Kenya Africa John

CBMC luncheon meeting:
Speaker John the missionary. http://www.bergensmission.com/
42 tribes in Kenya were always fighting so God impressed on him the need to teach forgiveness. People were healed. Sight. Pastor Mary the Lady with AIDS was dying. She was a powerful preacher. She was healed.

Forgive the enemy that killed relatives. Shortly after that they were attacked at their house. When he was beaten he prayed: Jesus help me! When the pain went up he heard the still small voice and the pain went away.

When did we decide to forgive? Didn't know what to say. 16 years before after 27 years my wife said I'm leaving. That was his bottom. He prayed for healing and a heart of compassion. Needed to learn to forgive his dad. For beating him and his mom. Needed to forgive his betrayers. Kept praying for forgiveness. Now he learned to be kind. His wife learned to love him again.

He forgave 16 years before the attack. He was partly scalped and had lots of broken bones. Then they went and attacked his wife and raped and beat her for 45 minutes. She spoke the name of Jesus. She was warm. When she finally got out she lifted him into the car. Matthew 5 Scriptures came out of him while he was unconscious.

4.5 hours later Louise was operated on. When he recovered consciousness 4 days later he praised God.

Know the call of God on your life. Still goes back to Kenya every year and builds schools and orchards every year.

Answer the call of God on your life. Now.

Make your decision today. Ask the Lord to forgive your sins.

Falcon Lake Church

Special music by Jamie Giesbrecht
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place
Glory to the Lamb Oh for a 1000 tongues to sing praise in honour to the king

Frances Funk called. Said to sing familiar songs.  Jamie hosts a radio program on Radio Southern Manitoba
I never shall forget the day when Jesus took all the burdens from my soul and they were rolled away.  I'll sing and shout.

Singing since she was 11. His eye is on the sparrow. When Jesus is my portion my constant friend.  He watches me. Let not your hearts be troubled. I sing because I'm free!

Pastor Brian
The hymns were written to provide easy understanding of the theology of the church.
God's eye is on us. In Jesus as we throw ourselves on His mercy we are forgiven. We come for refreshment.
We pray for government and continued freedom to worship.
Decorate the church next Saturday
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Linda asked why don't you preach on silence.
Silence is golden!? The silent treatment. There are problems with that.

A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

Someone said he zoned out too much. Wise people know that they are not the centre of the universe. Some people want to be noticed and interrupt to be heard. It is good to keep silent when you have nothing to say. When words aggravate the situation. Learn. When words don't help shut up.  Do you always have to have the last word. When we disrespect others we disrespect ourselves. Let the toxic people have the last word.
When you can't say good things about others don't say anything.
We have all inherited the same fallen nature. The more you talk the more you sin. Don't talk to the police. They want you to talk so they can convict you with your own words.
Two trouble makers were called into the pastor's office. Where is God? The pastor asked. The little boy ran home and told his brother that God is missing and it's our fault.
Talking too much cuts our ability to listen. People want to be understood. We often listen just to be able to reply.
We live in the presence of God. In the silence of the heart God speaks. Mother Teresa.
Replace blessing for cursing. Love always trusts.
Solitude. Silence. Freed from business we can hear God. Silence in heaven for half an hour in the presence of God.
When was the last time you were completely silent for half an hour? Are you experiencing the awesome presence of God? In quietness is strength.

Time to be silent
1 nothing to say
2 get in trouble
3 to listen
4 to worship God

Jamie,
Oh Lord my God when I in awesome wonder consider all you have made
Then sings my soul my Savior God to thee
How great you are!

The Sower

Elton DeSilva www.EasTview.org
Matthew 13:1-2
You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them. That is why I use these parables,

Elton:
Parables are good stories for children.
He told us stories that his hearers could understand.
1. Generosity.  Farmers were very selective about where they scattered their seed. God is generous
2. The seed was willing to produce. It was fertile.
3. The story is about types of soil.
Path. Farmers left a 3 ft path that got packed. The word cannot sprout in those hearts. We may have been stepped on. We may have had horrible family situations. We have experiences of hurt.
Knowledge understanding wisdom, Brings fruit.
All of us get knowledge but not all get understanding. We need to recognize that the fault is not the seed. The hearts.
Shallow soil. Lives that are unwilling to go deep. It takes energy. We may be unwilling to go deep. What do you do about this message today? Shallow relationships lead to one step forward two steps back. Are you sick of being sick? Dig deeper. God says seek me with all your hearts and you'll find me.
Sow with tears to reap with Joy. You must wait to reap with joy.
Busy soil. We are often too busy. The seed dies. If you had a slightly bigger house I would be happy? I'm okay with a dirty car.
We fill our lives with so many things. FB Twitter and all kinds of things fill our lives and we take no time for God.
Good Soil. How do we get there? It might hurt. The soil has to be turned. Clean up the rocks. Get rid of bitterness and unforgiveness. The sower wants to clean up your heart
Let him.
If we've been hurt and abused and stepped on, surrender everything to God. Stop and let God to help you grow.

It is well with my soul

When peace like a river comes my way,  It is well with my soul
In Christ alone my hope is found I am his and he is mine
From life's first cry to final breath I am his. Till he calls me home.
http://www.stuarttownend.co.uk/song/in-christ-alone/

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Ron Burkholder site leader

Bruxy Cavey @bruxy
#TMHWeBelieve
Soteriology Salvation Received

Salvation through the cross
Objective and Subjective
We respond differently. If we only believe and receive.
Wesley wrote his heart was warmed
Calvin had an intellectual conversion
Rom 8 the golden chain of redemption receive or one way love. Predestination versus foreknowledge and predestined to be glorified.
Eph 2 8-10 by grace through faith you have been saved.
We are God's handiwork to do the things he wants us to do.

God offers the gift of salvation. Options
We take his gift
We take his gift if he helps us
Grace enabled choice
We are dead God chooses some to life and leaves the majority to die. (Calvinism)

Justification to be declared not guilty. Just-as-if-I'd never sinned
Sanctification free from the power of sin
This is a delight
Glorified free from the presence of sin
To want to do what we should do
Stare into the grace of God and be filled with gratitude
Quietly stare into the grace. The trial is over. Are you sorry about how you abused your relationship with God?
Accept the you are accepted by God.
Thank you Father for your grace.

Weeds

Www.EasTview.org/sermons
https://vimeo.com/m/98879023
Tracy SOAP Scripture Observe Apply Pray journal it to soak it in http://soapstudy.com/
Grey Owls baseball July 23
Grey Owls breakfast July 30

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13%3A24-30%2CMatthew+13%3A36-43&version=NIV
Children's story Andrea: the enemy planted weeds. Hens and Chicks looks like a weed.
Some plants are good some are bad. Weeds are plants that steal moisture and sunlight. How do you get rid of them? pull them? You might destroy them? Why did Jesus tell this story? Teach us gardening? No. He told us about people. Sometimes people hurt us over and over. Do we want them to move away? Learn to love them. John 13:34
It's God's job to look after the weeds.

Dave Ens: soccer is violent. So is gardening. Hacking etc chemical warfare. Villagers use the gardening tools as weapons.
Jesus told parables to shock us in life.
Invasive Grace of God
We are shocked that the master says don't pull out the weeds. We don't always know what the weeds are. Collateral damage. Weed killer can kill flowers.
Do you trust God enough to let him do the weeding? We think we have to hack them out. No,  forgive them for being there. Trust me, Jesus said.
Mustard seed was seen as a weed. There was a law they passed prohibiting the planting of mustard in gardens.
The kingdom of heaven is like a weed? Unclean. Offensive.
The kingdom is where the king's will rules.
Not my will but Yours! I need to fit into God's story.
We build our sense of justice based on our perspective. God's perspective is so much bigger than ours. It can't be controlled. It grows. And grows. Jesus says I'm the judge. Leave it in God's hands. Rom 12:18-21
Do not think you have to be the judge. While we were still weeds Christ died for us. We didn't transplant ourselves. Gal 3:28 we are all one in Christ Jesus.
The son shines on everyone. God is the expert. He can turn the weeds into wheat. That's transformation! Leave it with him. Cover every weed with prayer.

Calvary Baptist Church Sioux Lookout ON

50th Anniversary coming!
Pastor Daryl, Pastor Carter
Message bt Cal Vazina. He works for NavCanada from Timmons ON
7 minute coffee break

LOTS of bugs. Keep your mouth closed. Need lots of dental floss.

Daryl was his mentor. 1st message he gave was from Jonah 1:1

Matt 28:16 Jesus is alive. "Surely I am with you to the end of the age"
Robert Wier wrote Oh Canada. 30% of our national anthem repeats the phrase Stand on guard. How well do we stand on guard?
Daniel prayed for the people. They had been exiled for 68 years. He knew that he needed to pray fervently for his people. His people needed grace.
If we want to stand on guard for our country we need to pray for our nation.
Paul wrote to the Ephesians from prison. It is a lot of fun serving God in Canada. It was no fun being in prison.
A dark dungeon. A hole in the ground.
If we don't stand for the gospel, who will?
Paul asked people to pray for him to have the right words. So others will find Christ.
Canada is the 5th richest country in the world.
Paul was rotting in prison yet he felt blessed.
We are blessed when we are strong in the Lord. How is your devotion time with God? Next time you walk by your gaming centre kneel in front of it and worship it.
The people who worship God are blessed. Then you become a blessing to others. Pray that God will make you a blessing to others today.
Jeremiah says that God knew me before I was born. Our job is to spread the good news and to be a blessing to others.

Once upon a Parable: Shrewd

Elton Da Silva www.EasTview.org/sermons
The despised Samaritan helped the beat up man.
We all want to be more like Jesus. Disciple.
Jesus was despised. He wants us to be helpful like he is. Self sacrificing.
What is grace?
Reaching out to undeserving individuals. A Jewish man was beat up. He had taken the roundabout road to avoid Samaritans. The priest refused to help the beat up Jew. We need to pay attention to the least deserving.
2 Grace interrupts our plans. The good Samaritan was a merchant with plans to sell his goods but grace interrupted his plans. Life is so scheduled.
3 Grace is not afraid of messy situations. This man was dirty beaten bloody. He poured oil and wine on the dirty bloody man.  And then he got himself dirty by loading this man.
4 Grace comforts while making someone else comfortable. We like our donkeys too much.  Get off your ass. Grace calls you to help someone. Grace says surrender. Let someone else shine
5 Grace is costly. Money time space. $200? Finance The need. I will pray for you is often a copout. The churches created scools and hospitals at huge cost by the church.
Grace never demands the end of the story. We don't know what happened. Did the Jewish man survive? Did he still hate Samaritans?
God invites you to participate in his story.

Annie Koop has gone home

She was almost 89. Her husband Daniel is a spry 100+ years old. They flirted to the end. Very much in love.
She had a family of 10. Survived by a family of 149. She prayed for each of them daily.

She was born in Crimea and the men of her family were "disappeared" during the war. She and her mom escaped to Canada.

Donations in her memory may be made to MB Missions or Square One Media https://www.fln.ca/home/donations/

Mom loved to describe her life in Russia. At age 16 they had to flee. Make dresses of old library books. Stood up to her employer and refused to make moonshine.

Had to work to pay for passage to Canada.

She married Dan, a father of 8 in 1960. They had 2 more.

She was always helping everyone unselfishly. She was the best teacher.

Loved outdoors. Camping. Travel. Volunteered. Supported charities. Read many books.

Faith in Jesus Christ was her anchor in life.

Alan Labun:
Ps 97 delight yourself in the Lord saying yes to God.
Ps 121 help prayer
World war 2 her mom and sisters had to flee. She was featured in a movie "And When They Shall Ask"

She managed to fit into the Koop family. She hosted large parties on short notice.
The journey of life is a one way trip.  Rom 8 in all things God works... for those who love him.

There are a thousand ways to get lost only one way home with Jesus. The Lord watches over you.

To became like Jesus. That was her life.
"I'm walking through the door "The Door"", were her last words.  She had a very deep peace.
Lasst die Herzen immer Froehlich
She was a person of prayer. LET'S PRAY!

Pray with persistence

Happy Father's Day!
Greg Armstrong www.EasTview.org
Pray for our families in pain. Annie Koop memorial service 3pm today.
Old grey owls meeting Tuesday 7pm at Klassen's

Police killed in eastern Canada. Their kids are without fathers today.

Shootings in the U.S. - the President of the U.S. says he's frightened for his daughter.

A father's job is a hard. Many are grieving.

Kelly Cochrane
Our Father in heaven
Not all of us have had godly fathers.

Listened to a podcast a few days ago. Jerry told his story of waiting for the subway in NYC. A man came and started calling people in or out.
Jesus has called us in! Hallelujah!

At the Tuesday prayer meeting we have been talking about the Lord's prayer.
The youth have prayer stations. Adoration is one. Focus audaciously and shamelessly. There is no condemnation in Jesus.
The midnight conversations are the most meaningful.

Jesus said this is how you should pray. A model of how to pray:
Father may your name be kept holy,  set aside, number one.
May your kingdom come soon. Totally focused. The kingdom is in us. The kingdom come in my life. Intentional people have more of Jesus now than 30 seconds ago. The already not yet.  When you kiss your wife you are more like Jesus.
Give us the food we need to live out what Jesus has done in us. The desires of our hearts will be like Jesus.
Father give me what I need to do your work. In Jesus name.
Forgive us our sins make me holy to live for you. Make me an agent of your forgiveness.
Don't let me yield to temptations.
Last week during the baptisms we heard people say: watch me now. I have decided to follow Jesus. I want God's kingdom in me.
Lord continue to forgive me.

We would love to pray for you.
Don't quit praying. It's God's desire to give you what you need in your work of expanding the kingdom.

Transforming Communities

2 years from now will I care that I played CandyCrush and beat level 250?

Transforming Communities
www.TheMeetinghouse.com
Is opening up 2 more sites in Toronto. Lead pastor positions available

Nate.Vawser@TheMeetinghouse.com
Luke 4.42 Jesus spent time alone with God.  If that was important to him, it should be important to us. What if we started the day with Bible time how different would our day be?

How do we make choices to concentrate on God?
"I must spread the message in other towns too"

He brings healing to the blind. Jesus sets everyone free. Share the news with everyone.

God Enters Staged Left book
Tee shirt time. $10

Attend Home Church www.TheMeetinghouse.com/downtownToronto

Simple choices party time invite your neighbors.

Ch5 let down the nets and catch some fish.
Jesus collected ordinary people as his followers.

Jesus the carpenter asked the professional fisherman to do things differently. Peter listened to the carpenter and great things happened.

Jesus called those people.

Stop and talk to people. Invest in others
What are the small choices you need to make to change and invest in your own and community growth?

Our exceptions are excuses that lead to regrets.

Mostly our choices are about choosing the good things instead of the best.

What are 1 or 2 choices you need to make today?

Celebration Sunday 2014

At www.EasTview.org
Baby dedication
Andrea Toews children's ministry pastor
Children's promotion to Junior Kid's Program
Kid's choir - GOD you made me
KG graduation

Pastor Dave Ens
Why do we do children's ministry?
We hope that we will learn together to live producive and meaningful lives. We learn to walk alongside God. After we have committed to serve God.
Psalm 127:1-2 Unless the Lord builds the house... life is wasted. (President Kennedy chose this passage for a speech the day he died)
The Israelites sang this song on the way to Jerusalem. They risked their livelihoods when they went to Jerusalem for a few weeks each year.

We are all called to be completed.

How great Thou art.

The TripleGreenEnergy TGE3000 system with bale shredder in operation

The Lake

A place to relax!

All Peoples Dinosaurs

Guest speaker. Gordon Gilbie. Got married recently. I did not kiss my wife until after we got married.

In the beginning there was nothing. Then there was light. There was still nothing.

A day to God is as long as he chooses it to be. Millions of years or 24 hours.
It's a problem when the church gets hung up. The Bible does not require one form or another. We can't make it an absolute truth one way or another. Our belief should not be anything other than a question.

When someone brings up evolution, don't argue about 24 hours but as God is creator. Atheists know they can argue from the arguments of the church.
Romans 1.18, 20
Eternal power has been revealed in nature. There is plenty of evidence for God. Admit that already.
How to Confront without being confrontational.

The Bible is not a book about science but science is at home in the Bible.

An atheist science told God he could create anything. Make life. Okay I'll take some dirt. No make your own dirt.

Where did it all begin? Big bang? Where did that come from? There is a point of creation. There has to be a designer.

The first law of thermodynamics.  Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Lord William Kelvin defined the laws of thermodynamics.

2nd law of entropy. From order to disorder. Not from disorder to order. Not from simple to complex. Evolution - That's against the law of nature.

Chinese checkers. Set it up in order and then through it up 10 times and you will get more and more disorder. Evolution cannot be science.

The only explanation evolutionists have is that what we see is all by chance. That's impossible.

The probability of 10 to the 50th is impossible. All the atoms in the universe total 10 to the 84th. What are the chances of pulling 10 cards out of a bag in numerical sequence? It would be a chance of one in 10 to the 10th.

Would an infinite number of monkeys be able to produce the works of Shakespeare?

Book. Dismantling Evolution. What is the probability to produce one small protein by chance? 10 to the 150th. That's 3x impossible.

The fossil record. Darwin said fossils will prove evolution. Not one fossil proof has been found. There are no missing links. There is no record of a 1/2 evolved bird.

There is not one true fact to prove evolution. Only fools believe in evolution.

Do it with gentleness and respect. Point people to God's creation.

Hank Hanegraaff
Fatal Flaws book

All People's Church Falcon

Fabulous service! The choir from Emanuel Free Church Steinbach sang a half dozen hymns. 

Neil Rempel (his favorite song is Kneel (Neil) at the Cross!) from www.GEmission.org Greater European Mission was the guest speaker.

He spoke passionately about the need for Christians to speak to everyone about the Good News of Jesus's death and resurrection based on Acts 19 where Paul enters the synagogue and has daily dialogue with the Jews about the good news. When they get tired of him he rents a hall and teaches there for 2 more years and great glory came to Jesus's name.

He used an example of a humble believer in Austria that was faithful in witnessing to a highly intelligent avowed atheist and brought him to Neil who challenged him to read the Bible and pray that God would reveal himself. 

He did and became a Christian and now is a pastor in Austria.

Neil's family including grandkids are going to Poland this summer to teach English. They use www.TheLifeLight.com in their ministry.

Mother's Day 2014 REFUEL

The splendor of the King Clothed in majesty Let all the earth rejoice All the earth rejoice He wraps Himself in light And darkness tries to hide It trembles at His voice  How great is our God, sing with me How great is our God and all will see How great, how great is our God

Mother video

Delbert Enns www.EasTview.org

50 days between Jesus resurrection and ascension

Refuel series.  When our load is too heavy we might burn out.
The load can get too heavy when you don't have anyone to help you. Feeling fatigued? Overload can be hard to understand.
10 overload indicators:
Diet,  do it yourself, blow up,

Ancient Egyptians weighed the hearts and brains of people after they died.

What are we doing by putting our kids through all that stress.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale

Job had issues. Stress. John asked questions from prison. Mathew 11. Jesus said God will bless you where you are. Come to me if you have burdens. I will give you rest.
Come to me. 3 words to healing. Advice.  Rest.
Have you heard Jesus's call?
Men's breakfast 7am you are invited.
Shoot the hamster and sell the wheel spinning in your head.  Problem is there will be another one tomorrow.
Shut the door and pray.
Come to me, Jesus says. Give up control. Take Jesus's yoke. Share the load. Team up with Jesus to share the load.
Let's walk together. With Jesus. Too often we take up other yokes. Let the Holy Spirit come on you.

Be teachable. Avoid aggression and arrogance.

Come to me today. Get some rest. Listen. Have a relationship with Jesus.

Beautiful one I love you.

Check out my friend Carlin's legacy at:
www.CarlinsJourney.blogspot.com

Love, Sex & Relationships

http://www.coastalchurch.org/about/new-here/
STRATHCONA CAMPUS SUNDAY: 9:00 AM 

Check out the latest message from our current series, Love, Sex & Relationships. All messages are made available to watch, listen to, or download on your mobile device.

Quit treating love like a noun... make it a verb. Love starts as an engine and becomes a caboose. 

Go home and make love....
a verb.

What does that mean? Eph 5.21 submit to one another.   submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. In our relationship you are the priority, no you are, no you first, no you first, no you first

That's the foundation. Submit submit by choice,  decision,  I am choosing to place myself under you. That's how you stay in love.

Go to God to learn how to love. You need a new heart. God is there to forgive. To teach and empower. Where are you on this journey?

This church had asked and received a box full of LifeLight Scriptures to distribute in their inner-city neighbourhood.

Check out www.FirstNationsLifeLight.com for an update on that project.

Good Friday

I just found: 'Good Friday: This Man Named Jesus' from the The Meeting House Android App and thought you would enjoy it.

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SOAR Sunday

Cory Bell: www.EasTview.org
MB Mission organized this for the MB churches of Winnipeg for the last number of years during spring break.
Start off at NKMB church.
Worked at Keenleyside. Interacted with the kids.
Stayed at 188 Princess.
Jack
How did God call you? Took the forms decided not. Soon all the spots were full. At the last minute got in anyways.
Katie. The youngest. Volleyball was a problem. Worked around it. Well worth it.
Found new friends. Matured.
Went on learning tours. Got to know inner city life situations. Learned to be less judgemental. These people have powerful stories.

What are we learning through this experience? How does it impact our faith? Learn to trust God. Changed everything.

Many stories of God working. Jenna went on SOAR last year. The kids were so open to interacting with the team and willing to open up to God.

Jessica was the program leader and the social staff in the community were really impressed with this Christian group.

A big peace came over the team. They did international prayer walks.

God has shown me that everyday is my Missionfield. Give it to God. Grow in faith.

4 team great leaders. The youth grow so much. Encourage each other. Affirm each others talents.

Jodi was the first one to sign up. She sacrificed her studies.

Faith Community. Living and building each other up. Foot washing. Encouraging one another. Become part of EasTview.org

It's easy to have faith when you are with 300 other Christian youth on mission. Home and school witnessing is harder.
Peter sees Jesus and took the step of faith.  He sank but kept following Jesus.

Fun fact.  Got to know Ryan in grade 2. Now he is in SOAR!  Jolene helped him share his testimony with his peers.

What energized Peter to step on the water in faith? God calls us in faith. Step out.

What energizes you? How often do you get refueled?

God gives us lots of different things to re-energize us. Netflix games exercise church time-off God's spirit in us.
Focus on God. Vertical and horizontal focus.  Horizontal focus only will disappoint.

Keenleyside told us we were not welcome to witness there. Cory went in person to meet with the social workers. Now the doors are wide open to more witnessing.

Have you ever been prompted to step out in faith? Giving away Bibles. Encouraging others.

We have a promise that the Holy Spirit will work in us. Walk in boldness. Expectation that God will prompt you to step out of the boat.

Song
God you make everything glorious. You made me. What does that make me? I am yours.

Going Back. .. or Pressing Forward

Www.WestminsterChurch.org
Rev Robert Campbell:

Mary Magdalene got up early.  You would expect her to try to get away from it all. No. She went back to be close to her friend.
But the body was gone. She wept.
The beloved disciple finds the clothes.  The body has just disappeared. The disciples went home. She stayed there weeping. She didn't see the angels as angels. She turned around and didn't recognize Jesus.  Was Jesus wearing the gardner's clothes?
He spoke her name. All the shock of the last few days was eclipsed by the shock of seeing Jesus is alive!
Her despair turns to joy. The next she hears words that were even more shocking. Don't hold on to me! Surely he loved hugs. She called him master. Expecting that things should be as the were before. But this is a new day.  New life is frightening. Death and grief are natural. Resurrection is not natural. We like to be where we are rather than allowing him to take us into the future.
Greg Glatz is an associate pastor

God has had the last laugh and devil has been defeated.
So now we need to laugh.
There is a new hand gun produced in honour of the Canadian Senate. It doesn't work and you can't fire it!

Jesus Christ is risen today
Let everything that has breath - he is greatly to be praised. Let's praise the Lord! Fabulous rendition
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
All creatures of our God and king
Hallelujah chorus
Carillonic Bells