| Agape News, Notes & Devotionals 06/10/09 |
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| Written by Pastor Chip | |
| Wednesday, 10 June 2009 | |
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AGAPE NEWS, NOTES & DEVOTIONAL 06/10/09 *************************************************************** AGAPE BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES...... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO... Anthony Hall (6-10), Kenneth Lau (6-10), James Messinger (6-11), Billy Way (6-12), Kathy Chaffee (6-12), Matt Compton (6-14), Jaclyn Nicchi (6-14) and John Wrench (6-16)!!!  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO... Duanne and Jodie Miller (6-10-95)!!! **************************************************************** ***** SUNDAY PREVIEW ****** We welcome you to join us for our 8:30am early service and/or our 10am Contemporary Worship Service!!! Bring a loved one!! Welcome to Ron DeVore, Ministering Today! - Mission's Trip Dish to Pass meeting after church today! - Church Board Meeting, 4:45pm! ************************************************************************* Please remember to pray for Tom & Karen Chrisfield, who will have a Marriage Affirmation Service this Saturday, June 13th at the Halsey Valley Methodist Church. Lord bless them ! **************************************************************** **** NEW MUG SHOTS ****   Are ya listening to me?? Brother James Is Jesus Enough? "That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day." 2 Timothy 1:12 (NIV) I stopped in my tracks the other day as I was mindlessly singing a beautiful praise song. I say mindlessly not because I wasn't focusing on God. I was definitely lifting up my heart to Him. But the mindlessly part came when I realized I had no clue of the weight of the words in this song. Did I really mean what I was singing? The song said this to Jesus: "You're all I want. You're all I ever needed." Really? Did I really mean those words? Is my Jesus enough? Ultimately the question should be: Is my relationship with Jesus in such a place that if He was truly all I had today, would I still stand and sing those powerful song lyrics? The economy is shaky, funds are tight, prices at the gas pumps and grocery store keep rising. Am I going to let my heart be drawn into a place of worry and fear over all this instability? Or will I quiet my soul and calmly proclaim, "Jesus is my Provider and He is enough." Today my son Jackson, who just got his driver's license, will be driving to a friend's house to watch the football game. His friend lives less than five miles from our house. But statistics show that most car accidents happen on the roads we are most familiar with, those closest to our homes. Will I be able to smile, tell him to be careful and let him drive down our driveway with full confidence that no matter what, Jesus is enough? I don't know what kinds of twists and turns might come during my life journey. But, I know the only way to travel with a joyful peace is to settle in my heart the answer to this question once and for all. So, today, I declare Jesus is enough. Before I even know in what way this declaration will be tested, I've made the decision to say it, believe it and settle it. Jesus is enough. I think this is why Proverbs 31 is my favorite portrait of a godly woman. Proverbs 31:25 reminds us, "she can laugh at the days to come." She was filled with such incredible joy not because life was perfect but simply because she had decided to make laughter, peace, and truth the hallmarks of her life. Proverbs 31:30 goes on to say this was a woman to be praised because she so reverenced God in the shrine of her heart. She knew without a doubt, He was - and still is - enough. Dear Lord, Thank You that in this world we don't have to live consumed with fear of the unknown. For You know all things. Nothing will happen to us that does not first pass through Your hands. May I find peace in Your love, which is so consuming for us that You only have our best interests in mind. Help us to believe and trust in that truth no matter what. In Jesus' Name, Amen.Power Verses: Psalm 23:4, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me..." (NIV)Isaiah 54:10, "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." (NIV) 2 Timothy 1:12, "That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom  ***************************************************************** Join us Sundays-"Prayer Between The Services”-Youth Room, 9:40-10am *************************************************************************' |
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