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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!"

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

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Sunday, February 4, 2018

February 4

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!

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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. 

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IS THERE A BIBLICAL PRESCRIPTION TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN? YES! ONE AND ONLY ONE. IT'S FOUND IN 2nd CHRONICLES 7:14; "IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS AND HEAL THEIR LAND." 


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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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IN LIFE STAY ON TRACK

LET THE LIGHT OF THE LORD SHINE THROUGH YOU


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PRAYER REQUESTS AND PRAISE REPORTS


PRAISE FOR:  Todd's father, Jack, who is home recovering.

PRAISE FOR:  Fred and Sandy's great granddaughter, Maddie, who is home from the hospital.

PRAISE FOR: Frankie, as she fell has no broken bones, and is recovering.

PRAY FOR: Eric for his work situation.  His eyes are getting better, but his ears are getting worse.  Please continue to pray.

PRAY FOR: Pastor Doug Beeks, as he has been in and out of the hospital for tests this week. 

PRAY: We would keep the pulpit of the Community Christian Church Sacred and free from the Profane.

PRAY FOR: Pastor Bill and the Leadership team of the Community Christian Church of Valley Farms to maintain a Separation between the Profane ( the Secular) and the Pure (the Spiritual) ; between the Holy and the Unholy; protecting the Sanctity and Purity of the Pulpit as the place where the TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD is PROCLAIMED! 

PRAY FOR: The ones in our church who are caught up in the sin of alcohol (drinking), and tobacco (smoking), that they would be released from Satan's snare.

PRAISE: For Assistant Pastor Todd, as he has been accepted into the Master's of Divinity program at Seminary.

PRAISE: For Fred, as he has been accepted into the Pastoral Leadership program at Seminary. As he now prepares for Ordination. 

PRAY FOR: Wisdom for our President and his joint chiefs as they consider North Korea and their NUCLEAR threat!

PRAISE THE LORD: For the His sure PRESCRIPTION for fixing any discouragement. It is The Lord Jesus, as He acts through our friends and loved ones-Thank you Lord for your love.

PRAY/PRAISE FOR CHUM:  Chum is able to take a break from treatment.  His CT scan came back good, it doesn't show cancer!  :)  And his Brain MRI shows the brain is stable.  :)  Thank God and Thank you all for your Prayers.  :)  We will surely take this good news, it was much needed.  Feels good to see him feel happy.  He has had such struggles.  He (We) needed this good news.  It gives him more strength to continue the fight.  :)  We are feeling very Blessed!  Thank you all!!  Love you!!

PRAISE Michele is doing fine.  Praise the Lord!

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: The True  Church of Jesus Christ (NOT THE MORMONS) TO NOT give in to the pressure from the world for Spiritual Correctness, ( that we would confront the make-believer who claims to be believers with the true 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 LORD JESUS CHRIST & 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 FOR: Our Church to continue in our Teaching God's Word Without Compromise. 

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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.       

“Israel Defined”
Romans 9:1-6

1.     In Romans 9:1 Paul is saying, “I speak the ____ in Christ; I do not ____, as God is my witness.

2.     Paul wrote this after being accused of being an _____ of his ____ people. (Acts 23:12)

3.     After his conversion on the Damascus Road, Paul longed for his ______ ____ to come to Christ, and to be able to know the Lord Jesus as he did.

4.     In Romans 9:2 Paul is expressing the anguish he was feeling about his ____ ______.  The more he loved them the more they hated him.

5.     In Romans 9:3 Paul is saying, “I want you, my kinsmen, to know, you too, might know Christ even as I know Him, even in your present condition.  You will be _______, as you will be _________, as I am, by the Holy Spirit.”

6.     We believe our Bible has been translated accurately, and Paul in Chapter 8 lets us know that ___________ can separate us from the _______ of God, which is in Christ Jesus.

7.     In Romans 9:4-5, Paul brings up the _________ issue and lists eight __________ God has given to the Israelites.

8.     The nation Israel was adopted by God.  Israel is the only nation God ever called, “____ _________”.  (Exodus 4:22; Deut. 7:6; Hosea 11:1)

9.     “The Glory” refers to the __________ _________ of ______ with Israel manifested in the tabernacle and the temple.  (Exodus 40:35)

10.  The children of Israel are the ____ _____ who ever have had the visible presence of God.

11. The Church today does not have the visible presence of God because God, the Holy Spirit, __________ in every ________ ______________.

12. God has made certain covenants with the _________ _________ that He intends to carry out. Many have already been carried out.

13.   To David, the king, God said the Lord Jesus would come from ________ line.  All this was fulfilled with the first coming of the Lord.

14.  The Mosaic Law was given to the __________ _______________.

15.  The service of God had to do with the __________ in the tabernacle and the temple.  They were the Temple priests.

16.  The tribe of _____ was given the responsibility of serving and caring for the Tabernacle.

17.  The Old Testament abounds with _____________ made to the Jewish people.

18. The Land of Palestine was given strictly to the ________ and for ___ _________.

19. The ___________ refers primarily to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

20.  Christ the Messiah came according to the flesh, He was born into a _________ family, and people knew Him as a _____________.

21.  “Christ the Messiah should be separated from the other seven features, because He is ___ ____________ in importance than ________ the others.

22.   Jesus was 100% man and yet 100% God.  He came to _______ the _____________.

23.  Matthew 5:16, “Let your _________ so ____________ before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

    SALVATIONNot only to Eternity in Heaven, but From Eternity in Hell! You MUST, first of all; 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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    Pastor’s 
    Corner
    BIBLE STUDY:

    As we get involved with attempting to read, or study our Bible, there are two very important viewpoints to be aware of, and ponder.  One consideration is to study the Bible mostly as an indictment of the human race.  In other words, as we are, sinful rebels, who are bent on finding life apart from God.  The other is to study scripture as an invitation from a loving God.  Yes, we are sinners who have turned away from our creator God and His design for our lives.  (Romans 3:23)  Yes, we’ve rebelled, but God longs to forgive and restore us, the main reason; so we can declare to the world His Story of rescue and renewal.  1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us of all unrighteousness.”  Amen’
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    WE LOVE TRUE TEACHERS OF THE WORD!

    CHUCK SWINDOLL, JERRY FALWELL, DAVID JEREMIAH, BILL PERRY, TIM LAHAYE, ERWIN LUTZER, SUSIE LARSON, GLENN MOLLETTE, KAY ARTHUR, ADRIAN ROGERS, ALBERT MOHLER, JOHN MACARTHUR, CHARLES STANLEY, ROBERT JEFFRESS...

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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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    We were blessed with a visit from Randy King sitting next to his mom, Carrie.

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    Praise the Lord, He continues to build His Church.

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    WITH THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD 
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    17 comments:

    1. Another good one Pastor Bill. It seems that I say the same thing each week, but I do want to say something of how we appreciate your teaching. It seems so practical the way you teach it, not hard to understand at all. You make us want to follow our leader. That would be our Lord Jesus Christ. Bless you.

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    2. Good evening. I'm doing OK. Not feeling well today.

      Thanks for checking.

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    3. Hi PB
      Good Word on being in God like ness - that opened the Holiness without which ...... hand and glove.

      Keep your light on and I will do the same up here in the land of the frozen.
      There are hungry people, I just haven't met enough of them yet! I know they are there or we wouldn't be called to reach them.

      God use you mightily.

      Thus saith the Lord - It is written - Have you not read - life changing thoughts.

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    4. Your teaching keeps us on our toes Pastor, please keep them coming.

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    5. As the sunshine continues to heat up the earth, the Word of the Lord keeps bringing us Truth. Blessings to you and yours.

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    6. Things are good here. Spring is in the air, feels good. How is Eric doing?

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    7. Hi beautiful picture. I am doing great here in Calif. lovely weather, busy here. Saw our daughter, she is flying today w American. Hope all is well w you both.

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    8. Good afternoon,
      What a nice surprise. Thanks. Yes, I am having a good day. Just got to work following a rheumatologist appointment. Got a very good report, praise God!
      Also, I found out late last night that dad's corotid artery surgery is today. He should be going at 1:15 PM.
      Hope you guys are having a great day!

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    9. Dad's out of surgery and in recovery. Doing fine! Praise God!

      Thanks again for your prayers.

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    10. Thanks — yes indeed, we are seeing a lot of snow this winter. Between Sunday and yesterday, we’ve probably picked up 2 feet or so. That’s the Adirondacks.

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    11. Just found out my daughter, Diane, has appendicitis and they will operate yet tonight. Would appreciate your prayers.

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    12. Oh no!
      We will be praying for her.

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    13. We will & have prayed.

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    14. Got it and going to prayer now.

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