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07/11/2024

11/7/24 Thursday’s Scripture: Matthew 28:19,20: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

(Do we see this as a challenge, a fear, or an opportunity? Possibly a challenge because not every nation wants to hear God’s words of hope and new beginning. It may be fear because we know that in some nations Christians are condemned to death, but it is ALWAYS an opportunity to share the wonderful, understanding Savior who has come to save from death for eternal life. From the beginning Jesus told the disciples that he would make them something different; “Come, follow me….and I will make you fishers of men” (Matt. 4:19). They knew fishing only as an occupation, but Jesus, through his Spirit changed their hearts into making it a mission of fishing for people. As his disciples grew in faith, he taught them how to minister to bring about a connection to his Father. As they began to grow into spiritual adulthood, they began to change from being self-centered into being God-centered with a new desire to lead and serve. We often think of missionaries as those sent into the world to share a God of hope where there is hopelessness and sin, and that is true, but there is more! Going into all the world means going wherever deliverance from sin is needed – to our next-door neighbor, a stubborn relative, or even to a church attendee who refuses to believe that their own works are not “good enough” to get them into heaven. It should never be a disciple’s purpose to criticize or try to convince, for that is the Holy Spirit’s work. The disciple is only to share the good news that “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16). Jesus came to save that world God loved from sin and its consequences, as with repentance he forgives and cleanses so that freedom from sin’s penalty and power can be found. As fishers of men, we are to see our mission half completed when we see them baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Yet that is only the beginning. As they begin their own journey into spiritual adulthood a disciple continues to support their new walk, through prayer with confidence that the Spirit will complete the work he started in them, and with encouragement to study God’s word for deeper understanding, remembering that they are like newborn babies craving pure spiritual milk since they have tasted that the Lord is good (1 Pet. 2:2,3). Above all, if our divine purpose is next door or in a foreign land, we must remember that we are Jesus’ disciples sent through HIS power and not our own, to lay a “great haul” of fish before our Lord at that great and wonderful day of his return!)

06/11/2024

06/11/2024

11/6/24 Wednesday’s Scripture: Isaiah 26:3,4 “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.”

(We all face times when we hear God saying: “Trust me.” But it may not be easy when we are looking into the eyes of a loved one about to breathe their last, or when we see a child suffering from an illness the doctors don’t seem to be able to cure. We may find it hard to trust him when our money is lacking and the bills are due, or even when our children are hungry and we have no food to give them. Where is that perfect peace God promises? Has my trust been planted in the wrong place, or has God stopped loving me because of some unknown sin? That is a lie straight from the devil who was “a murderer from the beginning, not holding the truth, for there was no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language.” (John 8:44). Often this deceiver comes to us with the appearance of what seems to be good and right, but Paul warns us in 2 Cor. 11:14 “Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” He has an awful plan that is fiendishly clever. If he came to us directly as a glaring promoter of wickedness, he would be easier to identify and resist. Instead, we fall back on the flesh, allowing it to rise up, and we begin to doubt God and blame him for the trouble and suffering we are facing. But that only reveals an inadequate belief in God and the Son he sent to save us from his wrath. Doesn’t Psalm 92:15 tell us that one of our main purposes is to share the truth, declaring God as righteous and full of compassion? And God cannot fail, for he is the sovereign God of the universe who ALWAYS keeps his promises and accomplishes his purpose (Psalm 138:8). But we must be immersed in his word to hear that “The Spirit clearly says that in latter times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons” (1 Tim. 4:1). When Jesus was on his way to heal Jarius’ daughter he overheard how the people were responding with crying and loud wailing. “He went in and said to them, Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep” (Mark 5:38-40). Of course they all laughed at him because of unbelief, but “he put them all out, took the child’s father and mother and the disciples that were with him and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl I say to you, get up!”) Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around.” That is light in the darkness of unbelief that surrounds us if we depend on the faith of unbelievers. If we really trust God in every seeming unsolvable situation, we will be like “a tree planted by streams of water; which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither” as our Lord, the Rock Eternal keeps us in perfect peace, no matter what happens because we trust in him. (Psalm 1:3).

05/11/2024

11/5/24 Tuesday’s Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-18 “From now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore if anyone is in Christ the new creation has come. The old is gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.”

(How do we see ourselves – through God’s eyes or the eyes of others? There is a lesson in 1 Sam. 16:7 concerning King Saul. Most of his kingdom accepted him for whom he appeared to be, though he had deliberately been disobedient to God’s command. When God took his kingdom away from him, the people did not understand because they saw him through Samuel’s eyes. “But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Those words should be seared into our hearts, so we do not ever lose the flavor of God’s love of tenderness and mercy, and there is reason to hope that God does not see us as the world sees us through our outward appearance. He sees us as becoming a new creation through the Son he sent into the world not to condemn, but to save from death for eternity in his presence. When we see a newborn baby, we do not see the anger he displays when he is hungry or needs a clean diaper. We see a sweet bundle of joy and happiness, and though he may not understand it, he is full of the pleasure of being a new creation, and that is how God sees us. In Genesis we read about God forming and filling his creation, and at the end of his work he pronounced it “very good.” This is the perfection where God intended his people to dwell with him. But that first lie by the devil was the introduction of sin into God’s perfect world. 1 John 3:4 describes sin as lawlessness, a violation of God’s commandments, and his law reflects his holy character. When we have been cleansed and purified by the blood of Jesus Christ – the perfect Son God sent into the world to save from death, we know that God’s judgment for our sin has been satisfied. “Since we have been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath (Rom. 5:9). God longs to see ALL of his creation reconciled to him, yet it will not happen until we have been cleansed from our sin, and his judgment against temptation is satisfied by that blood as he sees us with eyes unclouded by the darkness of sin. Thankfully through his wonderful forgiveness we can see ourselves as he sees us, no longer through the eyes of others still seeing from a worldly point of view, still in bo***ge from the cruel shackles of sin. Now we can see ourselves as our wonderful heavenly Father sees us through his reconciliation in our hearts!)

04/11/2024

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04/11/2024

11/4/24 Monday’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:5,6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on our own understanding; In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”

(Do we really trust our Lord with all our heart, without leaning on our own understanding? That is why we were given the Holy Spirit with our salvation, to understand God’s wisdom and discernment and to know his will and guidance for our lives. He has made our salvation real in our hearts through enlightenment, conviction, regeneration, and sanctification which only he can provide. He sent the Spirit to equip us to serve our wonderful God with insight and power which can only come to us through surrender of our own will to the will of the one who has become our Savior – Jesus Christ! When we know this to be true, why is it so difficult to submit to him? Could it be that because of living in this world with its constant push and shove to follow its direction for so long, that our human ability wants us to continue to be wise in our own eyes? God’s wisdom comes through the Spirit and not our own presumption. “We do however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.” (1Cor. 2:6,7). And that is the wisdom through which God has replaced the “hollow and deceptive philosophy which depends on human tradition as well as the spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ (Col. 2:8-10). “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.” These are the authorities, the powers of this dark world, the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms in Eph. 6:12 which are constantly and covertly trying to lead us away from God’s truth into their “deceptive philosophy!” We cannot be enlightened enough with our own understanding to stand against the evil of their wisdom, but remember, they are of the world and Jesus said: “In this world you will have trouble, but take heart I have overcome the world” (John 16:33), and that includes their hidden lures with the attempt to draw us away from our awesome God. But we must never forget that our power to stand firm against temptation does not come through our own wisdom, but only through submission to our Lord to have him make our paths straight with inner wisdom like a bird who knows when and how to fly south to avoid winter weather. Our trust in all that God promises with make the path he has laid out for us clear, enabling us to overcome the pitfalls we will meet on our journey to the eternity he promises.

04/11/2024

November 3, 2024

Dear Village,

We are excited to announce that we have posession of the 12' Prelit Christmas Tree. We do have a slight change of plans. The funds to have electric ran to "The Y", weren't raised till the end of Sept. , therefore it did not allow us the time to get that done.

But we promised you a Community Christmas tree with a tree lighting ceremony. We have been given permission, from part of the backbone of our community, to put the tree in the grass area, between the ambulance bldg & Front St. We think placing it there , would be most benificial and enjoyed by all, vs setting it up in the park, that would give limited exposure.

Therefore , I'm excited to announce the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 2024 will be at the EDA @ 6:00 on Nov. 30th. will be making all plans for that evening. Our Guest Speaker will be Joel Whisner in addition we will be led in Christmas Carols by Stephanie Chapman.

With all of that said, Brandi is hesitant to plan an afterparty (in the firehouse) in fear of wasting all the planning , time and funds. Therefore, you all have 1 week (next sunday evening Nov 10th.) to make a comment below if you and/or your family WILL attend The Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and the after party for both children and adults. If the response is limited, we will not have the afterparty.

Mistie

02/11/2024

11/2/24 Saturday’s Scripture: Philippians 2:14-18 “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without faith in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in labor or in vain. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.”

(A drink offering under God’s law in ancient Israel, was part of the law of the offering. It involved pouring out wine or other liquids as a symbol of gratitude to God and his blessings. It was an act of worship and devotion, usually poured out in public as a sign of respect. Grumbling and arguing should not be a part of a Christian’s life, instead we should be pure children of God showing ourselves to the world as that drink offering. Jesus said “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person for what they have done.” (Matt. 16:24-27). Like a child in school, given work to further his education, by doing his best he will earn a good mark, but if he is lazy and unwilling to work, he will fail. Jesus is plainly telling us that if we want hear those words pronounced at his judgment seat for the reward of work well done – “Well done good and faithful servant” (Matt. 25:23), we must hold firmly to the word of life, while leaving this world behind. Jim Reeves wrote a song that expresses what we should feel beautifully – “This world is not my home, I’m just a-passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue.” We will never be able to rejoice and be glad if our service is out of obligation or fear, for God will only recognize efforts from our heart – a heart that is pure and blameless, free even while living in a warped and crooked world! Grumbling and arguing is not part of the life Jesus wanted for us when he died to provide forgiveness of our sins; to offer a new abundant life full of power by the Holy Spirit, to be called children of God. “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.” (Rom. 8:14). This wonderful truth is not meant to tell us that we will not face challenges for there are always shocks to pe*****te our peace and security – global wars, politics, and fear of the future, but God has told us that regardless, we will be able to shine like stars in the sky if we hold firmly to the WORD OF LIFE – our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Let us be able to be glad and to rejoice with him, knowing that we have not failed him through petty grumbling and arguing when he comes back to take us to our new, eternal home!)

01/11/2024

11/1/24 Friday’s Scripture: John 14:15-17 “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever – the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him or knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you.”

(It is amazing that some “Christian” churches deny the work of the Holy Spirit. To them Spiritual life is a matter of “do’s” and ”don’ts.” Perhaps these churches have never been taught ALL of God’s word, for Jesus makes them even more precise. In Matt. 12:32 “Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven either in this age or in the age to come,” and Mark 3:29 calls this blasphemy against the Holy Spirit an eternal sin which God will not forgive for all eternity. This “religion” is a “form of Godliness while denying God’s power.” It is man’s own religion, from which we should “turn away.” Can we really be saved if we deny the presence of the Holy Spirit? There were Pharisees who attributed Jesus’ power to perform miracles to Satan, they said “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons” (Matt. 12:24). These “leaders” denied the power that enabled Jesus to perform those miracles! We must remember, Jesus came to earth as God in the flesh. It was not until he was baptized by the Holy Spirit that he could show the world that he WAS God, come to save from sin. “For no one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God, and is in the closest relationship with the Father who has made him known” (John 1:17,18). There were many being baptized by water that day, but “when Jesus was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in Godly form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” (Luke 3:21,22). This was a real experience, not like some tale invented for entertainment. It was the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. It was his act of obedience, identifying himself with John’s message of repentance, necessary because sinful mankind had turned their backs on the King, on doing his will, to become a law unto themselves. (Matt. 3:1-2). Only the Holy Spirit could lead the lost out of a hopeless religion, and it is the same today. When we surrendered our will to Christ with our repentance, he came as the Holy Spirit, as a gift from the Father to live in us and be his hands, feet and voice to speak his light into a dark world. None of us has the capability of changing a heart to become a child of God, but through the power of the Spirit in us we can be his vessel to speak hope. We have been given power to show the truth, as the SPIRIT works in hard hearts to break the bo***ge of unbelief which can be found only at the cross, as the Spirit uses us to speak words leading to forgiveness.)

31/10/2024

Does anybody know the times for trick-or-treat in Mountain Lake Park tonight? Any info would be greatly appreciated

31/10/2024

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