August 5th Devotional

Posted on August 5, 2015 by drscott
Dear Friends,
I have trouble sitting still.  I literally have to concentrate on sitting still during prayer time.  I actually use meditation to prepare my soul and mind to receive what God would have me receive.  Sometimes, though, I fall asleep before I get the message!  Anyway, if you’re like me, just keep on trying and don’t miss out on the blessing of being still with God.  Peace and Love, Scott
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Sit Quietly In My Presence while I bless you.  Make your mind like a still pool of water, ready to receive whatever thoughts I drop into it.  Rest in My sufficiency, as you consider the challenges this day presents.  Do not wear  yourself out by worrying about whether you can cope with the pressures.  Keep looking to Me and communicating with Me, as we walk through this day together.

Take time to rest by the wayside, for I am not in a hurry.  A leisurely pace accomplishes more than hurried striving.  When you rush, you forget who you are and whose you are.  Remember that you are royalty in My kingdom.

Psalm 37:7 (NIV) 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Romans 8:16-17 (NIV) 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

1 Peter 2:9 (NIV) 9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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August 4th Devotional

Posted on August 4, 2015 by drscott
Dear Friends,
I love being outside.  Even when it’s over 100 degrees!  Many of you know that I’m training for a triathlon in September.  Part of this training is running, biking and swimming.  I try to enjoy myself (when my knees will allow me!) while training.  I pray and try to observe the beauty around me.  Soon, I’ll be training in a lake for open water swimming.  Part of my training will be spotting an object in the distance so that I stay on course.  I’ll need to look up every now and then to make sure I’m going where I’m supposed to be going.  And so it is with our journey with Christ.  Be blessed!
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Hold My Hand, and walk joyously with Me through this day.  Together we will savor the pleasures and endure the difficulties it brings.  Be on the lookout for everything I have prepared for you: stunning scenery, bracing winds of adventure, cozy nooks for resting when you are weary, and much more.  I am your guide, as well as your constant Companion.  I know every step of the journey ahead of you, all the way to heaven.

You don’t have to choose between staying close to Me and staying on course.  Since I am the Way, staying close to Me is staying on course.  As you focus your thoughts on Me, I will guide you carefully along today’s journey.  Don’t worry about what is around the next bend.  Just concentrate on enjoying My Presence and staying in step with Me.

John 14:6 

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Colossians 4:2  2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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July 30 Devotional

Posted on July 30, 2015 by drscott
Dear Friends,
I love hearing and reading about how many of you are worshiping outside in the glorious beauty of God’s creation.  Keep posting on FB and keep praising God for His amazing goodness and holiness!  Peace and Love, Scott
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Worship Me in the beauty of holiness.  I created beauty to declare the existence of My holy Being.  A magnificent rose, a hauntingly glorious sunset, oceanic splendor–all these things were meant to proclaim My Presence in the world.  Most people rush past these proclamations without giving them a second thought.  Some people use beauty, especially feminine loveliness, to sell their products.

How precious are My children who are awed by nature’s beauty; this opens them up to My holy Presence.  Even before you knew Me personally, you responded to My creation with wonder.  This is a gift, and it carries responsibility with it.  Declare My glorious Being to the world.  The whole earth is full of My radiant beauty–My Glory!


Psalm 29:2 (NKJV) 2 Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Isaiah 6:3  3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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July 29 Devotional

Posted on July 29, 2015 by drscott
Dear Friends,
One of the neat things I and my family did while on vacation was rent a lovely boat to take us around Grand Cayman.  When we arrived at one of our destinations, the first thing they did was to drop anchor.  I remember using the line that was attached to the anchor to help me know where I was while snorkeling around the boat.  It helped me remember where I saw starfish and other interesting marine life.  So, it’s not just the anchor, but also the line that keeps us grounded spiritually.  Be blessed!  Love, Scott
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Come To Me Continually.  I am meant to be the Center of Your consciousness, theAnchor of your soul.  Your mind will wander from Me, but the question is how far you allow it to wander.  An anchor on a short rope lets a boat drift only slightly before the taut line tugs the boat back toward the center.  Similarly, as you drift away from Me, My Spirit within you gives a tug, prompting you to return to Me.  As you become increasingly attuned to My Presence, the length of rope on your soul’s Anchor is shortened.  You wander only a short distance before feeling that inner tug–telling you to return to your true Center in Me.

Hebrews 6:19  19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

1 John 2:28  28And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

Matthew 22:37  37Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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July 28 Devotionals

Posted on July 28, 2015 by drscott
Dear Friends,
This morning I saw a priest who has written several books state that instead of “cursing the darkness, be a light that dispels the darkness in this world.”  I think that’s a good way to react to many of the dark forces in our world.  Now, in order to be a light, you will need to do the following:
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Let My Love

seep into the inner recesses of your being.  Do not close off any part of yourself from Me.  I know you inside and out, so do not try to present a “cleaned-up” self to Me.  Wounds that you shut away from the Light of My Love will fester and become wormy.  Secret sins that you “hide” from Me can split off and develop lives of their own, controlling without your realizing it.

Open yourself fully to My transforming Presence.  Let My brilliant Love-Light search out and destroy hidden fears.  This process requires time alone with me, as My Love soaks into your innermost being.  Enjoy My perfect Love, which expels every trace of fear.

Psalm 139:23-24  23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

1 John 4:18 (AMP) 18There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection].

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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Say Amen

Posted on July 27, 2015 by drscott

We hope everyone is having a great break!

Don’t forget that our first choir and orchestra rehearsals to kick off the fall will be on August 5th!

With that being said, here is our first anthem! We only have one rehearsal to get ready for this anthem so listening to it now will be very important! The first one is with all the parts, and then the next links are individual parts! Click on your part to hear a recording with your part brought out!

Say Amen– listening track

Say Amen-Soprano

Say Amen-Alto

Say Amen-Tenor

Say Amen-Bass

 

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July 27 Devotional

Posted on July 27, 2015 by drscott
Dear Friends,
I trust this devotional finds you all blessed and full of hope!  Hope is both powerful and fragile at the same time.  When we have hope, we have faith and trust in God who gives us hope. This anchoring in Christ is very powerful and gives us peace during any storm.  Pray for those who have no hope, no peace and no faith.  And, give thanks to God that you have hope for today and all of your tomorrows.  Love, Scott
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Hope Is A Golden Cord connecting you to heaven.  This cord helps you to hold your head up high, even when multiple trials are buffeting you.  But without the cord of hope, your head may slump and your feet may shuffle as you journey uphill with Me.  Hope lifts your perspective from your weary feet to the glorious view you can see from the high road.  You are reminded that the road we’re traveling together is ultimately a highway to heaven.  When you consider this radiant destination, the roughness or smoothness of the road ahead becomes much less significant.  I am training you to hold in your heart a dual focus: My continual Presence and the hope of heaven.

Romans 12:12 12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 8But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

Hebrews 6:18-19 18God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. 19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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Craft fair

Posted on July 24, 2015 by drscott

Get a head start on your Christmas shopping! If you go, don’t forget to stop by and say hi to Kim and Beth at Moonbeams and Mistletoe Boutique! Admission is $5 or $3 if you bring 2 cans of food!image

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July 15 Devotional

Posted on July 15, 2015 by drscott
Dear Friends,
Today’s wonderful devotional reminds us to give our worries to Jesus.  Sometimes we cripple ourselves in the present by worrying about tomorrow.  Trust and faith that God can and will provide is the way to enjoy both today AND tomorrow.  Be blessed in this truth.  Love, Scott
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Do Not Worry About Tomorrow!  This is not a suggestion, but a command.  I divided time into days and nights, so that you would have manageable portions of life to handle. My grace is sufficient for you, but its sufficiency is for only one day at at time.  When youworry about the future, you heap day upon day of troubles onto your flimsy frame.  You stagger under this heavy load, which I never intended you to carry.

Throw off this oppressive burden with one quick thrust of trust.  Anxious thoughts meanderabout and crisscross in your brain, but trusting Me brings you directly into My Presence.  As you thus affirm your faith, shackles of worry fall off instantly.  Enjoy My Presence continually by trusting Me at all times.

Matthew 6:34  34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry aboutitself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

 2 Corinthians 12:9 9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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July 14 Devotional

Posted on July 14, 2015 by drscott
Dear Friends,
Our journey with Christ is never dull.  Peaks and valleys are a natural part of our relationship with one another and Christ.  The important thing is to keep on the path and to keep trying.  But, of course, I’m “preaching to the choir”….may you all be blessed on this earthly journey to our heavenly home!  Peace and Love, Scott

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Keep Walking with Me along the path I have chosen for you.  Your desire to live close to Me is a delight to My heart.  I could instantly grant you the spiritual riches you desire, but that is not My way for you.  Together we will forge a pathway up the high mountain.  The journey is arduous at times, and you are weak.  Someday you will dance light footed on the high peaks; but for now, your walk is often plodding and heavy.  All I require of you is to take the next step, clinging to My hand for strength and direction.  Though the path is difficult and the scenery dull at the moment, there are sparkling surprises just around the bend.  Stay on the path I have selected for you.  It is truly the path of life.

Psalm 37:23-24 23 If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; 24though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

Psalm 23:2-3 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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