 Weekly Events
May's Events May 9 - Last meeting for Awana...back on schedule in September May 13 - Happy Mother's Day! Teen Challenge will have potted flowers available to purchase for mothers. May 19 @ 9 am - Men's Breakfast/Fellowship May 29 after 2nd Service - Youth BBQ - Fundraiser for Youth and Youth Camps! May 24 @ 5 pm - Free Food! Stop by and get groceries May 25 - Teen Challenge Banquet at Hilton Garden Inn! Call 549-1912 for tickets and more information May 28 - Memorial Day Church offices closed May 28 - June 31 Foursquare Connection in Phoenix, ArizonaCOMMUNITY GROUPS Mike McGovern & Jerry White Keith & Pennie Mobley Aimee Baskett & Chris Sims Scot & Shelly Colwell Celebrate Recovery
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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,
What Compelling Love Does! We say with the apostle, the “love of Christ compels us” (2 Cor. 5:14). “The very spring of our actions is the love of Christ,” is the way scholar JB Phillips translates this verse. That obviously speaks to the motivation of our lives that goes counter to a motivation of fear and guilt. The apostle continues and says this compelling love of Christ is for transformation. This radical change in us, this transformation is not without costs—Christ died…so do we (2 Cor. 2:14)! Those who live should live no longer for themselves (2 Cor. 2:15). It is a nice sentiment to preach that the love of Christ compels, but no one will be convinced of that if there is no compelling evidence of “no longer living for ourselves,” or for that matter, evidence of how we perceive (see) others—“…we regard no one according to the flesh” (2 Cor. 2:16). The apostle finishes this portion by not only We don’t live for ourselves; we live for Him and the message of reconciliation!
What Story Is Being Written In Your Life? "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new...Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new" (2 Cor. 5:17) NKJV-CEV! If your life was a novel, where in the book would you be currently? Most will think of their age, but that should not be the case. We have all heard the stories of some people in their 20's that have several children from different spouses, have been in jail, and are unemployed, who believe their life is essentially over. Conversely, we have heard stories of someone starting a business in their Social Security retirement years and have turned it into an international food chain. So what story is being written in your life? Some things cannot change regarding our story! Unless I develop some significant osteoarthritis (which is not on my bucket list), I will remain in the 6' 5" altitude zone, and there will be no change to my race, color, ethnicity, gender (well...you know what I mean). Jeremiah said, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots?" (Jer.13:23) The answer is no! The rest of that verse states that those accustomed to doing evil cannot all of a suddenly start doing good. Some things just cannot change!" For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will" (Rom.8:7) NLT. Some things not only can't change, they seem to follow people as well, like reputation or their record. I know people who are 60 years old and something is on their record from when they were 18 years of age. A person who has ever gone bankrupt knows that file is with them a long time, as is one's military discharge or employment history. One thing for certain, a story is being written! Is your life a war story, horror story, troubled or difficult story, sad or regretful story, or wish-it-never-happened story, or an up and down inconsistent story? Is your story one of you-are-glad-you-are-here, one of hope and blessing, one of victory in spite of trials and war? Whatever your story reads, like today, think of it as a chapter that is building the plot introducing new facets that will become clearer as the book continues forward. Because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, something commenced in all His children that is of Him. In fact, the Apostle Paul says you can be "...confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6). Speaking more literally about a book, let's speak about the author. The apostle in another place says,"...we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them" (Eph.2:10). The Greek work translated workmanship here is where our English word "poem" comes from. The New Living Translation renders it "masterpiece!" The verb that "we should walk in" is a tense of verb that has continuing action. In other words, His poem being written in us isn't finished yet. However your story reads now it is just one chapter. You are the main character, because God is the author of you and it is a good story line He started in you...let Him finish the masterpiece! Here is a thought...everyone you know is reading your story and the circulation is growing! Mike Homepage |
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