Sunday June 26, 2016

Notes from Sunday's service (Thanks, Heather)

Child of the King (song) ... Lyrics: you'll be as if you've never been away

(And I thank Him for the miracle that brought me from the wrong to the right)

He knows my name (song)

Consider the Lily

Now to Him who is able to do, immeasurably more, that what we ask of imagine

Something to Think About

• Dr. Barclay congratulated Mike on his first column in the Newspaper this week!!
• James 5:12 (that you fall not under judgement)
• Matt 5:33-37 (let your yes be yes, and no be no)
• 1. One of the first characteristics of the first church was an honest church. No rituals, no masks.
• People dealt with people with honesty.
• (Cheerful, praise)
• 2. It was a gathering, a community, a family.
• (Any among you sick, suffering...?!)
• 3. Praying church.
• Prayer and praise are essentially the same in the bible. One goes along with the other.
• 4. Faith-filled place. 
• Believing what God said He'd do, He'll do. They had faith in what the did, how they acted. 
• 5. In-spite of that, it was a humble church.
• Old Testament said not to worship Bale... Which means the Devil. There are now 33,000 different Christian denominations; 10,000 different distinguished religions.
• God wants a unified body, coming together, to worship Christ.

The Message ~ Pastor Caroline

• 'The Open Door'
• Have you ever used a key to open a door, but you couldn't open it?! (Ex: door frozen shut)
• This is like our lives. We need to get on the inside. 
• Ephesians 3:20, 21
• Sometimes we don't receive from God, because we do not actually 'receive' it, or we do not come openly.
• Sometimes we lock ourselves away from God because of past mistakes, anger... BUT God is just waiting for you.
• He is in control, He is strong, he is with you daily, he is able, he goes before you, he covers you with His guidance and protection, he can handle all your problems, he's willing to meet you where you are, RIGHT NOW. Trust Him!
• There is nothing impossible with Him.
• You are a child of God!
• We need to learn to be content in God's hands.
• We need to ask God for our needs!! Yes he knows your request before you make it, but he wants you to ask.
• God listens to the cry of your heart.
• And He gives you MORE than what you ask for/expect.
• We are to witness to others that Christ listens and answers prayers.
• Answered prayer comes in God's time.
• Sometimes it's hard sitting on our blessed-assurance waiting on God.
• It's important to intercede for others in prayer; maybe they're not in a place where they can pray for themselves.
• He is constant. The only constant in your life. Did you know there there are times you can't even depend on ourself. 
•  Don't give up on the brink of a miracle.
• Do you see an open door?? Be open to believe, be open to receive... Then give Glory to Christ.

Praise testimony to God was given:

• Recovering from alcoholism
• Quitting smoking
• The belief in the power of prayer, through answered prayer.

Make sure to come out next week to hear the beginning and end of this testimony!

Happy Canada Day weekend!

Sunday June 19, 2016

Notes from Sunday's service (Thanks, Heather)

There was no 'Something To Think About' tonight. 

Today, 40 years ago Mike and Ardith proclaimed their love through marriage. 

Mike surprised his wife with a 'Ardith will you marry me again?'  Pastor Caroline then proceeded to marry Mike and Ardith... Again :)

The Message ~ Pastor Dave MacLean

• LOVE CHAPTER - Love suffers long (God will never give up on you), bears all things (there's nothing you can do that God will leave you)
• Did you know the Jews never spoke of God as 'father'?! There were LOTS of names for God, but Father was only used in the Father's Prayer.
• God has a wonderful plan for your life.
• God has so many great things for us, and until we open up ourselves, we will not know what those things are. But we do KNOW, from reading the Word of God.
• You'll always come out ahead when you follow these two rules... Trust and Obey :)
• For us to live in victory, we need to trust and obey!
• If we have a heavenly father that loves us as in His Word, why would worldly things bother us?!
• Sometimes 'logic' just doesn't work... Like healing.
• Proverbs 3:5, 6... Trust in the Lord with ALL of your heart, lean not on your own understanding...
• This is not an easy thing.
• Did you know you have a seed of greatness in you... A loving Heavenly Father.
• Too often we let fear or logic lead the path.
• Hebrews 11:1... Faith is the substance of things hoped for...
• We have God on our side. If we trust and obey, we will win every time.
• God loves you NOT only when you're obedient!! He loves you at every moment... HE IS LOVE!! He knows nothing but love.
• Matthew 6:31-34... Do not worry about what you should eat, drink or wear...
• Worry might come, but don't keep hold of it. Don't dwell on these things.
• Seek after peace, seek after joy...
• We need to walk by FAITH and not by sight.
• It takes faith to activate trust.
• What Christ is, is in us.
• We don't have to prove anything to God. We don't need to pray more for God to love us, or to serve more for God to love us... He loves us where we are, in the state we are!!
• Romans 12:19... You are His DEARLY BELOVED!! 
• Even when you do wrong, your sins are already forgiven, even years ago
• The world is watching our reactions; we may be the only 'Jesus' people see.
• When people say or do something hurtful, he/she is hurting in some aspect of their lives, so let's no retaliate, lets love and not add to their hurt.
• John 3:16... Says nothing about 'works'. It just says believe! 
• You can't control the acts of others, but you CAN control your acts towards people.
• Remember this: trouble and trials will come your way, no matter what you face, don't lose love and faith.
• Trust and obey 'cause there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Cheers

Sunday June 12, 2016

Here's some notes from Sunday's service (Thanks, Heather)

July 16 - Master's Hand Ministry will be hosting a family BBQ. More details to follow.

Please remember in prayer the  POWER TO CHANGE program.

Something to Think About

Psalm 35:9

Meek and Keep

Sometimes we are not prepared to receive the complications of answered prayer.

The Hebrews prayed for years to be delivered. When they were free, all they did was compare and complain... To make them meek, God made them wander in the wilderness for 40 years.

They were tired of eating the same thing, the Promised land was inhabited, etc

We all want to get to a promised land... A land of contentment, peace, satisfied. But all of us have Giants that we have to overcome.

'The Giants we have to overcome are fear, anger, temptation, procrastination, jealousy... Giants we all face from day to day.'

Are we going to overcome our Giants, or let our Giants to overcome us?!

With meekness we can overcome the Giants.

The Message ~ 

Power to Change... The Great Commission

Changing the world by bringing Students to Christ 

Nader gave a report of where his ministry is growing! Mission trips, growth in numbers, etc

Acts 1:8

The Holy Spirit helps us do things differently.

He helps us be productive and fruitful.

Pray for Holy Spirit to break apathy amongst the students.

John 15:1-17

Fruit will naturally grow when connected to Christ. You can't just put an apple on a tree and call it fruit; it has to grow/be product of the tree.

Abide in Christ... Through prayer, reading His Word, and through encouraging and love each other.

Cheers

Sunday June 5, 2016

Some notes from Sunday's service.  (Thanks, Jean)

Sunday night was a time of encouragement and renewing of the Spirit Man in each one of us; for many people, who had been going through a time of spiritual warfare and attack. The songs that were sung and the message given was an invaluable time of uplifting and building up of our faith.

*Remember there is power in Jesus name.*

2 Corinthians 4:16 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Ephesians 3:16 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

Pastor Caroline Barclay-Theme:  We need to follow Christ and stay true to his word and he will never leave us. Psalm 25:4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. From birth to death God is part of our lives. He directs our path and we are to seek his guidance. He will never lead us in the wrong direction. Because he loves us he wants us to stay under his guiding hand. The world would have us believe we are insignificant. God is the one person who changed everything over 2000 years ago, through his son Jesus. The Holy Spirit will guide us when we give conscious and unconscious thought to him through prayer. We meed to remember everyday prayer is the only weapon we have against the world. God will lift us up when we fall down and give us rest when we are tired.

Sunday May 29, 2016

There was no "sermon" on Sunday evening. 

The congregation was Blessed with an evening of music by the Master's Hand Singers.
To hear one of their selections, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKXZ7PdKfxw

Ephesians 5:19

19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

English Standard Version (ESV)

Sunday May 22, 2016

Some notes from Sunday's service. (Thanks, Heather)

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

• Praise and prayer are two things that many people don't participate in.
• They say they don't hear God.
• Prayer is nothing more than communication. 
• Bible says 'Pray without ceasing.' 
• God said 'my house will be a house of prayer'... Or a house of communication
• James 5 speaks of instances you should pray: when there's trouble or distress; when things aren't going your way (don't say things you don't mean)... PRAY, when you are in need of Spiritual guidance, pray for the nation)
• God will help in all of these.
• Communicate with God in everything, and pretty soon you'll hear God communicating back to you!
• Praise and prayer are essentially the same!
• If you want to hear from God, then you have to communicate to Him.
• We have the Bible and we have prayer, used in the right way we can communicate with God, and He with us.

THE MESSAGE ~ Pastor Keith Hazzard

• GIDEON: Judges 6:1-21
• He was a judge (didn't have a King until some time later)
• Things we can learn from Gideon...
• #1. We need to HEAR what God speaks (vs 10)
• Israel wouldn't have been in the mess they found themselves in if they had listened to God in the first place.
• God will not compete with our devices/distractions. 
• He CALLS us... He doesn't demand our attention.
• #2. We need to SEE what God sees (vs 12)
• Gideon is just trying to keep his family fed and safe... Yet the angel calls him 'mighty Warrior.'
• We often don't see our selves as God sees us, agree?!
• When God calls us to do something much bigger than us, trust that God is right there with you.
• Gideon said 'How can I save Israel?'
• Moses said 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'
• King Saul said 'But am I only a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel's tribes, and from the most insignificant clan in the tribe at that."
• #3. We need to GO where God calls (vs go into the strength.. Am I not sending you)
• We need to get our eyes off ourselves.
• God will show up. He is faithful
• In summary...
• Make time to hear from God every day... Read your Bible & pray.
• God doesn't make 'junk'.
• Realize how precious & amazing you are in God's sight.
• When God speaks... Do what He asks you to do... big or small.
• Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Pastor Keith closed the night with a couple songs...

Stand By Me

Amazed with lyrics

Sunday May 15, 2016

Some notes from Sunday's service.  (Thanks, Heather)

** This week's Bible Study will be the last one on James... and the last one for the Summer

**May 29th at 10:30am at Father's House Mrs. Pastor will be speaking.

Something to Think About   

•  (watched a YouTube video) Islamic lady calls Christian TV about committing suicide. The Pastor encouraged her to try Jesus for just ONE day... then God showed up. A miracle took place in her family. They later ministered in an underground church.
• God loves a cheerful giver... We think money, but it's about giving of yourself too!
• He who sows bountifully... Reaps bountifully
• God loves:
• 1. John 3:16 - the WHOLE world
• 2. 1 John 4:15,16 
• 3. Psalm 37:28 - Justice
• 4. Psalm 11:7... 147:8
• 5. Deuteronomy 7:9
• 6. Proverbs 15:9
• 7. Psalm 103:11

• What does God hate?!
• People being persecuted, as well as...
• 1. Proud arrogance
• 2. Untruth, lying
• 3. Shedding of innocent blood
• 4. Those who have evil, or run toward evil
• 5. Perjury
• 6. Problems that deal with disruption between the church/family
• 7. Hypocrisy
• The only thing the church needs to do is have a relationship with Christ!!
• We need to give of ourselves joyfully.

The Message ~ Richard Doucet

• Deception... In the world and in church
• Richard is an apologetic: which is someone who give reasons of Jesus (justification of something such as Religious doctrine)
• 1 Peter 3:15 
• 1 John 4:1-6
• We live in a massive world of deception... Politically (in the States), entertainment-wise, Secular world (not meaning spiritually)
• Deception... To mascarade, leading one away from the truth, making someone believe something that's false, dishonest, corruption
• Joke/story... As a bagpiper I've done many gigs. I was to play at a funeral for a homeless man and because it was in an unfamiliar area, I got terribly lost and was an hour late. When I arrived, the men had already starting filling in the void with soil. Knowing the man must not of had many friends, I played my heart out! When I finished, one of the workers solemnly said "I've never heard anything like that before, and I've been digging sceptic tanks for years." :D
• 1. WHAT can deceive me?
• Satan... He's a spiritual being. His name means 'adversary'. Also called Devil, which is 'false accuser'. The Tempter, the Wicked one, Ruler of the World.
• Don't be deceived. He already has the world... He's now after us.
• Sin... Satan is busy deceiving us through sin.
• Riches... This deceives us by making us think fiscal is more important than spiritual
• Wars, famine, disease, nation rising against nation, deception (false prophets, false teachers, false signs... Mixing scripture with a couple lies, making it hard to decipher)
• Ignorance... It is TRUTH that sets us free!
• 2. WHO can be deceived?
• Those who are satisfied with their own spirituality
• Those who are too involved in the world
• Those who think they are better than others
• Those who place too much trust in tradition
• 3. HOW can be overcome/avoid being deceived?
• Learn sound Doctrine. It's not just about Love and Peace
• "Know what to Believe" Book
• Get the basics of your faith, then you can grow.
• Read the Word constantly
• Exogenous... Taking things out of the Bible. Ingenious... Putting things in the Bible.
• Watch your life and doctrine; persevere in both
• 4. EXAMINE yourself often to see if you're deceiving yourself.
• Those who teach will be of higher standing
• Love the Truth
• Test all things by scripture
• Make sure our priorities are set correctly
• Pray without ceasing, for without prayer we will be tossed about

This night... There was LOTS to think about!

Cheers

Heather