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And 
knowledge to men of understanding. 

22 "It is He who reveals the profound and hidden 
things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him. 

23 "To You, O God of my 
fathers, I give thanks and praise, For You have given me 
wisdom and power; Even now You have made known to me 
what we requested of You, For You have made known to 
us the king's matter." 


 

 Final Thought: Jesus shows NO concern who the next Caesar in Rome would be!

The Law, Jesus, And The Holy Spirit Day 3

Day 3
The Holy Spirit

Believers are dead to Sin, Alive to God

Romans 6:1-15 (NASB)
1  What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?
2  May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
3  Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?
4  Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
5  For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,
6  knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
7  for he who has died is freed from sin.
8  Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
9  knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
10  For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
11  Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12  Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
13  and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
14  For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
15  What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

Promise of Restoration

Ezekiel 11:14-21 (NASB)
14  Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
15  "Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.'
16  "Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."'
17  "Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."'
18  "When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
19  "And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
20  that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.
21  "But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD.

The Christian’s Walk

Ephesians 4:17-32 (NASB)
17  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,
18  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;
19  and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
20  But you did not learn Christ in this way,
21  if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus,
22  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,
23  and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24  and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
25  Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another.
26  BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
27  and do not give the devil an opportunity.
28  He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.
29  Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
30  Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31  Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
32  Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

Paul’s Reliance upon The Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 (NASB)
1  And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
2  For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
3  I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,
4  and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5  so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
6  Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;
7  but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;
8  the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
9  but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."
10  For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
11  For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.
12  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,
13  which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.
14  But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
15  But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.
16  For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.

The Law, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit Day 2

Day 2
Jesus Justified by Faith

All the World Guilty And Justification by Faith

Romans 3:28-29 (NASB)
 28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
31 Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.

Salvation In No One But Jesus

Acts 4:12 (NASB)

 12 "And there is salvation in no one else for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."

Justification by Faith

Romans 3:21-31 (NASB)

 21  But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
22  even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;
23  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24  being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
25  whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
26  for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
27  Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
28  For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
29  Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
30  since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
31  Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.

We are not justified by works

Galatians 2:15-17 (NASB)

15  "We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;
16  nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
17  "But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be!

Faith Brings Righteousness

Galatians 3:10-14 (NASB)
10  For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO PERFORM THEM."
11  Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."
12  However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."
13  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"—
14  in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Law, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit Day 1

This will be a three part post on The Law, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit

Day 1

The Ten Commandants Leads To Faith

Galatians 3:11
11 Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

Romans 4:13-16
 13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified;
15 for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.
16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Galatians 3:22-29
But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed.
24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither * Jew nor Greek, there is neither * slave nor free man, there is neither * male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.
Romans 5:20
 20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Galatians 3:8-14
 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.
9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.
10 For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO PERFORM
11 Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."
12 However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us-for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE "-
14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Sunday October 16 2016

The sermon was "Another Uplifting Story"

Telling your Story - Faith Hope Love

Pastor Kim told us of his inspiring story about his Family in Canada .

We need to tell our story of Jesus love for us starting with - Faith Hope Love.

 Pastor Kim's Sermon outline.

 1 Corinthians 13:11-13

 11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but the we will see everything with perfect clarity. 13 All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. 13 Three things will last forever - Faith Hope Love - and the greatest of these is Love.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (NASB)
¹  If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
²  If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
³  And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
⁴  Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,
⁵  does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
⁶  does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
⁷  bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
⁸  Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
⁹  For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
¹⁰  but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
¹¹  When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
¹²  For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
¹³  But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. 

The Samaritan Woman at the well had a wonderful story to tell an she did, Love, Rejection, and Abuse. What a Super Counselor she was!

Zacchaeus - Great negative and positive stories - Faith, Acceptance by Father in Heaven!

Zacchaeus was a chief tax-collector at Jericho, mentioned only in the Gospel of Luke. A descendant of Abraham, he was an example of Jesus' personal, earthly mission to bring Salvation to the lost!

Blind Bartimaeus - Faith, Hope in the Son of David.

Each of the three Synoptic Gospels tells of Jesus healing the blind near Jericho, as he passed through that town, shortly before his passion. The Gospel of Mark tells of the cure of a man named Bartimaeus healed by Jesus as he is leaving Jericho.

1. Pray and ask Father to give you story ideas for Faith Hope Love. Ask him to bring your experiences into remembrance.
2. Think about telling those stories in different ways, Humorous, Frightening, Serious, and Encouraging, etc. What does this story lend itself to and how it Glorifies Jesus!! 
3. Think how you would tell your story in different time frames. 

Sometimes we have different time frames to tell our story in. 
A. One or two sentences.
B. 10 to 15 sentences. 
C. You may have time for that Epic Tale that Glorifies Jesus!!

Romans 12:2 
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.


Romans 12:1-21 (NASB) ¹  Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
²  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
³  For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
⁴  For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function,
⁵  so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
⁶  Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;
⁷  if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;
⁸  or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
⁹  Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.
¹⁰  Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;
¹¹  not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
¹²  rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,
¹³  contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.
¹⁴  Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
¹⁵  Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
¹⁶  Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
¹⁷  Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
¹⁸  If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
¹⁹  Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord.
²⁰  "BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD."
²¹  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.  

 
Pray for our church members to be able to reach out and touch people with God's message and encourage them to come to Faith Church!

Pray for all the Christians that are being persecuted around the world!

Women’s Bible Study at Faith Church. Nov 7th at
10am. at the church. 

November 13th 9 AM - Second Sunday story time with Juanita.


I do hope many of you plan to attend our evening of soup and games tonight Sunday October 16th at 5 PM. If you are an "I don't drive at night" person, tell us and we will pick you up and drive you home. The food is too good, and the fun is too fun for you to miss!!!!

Romans 8:15

Romans 8:15 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 

 While most people, at least those who do not irrationally deny the existence of God, would claim that all are and Lordship and will all be judged by Him, but being a child of God and having the right to truly call Him “Abba Father” is something that only born-again Christians are able to do. (John 1:12)

 John 1:1-18 NASB

The Word Became Flesh NASB

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 He was with God in the beginning.

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)

16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

Sunday October 9 2016

Sundays Sermon  “Discipleship Part 6”

Jesus and Storytelling!

-Jesus was a storyteller – best ever!

          -rarely gave a sermon – sermon on the mount 12 minutes long

          -less that half population could read/write

          -no note pads, books, smart phones, laptops, internet

People develop great memory in illiterate nations.

Storytelling and reliving creates new neutral pathways in the brain.

Part of our created being – learn best through storytelling.

          -creates a “lived through” experience.

          -touches and changes so much more than the intellect.

          -heart, emotions, the spirit – the WHOLE being.

          -Story is the container for our deepest longings, values, hopes and even fears.`

          -Stories also question life. Storytelling forces self-reflection.

Story says it in easier to swallow terms.

Nathan the Prophet sent to David. How would you correct the most powerful man in the nation.

2 Sam 12:1-10  Nathan tells the story.

Story Trumps Facts – Story of where you live – address.

The Kingdom of God! – one to three sentence stories.

Luke : whole chapter -   Muster seed, leavening, lost coin, planting a fig tree, etc etc

People like to think for themselves – very important! Story allows for that to happen.

 I do hope many of you plan to attend our evening of soup and games next Sunday evening. If you are an "I don't drive at night" person, tell us and we will pick you up and drive you home. The food is too good, and the fun is too fun for you to miss!!!!

Women’s Bible Study at Faith Church. Nov 7th at
10am. at the church.

Please remember to pray for Asia today and the rest of the week.

I do hope you are all well and walking close to Jesus during this time in world history.

October 2 2016

The Sermon today was Discipleship Part 5

Matthew 15:21-29
21  Then Jesus left Galilee and went North to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading,"Have mercy on me O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely."
23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. then his disciples urged him to send her away, "Tell her to go away," they said. "She is bothering us with all her begging."
24 Then Jesus said to the woman, "I was sent only to help God's lost sheep -- the people of Israel."
25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, "Lord, help me!"
26 Jesus responded, "It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs."
27 She replied, "That's true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters table."
29 "Dear woman, "Jesus said to her, "Your faith is great. Your request is granted." And her daughter was instantly healed.

Luke 19:1-9
1 Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
2 There was a man there named Zaccheus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.
3 He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd.
4 So he ran ahead and climbed a Sycamore-Fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zaccheus and called him by name. "Zaccheus!" he said. "Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today."
6 Zaccheus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.
7 But the people were displeased. "He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner," they grumbled.
8 Meanwhile, Zaccheus stood before the Lord and said, "I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!"
9 Jesus responded, "Salvation has come to this home today, for the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost."


Matthew 15:21-28 NASB
 
The Syrophoenician Woman
21 Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed."
23 But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us."
24 But He answered and said, "I was sent only - to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
25 But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"
26 And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
27 But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
28 Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once!

Luke 19:1-10 NASB

Zaccheus Converted
1 He entered Jericho and was passing through.
2 And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.
3 Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable * because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
5 When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."
6 And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.
7 When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
8 Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much."
9 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.
10 "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

There was also the Samaritan at the Well 
John 4: 1-45

 Jesus Goes to Galilee
1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),
3 He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.
4 And He had to pass through * Samaria.
5 So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;
6 and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
The Woman of Samaria
7 There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 She said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?
12 "You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?"
13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;
14 but whoever * drinks of the water that I will give him shall never * thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw."
16 He said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here."
17 The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have correctly said, 'I have no husband ';
18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly."
19 The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
20 "Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."
21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 "You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.
24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
25 The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us."
26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
27 At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why do You speak with her?"
28 So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and said to the men,
29 "Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?"
30 They went out of the city, and were coming to Him.
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
32 But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."
33 So the disciples were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?"
34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him  who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
35 "Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest '? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.
36 "Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
37 "For in this case the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'
38 "I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."
The Samaritans
39 From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all the things that I have done."
40 So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 Many more believed because of His word;
42 and they were saying to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world."
43 After the two days He went forth from there into Galilee.
44 For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.