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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,
“Mindful of You” “What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him” (Psalm 8:4). I have a mental picture of the shepherd boy David and the shepherd king David! The picture is of many a night overseeing his father’s sheep and gazing into the star-packed sky with the wonder of God’s world. I hold a picture of David living on the run from Saul and his army looking up at the same sky he viewed as a boy and thinking of the wonder of God’s ways. I have another picture of David as King of Israel gandering toward the heavens, seeing the moon and stars and the works of His God with him outside his tent thinking of the weight of war on him. The final picture I have is of this aged king getting a few last peeks at the stars he has marveled at since he was a little boy and now thinking of the worth of his live lived in worship of the One who created all that...and he declares what is man that you are mindful of him... Of all of God’s creative handiwork, man is the most mysterious, complex, and the only part of all that “fills His mind.” The Lord is Mind-full of you, Mike
“The Thanksgiving Offering” “And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it of your own free will” (Lev. 22:29). The making of offerings under the Old Covenant had no end. In general, offerings fell under three categories. Those three categories were: Imploring, Thanksgiving, and Atoning offerings. The Imploring offerings were designed for attaining Divine favor. Offerings of Thanksgiving were expressions for provisions received. Offerings for Atonement were made to propitiate or appease Divine wrath for sin. As is often the case with humanity, what is intended as good and holy can, and often does, become mere routine. At some junctures in Israel’s history, God tells His people, “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me...I have had enough of burnt offerings...I do not delight in the blood of bulls” (Isa. 1:11). Israel was going through the motion of required offerings, but their heart wasn’t in it. Their life with their God had become somewhat mindless and routine. The “Thanksgiving” offering was an offering of their “own free will.” Makes sense, doesn’t it? If required offerings can find mindless, perfunctory obedience, then non-required offerings of the thanksgiving variety can also be engaged in with perhaps even more dispassion. To a nation of people under pending judgment, the Lord speaks to Israel, “...these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me...” (Isa. 29:13). That is not a unique problem to Isaiah’s day because 700 years later, Jesus was quoting this same word from Isaiah to the Jewish people of His day (Mt. 15:8). Any people of any time run the risk of turning beautiful things into thoughtless habits. This happens with human relationships, as well as our relationship with God. This, no doubt, is the reason for thanksgiving. Remembering is an important element to thanksgiving. Remember is a key word to the book of Deuteronomy. God instructed Israel to remember things that He had done, so that they would not forget. But their history pointed out that “They did not remember His power; the day when He redeemed them from the enemy” (Psalm 78:42). Remembering the good people have done for us, and especially the goodness of God, creates the grounds from which thanksgiving springs. It is no wonder the apostle admonishes us to give thanks in everything, “...for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thess. 5:18). Without thanksgiving in a heart, bitterness and joylessness is not too far away. We have a choice whether or not to be thankful and thankfulness does need to come freely from our own heart. “It is a GOOD THING to give thanks unto the Lord” (Psa. 92:1). Mike Devotional"Communion Is Communing With"Weekly Comment – November 4, 2007 Christians call what they do with bread and grape juice – communion. One special man sent by the Lord whose name was Paul, called it The Greek word for communion is "Koinonia." It is translated into Let me invite you this morning to "partake" (another English word for Communing with Him, Mike DevotionalArchives Jan 2008 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 Apr 2008 May 2008 Jun 2008 |
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