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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!"

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"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

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Sunday, August 20, 2017

August 20

SALVATION IS IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE. SO IT MATTERS WHAT YOU BELIEVE. IT MATTERS WHERE YOU WILL AWAKEN FIVE SECONDS AFTER YOU TAKE YOUR FINAL BREATH. THAT IS TRULY OUR CONCERN FOR YOU. IT'S YOUR CHOICE AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, WE WANT TO HELP YOU MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE!

PLEASE JOIN US SUNDAYS AT 9:30 A.M. HERE IN VALLEY FARMS, AND BE A PART OF OUR MINISTRY OUTREACH, AS WE BROADCAST THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH OUT THE WORLD, WITH MORE THAN 2,100 WEEKLY VIEWS. OR, YOU MAY WANT TO TUNE IN FOR TODAYS MESSAGE, VIA OUR WORLD WIDE WEB CHANNELS, JUST CLICK ON THE GOD TUBE CHANNEL, OR SERMON-NET CHANNEL AND BE A VITAL PART OF THIS MINISTRY.

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COMMENT FROM AN INTERNET CONTRIBUTOR: "HEY PASTOR BILL, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE AN AGENDA WHEN YOU PREACH!"  

YOU BET I DO!  (BUT ONLY ONE!) To teach the Truth! To teach that all roads do not lead to Heaven. Only the narrow road, that leads to repentance! Through Obedience to following Jesus Christ as Lord. All other roads lead to hell and destruction (John 8:32).
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WHY REACH OUT AND MINISTER TO MEN?

  • When a child is reached for Christ, 3.5% of the family will follow.
  • When a mother is reached for Christ, 17% of her family will follow.
  • When a father is reached for Christ, 93% of his family will follow.  (Per the Heritage Foundation)
  • THE LORD S CALLING FAITHFUL MEN TO LEAD THEIR FAMILIES!

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THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF OUR FAITH



YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE HEAVEN UNLESS YOU ARE BORN AGAIN


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PRAYER REQUESTS AND PRAISE REPORTS

PRAY FOR: My friend Pastor Doug Beeks who had a heart attack this past week. 

PRAY FOR: Ron Reece, Jerry's Dad, who is dying of cancer in Colorado.

PRAY FOR:  Jerry as he makes the trip to and from Colorado.

PRAISE FOR:  Pastor Bill as his recovery from broken ribs is going well.

PRAISE THE LORD FOR: The monsoon rain that has extinguished most of our wild fires in Arizona.

PRAISE: The sure Rx for fixing discouragement is The Lord Jesus, as He acts through our friends and loved ones-Thank you Lord for your love.

PRAY FOR OUR FRIEND TODD:  

PRAY FOR CHUM:   Thank you for the continued prayers.  Chum is still struggling to keep hydrated. He had to go in Friday to get fluids. He is set for a different chemo treatment on Tuesday. We should be praying he starts being able to eat and take in enough fluids. The family is thanking you very much.



CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR MICHELE:  Michele is healing well from her surgery.  We are thanking God for that.
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PRAY FOR: The many in Arizona, in and around Valley Farms who are trapped in the ungodly cult of Mormonism and have turned their back on the true Jesus, and there-fore are not saved, and are on their way to HELL!

PRAY FOR ERIC: He sent us this update.  "I'm not sure if the medicine is really working.  If it is, it's working very slowly.  I'm going to schedule a visual test in the upcoming weeks to see if anything has changed.  I ordered a hearing aid that can be configured based on my last auditory exam.  I thank everyone for their prayers."

PRAY FOR:  Tyler's family.  Tuesday night Indian Nation lost a fellow Indian. Will you say a prayer for the Cooke family?

PRAY FOR: The Universal Church  TO NOT give in to the pressure from the world for Spiritual Correctness, ( and we would confront the make-believer who claims to be believers with the Gospel of Jesus Christ),. the Lord has not given a License to Sin! 

PRAY FOR:  OUR PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT,  THEY NEED THE LORD'S HELP!!  

PRAY THAT: All who are attending the Community Christian Church, as well as all who have ever attended- The Lord Jesus knows who you are, and He knows your needs. We pray that He will meet your every need. If your need is Salvation, and you have not yet accepted the Lord's invitation to join His family of believers by being born again, I pray that today will be the day you make that decision..

PRAY THAT: All who know Jesus as Lord and Savior would start to live as if they do, and  will be willing to pay the one debt we owe for our Salvation; that is the debt of LOVE (Romans 13:8)! 

PRAY THAT:  All men who are called into the pastorate would see the need to study to gain advanced Training into a deeper and broader  understanding of the HolBible (2 Timothy 2:15)

PRAY FOR: Pastor Bill as he teaches God's Word (1 Timothy 2:2). Also that the congregation would encourage him, and continue to love and encourage one another ( John 13:34).

PRAY FORThe Community Christian Church's' 20 years of service  to Teaching God's Word Without Compromise coming up in November 2017
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FILL IN THE BLANKS!

(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.       

“You Must Be Born Again”
Romans 8:7-13

1.     The ________ _________ of a born again believer is if he or she is indwelt with God the Holy Spirit.

2.     As believers each one of us is a ______ ___________.

3.     If Christ is in you, the body, the old nature, is _______ because of sin.

4.     We are to present __________ that we are to the Lord.  (Romans 12:1)

5.     Whatever He has called you to do, He will _________ you the resources and the ability to do. (Philippians 4:13)

6.     If you’re not sure that Christ is _____ you, this should be treated as He is _______.  This is too important to ignore.

7.     Unless the Rapture takes place in our lifetime our bodies will be put in the ________ one day.

8.     The Holy Spirit is our _________ that we will be given new bodies and that we will be raised from the dead.

9.     We are not to live according to the _________ nature.  (Romans 7:18)

10.  God ______________ man: body, mind and spirit.

11.   When man sinned his ________ ______ and became __________ from God. (Gen. 2:17)

12.  After Adam ate the fruit he lived several hundred years physically, but spiritually he died _________________.

13.Regeneration means you and I are turned right side up again.  We are born again __________________ and we have a nature that wants to serve God.

14. To love and stay close to Christ is the _______________ thing.

15. Satisfying the ______ nature has plunged our community, our state, our nation, and our world into the grossest of immoralities.

16.As children of God, we owe _________________ to God.

17. If you are honest with the Lord Jesus Christ, He _____ and _______ forgive and remove your sin.

     Admit You Are a Sinner in Need of a Savior:

    •James 2:10 “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles on one (point), he has become guilty of all.”

    •Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

    •Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

    Accept God’s Love through the/Sacrifice in His Son Jesus
    •Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

    Turn to God in Repentance
    •Acts 20:21 “I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.”

    Trust the Fullness Jesus Christ!
    •Romans 10:9 “…if you confess with your mouth Jesus as  Lord,  and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved;

    •Romans 10:13 “For whoever calls on the Name of the Lord shall be saved.”

    •Romans 10:14 “How then shall they call on Him Who they have not believed?  And how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard?  And how shall they hear without a preacher?

    •Romans 10:17 “So then Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

    •Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek Me (God) and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.”

    It may not be easy to give up your old sinful ways, and turn in faith to Jesus Christ; but it is the only way to  SALVATION,  AND IT IS WORTH IT! 

     CALL UPON (THE FULLNESS OF) THE NAME OF JESUS AND YOU WILL BE SAVED!
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    WE LOVE TRUE TEACHERS OF THE WORD!

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    AS A PASTOR I AM ADMONISHED BY GOD TO INFORM ALL OF THE DANGERS

    BEWARE!     BEWARE!     BEWARE!  DANGER!  

    BEWARE OF THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES, 

    THE WORD OF FAITH!

              REMEMBER; SATAN MISS-USED SCRIPTURE!

    JOEL OSTEEN, KENNETH HAGIN, KENNETH COPLAND, JOYCE MEYER, BENNY HINN, PAT ROBERTSON, FRED K. C. PRICE, ROBERT TILTON, MARILYN HICKLEY, DAVID CHO, DENNIS LEONARD, JERRY SAVELLE, PAUL AND JAN CROUCH, T.D. JAKES, JIMMY SWAGGART, PAULA WHITE...

                       "BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS/TEACHERS" -- MATTHEW 7:13
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    7 comments:

    1. Another great teaching on Romans- on how to conduct ourselves in this world as a believer. Thank you

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    2. Gene Lapaz- North ManitobaAugust 21, 2017 at 4:39 AM

      How hard should we push back on our "Old Nature?" I hear the Apostle Paul saying "Back away from our old nature, and embrace our NEW NATURE, who loves the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the way, wants to be fed by The Holy Spirit.

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    3. Ellen from New JerseyAugust 21, 2017 at 4:42 AM

      Hers to my old nature-may I always keep seeking the Lord as my Saver, as my Teacher.

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    4. Joseph and Martha from MexicoAugust 21, 2017 at 3:59 PM

      Hello Pastor Bill
      I hope you are doing better

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    5. Joseph and Martha from MexicoAugust 21, 2017 at 6:40 PM

      We are doing fine We are living in Texas now.

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    6. Jake- A Canadian friend!August 21, 2017 at 6:59 PM

      Good message- how are you doing with your ribs, you are in our prayers. We are getting preparing for cooler weather- Lord Bless

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    7. Hello PB
      Is our door open .... that is the question ... I pray that it is for all who claim it.

      Remember that old chorus: Make Me What I Ought to Be... God is more than able to do all things through us of we would but 'let' this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.

      Adam and Eve's immediate death is the need for rebirth.

      Many disagree with the statement that they are not born in the image of Christ - but if we were, why the need to be born again. Romans 8:3 speaks to that but I seldom hear it taught today.

      Good word and straight to the point PB,
      Thank You

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