August 18 Devotional

Posted on August 18, 2014 by drscott
Dear Friends,

We’ve all got ’em–problems!  As you balance a proactive lifestyle to deal with your problems, also remember to give them over to God and let His armies of problem solvers take over for you!  Be blessed.  Peace and Love, Scott
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Expect To Encounter Adversity in your life, remembering that you live in a deeply fallen world.  Stop trying to find a way that circumvents difficulties.  The main problem with an easy life is that it masks your need for me.  When you became a Christian, I infused My very Life into you, empowering you to live on a supernatural plane by depending on Me.

Anticipate coming face-to-face with impossibilities: situations totally beyond your ability to handle.  This awareness of your inadequacy is not something you should try to evade.  It is precisely where I want you-the best place to encounter Me in My Glory and Power.  When you see armies of problems marching toward you, cry out to Me!  Allow Me to fight for you.  Watch Me working on your behalf, as yourest in the shadow of My Almighty Presence.

Revelation 19:1 1After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah!  Salvation and glory and power belong to our God

Psalm 91:1  1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
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Orchestra Agenda

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Choir Agenda

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August 13 Devotional

Posted on August 13, 2014 by drscott
Dear Friends,
Turn those frowns upside down, thus saith the Lord!  Well, not exactly…but, when you read today’s devotional, you’ll get the hint.  Be blessed!
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Learn To Enjoy Life More.  Relax, remembering that I am God with you.  I crafted you with enormous capacity to know Me and enjoy My Presence.  When My people wear sour faces and walk through their lives with resigned rigidity, I am displeased.  When you walk through a day with childlike delight, savoring every blessing, you proclaim your trust in Me, your ever-present Shepherd.  The more you focus on My Presence with you, the more fully you can enjoy life.  Glorify Me through your pleasure in Me.  Thus you proclaim My Presence to the watching world.

Matthew 1:23  23″The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”

John 10:10-11  10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. 11″I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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August 12 Devotional

Posted on August 12, 2014 by drscott
Dear Friends,
Today’s devotional reminds me of Mike’s sermon on “surrendering” to Christ.  We are taught that surrendering is something to avoid, but this kind of surrender is different.  It means we acknowledge our weakness and trust that God is our strength to do, be, or achieve whatever He wills.  Read on for inspiration and be blessed in your weakness.  Hugs and Love, scott
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Come To Me

 

when you are weak and weary.  Rest snugly in My everlasting arms.  I do not despise your weakness, My child.  Actually, it draws Me closer to you, because weakness stirs up My compassion–My yearning to help.  Accept yourself in your weariness, knowing that I understand how difficult your journey has been.

Do not compare yourself with others, who seem to skip along their life–paths with ease.  Their journeys have been different from yours, and I have gifted them with abundant energy.  I have gifted you with fragility, providing opportunities for your spirit to blossom in My Presence.  Accept this gift as a sacred treasure delicate, yet glowing with brilliant Light.  Rather than struggling to disguise or deny your weakness, allow Me to bless you richly through it.

Isaiah 42:3  3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice

Isaiah 54:10 10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Romans 8:26 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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August 11 Devotional

Posted on August 12, 2014 by drscott
Dear Friends,
Where to do you go to experience the fellowship of Christ?  Is it a room?  A place outside?  Or do you simply acknowledge Him where ever you are?  It doesn’t matter how or where, just make the time to “go there”.  Hear Him calling:
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Come To Me.  Come to Me.  Come to Me.  This is My continual invitation to you, proclaimed in holy whispers.  When your heart and mind are quiet, you can hear Me inviting you to draw near.  Coming close to Me requires no great effort on your part; it is more like ceasing to resist the magnetic pull of My Love.  Open yourself to My loving Presence, so that I may fill you with My fullness.  I want you to experience how wide and long and high and deep is My Love for you, so that you can know My Love that surpasses knowledge.  This vast ocean of Love cannot be measured or explained, but it can be experienced.

Revelation 22:17  17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.

John 6:37  37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

Ephesians 3:16-19  16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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August 7th Devotional

Posted on August 7, 2014 by drscott
Dear Friends,
It was great welcoming so many new members last night to choir!  We have several that are still on the fence, but hopefully jump in soon with both feet.  Keep recruiting and keep praying for new folks to join our merry band of singers, ringers and instrumentalists!
Today’s devotional is all about “peace”.  On the one hand, we are wired to be curious and to figure things out.  That’s good to a point, but not at the expense of having peace when we don’t have all the answers or even trusting our own understanding.  Sometimes we have to just say “let it go” and “be at peace”.  God’s ways are indeed higher than our ways (thank you God!) and we need to trust that he indeed does have our best interest at heart.  Be blessed in this and the knowledge that you have peace!  Love and Hugs, Scott
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Understanding will never bring you Peace.  That’s why I have instructed you to trust in Me, not in your understanding.  Human beings have a voracious appetite for trying to figure things out, in order to gain a sense of mastery over their lives.  But the world presents you with an endless series of problems.  As soon as you master one set, another pops up to challenge you.  The relief you had anticipated is short-lived.  Soon your mind is gearing up again: searching for understanding (mastery), instead of seeking Me (your Master).

The wisest of all men, Solomon, could never think his way through to Peace.  His vast understanding resulted in feelings of futility, rather than in fulfillment.  Finally, he lost his way and succumbed to the will of his wives by worshiping idols.

My Peace is not an elusive goal, hidden at the center of some complicated maze.  Actually, you are always enveloped in Peace, which is inherent in My Presence.  As you look to Me, you gain awareness of this precious Peace.

Proverbs 3:5-6   5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Romans 5:1 1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our LordJesus Christ,

2 Thessalonians 3:16 16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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Orchestra Agenda

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Chancel Choir Agenda

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August 6th Devotional

Posted on August 6, 2014 by drscott
Dear Friends,
Gosh, it’s so difficult to keep your cool when everything around you seems to be falling apart.  I guess this is truly where faith and trust come into play.  And, if you think you have problems, take a look at the next guy!  Someone always has it worse than you!  Funny, but so true.  And besides, we have Jesus on our side.  We got it all!  Be blessed dear faithful ones!  Scott
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When Things Seem to be going all wrong, stop and affirm your trust in Me.  Calmly bring these matters to Me, and leave them in My capable hands.  Then, simply do the next thing.  Stay in touch with Me through thankful, trusting prayers, resting in My sovereign control.  Rejoice in Me–exult in the God of your salvation!  As you trust in Me, I make your feet like the feet of a deer.  I enable you to walk and make progress upon the high places.


Job 13:15  15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.

Psalm 18:33  33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (AMP) 17Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation!(A) 19The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments.


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