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Church Directory If you haven’t had an opportunity to update your information for the Beacon Directory, there is still time. See Pastor Mike or email any changes to: [email protected] Budget Approval Next week after the service Please pick up your info from one of the tables in the back Ladies Cookie Exchange Please bring two dozen cookies to share. Family members and friends welcomed! Appetizers provided. December 10 @ 6:00 pm at the Brame home. The Outdoor Group “What “KNOT” to do in the woods” Thursday, December 15 6:30 – 8:00pm At the Church Fine Arts Sunday, December 18 6:00 pm At Calvary Baptist Church If you have a special talent you’d like to share, please sign up in the lobby or contact Pastor Mike. Life Saver Ministries 11/27/2016 Gloversville, NY Director: Abbey Ballard Their Ministry: Giving the Gospel and counseling women with unplanned or difficult pregnancies. People to Pray for: Pray for baby Ava, who was born at 23 weeks gestational age. Pray for her physical care, and that her parents will come to a saving knowledge of Christ. Pray for a young mom who was diagnosed with cancer weeks after she found out she was pregnant with her second child. Pray that God will guard the life and eternity of this precious child, and for strength for mom. Pray for Rayna, who was in an abusive relationship and is expecting her 4th child. Pray for protection for them, and for God to change her husband’s heart. pg. 571 When we walk with the Lord In the light of His Word, What a glory He sheds on our way! While we do His good will, He abides with us still, And with all who will trust and obey. Trust and obey, For there’s no other way To be happy in Jesus, But to trust and obey. Not a shadow can rise, Not a cloud in the skies, But His smile quickly drives it away; Not a doubt or a fear, Not a sigh or a tear, Can abide while we trust and obey. Trust and obey, For there’s no other way To be happy in Jesus, But to trust and obey. Not a burden we bear, Not a sorrow we share, But our toil He doth richly repay; Not a grief or a loss, Not a frown or a cross, But is blest if we trust and obey. Trust and obey, For there’s no other way To be happy in Jesus, But to trust and obey. But we never can prove The delights of His love, Until all on the altar we lay; For the favor He shows, And the joy He bestows, Are for them who will trust and obey. Trust and obey, For there’s no other way To be happy in Jesus, But to trust and obey. ©7056336 Trust and Obey, John H Sammis 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life is not from the Father but is from the world. 1 John 2:16 Pg. 151 A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing; Our helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing: For still our ancient foe Doth seek to work us woe His craft and power are great, And armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his equal. Did we in our own strength confide, Our striving would be losing, Were not the right man on our side, The man of God’s own choosing. Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He Lord Sabaoth His name, From age to age the same, And He must win the battle. And tho’ this world, with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, We tremble not for him His rage we can endure, For lo, his doom is sure: One little word shall fell him That word above all earthly powers, No thanks to them abideth; The Spirit and the gifts are ours Through Him who with us sideth. Let goods and kindred go, This mortal life also The body they may kill; God’s truth abideth still: His kingdom is forever. © 2184098, A Mighty Fortress is Our God, Martin Luther There is Love, that came for us. Humbled to a sinner’s cross. You broke my shame, and sinfulness. You rose again victorious. Faithfulness none can deny. Through the storm, and through the fire. There is truth that sets me free. Jesus Christ who lives in me. You are stronger. You are stronger. Sin is broken, You have saved me. It is written, Christ is risen. Jesus You are Lord of all. No beginning, and no end. You’re my hope, and my defense. You came to seek, and save the lost. You paid it all, upon the cross. You are stronger. You are stronger. Sin is broken, You have saved me. It is written, Christ is risen. Jesus You are Lord of all. © 5060810 Stronger, Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan 1 Peter 4:1-6 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does. 1 Peter 4:1-6 Pg. 80 You are beautiful beyond description, Too marvelous for words; Too wonderful for comprehension, Like nothing ever seen or heard. Who can grasp Your infinite wisdom? Who can fathom the depth of Your love? You are beautiful beyond description, majesty enthroned above. And I stand, I stand in awe of You, I stand, I stand in awe of You; Holy God, to whom all praise is due, I stand in awe of You. © 23914, I Stand in Awe of You, Mark Altrogge Four truths every Christian must know: 1. You are in a battle for truth and righteousness. 1 John 3:9-12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. John 8:39-47 “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, but now you seek to kill me, …It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. …Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.” Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. Four truths every Christian must know: 1. You are in a battle for truth and righteousness. 2. Your obedience in suffering matters. 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: 1 Peter 1:14-17 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 1 Peter 1:22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 1 Peter 2:1-3 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 1 Peter 2:11,12 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable 1 Peter 4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. 1 Peter 2:15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 1 Peter 3:1-2 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 1 Peter 3:15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; Four truths every Christian must know: 1. You are in a battle for truth and righteousness. 2. Your obedience in suffering matters. 3. Christ’s death has changed sin’s power. (4:1-4) Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Four truths every Christian must know: 1. You are in a battle for truth and righteousness. 2. Your obedience in suffering matters. 3. Christ’s death has changed sin’s power. (4:1-4) 4. God will vindicate your faithfulness. (4:5-6) Hebrews 9:27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment Matthew 25:41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Matthew 25:46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, Jude 1:7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Jude 1:13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. Hebrews 6:2 instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Applications 1. Know: Know your suffering is normal your obedience matters. 2. Feel: Feel courageous in your suffering armed with the mind of Christ. 3. Do: Commit to standing firm in truth and obedience Oh, the depth of the riches, the wisdom of God How unsearchable are His ways. How profound are his judgments, so high above our thoughts, And His pathways no man can trace. For from Him and through Him, And to Him are all things! To Him be glory forevermore! To Him be glory forever! Amen! Amen! Amen! Oh, the depth of the riches, the wisdom of God How magnificent are His ways. Who has been His advisor And who has counselled Him, All He gives us who can repay? For from Him and through Him, And to Him are all things! To Him be glory forevermore! To Him be glory forever! Amen! Amen! Amen! Oh the depths of the riches, the wisdom of God How immeasurable is His grace! How unfailing His kindness, so far removed His wrath, And His mercies are new each day! For from Him and through Him, And to Him are all things! To Him be glory forevermore! To Him be glory forever! Amen! Amen! Amen! © 398584 Romans Doxology, John Elliott