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“John D’Esterre perished in an 1815 duel, leaving behind a young widow, Jane, and two children. Jane fled her husband’s creditors and grew discouraged. One day she sat by a river, contemplating suicide. On the other bank, a ploughman started his day’s work. As he labored behind the animals, he began whistling Christian hymns. This young man was well known in the area of his hymn-whistling, and as Jane listened, her heart was moved. She decided to attend a church service, where she found Christ as her Savior. She went on to marry John Guinness, and later her son, Harry Grattan Guinness, helped trigger the Irish Revival of 1859, which brought 100,000 people to Christ. The influence of the hymn-whistler is still touching the world today through one of Jane’s descendants, Dr. Os Guinness.” “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:16‬

Time Lab VBS 2019

Time Lab 2019!

Time Lab VBS!

Time Lab VBS 2019

Time Lab VBS 2019

Time Lab VBS 2019

Time Lab VBS 2019! 2 more days and then a pizza party at the splash pad!

Time Lab VBS 2019! 2 more days then a pizza party at the splash pad!

Be Bold, Be Courageous Now when [the religious leaders] saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13

VBS is next week! TUESDAY 630-830PM WEDNESDAY 630-830PM THURSDAY 630-830PM FRIDAY 630-830PM OUR FIRDAY 630-830PM WILL BE OUR CELEBRATION. WE WILL MEET AT THE LAKE STEPHENS SPLASH PAD.

Many Christians in today’s society look to draw the line as close to the edge as possible. How close can we get to the world and still be Christians. We layer that thinking with justifications, excuses, and bad counseling. Take advice from an old preacher named Jeremiah (6:16) ‘ask for the old way where the path is good, and walk therein and you’ll find rest for your souls’.

If you want to be happy for an hour? Eat a steak If you want to be happy for a day? Play golf If you want to be happy for a week? Go on a cruise. If you want to be happy for a lifetime? Put your faith in Jesus Christ. L. Holtz

Let’s call Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness by the devil what it really is—-an attack. An attack on his mind, on his peace, on his knowing and doing God’s will for his life. He wants to put worry and fear on us to the point we choose the escape he’s offering. As if it’s a viable solution. How then did Jesus overcome? 1. Prayer. “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians‬ ‭4:6-7‬ 2. Fasting. “Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?”Isaiah‬ ‭58:6‬ 3. Perseverance. Perseverance means we aren’t going to be terrorized by the enemy or by worry and fear. We’re going to trust God, fix our eyes on Christ, and keep going. “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”. Hebrews‬ ‭12:1‬

The world is drunk on pleasure with no regard for the will of God. Beware, because it does not end well for that person. “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:1-2‬

For the big youth: “Smart Money, Smart Kids”. Starting Wednesday May 29: I will be doing a 6 lesson biblical course to help our kids make wise financial decisions. Lesson 1: May 29 Lesson 2: June 5 Lesson 3: June 12 Lesson 4: June 19 Lesson 5: June 26 Lesson 6: July 3 You don’t want to miss this!

VBS Information/helpers meeting Sunday immediately following the morning service. Please plan on attending. We’ll need teachers, artists, food preparers, supervisors, and much more.

Time Lab VBS 2019

Time Lab 2019!

Time Lab VBS!

Time Lab VBS 2019

Time Lab VBS 2019

Time Lab VBS 2019! 2 more days and then a pizza party at the splash pad!

The big youth did pebble art tonight!! They did great.