Daily Email: Wednesday, February 15, 2017

DEVOTION: 1 Corinthians 3:10-23  English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁰ According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled^[a] master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. ¹¹ For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— ¹³ each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. ¹⁴ If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. ¹⁵ If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

¹⁶ Do you not know that you^[b] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? ¹⁷ If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness," ²⁰ and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." ²¹ So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, ²² whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,²³ and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

 

While it is true that we, as the church, need to remain relevant, and take on today's issues with love, peace, and forgiveness, we also need to be sure to remain true to the foundation of our faith, which is Jesus Christ.  We can't be something we're not. 

 

We can't both support the world and all the world's ideas and thoughts, and still remain true to God's Word.  Or as Paul puts it here, "¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise."  Our allegiances cannot be divided no matter how uncomfortable it might make us.

Let me put it this way, as I live longer in this world, the more I feel as though I am being separated from the world and am becoming a stranger to it. This is because the things that Scripture says are sinful, the world has now, in many and various ways, said are right, good, and should be celebrated. 

Our reason, our foundation of faith must remain centered in Christ and His Word.  We need to know what the Lord God calls sin in His Word and stick to it.  We cannot change or shape God's Word into saying what we want it to say.  If God, in His Word, calls homosexuality sin, we must agree with His Word.  If God says that living together and having sex before marriage is sin, we must agree with God's Word.  If God says that I have sinned against Him in my thoughts, words, and actions; I must agree with God.  Otherwise, when the day of the Lord comes and the fire destroys everything that is sin and sinful, we will be in danger of being annihilated. 

So we call sin what it is, and we call grace what it is.  Sin is rebellion against God's will.  Grace is what God gives us freely because of His Son Jesus Christ to all who believe. 

 

Let us pray: Lord, you have made known to me what is real and true.  Help me to live by it, and not to get caught up in the world's wrong ideas.  Amen.

 

 

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CALENDAR

Wed- Ladies Aid noon; Choir 7

Thurs- Newsletter deadline; Lutheranism 101 6:30pm

Fri- Bible Study at Hendershots 7

Sat-  Men's breakfast 8am; Worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; Voters meeting 9:45

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WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND:  
Acolyte-  8:30- Gus Klaustermeier 11- Lydia Miller

Ushers-  Allan Dreyer, Lew Feldkamp,  Kent Jacobsmeyer, Paul Klover

Altar- Set up- Lucille Luebke; Clean up- Sandy Robine

Elders-  Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Al Benton; 11- Steve Robine
 
Greeters-  8:30- Jim and Vickie McRae; 11- Marv and Molly Hendershot

Lay Readers- Sat- Roy Bohning; 8:30- Erv Yoder??? (Erv is out of town.  Anyone want to take this for him?); 11- Steve Robine

Piano-  Molly Hendershot

Organist- Barb Dreyer

Projectionists: Sat- Kathy Fischer; 8:30- Schaumberg; 11-   Lydia Miller
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YESTERDAY'S QUIZ:

Who were the Amalekites and what were the Israelites supposed to do to them?

 

The Amalekites were a nomadic tribe of the Sinai wilderness.  They lived in the south.  They were descendants of Esau.  Smitten by Gideon, Saul and David.  The Israelites were to destroy them because they had stood in the way during their quest for the promised land.

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TODAY'S QUIZ: What was the penalty for the ten spies and the whole company of Israel because they didn't listen to Caleb and Joshua about going in to conquer the promised land?

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NEWS!!!! 

HERE ARE THE SERMONS FROM THIS PAST SUNDAY AND FROM SUNDAY, FEB. 5.  PLESE SHARE WITH THOSE WHO WEREN'T THERE SO THEY CAN HEAR THE LAW and the GOSPEL!!

 

https://youtu.be/3pv_YTA7KIs

 

https://youtu.be/r4EXUCFcoxM

 

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WE STILL NEED TO GET BACK A FEW OF THOSE BABY BOTTLES! 

Please bring them back asap so we can get the money in and so I can get the bottles back to their rightful owners. 

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STEPHEN MINISTRY IS LOOKING FOR SOME NEW STEPHEN LEADERS

If you love caring for others and consider yourself a leader, this is the perfect way for you to serve the Lord and your church family!

 

The Stephen Leader training is April 23-29 at the Renaissance Hotel by the airport this year and the cost of the training is covered by the church.  If you choose to stay at the hotel you will have to pay for that yourself.  It's only a 35 minute commute to the training from Warrenton.

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TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP GROUP IS GOING TO FULTON ON SATURDAY, APRIL 8!

The group will be boarding a charter bus at 7:45am that day, first heading to the Auto World Museum, secondly to The Copper Mine Restaurant for lunch, and finally to the Churchill Museum before heading home.  They will arrive home around 5:30 that evening.  The cost will be around $65 including lunch, but the more people that go, the cheaper it will be. 

YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION WILL BE MARCH 25!

OUR YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION HAS BEEN MOVED BACK A MONTH AND IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 25!  Also, THANK YOU LETTERS to those church members who donated last year are in your church mailboxes!!

OPERATION BACKPACK ITEMS COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY ARE CANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES!

Any size can, and any kind of fruit or vegetable is appreciated.    Place them in the receptacle marked "Backpack Blessings" in the narthex.

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AGAPE DONATIONS ALWAYS ACCEPTED!!

Any nonperishable food items, diapers, toiletries, etc.!!

 

Perishable food items can be taken directly to Agape at 713 Powell St. in Warrenton.  Call 456-4645 to find out when they're open or for more info.

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YOUR KROGER CARD CAN EARN MONEY FOR LITTLE LAMBS

Go to www.kroger.com/communityawards and register your card today!!

__________________________________________________________________________________________GENERAL PRAYER

 

For ROSE DEPEW, mother of Randy Sweet, who has been moved to the DePaul Rehab facility and is improving. She began to speak a few intelligible words yesterday  . 

 

For PETE FRENZIA who is recovering from back surgery at University Hospital in Columbia. .

 

For CAROL BRAZEE who is recovering from a lung infection at home

 

For Mim Dunn's nephew DAVID HAHN who is dealing with severe throat cancer.

 

For BARB PERRICONE who is home on hospice care.

 

For LOIS BOEGER'S MOM, EVELYN TOEDEBUSCH,  who has been on hospice care for the last few months and slows down a little more every day, but is doing well.