Benson Comissioning Service
October, 4 at 6:00PM
Bridges
You
Jesus deserves all of the worship from every Eastern European
Come be part of this special occasion with the Grace family!
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Beginning around 7p tonight (Sunday) and spanning roughly the next 25 hours many orthodox Jews will begin celebrating Yom Kippur--the Day of Atonement. It was on this day of Atonement, which happened each year, where the Old Testament High Priest would enter into the holy of holies and atone for the sins of the nation. Many will spend the next day fasting and spending time in synagogues hoping to be absolved from their sin. What is burdensome is that for many orthodox Jews the next day is not much more than a cleaning of the slate--a doing business with God because of how bad they've lived since the last celebratory fast. For many of these orthodox Jews the next day provides nothing more than a fresh start to continue living the same way they've always been living until the next Yom Kippur celebration.
This however, is not so with the Messianic Jew...
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Welcome back to Colossians. Originally I was slated to preach Colossians 4 on April 26th, but due to getting sick a few days prior to Sunday I was unable to preach. The Lord aptly supplied His herald of truth for Grace that Sunday by way of Pastor Jim. Now, five months and two sermon series later--we're back!
In the past couple of weeks I've been re-reading and meditating upon Colossians and thinking about the personal benefit to my soul this book has been and I've come to realize that in "completing" Colossians tomorrow I'm really only that much closer to being ready to "really" preach through this book. Colossians is rich and loaded with Christ.
So, for tomorrow I would encourage you to.....
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Tomorrow night (Friday) we will be having a Grace Party at FBC West Memphis from 6:30-9p in their Recreation Center. All are invited to come participate in hearing testimonies about the work of the Lord in the hearts of His people; along with fellowshipping, eating, and playing some games together. Food will be provided. Bring clothes for wallyball, basketball, etc.
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Thanks to all who prayed for Bryan and I during our trip to Nigeria.
We made it home to our (much missed!) families last evening. A more informative post of the (indescribly wonderful) trip will come soon. For now, it's off to MN to fellowship with good friends, enjoy the quarterly meeting with fellow TCT pastors, and attend the DG conference.
Continue praying for Kirk who will begin his return from E. Europe later tonight (I think).
"Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples" - 1 Chronicles 16:24
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As a little "'bout to be slow on the blog for a while" gift, here's two videos I shot yesterday at my house.
In the video with Robert, there's some obvious "leading the witness" going on as you'll see, but the L O N G talk we had beforehand was anything but coerced, and Robert repeatedly nailed the gospel! He was reluctant to speak to the camera, and finally obliged after a lot of pleading from me. I told him many would be blessed as a result. You're proof.
As for Caleb...well...just doesn't get much better than that! Looks like Grace finally found a Pastor for Worship! Enjoy!! And please pray for us!
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Lord willing, our good friend Anthony Mathenia (twitter, blog)
will be preaching at Grace the next two Sunday's, and will be covering
the entire book of James. His sermons are divided up as the book
naturally lends itself to division:
Steep your soul in the text daily (takes about 15 minutes to read the entire epistle), and pray fervently for God to speak to you, and all who will gather with Grace.
Also, please pray diligently, moment by moment throughout each day, without ceasing, for two church-impacting trips taking place during the next two weeks:
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For these reasons, and more, you can find help via Grace's twitter feed, where we'll be supplying regular exhortations for the heart, and reminders about upcoming events. There's some thoughts there already from which you might profit?
It can be found in three places:
As I tell my kids, now you know.
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Dear Grace Church,
Thank you for allowing me to have a sabbatical for the past eight weeks. The time was rich indeed! Thank you for praying for me during those days. Keep it up...
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Remember that Grace will not be meeting in Memphis this coming Sunday, September 6. Lord willing, we'll see everyone back at Bridges on Sunday, September 13 with a ready heart to worship our Lord Jesus.
On our newest church card you will find the weekly sermon texts and titles, the weekly corporate prayer texts, along with other pertinent information between now and December 6.
You may view or print the card by clicking here.
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Grace Church will not be meeting at Bridges on Sunday. The members of Grace Church will be attending a Labor Day Weekend Retreat in Arkansas, and will be meeting there for worship on Sunday morning. We hope you will be worshipping our King Jesus with other believers in Memphis, and look forward to seeing you on Sunday, September 13th at our regular time.
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