WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 6/3/2012

Praise the Lord people of God, in the word we are encouraged to Give God praise in ALL things, so let's do it! This Sunday I will be preaching from the Book of Matthew and here is the text...

TEXT: Matthew 4:1-11 (NLT)
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil.
2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
3 During that time the devil[a] came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,‘People do not live by bread alone,
    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,‘He will order his angels to protect you.
And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.”
7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.”
8 Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.”
11 Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  Temptations that come and tips for making it through a wilderness experience.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let's teach our children to look for God to help when trouble comes or things don't go well.

JUNE MEMORY VERSE: . Philippians 4:19
"...And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (NKJV)

RESPONSIVE READING: 608 A Psalm of Trust

Bless you people of God and let's continue to lift each other up in prayer and know that I thank God for you.

In Christian love and service,

Pastor W.C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 5/27/2012

Praise the Lord Saints! Last weekend was a powerful time in the Lord. Congratulations to the Men's Ministry for a job well done. I thank God for each of you that worked to make it happen, and a special "thanks" to the women that were so supportive. God truly blessed us. This Sunday I will be preaching from the Book of Exodus and here is the text...

TEXT: Exodus 32:1-7
1 When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”
2 So Aaron said, “Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
3 All the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron.
4 Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
5 Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, “Tomorrow will be a festival to the Lord!”
6 The people got up early the next morning to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, they celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.
7 The Lord told Moses, “Quick! Go down the mountain! Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  The danger of impatience to the Christian.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let's begin to develop a spirit of patience in our children.

MAY MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 7:7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. (New Living Translation)

RESPONSIVE READING: 589 Growing in Grace
 
Bless you people of God. Let's continue to lift each other up in prayer.

In Christian love and service,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 5/20/2012

Greetings people of God. It is with great excitement and anticipation that I look forward to this weekend's Men of Zion Annual celebration. A full schedule of events can be found on the website under adult ministries. In the morning service I will be preaching from the Men's Day Scripture in the Book of Psalms. Here is the text...

TEXT: Psalm 45:16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land. (NIV)

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:   Preparing our young men to live out the plan that God has for their lives.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let's teach our children that God has a plan for each of their lives and some ways that a child can start moving toward that plan.

MAY MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 7:7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. (New Living Translation)

RESPONSIVE READING: 576: Training in the Christian Home
 
I am grateful and  encouraged by those of you that show such great commitment to God and to the ministry of His church. We are steadily moving toward our God inspired Vision, and with your support and God's help, we will get there. Bless you.

Yours in Christian Love and Service,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 5/13/2012

All glory and honor to God, who so richly deserves it.  Be encouraged today, because our God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, so let the church say "AMEN."  This Sunday to glorify Him and honor mothers, I'm heading back to the Old Testament Book of Exodus. Here is the text...

Exodus 2:1-10
1 About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months.
3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.
4 The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.
5 Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.
6 When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said.
7 Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked.
8 “Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.
9 “Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.
10 Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:   "Mother's being used as instruments of God"

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let's teach our children the importance of appreciating and biblical imperative to honor their mothers.

MAY MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 7:7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. (New Living Translation)

RESPONSIVE READING: 613: The Ideal Mother
 
NOTE: I want to remind you that the Friday Night Worship (May 18th) that is part of the Men's Day Weekend celebration is not just for men--you are encouraged to come out, participate, and be supportive.

PS: I thought we had a powerful and Spirit filled worship service last Sunday, thank you to all that contributed to making it so, and a special thank you to God who met us there. Bless you.

Yours in Christian Love and service
Bless you,

Pastor W.C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 5/6/2012

Praise God saints! This is a day that the Lord has made, rejoice! I say rejoice! And be glad in it. This Sunday our preaching text will again be from John's Gospel this time regarding a strange disappearance Jesus, his followers searching for Him, and the lesson he taught them when they found Him.  Here is the text...

John 6:22-35
22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.
23 Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten.
24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him.
25 They found him on the other side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs.
27 But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man[a] can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”
28 They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”
29 Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
30 They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do?
31 After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
32 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses didn’t give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven.
33 The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “give us that bread every day.”
35 Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
 
WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:   "Our search to find God"

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let's teach our children to see God beyond what he can do for us, but also a God that is with us, and has expectations of us.

MAY MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 7:7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. (New Living Translation)

RESPONSIVE READING: 566: The Pre-existence of Jesus
 
I pray for you people of God, as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, let's continue to pray for each other  as we learn to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ. For as the apostle Paul said: "if we don't love others, we are as a noisy gong or clanging symbol"

Yours in Christian Love and service
Bless you,

Pastor W.C. Hill