 Weekly Events
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,
“Drinking Deeply” “…through these you may be partakers of the divine nature…” (2 Pet.1:4). It appears to me that believer’s live way below the standard of living. Many nations have means of measuring the standard of living for their citizens. Individual governments use those standards to determine how to boost the quality of life for the people. Governments also compare their standard of living with the standards of other nations. God has a standard of living for His people. By His standard of living I do not just refer to the 10 commandments. I mean a standard of quality of life and awareness of Him. Jesus tells us that we can “know” things that, I am not certain, many Christian folk really know. For instance, Jesus tells His followers that, if we abide in His Word, we would, “…know the truth and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:31-32). He also said that His sheep would follow Him, “…for they know His voice” (Jn. 10:4). These and hundreds of other directives and promises are everywhere in the Scripture, but few Christians in the West seem to realize the level of freedom that Jesus said is theirs from abiding in the Word. Few know His voice, as evidenced by their constant wishing they could hear from God. Multitudes of believers cannot say they know they have eternal life and have no confidence in prayer because they can’t remember the last direct answer to prayer they experienced. Many don’t think in terms of the mind of Christ, but you will hear them referring to the mind they think they are losing. All of that being considered, the privilege remains for the believer to be “partakers of the divine nature.” Perhaps the biggest deterrent, to experiencing the “standard of living” God has designed for believers, is that they are “partakers” in too many other things. Perhaps His people are drinking deeply, but from the wrong standard of living. His standard of living beats any standard of living among all nation combined. There are people going hungry and living at the poverty level in the United States, but that need not be the case with God’s standard of living for His children. They that hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be satisfied (Mt. 5:6)! Those that diligently seek Him shall be rewarded (Heb.11:6)! Let us not forget that, while we are physically in the United States, our “born again” status has made us citizens of heaven—“…For our citizenship is in heaven…” (Phil 3:20). Let me see if I am getting this correct—“the standard of living of the United States or the standard of living of Heaven?” I think my final word is Duh! Drinking deeply from Him, Mike
“What Do You Think?” People get goofy ideas and live goofy ways. We sometimes giggle when people say, “that guy has goofy ideas” but truth is, “goofy ideas” wind up as “goofy practice” and that isn’t anything to giggle about. Goofy practice or behavior by the way affects not just the “goofy,” it affects everyone around them. I said that to simply say, what we really think about anything actually becomes the way we live life. Hence, what we believe about something or someone, including ourselves, has direct bearing on outcomes to how we live life. If elected officials for example, think the role of government is to house, feed, clothe, educate, heal, employ, and retire people, then those elected officials will legislate according to what they think and believe. Christians need to formulate everything they think and believe through a Biblical grid. If we do not cultivate our thinking from a Christ centered Biblical perspective, the alternatives are the embrace of a lie—which is precisely what our first human parents did in response to the serpent’s suggestion to them, “has God said” (Gen. 3:1)? What do you think? Mike
“Are You On Path?” Today at work, a vehicle came in with really bad windshield wipers, and the windshield was filthy. I had to ask the operator how he could see through such a filthy windshield. He said, "Who needs to be able to see, I know there's a road there, I just need to be able to feel the road." He was joking of course, but his statement can ring true in our spiritual lives. In our spiritual lives the truth is, there is a road there. We all have a road to navigate in our lives, but can we see it clearly or not? All of us have a lens or windshields we look through, this would be our lens of Truth or what we perceive as Truth. When our windshields are clean, (this is Truth) we can clearly see the path God has set out before us. But when life gets crazy and things seem to be falling apart, our windshield gets dirty and the road can become hard to see; so we try to feel the path & maybe are led astray (this is what we perceive as Truth). When our spiritual windshields get dirty, we need to have good windshield wipers, and know how to use them. What pray tell, are our windshield wipers? The Word of God (the Bible) and prayer. The Bible is the ultimate in Truth and when our windshield gets dirty from life, it will clear our lens and give us the ability to see clearly. "The Truth can set us free." And prayer of course, lets us focus on God so that we can then focus on the path set before us. Let's clean our windshields you crazy drivers! Blessings, |
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