Today’s Devotion:

A Lesson About Prayer

Read Luke 11:1-4

The Lord’s Prayer is the most famous of all prayers found in the New Testament.  Many can recall learning this prayer as a child, which has likely been taught to succeeding generations too.

If you have been teaching your children or grandchildren this prayer, you would be teaching more than just words to them as they recite this.

You would be teaching them theology!
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Today’s Devotion:

The Cost of Discipleship

Read Matthew 8:18-22

This passage stresses the radical demands of following the call of Jesus.  A crowd had gathered around Jesus, and out of it came a scribe who said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever You go”.  How little he realized what following the Master would really mean.  He was moved by the emotion surrounding Jesus, but had no concept of what it was to make the fateful decision to become a true follower, a disciple, of Jesus.  He had not counted the cost.  If he had, he would have realized that to be a disciple of Jesus is to submit all of one’s desires, hopes, dreams, expectations, and allegiance to Him and Him alone.  To be a true disciple is to “take up the cross”, and follow Him.  One thing that was certain in Jesus’ day, if you saw a man walking out of town carrying a cross, followed by a contingent of Roman soldiers, you knew he was not coming back.
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Today’s Devotion:

You Can’t Keep Quiet About Jesus!

Read John 4:21-30

How wonderful an experience it was for many to have personally met and talked with Jesus when He was on earth! Sadly, many who saw Him were blind to who He really was. Some said, “Is not this the Carpenter’s son?” Or, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” But this woman’s eyes were opened to Him, when He told her things about her life that took her by complete surprise. At first she said, “Sir, you must be a prophet?” But because in the ensuing conversation her immoral life was exposed, she spoke up: “I know that the Messiah is coming, and He will know everything.” It appears she is weighing things up: is He just a prophet OR is He the Christ? Jesus does not hold her in suspense – “I that speak unto thee am He!” Face to face with Him she was overwhelmed! That dayher life was radically altered forever.

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Today’s Devotion:

A Storm is Coming

Read Matthew 7:24-29

This past week’s tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan are a great reminder to all of us that when an event like this occurs, very little withstood the powerful force of water as it rushed through villages and cities, decimating anything in its path.  Even those buildings that remain standing, their foundations have been severely compromised too and will likely be condemned.

The parable that Jesus tells in Matthew 7:24-29 illustrates a great comparison for us to learn from, in light of these past events.
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What IS 40 days with Jesus? Simply, a churchwide campaign to prepare our hearts and reach out to our friends at Easter 2011. From March 14th through Easter Sunday everyone at First Assembly is being challenged to read together through a series of daily Bible readings about the life of Jesus and the prophecies about Him from the Old Testament.  Then a couple of weeks before Easter we’re asking everyone to give away a second book, “The Risen Savior”, to a friend or family member with a personal invitation for them to come to church on Easter Sunday morning.

Today’s Devotion:

Whose Business?

Read Luke 2:39-49

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Commencing this evening, January 5th – 7.00pm.

A brand new series for a new year in our midweek Study Hall …

“And We Beheld His Glory”

A walk through the Gospel of John

The apostle John wrote his eyewitness account of the life of Jesus with a very specific aim in mind: so that “you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name” (John 20:31).

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Shoppers having lunch in the food court at the Welland Seaway Mall in Ontario Canada on November 13th were surprised when suddenly Chorus Niagara did their thing right there around the tables. Awesome!

Enjoy!

Announcing a brand new free eBook ready for you to download. It’s just 8 pages long, containing the full text of one of the most famous poems in Christendom: “The Hound of Heaven” by Francis Thompson. A powerful description of the pursuit of a human soul by God.

I’ve also included a short biographical sketch of Thompson.  I encourage you to download and read it (CLICK HERE).  It will continue to be made available on our DOWNLOAD PAGE.

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Great song by Matt Redman, putting the emphasis in Missions right where it belongs … for the praise and glory of God. That’s the theme of our brand new Study Hall series this Wednesday night: “Let the Nations Be Glad”. If you live in the Greater Danbury area, join us Wednesday at 7pm.

Click “More” below for the lyrics to Matt’s song …

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Commencing next Wednesday evening, October 27th – 7.00pm.

A brand new 6-part series for our midweek Study Hall, to coincide with our November Missions Emphasis Month …

Let The Nations Be Glad!

Based on the book, and featuring video teaching clips, by John Piper.

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Election Day is fast approaching. As a committed Christian, what preparation s are you making?

Romans 13 is the classic passage in all the Bible about how we are to relate to our local, state and federal government …

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“Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.” (Proverbs 23:17-18)

Being a true disciple of Jesus Christ will unavoidably involve sacrifice. Sometimes lucrative opportunities will have to be turned away from because the Lord has a different plan for us. Sometimes we won’t even be extended an opportunity because the world hates our Lord.

In any case, our focus is not meant to be on fleeting material wealth. Jesus said,”Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33)

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This post is going to be a shameless plug, but it’s for a great cause.

Christian Life Academy is a ministry of our church which has been providing quality Christian Education and discipleship to children from Preschool through Grade 8 for over 26 years.  It has been a blessing to hundreds of children and their families.

YOU can help us in this important work very easily. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they’ll donate about a penny to CLA every time you do a search!

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Each Sunday we post a short classic piece from someone signally used by God down through the history of the church. Our focus today is on Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843).

The Improvement of Affliction

by Robert Murray McCheyne

“Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have born chastisement. I will not offend any more: that which I see not, teach thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.”  Job 34:31-32

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