 Weekly Events
Saturday, March 6 @ 3 pm...at Christian Assembly Saturday, March 13 @ 9 am...at Christian Assembly Saturday, March 20 @ 9 am...at Christian Assembly
april events... "AWAKEN" YOUTH RETREAT - APRIL 9 & 10 (Laurel, MT) MEN'S RETREAT - APRIL 9-11 AT CAMP BIGHORN LADIES RETREAT - APRIL 23 & 24 at Christian Assembly
COMMUNITY GROUPS Mike McGovern Keith & Pennie Mobley Karl & Brenda Williams Chris Sims & Cindy Kaneta Jack & Ellisteen Smith David Wise Scot & Shelly Colwell Celebrate Recovery Water Baptisms take place the 2nd Wednesday of every month. The preceding Sunday, Pastor Scot teaches a Water Baptism class in the Prayer Room. Sign up sheet is at the Information Center.
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Welcome!We welcome you to Christian Assembly! Every week the staff prays that God would give us visitors to whom we would be a blessing. We want to help you feel right at home and our hope is that you would feel welcome to worship with us. It won't take you long to discover that this Church is truly a family. Our doors are open, as well as our hearts. We have a number of ministries that could well be of spiritual benefit to you. We would be honored to serve you in an ongoing way and would be equally blessed if Christian Assembly would become a place you could call your spiritual home. Please feel free to call the church at 406.721.6884 if you have any questions regarding Christian Assembly or if we may be of any assistance. In the service of the Savior,
“Healing In Christ” Did you know that God is a healer? In fact, He is the Healer! There is no healing that happens to people aside from God Himself willing it. That would include healings that come by way of medical science, because God is that science (knowledge). It would also include healings that take place automatically in the human body, because God created the self-correcting, healing immune system to perform that way. We know that God wills healing, because Jesus went about healing many with all sorts of infirmities. Jesus said, He always did “…the things that please Him (the Father)” John 8:29. We also know that healing is part of the atonement of Christ’s sacrifice because 700 B.C. Isaiah said, “the Man of sorrows” (Isa. 53:3) “…has borne our grief's and carried our sorrows…wounded for our transgressions…bruised for our iniquities and the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed” (Isa. 53:4-5). This is the Scripture that Matthew quoted from, as Jesus healed all who were sick (Mt. 8:16-17). Sometimes our experience(s) may challenge the truths spoken to us in Scripture, but our default must always be to what God said, not what we feel or may have experienced. He sent His Word and healed them (Psalm 107:20; Mt. 8:8, 13). Mike “Honest Inquiry” Honesty is required when studying the Bible. Honesty is also required when we preach it or communicate it to other people. I find a lot of dishonesty, however, with Christians when it comes to “…rightly dividing the word of truth” (2Tim. 2:15). By that, I don’t mean they deliberately lie; they just take liberties with Scripture that are not theirs to take. It is OK not to understand some things that are said in the Bible. The apostle Peter in reference to the epistles of Paul said there are “…some things hard to understand…” (2 Pet.3:16). What is not OK is to be flippant about and pretend to know what the Bible says, or be careless or reckless in our study of the Word of God. It is perfectly alright to say, “I don’t know” and then ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand. You may get an answer quickly and sometimes you’ll keep asking and looking for understanding for a long time, but the answer will come and it will be worth it. Honesty Inquiry Pays Off. Mike
“Did You Know?” In Oakland California in 1922, Amiee Semple McPherson was conducting some evangelistic ministry. While speaking, she spoke the words “Foursquare Gospel” for the first time. In context, she was referring to the four cardinal ministries of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Jesus came as Savior for people’s sin; He came as Baptizer with the Holy Spirit; He came as Healer of sickness and ultimately He will come again in glory as King of kings and Lord of lords. Jesus Christ is a perfect, complete Gospel for the body, soul, spirit and eternity. These truths of Jesus as Savior, Baptizer, Healer and coming King are represented in the symbols displayed in the stain glass at the front of the church. The Cross, the Dove, the Cup and the Crown represent His saving work on the Cross, the empowering ministry of His Holy Spirit, His nature to heal and His royal imperative for the future. Let’s enjoy the full Gospel! Mike
“The Foundation” “…Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne” (Psalm 97:2). Foundations are crucial to anything! Foundations for any individual must have a bare minimum of absolute values or that person’s life will be destructive in both relationships and business. People without mutually agreed on values are unpredictable, unreliable, and in general unprofitable in any endeavor. I remember the frustration that was mine over inconsistent and unreliable referees in basketball games. When referees had no bottom line absolutes on what was a foul “every time,” players would not have any means by which their play could be consistent, it resulted in inconsistent play, or said another way, we would play consistently inconsistent! We were frustrated and the coach was angry. God isn’t anything like that! The bedrock of who He is, remains righteousness and justice. God for example, cannot and will not wink at murder, whether in our estimation, it was justified or not. Murder is murder! Stealing is stealing! Righteousness is always constant with God, no guesswork involved. His justice is the same way. He could not and will not be judicious one way for the rich and another for the poor. You shall not “…testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice. You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute” (Ex. 23:3; Lev. 19:15).
We can trust and follow a God who is consistently the same. Mike
“Charity Never Faileth” (1 Cor. 13:8) Modern versions of this verse say “love never fails” and in modern speech that is a better defining of genuine love. But “Charity” is a beautiful word, not only in King James’ day (1611), but in Noah Webster’s day also (1828). His early dictionary of American English said charity in general is “that disposition of heart which inclines men to think favorable of their fellow men and do them good. In a theological sense, it includes supreme love to God and universal good will to men”—(Charity never faileth). But what of this charity that never faileth? It would appear that charity faileth a lot! What’s up with that! At altars in churches, synagogues, mosques and religious places all around the world, couples promise unfailing love in one way or another and in five years their love faileth. Why is this? Why does love fail? Once a year we have necessary fundraising banquets to stock coffers of ministries that exist to serve the poor and often homeless people. Once a year churches hand out thanksgiving baskets for the needy, but surely the needy don’t just have need once a year. Why is this? Why does love fail? Part of the answer can, in my estimation be understood by going back to the original King James translation of 1 Corinthians 13:8: “Charity never faileth.” Love fails because our concepts of love are flawed. Western ideas of love are so romanticized it is sickening. In the west, we fall in love! Unfortunately, many of those same folk that fall in love fall out of love as well. Dating in America has become good training for separation and divorce, because people have become used to having so many heartthrob boyfriends and girlfriends in their formative years. People have become skilled in the art of “dumping” relationships for someone else. Love fails because love is seen strictly as an emotion. In that case, love is not a whole lot different than anger—sometimes you got it and sometimes you don’t. Maybe we should re-adopt the word “charity” as a dominant word for love in our lives. “Charity never faileth” has a different ring to it. Charity, more than the word love, has more movement on it than what love has come to mean. Charity has less feeling to it and more action. So I suggest we exercise charity toward one another from now on—maybe that way we will show charity everyday, instead of a couple times a year. I charity you – (Now that sounds strange!) Mike Homepage |
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