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Prayer Corner
Horizon church has been
around for a few years making a difference for Christ on the west side of
Surprise Farms. Pastor Matt has a real heart for the word and a strong
commitment to teaching Biblical truth. Horizon teaches men and women to be
disciples of Jesus, just as we do, so we are part of the same family. Pastor
Matt asked us to pray for small group leaders to step up, for evangelism
urgency in his congregation and for a culture of prayer. Let's pray for
Horizon. Take a minute and pray right now....
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This Coming Sunday, January 17, 2010
Raising kids is a lot like a box of chocolates -
you just never know what you're going to get. You can be the world's greatest
parent and raise kids who disappoint you. You can be a rotten parent and have
kids who turn out to be upstanding citizens. But either way, ultimately,
parents answer to God about what kind of influence their teaching has on the
future behavior of their children. We need to understand what God wants us to
invest in our kids and our kids need to know how God wants them to react to
their parents. It's all part of God's plan to bring His created beings into the
best position from which they can choose to follow Him. In addition, there is
much to discover about ourselves as we learn to parent and so much for kids to
discover about themselves as they learn to be a good kid. Come on out this week
as study a message called "On the Edge of Discovery: god's breakthrough wisdom
for getting kids back on track." See ya Sunday.
Coming up....
- January 17 - On the Edge of Adventure: God's breakthrough wisdom for getting kids back
on track.
- January 24 - On the Edge of Connection: God's wisdom for a
fantastic marriage.
- January 31 - On the Edge of Peace: God's revolutionary wisdom
for financial peace.
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A Word of Encouragement
Proverbs 16:9 (NKJV)
A man's heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
There
is nothing wrong with making plans. In fact, we are encouraged in other parts
of the Bible to make certain we consider our ways carefully, plan with
integrity and that wisdom is best served when we take thought about our ways.
Still, our overriding attitude needs to recognize that God is ultimately in
charge of our lives. Since "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the
humble (James 4:6 NASB) we need to remember a vital point: God's plans always
trump our plans. If we fail to remember to keep this understanding at the
center of our planning, we can fall into pride, thinking that our ingenuity is
responsible for our success and direction in life. God may then oppose us and
no matter what kind of planning we do we are destined to be humbled. So, the
best idea is to regularly submit our plans to the Lord in prayer, asking Him to
direct our thinking. As we stay in His presence, He drives us in the direction
of His will. Often this is not where we would have gone and sometimes this
drive can be toward challenging trails we might have feared to travel - but
God's plans are always the right plans. Let us strive to submit our plans to
Him, seeking to cooperate with His directing of our steps and we will
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Thank You
Thank Martha Corea for
taking on the HUGE task of "visitor follow-up director". Martha will be making
telephone calls, sending emails and regular mail letters to all our new
visitors. It's a big task and vitally important to our outreach in Surprise.
Pray for Martha that the Lord might strengthen her to this task. Her
willingness to volunteer in this important ministry is inspiration to all of us.
Thanks Martha.
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Vision
Developing powerful,
in-depth, challenging small groups is critical to making disciples. Since our
mandate is "Go and make disciples", we are committed to developing small groups
that are more than just social gatherings. Beginning January 18th,
Monday night at 7 p.m. at Joe Corea's house, our Men's Action group is taking a
new step to boost the Men's group into Biblical OVERDRIVE. Our new, weekly
study is designed to challenge men for truly deep discipleship. We are
committed, for example, to helping each other memorize a chapter title for all
1,189 chapters of the Bible so our men will know the content of the word. Sound
like a challenge? Are you up to it? Man enough to get real with the word? Okay
- prove it; be there January 18th (see the web for details and a mapJ) Get connected at FourteenSix.
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Special Announcements
January
18 - Men's Action Group. Bible Study - kicking off the new year. New, weekly
Bible study. Going deep in the Bible to become powerful men of God. Every Monday
night - location Joe Corea's house, 7 PM.
January
23 - Servant Evangelism, 100% Free Car wash. Meet at Chic-Fil-A at
9 AM. We will wash cars 100% free for the chance to show God's love and creating
an opportunity to share our faith (we don't even accept donations). You'll love
it - come and join us.
February
21 - Financial Peace
University. 6 AM
(location TBA). 13 week workshop. Average
participants save $2,700 and pay off $5,700 in debt. Cost, $100. Sign-ups
available at the visitor's table on Sunday morning.
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