Hello reviveSEATTLE 79+,
Happy Holidays and welcome to December! Hope you and yours had a beautiful thanksgiving. Will you please
consider joining us for the last scheduled prayer and
outreach time of 2013? It's been an incredible year and we want to give thanks for all that the Lord has done in our city. We will be convening on Capitol Hill this month, and then
going out in that area.
It's always fun to share around the Christmas season, so
many things go talk about or engage people in conversation about...stores are lit and houses are decorated...and while
not all is to the praise and Glory of the Lord, we still have the hope that can't be contained, so join us in sharing that hope and love across Capitol Hill. Isaiah 9:6-7 "For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on
and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this."
Details below, please note NEW MEETING TIME:
Join us at 12:00pm on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church to join them in prayer and share the Gospel on the hill. Please bring a light snack for the group with a Christmas theme as we’re going to share what God is doing there before we go out.
Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
www.capitolhillpres.org
1729 Harvard Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
Free Parking is available in the CHPC lot immediately (north) across the street from the church in their pay-to-parking lot.
Outreach Day Schedule:
12:00 PM – (Please note this is a new time.) Fellowship, have a cup of tea/coffee, and a bite to eat. News on Pastor James’ church and how we will serve & support their efforts to Revive Seattle.
12:30 PM – Prayer, Worship & Prep
1:30 PM – Hit the Streets to share the love of JESUS
3:30 PM – Meet back at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church to share testimonies. Please reach out to Buzz Leonard if you have any questions!
206.484.0032 (c) buzz@clsglobal.net
A Word from our Trainer - David Maddox
I believe the teaching of Jesus that is misquoted the most
often is his teaching on building your house on a rock that
it might be protected from the storms of life. Recently I
again heard it misquoted in a sermon when the Pastor used it to say that we should build our life on the rock – the
foundation of Jesus Christ. But that is not what Jesus said.
What He said was, “Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on a rock.” The fool, He went on to explain, is the one “who hears these words of mine and does not do them.” The wise man survives life’s worse storms. The fool is unable to survive the same storms which come on everyone (Matthew 7:24-27).
The distinction here is significant and is a key to making
disciples. Knowledge of the Word is to be desired, but in
obedience of the Word is found the key to life as a Believer
in a world which is not our home (John 17:14). We see this
early on in Jesus’ life as He responds to the devil’s
temptation by saying, “Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God”
(Matthew 4:4). We become what we eat. If we eat the Word it does not simply remain in our brain as knowledge, it gets down to our feet (as Henry Blackaby always said) and we walk it. Our final verses in the presentation of the Gospel say that if two things occur “you will be saved”. The first is “to confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord.” The second is to believe in your heart not simply your head. (Ephesians 10:9-10). Lordship means obedience and we must not forget that The Great Commission commands us to teach new Believers “to observe (obey) all that I have commanded you . . .” (Matthew 28:20). It is not enough to know, we must obey - and teach obedience.
Seeking like you to follow the Shepherd,
David
