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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Weekly announcements have been updated: http://calvarychapelsyracuse.org/announcements/
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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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As we begin our study in the book of Psalms, we will look at the first two Psalms. Psalm 1 talks about those who are committed to the word of God and those who aren’t. This psalm shows a contrast between the person who meditates on the word of God and the one who doesn’t. This is an example of Hebrew poetry, which can use contrast, metaphor, simile, and expansion of thought.
Psalm 2 is a kingdom psalm, demonstrating the rebellion of mankind and the futility of that rebellion in light of the sovereignty of God. The Lord offers His mercy by admonishing the kings of the earth to Kiss the Son, and avoid His anger and wrath, closing with the pronouncement of blessing upon all those who put their trust in Him.
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I came across an interesting story from Luci Swindol. She said, “A friend of mine was caught in an elevator during a power failure. At first, there was momentary panic as all seven strangers talked at once. Then my friend remembered the tiny flashlight he had in his pocket. When he turned it on, the fear dissipated. During the 45 minutes they were stuck together they told jokes, laughed, and even sang. Ephesians 5:8 says we are that flashlight. Just as the flashlight draws power from its batteries, we draw power from Jesus. As light, we dissipate fear, bring relief, and lift spirits. We don’t even have to be big to be effective. We just have to be “on.”"
God desires to use us to dispel the darkness with the Light of Christ. All we need is the power source of the Spirit (Zechariah 4:6) and the willingness to turn our lights on when necessary. Are you ready?
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As we conclude our study of the book of Job, the question emerges “will God’s justice be vindicated?” The obvious answer is “yes, of course it will.” Seeing as many of us struggle with this same question, the conclusion of this study offers hope and encouragement that our God will indeed be vindicated not only in the life of Job and his “friends,” but also in all of His dealings in the universe. “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” Gen. 18:25b
Thanks be to God, the answer is “yes!”
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