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Give Thanks to the Lord

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our wonderful family and friends! In this special season of giving thanks, Psalm 136 reminds us of the One whose lovingkindness endures forever….

Psalm 136 (LSB)

His Lovingkindness Endures Forever

1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

4 To Him who alone does great [a]wonders,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
5 To Him who made the heavens with [b]skill,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
6 To Him who spread out the earth above the waters,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
7 To Him who made the great lights,
For His lovingkindness endures forever:
8 The sun to rule [c]by day,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
9 The moon and stars to rule [d]by night,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

10 To Him who struck [e]the Egyptians through their firstborn,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
11 Then brought Israel out from their midst,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
12 With a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

13 To Him who divided the [f]Red Sea in two,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
14 And made Israel pass through the midst of it,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
15 But He [g]overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the [h]Red Sea,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

16 To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

17 To Him who struck great kings,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
18 And killed [i]mighty kings,
For His lovingkindness endures forever:
19 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
20 And Og, king of Bashan,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
21 And gave their land as an inheritance,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
22 Even an inheritance to Israel His servant,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

23 Who remembered us in our low estate,
For His lovingkindness endures forever,
24 And has snatched us from our adversaries,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
25 Who gives food to all flesh,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.
26 Give thanks to the God of heaven,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

 

God Bless America

Closing line in the US Constitution

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. ~Psalm 33:12 [KJV]

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. ~1 Peter 2:16 [ESV]

For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. ~Galatians 5:13 [NLT]

4th of July Celebration:  July 4, 2024, starting at 6:00 pm. Meet us in the backyard of the church for food, fun & fellowship as we celebrate our independence as a nation!

We’re having a barbecue with hamburgers and hotdogs as well as chips and Gatorade.

And if you’re the baking type, bring your homemade pie and enter it into our Pie Contest! Bring your appetite too!

Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you there…

4th of July 2024 Celebration flyer

He Is Risen!

Three crosses

 

On this holy day, may you experience the blessing of God’s grace and the joy of His resurrection. Wishing you a blessed and joyful Easter!

 

“We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.” – Romans 6:9

 

“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” – John 11:25

 

“He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” – Luke 24:6-7

Give Your Heart to God

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Valentine’s Day is Wednesday, February 14th, and this is the perfect time to reflect upon the pure agape love God has for His children.

Agape love is a selfless, unconditional love. It’s what God displayed when he sent his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to walk among us, teach us, heal us, and ultimately take our place on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.

If you haven’t done so already, consider giving your heart to God this Valentine’s Day.

The Bible tells us in 1 John 4:15-16, “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.“

And remember Romans 5:5-8, which tells us, “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.“

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.