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Men Prepare Sermons; God Prepares Men

2nd Timothy 2:15

"The proper place for a ship to be is in the water, but if the water gets into the ship, the ship will sink. The proper place for the church is in the world,

BUT IF THE 'WORLD' GETS INTO THE CHURCH,

THE CHURCH WILL GO DOWN IN DISGRACE!"

Thank you for taking the time to view our blog;we look forward to reading your comments. DVDs of our services are available upon request. We covet your prayers and friendship. In His Service and For His Glory, Pastor Bill & Kathy ...
"Now fear the Lord and serve Him with all faithfulness...But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve...But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."-Joshua 24:14-15

Is God Calling You to be a Pastor?

The right kind of education is essential to the man who has answered God's call. No army dare send a soldier into battle without proper training. The results would be devastating, not only for the warrior, but for the war.


Sunday, September 27, 2015

September 27

COOLIDGE EXAMINER SURVEY LAST WEEK.

QUESTION: Do you believe that city council meetings should include an opening prayer?

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Coolidge Examiner (News Paper)

A: Yes — 29.4%

B:  No  — 70.3% ******* Note!

This survey taken by the local Coolidge residents, I must admit took me by surprise. I would have believed more of Coolidge’s residents were Christian. But the answers shown in the survey results indicate more than 70% of the voting residents apparently do not believe that Jesus Christ hears and answers the prayers of His children (His followers). I continue to pray for our community, Lord Help Us!

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ON THE DAY I WAS SAVED:  HEAVEN CAME DOWN AND GLORY FILLED MY SOUL (CAN YOU RELATE?)


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The Saints and the Ain’ts

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The Saints and the Ain’ts

Romans 1:5-12

1. Every Believer is to be a __________ for Jesus Christ throughout the world.

2. It is by __________ we are saved through ____________.

3. We are not saved by _____. After we are saved we are called to do good _____.

4. We are called to ______________ to Christ, His Ways, and His Word.

5. You can’t be the salt of the earth without both _________ and ____________.

6. The ________ are the ones who have received the _____ and have _________ appropriately—“What do you want of me Lord?”

7. The four features of the Parenthesis of Romans are:

a. The message is in accord with the _____________

b. The message is ____________

c. The message is to _____________

d. The message is to _____________

8. A person becomes a ________ when Jesus Christ becomes his Savior and Lord.

9. It’s not your character that makes you a saint; it’s your _____ in Jesus Christ, and making yourself His bond slave.

10. When the Apostle Paul combines the greetings Grace (Charis) and Peace (Shalom) he indicates that he is talking to both ______ and ________.

11. The Apostle Paul had long _________ lists and he _________ without ceasing.

12. The Apostle Paul loved the _______ of God and wanted to teach the _______ to the Roman believers.

13. The pulpit of the ____________ is the true witness stand.

14. The pulpit is truly a ___________ position to be standing in.

 
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Great News!  Would you like your child or grandchild to receive an A+ Christian education, but feel you just can't afford it?  Click here to learn more.

Website:  http://www.logosclassical.com/

 

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Our Church Service starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, followed by a time of fellowship.
     CH_ _ CH, What’s Missing? U R!  You’re Welcome!

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Sunday, September 20, 2015

September 20


TODAY, BONDS ARE TORN ASUNDER! AMEN’

 

WE CONTINUE TO LIFT  MICHELE; ASHLEY; MARILYN; OTHERS! up before the LORD.

 

We have been praying for the Molette family this week, as Carole Mollette lost her father this week due to a heart attack, on his way, taking her mother for a Dr’s visit.

I now share this thought provoking word from Carole’s husband and President of Newburgh Seminary and College of the Bible, Dr. Glenn Mollette. “Thank you for your prayers.”


…New Exit Polls Reveal - 100% Death Rate…


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Exit polls are conclusive. 100% of us will die. The way we die will vary somewhat, but die we will. Many people in the world will never vote, own a new house, drive a new car or eat in a nice restaurant. We all will experience death.

My father-in-law passed suddenly last week. On a routine Thursday morning he was taking my mother-in-law for a typical medical appointment and apparently had a heart attack while behind the wheel. He managed to pull off to the side of the road before he gasped and left the world with his wife in the passenger seat. The trauma of receiving a call from a stranger stating he was not responsive nor could a heart beat be found was very unexpected. He essentially did most of the same stuff we all did and we often estimated he had another twenty years. Again, it was proven there are never any guarantees when it comes to additional time on this planet.

I don't know how we totally prepare for death. Being at peace with God and man would be at the forefront. This is surely a day by day activity because we all have days where we certainly are not pleasing our creator 100%. We go through life fretting, miffed at people, thinking bad thoughts and sometimes even doing the wrong things. We fall out with people or people fall out with us and often these relationships only go further south and they are never repaired before death. As hard as it is to believe, nobody ever had a bad thing to say about my father-in-law. He never had anything bad to say about anybody. I asked one of the clerks at a small store in town if we could think of anything bad about him and we both agreed it would be impossible. I realize no one is perfect but it's nice when everyone speaks so highly of you. They didn't even do that about Jesus.

You also need to either pay for your funeral costs before you die, have insurance or have some cash set aside for your family. A moderate funeral including grave, marker, casket, etc could easily cost you $15,000. I said moderate. I suspect you could easily bump this up to $18,000 and of course you can always go higher or more extravagant.  I am also including the cost of placing an obituary in our regional paper. Can you believe it cost our family over $600 for an obituary???!!! This was one newspaper! No, newspapers do not run obituaries for free! There are all kinds of little hidden expenses when it comes to funerals. Be forewarned my friend and be prepared. Last weekend, a young couple we know lost two parents due to a motorcycle crash. I can only imagine the costs. I must hasten to say that the same funeral home who took care of my father-in-law also had two children from a family lost in a fire in our county.  We were told the funeral home was taking care of all the costs.

I realize there are lots of things to write about today. I could be writing about the big Republican debate and those candidates who are politically dying before our eyes. Most of them are trying to suck in a few more breathes of oxygen before they finally expire into political has-beens. However, after grieving with family and loved ones at the funeral home and graveside for the entire weekend I just couldn't really think of anything that seemed more important. 

Please give some thought about being prepared for exiting this life.

"It is appointed unto man once to die," Hebrews 9:27

Jesus is the only way. I am the way, the truth and the life.   John 14:6

If you are not saved turn from sin and open your life to Jesus. You don't have to beg him to save you. He will save you if you will sincerely call upon him.

"Romans 10:13 Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."


BIND US TOGETHER


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CHURCH HISTORY

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Acts 2:21

Romans 10:14

1. The __________ is the ______ of God and the final authority for faith and practice.

2. The Council of Trent (1545-1563) affirmed the apostate traditional Roman doctrines that justification is by faith plus works, the Seven __________ are channels of grace, the Lord’s _______ is a sacrifice, The Roman ________ is of equal authority with the Scriptures, and they proclaimed that the Apocryphal books were canonical.

3. The Counter-Reformation gave birth to an order of ________ called the Jesuits who were devoted to fighting Protestantism.

4. Jesuit missionaries spread ______________ doctrine to new lands.

5. The __________ was a published list of books that Catholics were forbidden to read. Included on that list was the ___________.

6. Many ______________ were controlled by the Roman Church.

7. The Spanish government led an expedition sponsored by the Roman Church on behalf of the Inquisition enforcing the laws of the church in both Spain and the ______________.

8. Multitudes of people were tortured, burned at the stake, killed, or forced to recant their protestant views for fear of death to themselves or their families by the ______ sponsored Inquisition.

9. During the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572 10,000 to 20,000 Protestants were _____________ for their faith.

10. Queen Mary Tudor of England, “_______ Mary”, executed _______ protestant pastors.

11. The ________ Armada set sail in 1588 to attempt to conquer England for Pope Sixtus V; they suffered an embarrassing defeat.

12. The _________ of the Spanish Armada aided Protestantism in ________ and the Netherlands.

13. In 1609 _________ was divided into two camps: Romanism and Protestantism.

14. The ___________ Year War was settled by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.

15. Lutheranism and Calvinism became _____________ religions and systematic persecution of the Protestants ended. God had preserved Protestantism from destruction.

16. After external attacks of war ended ___________ attacks began.

17. Some of the Protestant churches resorted to the same _____ that the Roman Church had used.

18. The Anabaptist wanted __________ of Church and State and taught that no church should enforce their beliefs on others.

19. The Anabaptists also rejected the thought that the church on earth was the Kingdom promised of God in the Old Testament and believed in the ________ Theocratic Kingdom on earth with Jesus Christ as King sitting on David’s throne.

20. The _____________________ were severely persecuted for their beliefs.

21. A fanatical Anabaptist group arose in Munster, Germany introducing the apostate teaching that ____ were God’s Kingdom on ________- which is contrary to Scripture.

22. The __________ of the Munster Movement were dictatorial and controlling.

 
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A VISIT TO THE ARIZONA TRAIL

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OPEN RANGE ON THE TRAIL- RUNNUNG FROM MEXICO TO UTAH

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The Bloomin’ Desert (ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL!)


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What A View From the Trail!

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Yellow & Purple Sage; Junipers, Mesquite, Cactus and wild flowers

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If you are one of our viewers of this week’s message we would love to hear from you.

Logos Christian Academy in Casa Grande

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Great News!  Would you like your child or grandchild to receive an A+ Christian education, but feel you just can't afford it?  Click here to learn more.

Website:  http://www.logosclassical.com/

 

You say you don't have school aged children, but would like to help?  You can, without costing you a cent. Click here, you may be an answer to someone’s prayer.  http://www.acsto.org/

Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization



A Reminder!!! Come visit us and learn the truth! 

Our Church Service starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, followed by a time of fellowship.
     CH_ _ CH, What’s Missing? U R!  You’re Welcome!

Continue to pray for us as we seek to serve the Lord here in Arizona.
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Sunday, September 13, 2015

September 13

THERE’S POWER IN THE BLOOD

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LIVING A SEPARATED LIFE

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After Church Fellowship Breakfast

At the Coolidge American Legion

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(Check answers below.)  NOTE! Filling in the blanks each week, could give a serious student of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible, an education equal to a Theological degree within two years.

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Living a Separated Life

Romans 1:1-5 and 1 Corinthians 11:1

1. We are told to follow ____ example as he follows Christ in 1 Corinthians 11:1.

2. We must make the __________ to separate ourselves unto the Lord and ask, “What do you want of me, Lord?”

3. When we know the ______ about who Jesus is we have one of two decisions: Deny Jesus, or Make Him _________ of Our Life __________ Him Fully.

4. The _________ wants our complete ___________________.

5. Being separated unto Christ brings us to a place where our ______________ are widened and enlarged, beyond the __________ horizons, all the way to eternity.

6. Man did not ________ the Gospel; it is _____________- Gospel.

7. The Resurrection didn’t make Jesus God’s _______; it revealed who Jesus truly is.

8. Jesus is _____________ Man and 100% ____________________.

9. The __________________________ of Jesus proves everything. (John 8:23)

10. We will all have to stand before _________ one day either as our Lord and Savior or before the Great White Throne to be judged. We can’t stand before Him in our _____ righteousness.

11. If you don’t know Jesus as your Lord and Savior you will be condemned in the Lake of ____.

12. No one could be __________ if it were not for God’s _____________.

13. Every believer is to be a ______________, sent forth with the message of Jesus Christ.

14. The Epistle of Romans opens and closes with a call to _________. (Romans 1:5; 16:19 & 26)

15. God saves by ________ through _______, and _________ He saves us He wants to talk with us about our obedience to Him.

16. If you have the new life in Christ you will seek to be _____________ to Jesus Christ.

 
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PRAISE THE LORD FOR ANSWERED PRAYER; A CHRISTIAN VICTORY! The Navy Exonerates Chaplain Wes Modder, Sets Precedent for Religious Freedom

The U.S. Navy exonerated decorated Chaplain Wes Modder last Friday, rejecting the attempt to relieve him from his duties, and eradicating the threat to end Chaplain Modder’s 20-year Navy career.


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Chaplain Lt. Commander Wes Modder
 
 

POINTS WE NEED TO PONDER!

Is The Church Becoming Only a Convenience?

 

One of the great tragedies of our day is that the church is no longer relevant with most Americans. Even those who consider themselves believers, church is becoming much more of a convenience than a conviction.

 

To a large extent it has become a social club where people gather with friends for a time of socializing, rather than a place of Bible study and Worship. With many it is little more than an entertainment center, where they can tap their feet to the beat of the drummer.

 

To others it's simply a place for weddings and funerals and special days for children. And to a large extent it's being supported by fish fries, bean suppers, coffee & donuts, and rummage sales, or what ever loose change someone may have in their pocket on Sunday morning.

 

Some people only go to church on special Holy days such as Easter and Christmas and even then rarely consider the worth of the church enough to put anything in the offering plate to help support it.

 

And the hypocrisy of it all is this! We complain to high heaven that the Supreme Court has taken prayer and Bible reading out of public schools and government buildings, changed the meaning of marriage and family, yet many who complain allow dust to accumulate on their own Bibles and rarely ever get down on their knees humbling themselves in prayer before God.

 

Here at The Community Christian Church, we offer church service at 9:30 AM, teaching God’s Word without compromise to all who will attend. We also offer Christian Counseling and Bible study   EVERYONE is welcome.

 

Many today moan and groan about the direction of our country and yet for some unimaginable reason we fail to see any correlation between the irrelevancy of the Church and the immorality of society.

 

In essence, the church, as salt, has all but lost its savor and our light is little more than a flicker. I'm afraid a lot of our convenience worshippers are in for a sad and rude awakening, with-in two seconds after they breathe their last breath, SORRY, BY THEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE! (ISAIAH 55:6)

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Read and Weep For Our Lord’s Church!

 

HERE IS A SCENARIO TAKING PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I Pray this scenario will NEVER be played out! But I’m afraid it’s on it’s way, and even now, it may already be here.

Sometime in the near future: - A Church Service PASTOR: "Will everyone please turn on their tablet, PC, iPad, smart phone, and Kindle Bibles to 1 Corinthians 13:13. And please switch on your Bluetooth to download the sermon."

P-a-u-s-e...... "Now, Let us pray committing this week into God's hands. Open your Apps, BBM, Twitter and Facebook, and chat with God"

 

S-i-l-e-n-c-e

 

"As we take our Sunday tithes and offerings, please have your credit and debit cards ready. You can log on to the church Wi-Fi using the password 'Lord909887. The ushers will circulate mobile card swipe machines among the worshipers:

 

A. Those who prefer to make electronic fund transfers are directed to computers and laptops at the rear of the church.

B. Those who prefer to use iPads can open them.

C. Those who prefer telephone banking, take out your cell phones to transfer your contributions to the church account."

 

The unholy atmosphere of the Church becomes truly electrified as ALL the smart phones, iPads, PCs and laptops beep, blink and flicker!

 

Final Blessing and Closing Announcements.

A. This week's ministry cell meetings will be held on the various Facebook group pages where the usual group chatting takes place. Please log in and don't miss out.

B. Thursday's Bible study will be held live on Skype at 1900hrs GMT. Please don't miss out.

C. You can follow your Pastor on Twitter this weekend for counseling and prayers. God bless and have a nice day.

The entire service took 14.00765 minutes. And JESUS WEPT…..

 

My Prayer: I pray the Rapture takes place BEFORE THIS BECOMES MORE OF A REALITY THAN IT IS; but never-the-less, Unless I am directed otherwise by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, I will continue on in the Old fashioned way!

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FOR SALE!

2007 Buick Lucerne, a good family car- 104,000 miles $7,000.00

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Call 520-723-2952 Ask for Pastor Bill or Kathy

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These  books are available at online through  Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.com, also check at your local book store.

Click on book covers for more information.
        
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Video files of our worship services are available on the Internet. This week’s viewings totaled  951 on God Tube TV and 578 on Sermon TV for a total of  1,529.  We pray that you were blessed by this week’s message and look forward to hearing from you.  To view the message click here for God Tube TV or here for Sermon TV.
If you are one of our viewers of this week’s message we would love to hear from you.

Logos Christian Academy in Casa Grande

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Great News!  Would you like your child or grandchild to receive an A+ Christian education, but feel you just can't afford it?  Click here to learn more.

Website:  http://www.logosclassical.com/

 

You say you don't have school aged children, but would like to help?  You can, without costing you a cent. Click here, you may be an answer to someone’s prayer.  http://www.acsto.org/

Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization



A Reminder!!! Come visit us and learn the truth! 

Our Church Service starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, followed by a time of fellowship.
     CH_ _ CH, What’s Missing? U R!  You’re Welcome!

Continue to pray for us as we seek to serve the Lord here in Arizona.
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