Watch this QUICKLY--before it gets Pulled

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28

Fwd: amazing (truly amazing) grace

http://www2.godtube.com/featured/video/amazing-grace-7yr-old-rhema-marvanne/all

 Hey everybody,

So takes 3 minutes and 27 seconds out of the day and just listen to this 7 year old.

Prom Night

 

The Barna Group - Millions of Unchurched Adults Are Christians Hurt by Churches But Can Be Healed of the Pain

The Barna Group - Millions of Unchurched Adults Are Christians Hurt by Churches But Can Be Healed of the Pain

SS Text and Lesson for this week: The Right Motivation 2 Cor. 5:1-21

The Right Motivation
Scriptures: 2 Cor. 5:1-21


According to Paul in the first eight verses of this chapter, there are two things that distinguish the believer from the unbeliever regarding our attitude toward living in this world: having the Holy Spirit and walking by faith. Being Spirit-filled is our down payment - our engagement ring - that promises and seals our entrance into God's kingdom. We work for His kingdom in the temporal world knowing it is not our true home. We're aware that our earthly bodies are wasting away and long for our incorruptible ones. It is the Spirit who also guides us in ways that are pleasing to God the Father. And when we face the Lord at the time of the judgment it will be those deeds we did through the Spirit's power that will show our saving relationship to Him. It is those things that will last.

The love Christ has for us moves us forward in ministry to accomplish what God sets before us. In his earlier letter to Corinth Paul expounded on this fact in one of the most beloved chapters of the Bible. We often quote the "love chapter" at weddings or other special occasions, and there's nothing wrong with that. But remember that Paul wrote it between two chapters on using our spiritual gifts for the good of others in the church. In other words, if we don't serve and minister in self-sacrificial love, then what we do is nothing to God. Even if we minister to the best of our abilities, God is more interested in the attitudes of our hearts. It's as if Christ says to us, "You've seen how I loved you. Now, go and do likewise." See John 15:12 for a cross-reference to this truth.

Verse 21 often gives Bible teachers pause because we tend to interpret it as if Jesus literally "became" sin. We may believe Christ, fully human in His material flesh, somehow became an immaterial thing. But that's not so, any more than the animals offered as sin sacrifices under the old covenant became sin. Rather, those creatures became objects of God's wrath and punishment, shedding the required blood for the forgiveness of sin. Another way of translating this verse might be: "He treated Him, who knew not sin, like a sinner." Jesus did not become sin, itself, but rather stood in the place of the sinner - you and me.

Some questions to consider as you prepare this week.  Please continue to also, pray for revival and a GREAT AWAKENING among God's people.  We are living in "historic" times of a very biblical nature.  We must be the Salt and Light of the World.

1. How do we please God?
2. Verse 11. How do we go about persuading men?
   
3. Has Christ's love ever compelled you to do anything?
   
4. How do we become people who are compelled by Christ's love? How can we become more affected - less apathetic - about Christ's love?
   
5. Verse 17. What is the old? What is the new?
   
6. Do things become new all at once, or gradually?
   
7. Does the Bible have a high view of man or a low view of man? Is our trouble thinking too much of ourselves, or to little of ourselves?
   
8. How do we come to believe - really believe that we are the righteousness of God in Christ?
   

Again, thanks and see you Sunday.  Pray, Read God's Word, carry a burden for the Lost.  People are dieing and going to hell in our very midst.

From: Bazelmans, Donna
Date: Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Subject: FW: Dad
To: Lee Daniel


See Jennifer's note below...

Donna Bazelmans

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Please pray for Josh Daniel as he prepares this week. He is preaching Sunday
night at Grace. Pray God speaks through him.

DON’T GET DISTRACTED – STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT GOD CALLS YOU TO DO

I can't give credit to who originally penned this as it was copied from an email sent to me, but it is a devotion someone in our office received and passed on to me.  They are wonderful words of encouragement with life lessons.

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DON'T GET DISTRACTED – STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT GOD CALLS YOU TO DO 

Set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.  For [as far as this world id concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. 

Colossians 3:2-3 Amplified 

Pursue the things over which Christ presides.  Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you.  Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ – that's where the action is.  See things from his perspective.  Your old life is dead.  Your new life, which is your real life – even though invisible to spectators – is with Christ in God.  He is your life.  Colossians 3:2-3  The Message 

      My family enjoys going to antique markets.  For my husband, it's all about the hunt!  In Atlanta, we have Scott's Antique Market on the second weekend of every month.  With over 2,400 booths in two large warehouse-type buildings, you could spend all day long looking for that special treasure.  In fact, having so much for sale makes it easy to get distracted.  That's why we narrow down our treasure hunt to a few items as we walk through the buildings.  We may not notice everything that is available, but we tend to find more of what we are looking for when we stay focused. 

      In many ways, life is like going to the antique market.  Because we have so many options in every area, we can easily become distracted and lose our focus.  Technology has made more knowledge available to us than we could ever read or understand.  Advances in transportation means more varieties of food are available than ever before.  There are more places that we can invest or spend our money than we have money to spend.  These examples are just a few of the many choices we face in our lives.  Investigating all of the options in every area can hinder our ability to complete a job.  Part of being successful involves knowing what to leave out and what to pursue.   

      God has a unique plan for every individual. That means all of the options in time, information, and relationships can become distractions when we do not stay focused on what we are called to do.  George Washington Carver could not have made all his discoveries about peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other plants had he spent his time playing tennis, reading about cars, or spending time with people who were interested in accounting.  Instead, he spent his lifetime studying and experimenting with plants.  As a child, he loved to work in the garden.  Since he was unable to attend school, he educated himself by learning to read.  Finally, at the age of 30, he was accepted in college and was able to study botany and farming, even becoming the best student on campus.  His studies and experiments on plants led to many new uses:  300 products from peanuts, 118 from sweet potatoes, and 75 from pecans.   Because he stayed focused on what God led him to do, his discoveries improved life for many generations to come.  

      God puts certain desires and gifts in each person to equip that person for his life work.  As we make choices in life, we should keep God's plan for our life in the forefront of our mind.  Paul's letter to the Colossians said that we should set our mind and keep it set on what God calls us to do.  Put all of your efforts into staying on your course in life.  When you choose friends, be sure to include those who will encourage and help you in the area of your calling.  As you read, choose information that will increase the knowledge you need for what God calls you to do.  Guard your time so that you do not put too much of it on things that hinder progress. Just like going through the antique market, it is possible to go through life and get so distracted with people, places, and entertainment that we miss the mark of the high calling of Jesus in our lives.

       Stop trying to compare your life with everyone else.  Just because someone else spends a lot of time on the tennis court, invests in cars, reads about decorating, or spends a lot of time in art galleries does not mean that you have to do that.  The world is full of options because it is full of so many different people.  Some of them will be tennis teachers, invent new car parts, write decorating magazine articles, and become teachers of art history. Make choices in time management, friendships, education, and other areas based on what God calls you to do – not what He calls someone else to do.  Stay focused on your calling and God will do great and mighty things in your life. 

      When Aaron and his sons were consecrated as priests in the book of Leviticus¹ and when healed lepers were cleansed,² some of the blood was placed on the right ear, the right thumb, and the right big toe of their foot.  As I thought about this, I decided maybe that was so the priests and the people would hear the word of the Lord, would do what God wanted them to do, and would go where God wanted them to go.  This is my prayer for you this week.  May you hear the Word of God for your life, may you do what God would have you to do, and may you go where God would have you to go.  Have a wonderful week!

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Please pray for Watts family. Father died last yr cancer. Mom died in a car
accident Thur. Children are now without parents. One daughter is in Chorus
with Luke.

One of the authors at the conference Regina went to this weekend. She had
to show this to me. You guys need to see this.

http://ping.fm/S2lHu

*The Sunday School Lesson and Text for the week - 2 Corinthians 2.14 - 17;
3.1 - 6, 18; 4.1 - 6, 16 - 18*



1. 2 Corinthians 2.14 - 17 "Through us spreads everywhere the fragrance
of the knowledge of Him." How does God do this? What are some means, or
methods of evangelism God has used?
2. What kind of evangelism brought you to faith in Christ?
3. When was the last time you had the opportunity to share about Christ?
4. How can we get better at spreading the message about Christ?


Pray for others from last weeks prayer board and pray for travelers and
Spring Break winds down.

God Bless !!!

A tremendous story of Faith through Trials in a Family

What is your answer to this statement? What is more important, "the
sincerity in what we believe" or "what we believe in"?

*Read the following Psalms before Easter.*

Psalm 118 is the last Psalm of the Seder at Passover and the last Psalm
Jesus heard read or sung before he went to the Garden to pray. This was
just before he was taken by the Roman soldiers. Read the words in the
Psalm, spoken almost 1000 years before Jesus went to the Garden. Especially
vs 22-24

22 The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone;

23 the LORD has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24 This is the day the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 22 is David's Psalm, again 1000 years before Christ and a full 800
years before the Roman government even invented the cruel execution method
of crucifixion. David speaks words that were fulfilled by Jesus our Lord's
sacrifice for us.

Jesus hurled Himself on the Cross for us... but more importantly, he
defeated death with His resurrection. Read David's words, again almost 1000
years before Jesus accomplished all for us.

What a Great Lord we serve. Go serve your King today.

Happy Good Friday !!!!

Praise be the Name of Jesus forever, and ever, and ever Amen !!!

There are 18000 students in Bartow. Most are lost. Pray they will hear the word Easter Sunday. Invite a lost student to Christ. Matt 19:14