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Taken from “You Bible” and very much applicable: “We have seen thousands touched and transformed at the altar. We have seen tens of thousands saved, miracle after miracle take place, and thousands running to the altar to encounter the Savior, which is the greatest sight on earth. We have seen some glorious outpourings of God in our meetings. Yet many have abandoned that place of surrender and obedience. The altars of our churches have become the steps by which man ascends the platform rather than the place to learn to walk in God’s steps! Sadly we now live in a day when God would be treated as a stranger if He were to show up in many of our churches. If we are to experience the transformative power of God, we must return to the altar. When Jesus stretched out His arms on the cross, He was telling mankind, “Now you can have access to meet with God!” Jesus’s entire ministry on earth was established so that we could have direct access to heaven. The altar is so much more than a wooden or marble piece of furniture that we visit to dedicate a child, get married, or hold a funeral. Because of Jesus the altar is a lifestyle of devotion and renewal in God’s presence.”

John 3:12 John 3:12 (NAS): “If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?” Jesus came to remind us that we who are bound to the temporal subsist without life’s blueprint. Though we continue to exist, we miss life for what it was meant to be. He wants us to see what it means to live through the lens of the eternal. -Ravi Zachariah’s

Matthew 7: Matthew 7:21–23 (NAS): 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ Many are deceived in thinking that they are Christians. Just because you are in. McDonalds does not make you a hamburger, just because you PARKE yourself in a garage does not make you a car, just because you attend a church and speak Christianeze, does not make you a Believer.... What makes you a disciple, a Christian is accepting Christ, doing His Will not your will and calling it His Will! Stop doing your thing, your will, and begin doing “the Will of The Father” the Lord Jesus Christ. STOP BEING OFFENDED by what people say about you and START SPEAKING THE TRUTH, it will OFFEND those who hate God and want to do “their thing!”

Jude 1: Jude 3–4 (NAS): 3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. 4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. There are movements and people today that have infiltrated church buildings and congregations with one purpose... to cheapen the Grace of God. Through their actions the deny Gods Presence and Power. Through their attitudes they sway those who are not grounded in His Word! We as true believers must be discerning and aware, ready to sound the Alarm and firm enough to “call them out!”

Tomorrow morning we will look at FAITHFULNESS.... WHAT?

Join us Liberty Center United Methodist At 9:30am as we listen to Pastor Schreck about: Making an Impact!

Are you making an Impact? Join with us this Sunday and find out what The Lord thinks about You making an Impact!

Awesome Choir Cantata this morning at Liberty Center UMC! Great job choir!

Join us today as we continue our series on: Discovering the Gifts Of The Spirit.

This post is a response to an article that tells churches that they must change in order to be effective: As a businessman, Substance Abuse counselor, former Adjunct college professor and Pastor, the Scripture does NOT tell us to become like our culture, nor does it imply that we convert our doctrines or traditions to reach a people that "want what they want, when they want it!" We are a "counter culture" people! It is our character and our Christ that draw people ("If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto me!" Is what Christ said. It is not Marketing nor making changes for the sake of increasing the number of unbelievers in our churches. Ours is to "lift up Christ!" Not to to bring Him down to our level! Yes our methods may change... But by changing our marketing strategies, we have allowed a worldly culture to invade His Church... We are in a War of cultures and if Christian cannot see this (Evangelism is almost non existent, discipleship is relegated to Classes or groups that meet and discuss the latest trends or political movements and sermons that have no cross, no sacrifice attached)... then the Church, the Bride of Christ, The Body of Christ will become something that Our Lord will not recognize when He returns! NO, we must not become like the culture that we live in! WE MUST BE A COUNTER-CULTURE PEOPLE, willing to BE different and BE MORE LIKE CHRIST, not allowing the change that people want to make for the sake of not offending those of the world!

Yesterday Jesston and Beth Nusbaumer lost their home to a house fire. Beth was home with 2 of her own children and 5 children she babysits for...which includes 2 of our grandchildren. Praise The Lord they were able to get out without getting harmed. Continue to pray for this family as they go through this awful time. If you would like to donate to assist them as they put things back together, please contact Cheryl Osborne, Deb Johnson, or Associate Pastor Diane Samuels or you may leave a message at 260-694-6405. The following I'd a list of clothing sizes for the family. Right now, drop off is at the Doug and Aimee Edmundson Paxson’s (9300 S Meridian Rd). Thank you! Jesston 36x34 pants ,xlarge shirts, 13shoes Beth Med-large shirts 9 -10 pants 5 1/2-6 shoes Jenson 13 years 14 boys slim jeans, xlyouth sweatpants 14 bys shirts Shoes 8 men's Alaina 10 years Girls 14 shirts and pants 5 1/2 women's shoes Alexis 2 years 2t clothes 6child shoes Jaxson 4 years We have enough clothes that have been donated for jaxson but toys would be great Toys for any of the kids

Come join with us in Worship this AM at 9:30pm. SERMON: "Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts!" Find out where you fit in the Body of Christ!

John 15:27 "and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning." Have you been with Jesus Today? Have you testified,shared The Gospel today?

John 15:12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for another." Who will YOU lay down your life for TODAY?

Do you Believe in The Christ that died for you?

John 14:“ If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him." If I do things that do not come from God, it demonstrates that my love for other things outweighs my love for following God! Question: Do you love God? Are you "keeping" His Word?

Valentines Banquet will be this Sunday at 5:00pm. Tickets purchased prior will be good. STILL LOOKING FOR A TICKET? Call the office 694-6405

No 9:30 am Service this morning. We will make a decision about the Valentines Day banquet by 3:00 pm today. Stay Tuned!

John 12: 48 “He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day. THE WORD spoken by Christ will judge those who do not accept Him as LORD AND SAVIOR! Have you heard Him TODAY?

John 12: 27 “Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. What is God's Purpose for your life?

A few pictures from youth outing to Boehmer United Methodist's fall festival yesterday (Sunday, October 23rd)...

This morning, the choir had some special music, by request from Arleen. Arleen, this is for you! They certainly had some fun with it!