Good Friday and more
/April 8, 2020 New Life email
Hi New Life!
Ok...special Good Friday Gift Bags are to be picked up at the church on Thursday between 1 and 4pm, or on Friday between 9 and 3pm. The Gift Bags contain a candle and two communion set-ups to be used during our Good Friday Livestream Service at 7pm. Bags will be in the foyer of the side door facing the parking lot, one bag per family. We will light the candle as the Service begins on Friday. Communion will be shared at the close of the service. There are some other special items in the Bag as well. This service promises to be very special as we honor the great sacrifice of our Lord.
Resurrection Day Livestream Service will be this Sunday at 10:45. Please invite your family and friends to tune in. We are trusting the Lord to move very powerfully during this time. We will meet again on Sunday evening at 6 for our Livestream time of prayer. Please join us!
Tonight at the Wednesday Night In The Word Livestream, two important truths came to light. We will share them now with the appropriate Scriptures for you to study. Here we go:
Romans 5:9-11 is the starting point. First we learned that we “shall be saved”, which raises the notion that (a)"we are saved" 2 Tim 1:9, Titus 3:4-5; (b)"we are being saved" 1 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Corinthians 2:15, Philippians 2:12; and (c)“we shall be saved” Romans 5:9-10, 1 Thessalonians 1:10. This raises the second point that being "saved from wrath" guarantees there will be the wrath of God upon the earth and that we Christians will not be here to endure it, praise the Lord! 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 describes the Rapture of the saints both dead and alive. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 describes the difference between the saved and the unsaved and how the saved are called to be “light” and to be “alert” as we await Jesus’ return. The Rapture begins the Second Coming of Jesus, at which time the dead in Christ and the living in Christ will be “caught up” to be with the Lord forever. The dead in Christ will be reunited in resurrected bodies with their spirit which was already with the Lord. The living in Christ will be taken up, body and spirit at the same time. After this, and after the 7 Year Tribulation, and after the 1000 year reign, the Second Coming concludes with Jesus returning to earth with His “army” which is all of us! He and we will be riding on white horses to settle the Battle of Armaggedon, Revelation 19:11. Hallelujah!
Another scripture passage we mentioned tonight and have been pondering during the Coronavirus Pandemic is found in 2 Chronicles 7:12-4, and 17-20. See if you can see the several “if/then” scenarios the Lord presents in this passage. Basically it was the Lord that sent the famine, the locusts and the pestilence upon the land which He promised to heal, if the people repented and prayed. If they did not, there was going to be another whole set of issues and problems on hand. As this pertains to us right now, it would be wise for us to (1) repent of our own sins and (2) pray that the Lord would forgive us our sins and heal our land. Healing the land goes beyond physically or medically. Included would be morally, socially, politically, and spiritually. If we do not the consequences will be forthcoming soon: the lifting of God’s blessing upon us and the loss of our effectiveness in our community as the Body of Christ.
Thank you for tuning in to our Livestream services. Until we can meet again in person this seems to be the way to go. Even after we resume, we believe Livestream will have a more prominent place in the on-going ministries of New Life.
Remember you are loved and prayed for by the New Life staff! Also remember the Lord loves you (agape!) so very much!! Stay extra close to Him during these difficult days. Let us know if we can be of help.
All For Jesus!
Pastor Rick and Pamela
PS. Hams and groceries will be coming soon. Let us know if you are in need of help.
"and (if) My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves,
and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven,
and forgive their sin and heal their land”
2 Chronicles 7:14. The Amplified Bible