“Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
(Matt. 11:28 NLT).

Rest from the burden of a small god. Why? Because I have found the Lord.

Rest from doing things my way. Why? Because the Lord is my Shepherd.

Rest from endless wants. Why? Because I shall not want.

Rest from weariness. Why? Because He makes me to lie down.

Rest from worry. Why? Because He leads me.

Rest from hopelessness. Why? Because He restores my soul.

Rest from guilt. Why? Because He leads me in the paths of righteousness.

Rest from arrogance. Why? Because of His name’s sake.

Rest from the valley of death. Why? Because He walks me through it.

Rest from the shadow of grief. Why? Because He guides me.

Rest from fear. Why? Because His presence comforts me.

Rest from loneliness. Why? Because He is with me.

Rest from shame. Why? Because He has prepared a place for me in the presence of my enemies.

Rest from my disappointments. Why? Because He anoints me.

Rest from envy. Why? Because my cup overflows.

Rest from doubt. Why? Because He follows me.

Rest fromhomesickness. Why? Because I will dwell in the house of my Lord forever.

excerpt from Max Lucado, Traveling Light

Psalm 121

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?

2 ______'s help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let ______'s foot slip—
He who watches over ______ will not slumber;

4 indeed, He who watches over ______
will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD watches over ______—
the LORD is ______'s shade at ______'s right hand;

6 The sun will not harm ______ by day,
nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD will keep ______ from all harm—
He will watch over ______'s life;

8 The LORD will watch over ______'s coming and going
both now and forevermore.

Amen.

click to listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ECUCPegEOQ

A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
Should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace
Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself in bringing you praise
Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame

In my heart, in my soul
I give you control
Consume me from the inside out
Let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out

Everlasting, your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring you praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out

-Hillsong United

Read this quote below & post a comment on what your initial reactions are after reading it =)

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The Christian way is different: harder, and easier.

Christ says, "Give me ALL. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I WANT YOU. I have not come to torture your natural self, but TO KILL IT.

No half-measures are any good.

I don't want to cutt off a branch here and a branch there. I want to have the whole tree down.
I don't want to drill the tooth, or crown it, or stop it, but to have it out.
Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you tihnk wicked--- the WHOLE outfit.

I will give you a new self instead.

In fact, I will give you MYSELF. MY OWN SHALL BECOME YOURS.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Hello all :)

Halloween Evangelism is fast approaching and it's time to GET READY

If you don't know already, Halloween is on Saturday, 10/31.

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This year, we are going to set up a table, open up the main entrance doors of the church, and share the Gospel by passing out tracts and candy.

We will also be showing a short video especially made for this Halloween that will be looping the entire time--- which also shares the Gospel message.

For those of you who weren't here last year, we were able to witness and share the Gospel with hundreds of people in the Sunnyside community. Almost everyone gladly accepted tracts, Gospel of John books, One Heartbeat Away, and of course, the candy.

With so many children, teens, and parents wandering the streets celebrating Halloween, we want to take this opportunity to witness and share the TRUTH to the lost and also to backsliding Christians. Our hope is that God will use us to plant seeds of TRUTH in their hearts so that they may come to know God and be SAVED.

And if any of you guys are nervous about sharing the Gospel--- don't be.
We will be trained and fully equipped this Sunday, 10/25
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In order to prepare for this night, we are going to do a 6 day prayer & fasting for the Halloween Evangelism.

Starts 10/24-10/30, THIS Saturday to the FRIDAY before Halloween.
* Please do NOT fast on the DAY of Halloween. We need you well fed and alert.

You can fast whole days or fast meals. It's up to you.

(You can fast physical FOOD--- but you can even fast something you just like a lot, like AIM or facebook)

Let Richard Teacher and I know what days you are going to fast so that we can pray for one another.

Alritey young people, let's get ready!

VICTORIOUS IN CHRIST,

Jane Teacher

Genesis 25-26
Hello. I hope you are all having a wonderful week. :)
I hope you guys are excited because we are now going to move on to Isaac and his two sons Jacob and Esau. Jacob and Esau are...interesting people. But things are going to get even more interesting...

Fill in the Blank!!

Chapter 25
When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. The first to come out was ___, and his whole body was like a _____________; so they named him Esau. After this, his brother came out, with his ____ grasping Esau's ____; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was _____ years old when Rebekah gave birth to them. (v.24-26)

Chapter 26
When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the _______, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the _______. They were a source of _____ to Isaac and Rebekah. (v.34-35)

Helloooo~ whats going on? :)

Just wanted to remind you guys that we are now going to stick with the book of Genesis for our weekly bible reading and the reading for Sunday Bible Study.

For this sunday we are reading Genesis 23-24

Some bible questions:
1. How old was Sarah when she died?
2. What is the name of Rebekah's brother?


*Extra Credit*?
3. How much did Abraham pay to buy Ephron's field?
4. What articles of gold did Abraham's servant give to Rebekah?


Have fun guys ^^