Friday, February 26, 2021 - Lent Day 9
This Sunday - The Second Sunday in Lent
Join us this Sunday, as we share The First Sunday In Lent! Plan to join us in-person or via live stream, this Sunday, February 21, 9:30 a.m. Live streaming begins at 9:25 a.m.
Annual Meeting - THIS SUNDAY! - February 28
For the Annual Meeting on February 28, you can join us in person or via Zoom.
Zoom details for Sunday include:
Meeting ID: 661 543 1177
Passcode: 16200
A reminder: Our meeting is a Zoom meeting; not a live streaming event on Facebook.
This Wednesday - Midweek Worship
Details and links posted below! Be sure to “follow” our facebook and be sure notifications are turned on to be notified of when our Midweek bulletins and pre-recorded services are published!
Next Sunday - The Third Sunday in Lent
Sermon title - "Truth In Grace Alone!"
Worshiping With Us During the Pandemic
As we follow the latest information and recommendations regarding gatherings, please join us in doing everything possible for the health of one and all! Please stay home, if you do not feel well, if you or someone close to you has been exposed, if you or someone close to you has been tested. We will keep you informed with further updates!
Thanks be to God for those who have given their time and leadership as we worship in our sanctuary, and as we together do everything possible to honor, serve, & care for one and all!
You will find more details below, including signing up for worship, signing up to volunteer, what to expect, and children's activity sheets. You can also access these details on our website and on our Facebook page!
Worship each Sunday will be a 30-minute service including live music by our worship leaders, a children's message, and a message from Pastor Jamie. Holy Communion will be offered as the service ends. If you prefer, if your timing is better, from 10:15-10:30 a.m., you are invited to drive up to the curb of the sidewalk in front of the building, and receive Holy Communion in your vehicle.
Each Sunday we will make every attempt to live stream the service for you, beginning at 9:25 a.m.
We hope you join us for worship! We look forward to seeing you soon!
Midweek Lenten Services
Midweek Services continue this Wednesday, March 3, with our midweek services available on our Facebook page where you will find our videos of our Midweek Lenten Services, and replays of ALL of our Lord of Life LIVE services!
No in-person worship for our midweek services at this time.
Link Tree for This Week
You can access a mobile-friendly, contactless bulletin for this Sunday, February 28, here.
You can access a printable bulletin for this Sunday, February 28, here.
You can access children's activity sheets for this Sunday, February 28, here.
Access Lenten Devotions here.
You can sign up to attend worship in February here.
You can access details and what to expect as we share worship here.
You can sign up to assist our February services here.
You can give online to share your generosity and support here.
(great version featuring children)
(beautiful choral version)
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
“Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’” Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’””
Tests are one thing, being put to the test is another. Being put to the test implies an ultimatum, 'I'm watching you,' or 'If you do not make good on this,' or 'Let's just see how good you are,' or 'Let's see if you are as good as you and others say you are.' No one likes this kind of pressure. No one likes being put to the test.
God does not like being put to the test either. Oh, He can handle the pressure; that is not the problem. God simply has no time for those who come to him and believe only because God comes through in the miraculous on our terms. God has no time for those who do not believe God is already faithful, unless God comes through and does exactly what we are asking for or demanding the next time.
With that said, it is important to note: God invites us to ask for miracles. Who else can do them? Who else wants to do them? God likes performing miracles. Look around every day. God comes through more than we will ever know - not because we are watching, not because we are trying to see just how good God really is, not to show us He is better than anyone could ever tell us He is, not to show us He can handle the pressure; God invites us to ask for miracles because God is grace and God is power.
In God's grace alone, trust Who already has you and the whole world in His hands. God has you in the palm of His hand. Today, be alive and anew: God never minds the pressure!
Let us pray: Jesus, today I tell you it is easy for me to put you to the test. I think it will be easier for me to believe in you, if you do as I ask, how I ask, when I ask, exactly as I ask; and I watch carefully, looking for you to even fail perhaps, and to provide me with an out, but more so, I often keep hoping you come through on my terms. Today, bless me with real faith in your grace alone, to surrender and to believe, I am in the palm of your hand. In the power and faithfulness of your name, I pray. Amen.
