Week of 12/11
Good afternoon WOL Family,
Last night Pastor Phil talked about intercession. According to Dictionary.com intercession is, "a prayer to God on behalf of another." This can be a prayer about anyone else but not yourself. I know how easy it is to go into prayer and pray for yourself and your situations but leave everyone else out of it. Intercession is specifically for someone else. The problem, it seems, is that in order to really intercede takes time and that is something that most people really don't have much of. This really needs to be a priority in our lives though. There was a book I came across in college which has recently come back to my mind. It is called Operation World. It is basically a listing of every country in the world with their specific people groups, religions, languages, economics, etc. Thanks to technology and the internet we now have operationworld.org. The country to pray for today (Thursday) happens to be the United States. According to a link off Operation World, Joshua Project, there are 63 (by my count) unreached people groups (where less than 2% of people are Christian) in the United States! That is amazing! Chris and I saw a presentation a little over a year ago about how the unreached of the world were coming to our doorsteps. I think that this confirms that report at least to a degree. This is a website I would encourage you to check out everyday (I have made it a second homepage for my computer) and intercede for a nation everyday. It is through our intercession that God will move and fulfill the Great Commission. There is nothing more important than the salvation of the World!
We have two things going on this next week here at the church. First is the Christmas party. The Christmas party will be Sunday afternoon at 5:00 here at the church. If you have not signed up for it and plan to attend please let me or Chris know ASAP (we need to know how many are coming for food). We are asking families or individuals to have a skit, dance, song, memory, or something else to share. This promises to be fun and we appreciate everyone that is willing to participate.
Second, we will be having Deborah's Co. on Tuesday the 13th at 6:00. Since Karen is out west ministering to the Indians (they had 10 or 20 saved on Sunday by the way) it will be led by Luzera Dennison. All ladies are invited to come.
This is a great time of year where we remember the birth of Jesus. His birth, however, always points us to the cross. It is for the cross that He was even born. As we have been talking about in Sunday school, it was God's original desire to fellowship with His creation and it is only through the cross that He can come back to that original intent.
Have a blessed and prosperous rest of your week. If we can be of service to you just give us a call or email. God Bless and remember to Bless God!
Pastor Doug
Last night Pastor Phil talked about intercession. According to Dictionary.com intercession is, "a prayer to God on behalf of another." This can be a prayer about anyone else but not yourself. I know how easy it is to go into prayer and pray for yourself and your situations but leave everyone else out of it. Intercession is specifically for someone else. The problem, it seems, is that in order to really intercede takes time and that is something that most people really don't have much of. This really needs to be a priority in our lives though. There was a book I came across in college which has recently come back to my mind. It is called Operation World. It is basically a listing of every country in the world with their specific people groups, religions, languages, economics, etc. Thanks to technology and the internet we now have operationworld.org. The country to pray for today (Thursday) happens to be the United States. According to a link off Operation World, Joshua Project, there are 63 (by my count) unreached people groups (where less than 2% of people are Christian) in the United States! That is amazing! Chris and I saw a presentation a little over a year ago about how the unreached of the world were coming to our doorsteps. I think that this confirms that report at least to a degree. This is a website I would encourage you to check out everyday (I have made it a second homepage for my computer) and intercede for a nation everyday. It is through our intercession that God will move and fulfill the Great Commission. There is nothing more important than the salvation of the World!
We have two things going on this next week here at the church. First is the Christmas party. The Christmas party will be Sunday afternoon at 5:00 here at the church. If you have not signed up for it and plan to attend please let me or Chris know ASAP (we need to know how many are coming for food). We are asking families or individuals to have a skit, dance, song, memory, or something else to share. This promises to be fun and we appreciate everyone that is willing to participate.
Second, we will be having Deborah's Co. on Tuesday the 13th at 6:00. Since Karen is out west ministering to the Indians (they had 10 or 20 saved on Sunday by the way) it will be led by Luzera Dennison. All ladies are invited to come.
This is a great time of year where we remember the birth of Jesus. His birth, however, always points us to the cross. It is for the cross that He was even born. As we have been talking about in Sunday school, it was God's original desire to fellowship with His creation and it is only through the cross that He can come back to that original intent.
Have a blessed and prosperous rest of your week. If we can be of service to you just give us a call or email. God Bless and remember to Bless God!
Pastor Doug
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