Back 2 School Bash
Kick back, let the kids run and enjoy an evening out with family and friends to kick off the school year.
Meeting @ the Hoppa’s home @ 2632 Parkview Ln, Menomonie
5-9:00 pm
Beth Moore Simulcast
One of the best Christian Speakers in the country at the best price you’ll ever see.
Please encourage the ladies in your life to come on out and connect with other ladies in the Menomonie Area.
You’ll be sure to be challenged and encouraged.
For more info please check out www.cedarbrookchurch.net
Sermon Series
Please join us as we look at some of the unlikely and likely unheard of people God uses
Each week we will explore the book of Judges to look at a new individual called by God to help
deliver His people from their oppressors, their captors and ultimately their sin…
Sunday mornings @ 1000 am
The coffee is always on early…see you there
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Text: Deuteronomy 1 Date: 2/15/10
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Scripture: Take time reading and allow God to speak to you. Look for a verse from the passage that particularly spoke to you and write it in your journal.
Deuteronomy 1:8-13 8 See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore he would give to your fathers– to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob– and to their descendants after them.” 9 At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone. 10 The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky. 11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised! 12 But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself? 13 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”
Observation: What do you think God is saying to you in this scripture? Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you and reveal Jesus to you. Paraphrase and write this scripture down in your own words in your journal.
Moses remembers how worn out he became trying to manage everything, every dispute, every problem, all direction, planning and vision, it all came from him. His father-in-law, Jethro rebuked him eventually. He exhorted him to select good men from among the families and teach them and train them in the laws and show them how to live so that they may help manage God’s people well (Ex 18:20).
If God’s law…the Ten Commandments, the rules and regulations for living were followed these people would stand out in the world around them. Then…“the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. 3 You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God” (Isaiah 62:2-3).
They were the instrument God was forming. They were His plan to draw the nations back. They were to point the way. They were instrumental in the salvation of all nations.
Application: Personalize what you have read, by asking yourself how it applies to your life right now. Write how this scripture can apply to you today.
We are at a critical place in our church community. We are accepting membership in our church and asking those who sign on as members to appoint leaders from among them who are qualified and willing to serve the people they are committed to.
One of the hopes we all have is growing as an influence in our community; growing to the point that we embrace a passion to joyfully display His supreme excellence in all spheres of life. I believe that the local church (with Christ as the head) is the hope of the world. When we manage things well in the church God is glorified in our community.
Prayer: This can be as simple as asking God to help you use this scripture, or it may be a greater insight on what He may be revealing to you. Remember, prayer is a two way conversation, so be sure to listen to what God has to say and journal about it.
Lord, help us to unite in the leadership of your people. Call those leaders, point them out to us, who desire to be a part of changing lives, our communities, and the world through the local church.
HIGH POINT
High Point is our midweek service for adults.
This summer we have slowed things down. We are having a BBQ (6:30) and then Bible study (7:00-8:00) on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and the 2nd and 4th wednesdays we are going to be engaged in community building exercises. We have several creative game nights and outings that will challenge and help us connect better with one another and our community. Kids, parents, singles, seniors, everyone is invited.
Watch the calendar on the right side of the home page for details each week…
New Perspective on Our Lives
My first Soap devo this morning…it was really fruitful. I hope some of you can share your reflections or experiences with with the Word also. I look forward to them…blessings.
Scripture: Take time reading and allow God to speak to you. Look for a verse from the passage that particularly spoke to you and write it in your journal.
Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 ”Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp 3 Pharaoh will think, `The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ 4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So the Israelites did this.
Observation: What do you think God is saying to you in this scripture? Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you and reveal Jesus to you. Paraphrase and write this scripture down in your own words in your journal.
Sometimes God allows things to happen to us and the primary purpose of those happenings is not to reveal Himself to us but to our adversaries, enemies, or neighbors. It is God’s primary purpose to fulfill His grand design. The world through His eyes would be more than we can comprehend. We experience the assault, the attack, the setback and it challenges our faith, forces us to “cry out” to God. That is how we see it; that is our summary of the experience through our eyes. But it is not God’s perspective. In this passage the stated intent was to reveal Himself to the Egyptians. Every plague taught the Israelites, but it also included the Egyptians. God was punishing the pride and hard-heartedness of Pharaoh; but at any time any Egyptian, steeped in idolatry, could have believed, covered their doorposts in the blood of a lamb and been spared the plague. I can’t help but think that there were Egyptians who were spared, who turned, who believed. It is a story of God reaching out ; expanding His presence and influence, using His people to accomplish His purposes.
Application: Personalize what you have read, by asking yourself how it applies to your life right now. Write how this scripture can apply to you today.
I think that we are all tempted to believe that the trials we face are more random than precisely planned.
This passage has challenged me to think outside of my life. It has challenged me to ask for knowledge concerning the bigger picture. It seems that only Moses knew, was privy to the bigger picture. He was the only one asking, talking to God on behalf of his people. I don’t want to respond like the simple uninformed masses. I want to meet with God in my adversities and understand all that He hopes to accomplish in and through my life and service. I want to be a willing participant not a reactionary uninvolved benefactor. I want to grow from a babe in Christ to a Servant of the Most High God.
Prayer: This can be as simple as asking God to help you use this scripture, or it may be a greater insight on what He may be revealing to you. Remember, prayer is a two way conversation, so be sure to listen to what God has to say and journal about it.
I think my application turned into my prayer. In this devotion it definitely encapsulates what I want to pray.
Heavenly Father, Please open my eyes to the potential involved in every relationship with the world around me. Help me begin to believe once again that You are involved in every aspect of our world. Help me remember the elusive reality that the world is not revolving around me, it is all about you and what you are doing.
