DEVOTION:
Then I looked up-- and there before me was a man with a measuring line in hi shand! I asked, "Where are you going??" He answered me, "TO measure Jerusalen, to find out how wide and how long it is." Zechariah 2:1-2
How do you measure yourself? Do you measure yourself by others? DO you think of yourself according to what the people who surround you think of you? Does your mood change based on the praise or lack of it you get? Does your self worth come from what people think of you? Does it come from how much money is in your bank account? Is it by the amount of facebook friends you have or how many texts you get during the day?
What happens when you fail or when you disappoint someone? Is your worth lessened or ruined all together? The trouble is that when we measure ourselves by a false standard we are going to be disappointed and the standard is going to constantly change. It is impossible to please man. As the old saying goes "You can please some of the people some of the time and you can please all of the people every once in a great while, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. There is always gong to be someone who opposes you no matter how nice, wonderful, and accomodating you are. That is the way the devil works. He isn't going to make it easy for you. In fact, the more you grow as a Christian the more roadblocks he will put in your way.
You need to measure yourself according to God's measuring line.... perfection. And then when you realize that you aren't perfect in any way, you can go to God to ask for His mercy and grace, that He would take away the measurement all together. What God has done, instead of measuring you according to His standards, is sent His perfect and sinless Son, Jesus to fulfill the measurement. He has taken your place! He has completed God the Father's expectations!
Quit measuring yourself according to what others think you should be and instead measure yourself according to what God thinks you should be, His child, a forgiven and redeemed sinner!
Prayer: Lord God, help me to realize that I don't live for others but that I live for you, and that living for you provides freedom for me to be who You have made me to be. Amen.
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MONDAY'S QUIZ: Who was Xerxes? He was King of Persia during the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple.
For BOB LAMPEN, Karin Klaustermeier's dad, as he is doing quite poorly with his cancer.
Then I looked up-- and there before me was a man with a measuring line in hi shand! I asked, "Where are you going??" He answered me, "TO measure Jerusalen, to find out how wide and how long it is." Zechariah 2:1-2
How do you measure yourself? Do you measure yourself by others? DO you think of yourself according to what the people who surround you think of you? Does your mood change based on the praise or lack of it you get? Does your self worth come from what people think of you? Does it come from how much money is in your bank account? Is it by the amount of facebook friends you have or how many texts you get during the day?
What happens when you fail or when you disappoint someone? Is your worth lessened or ruined all together? The trouble is that when we measure ourselves by a false standard we are going to be disappointed and the standard is going to constantly change. It is impossible to please man. As the old saying goes "You can please some of the people some of the time and you can please all of the people every once in a great while, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. There is always gong to be someone who opposes you no matter how nice, wonderful, and accomodating you are. That is the way the devil works. He isn't going to make it easy for you. In fact, the more you grow as a Christian the more roadblocks he will put in your way.
You need to measure yourself according to God's measuring line.... perfection. And then when you realize that you aren't perfect in any way, you can go to God to ask for His mercy and grace, that He would take away the measurement all together. What God has done, instead of measuring you according to His standards, is sent His perfect and sinless Son, Jesus to fulfill the measurement. He has taken your place! He has completed God the Father's expectations!
Quit measuring yourself according to what others think you should be and instead measure yourself according to what God thinks you should be, His child, a forgiven and redeemed sinner!
Prayer: Lord God, help me to realize that I don't live for others but that I live for you, and that living for you provides freedom for me to be who You have made me to be. Amen.
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MONDAY'S QUIZ: Who was Xerxes? He was King of Persia during the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple.
(He was the most famous and fourth king of the Achaemenid Empire, around the time of 480 BC) Thanks to Doug Herzog.
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TUEDAY'S QUIZ: When did the word of the Lord come to the prophet Zechariah?
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CATECHISM:
Question: What five points does this article discuss?
Question: What five points does this article discuss?
Answer:
a. The Holy SPirit
b. the Holy Christian church
c. the communion of saints
d. the firgiveness of sins
e. the resurrection of the body
f. the life everlasting
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CALENDAR:
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CALENDAR:
Fri- Assemble newsletter 9am; Men's retreat leaves for Mark Twain Lake
Sat- worship 5pm
Sun- worship 8:30; Sunday school 9:45; worship 11am
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NEWS:
Sat- worship 5pm
Sun- worship 8:30; Sunday school 9:45; worship 11am
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NEWS:
G.L. WOODS TO SPEAK on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, at 6:30pm at CHURCH!!
His story is an amazing one of transformation. IN 2004 he was flying down the dirt track in his dirt bike, when he crashed and flew over his handlbars landing on his neck which instantly pralyzed him from the neck down. His life changed in an instant. yet, God did a miracle in him. Not only did he give him back his lower body so that he was able to walk, but he gave him a vibrant faith and the ability to speak boldly about it. Come and hear his story! Go to www.glwoods.com to learn more about his story. He is a native of Jonesburg.
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AGAPE'S WRIGHT CITY FOOD PANTRY IS HAVING A BENEFIT PANCAKE BREAKFAST THIS SATURDAY FROM 7-11am!!
It will be held at the Heiliger BUilding in Diekroger Park in Wright City. biscuits and gravy, sausage, pancakes, and scrambles eggs! All for $7 a person! Yummy!
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BACKGROUND CHECKS
If you work at all with kids here at church, including just taking them to an event, you need to fill out a background check form. YOu can get on in the office!! FILL IT OUT TODAY!!!
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FELLOWSHIP GROUP WILL MEET THIS SUNDAY EVENING AT 7PM AT THE SCHIRRS HOUSE!!
Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting to help to plan future fellowship and outreach events for the church!! Please come and bring a snack to share!
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LITTLE LAMBS HAS A FEW OPENINGS IN BOTH THE THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD CLASSES!! THEY ARE EXPANDING!!
Call the church office 456-2888 and ask to talk to Lisa Rausch or Karin Klaustermeier for further info.
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SUNDAY MORNING FELLOWSHIP REFRESHMENT SIGN UP!!
We need folks to sign up to bring donuts!! Please sign up on the sheet on the bulletin board right outside the kitchen!! If you partake of the donuts every week and haven't brought any, maybe it's your turn!!
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PARENTING CLASS EVERY SUNDAY AT 9:45
Could you use some help in learning how to deal with your children? Want to have fun, laugh, and get some encouragement at the same time? Come to the "From Me to We" class in the Sunday school room closest to the closet this Sunday and grow!
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STEWARDSHIP SPOLIGHT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS LCMS Global Missions
Go to LCMS.org to learn more about what our Synod is doing in the way of spreading the Gospel globally!!
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PRAYERS:
PARENTING CLASS EVERY SUNDAY AT 9:45
Could you use some help in learning how to deal with your children? Want to have fun, laugh, and get some encouragement at the same time? Come to the "From Me to We" class in the Sunday school room closest to the closet this Sunday and grow!
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STEWARDSHIP SPOLIGHT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS LCMS Global Missions
Go to LCMS.org to learn more about what our Synod is doing in the way of spreading the Gospel globally!!
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PRAYERS:
For DOLORES DEBLAZE as she is in a lot of pain and is on hospice and is nearing the end.
For the GRANDMOTHER of JOHN COLEMAN (Ruth Coleman's husband) who is dealig with severe congestive heart failure and blood poinsoning.
For CAL TAMELER as he is having serious eye surgery this Thursday.
For BOB LAMPEN, Karin Klaustermeier's dad, as he is doing quite poorly with his cancer.
For DON TURNURE who is going to have to have his hip replaced on October 22.
