Weekly announcements have been updated: http://calvarychapelsyracuse.org/announcements/
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What does it mean to give your all when duty calls? I came across this account about Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith that I think sums it up.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, on April 4, 2003, near the Baghdad airport, Smith’s unit was attacked by a sizable enemy force. Realizing the threat against them, Smith, even as the unit’s leader, personally entered the fight, organizing the evacuation of his wounded men and putting himself in harm’s way as he fired a damaged vehicle’s guns from an exposed and dangerous position against the oncoming enemy. Smith’s bravery helped repel the attack and allowed for the safe withdrawal of many wounded soldiers, and there was only one casualty from his platoon that day - himself. For his bravery, Smith was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Beloved, even unto death, Christ calls His followers to give their all to Him. The standard is high, but by His grace we can day by day move toward the goal of what is assured us. He says to the heirs of the kingdom, “You shall be perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Matt. 5:48). Onward, Christian soldiers!
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Due to PK’s continuing recovery, there will be no Wednesday evening service. Let’s keep our pastor in prayer!
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There will be no AWANA activities on Friday, January 27th. Activities will resume on Friday, February 3rd.
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There is a story of Albert Einstein on a train. Everyone is his car recognized him and knew who he was. Prior to the train leaving the station, the conductor made his routine inspection to ensure that each passenger had their tickets. The conductor noticed Einstein fumbling through his things, in his pockets, and papers. When the conductor reached him, Einstein admitted that he had lost his ticket and could not remember his stop! “That’s no problem Mr.Einstein,” the conductor replied, “we know who you are.” Einstein responded, “I know who I am too, but I do not know where I am going!”
Have you forgot where you’re going? God has a plan and purpose for us, a direction to go. When we allow God to direct us, no one can close a door on us or cause us to go through the wrong door. God will lead us!
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Someone once said, “People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord.
We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.”
The tendency to drift is overcome through a passion for Christ and life in the Spirit. It’s time to “strengthen the things that remain”(Revelation 3:2)
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If you were asked to define prayer, what would you say? Prayer is communication with God. Many might say that it is presenting our shopping list to Him, but it is really communication with God. There can be many aspects to this - adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication to name a few.
It is a healthy part of our relationship with God to verbally express our heart to our Savior. We talk to Him, and He talks back to us through His Word, and through His Spirit. We have in the Psalms 150 prayers, as it were. We see real life in the Psalms - some things we like and some things that may be troubling. Thanks be to God for giving us the hope and encouragement of this true to life book.
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Weekly announcements have been updated: http://calvarychapelsyracuse.org/announcements/
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There will be only one service on Sunday, 12/25, at 10:45. We will return to two services, starting on 1/1/12.
Merry Christmas!
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