Posted on Sep 19 , 2010 in Sermons
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Posted on Sep 14 , 2010 in Women
This is the September/October 2010 issue of the Women’s Ministry Newsletter. Please take a moment to look through the publication for ministry information as well as other topics. In this issue, we feature another wonderful article written by our First Lady, this issue’s Featured Lady of Redemption, Sister Pam Chisholm, recommended reading, an article on fragrant fruit, and more.
Included also is the calendar of our upcoming events, including our rescheduled Fall 2010 Kickoff Fellowship, which takes place on Saturday, October 23rd at 4:30 p.m. The location will be announced soon. Ladies, please mark your calendars and plan to join us to share and connect with other women during this time of encouragement, fellowship, and fun. We hope to see you there.
Be mindful that previous copies of the Women’s Ministry Newsletter can be found here.
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Posted on Sep 12 , 2010 in Sermons
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Posted on Sep 05 , 2010 in Sermons
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Posted on Aug 29 , 2010 in Sermons
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Posted on Aug 08 , 2010 in Sermons
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Posted on Aug 01 , 2010 in Sermons
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A Child Like Faith
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Mark 10:13 – 31
People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them. As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him.
“Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” Peter said to him, “We have left everything to follow you!”
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
Romans 7:7
What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”
Posted on Jul 29 , 2010 in The Hymnettes
There is a Fountain By William Cowper
There is a fountain filled with blood
drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;
And there have I, though vile as he,
washed all my sins away.
Washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he,
washed all my sins away.
Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
shall never lose its power
Till all the ransomed church of God
be saved, to sin no more.
Be saved, to sin no more, be saved, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God
be saved, to sin no more.
E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
and shall be till I die.
And shall be till I die, and shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme,
and shall be till I die.
William Cowper (pronounced “Cooper”), was born on November 15, 1731, in England. The poet’s mother died when he was six and Cowper was sent to Dr. Pittman’s boarding school. In 1748, he enrolled in the Middle Temple in order to pursue a law degree. Cowper, whose father was chaplain to King George II, went through the motions of becoming an attorney, but never practiced law.
In 1763, he accepted a clerkship of the journals in the House of Lords. A rival faction, however, challenged his appointment and the ordeal caused Cowper to enter Nathaniel Cotton’s Collegium Insanorum at St. Albans. While there he converted to Evangelicalism. In 1765, he moved to Huntingdon and then to the town of Olney in 1768. While there Cowper became close friends with the Evangelical clergyman John Newton; together they co-authored the Olney Hymns, which was first published in 1779 and included Newton’s famous hymn “Amazing Grace.” Of the 68 hymns Cowper wrote, “Oh for a closer walk with God” and “God moves in a mysterious way” are the most well-known.
In 1773, Cowper became engaged, but he suffered another attack of madness. He had terrible nightmares, believing that God has rejected him. Cowper would never again enter a church or say a prayer. In spite of periods of acute depression, the latter part of Cowper’s life was marked by great achievement as poet, hymn-writer, and letter-writer. His first volume of poetry, Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple was published in 1782 to wide acclaim.
William Cowper died of dropsy on April 25, 1800. At the time of his death, his Poems had already reached their tenth printing. He also wrote poetry, including “The Negro’s Complaint,” an anti-slavery work, and the 5,000-line “The Task.”
Posted on Jul 12 , 2010 in Sermons
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The Cost of Heaven
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Posted on Jul 12 , 2010 in Sermons
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Who is the Greatest?
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