Welcome To The Chapel

Welcome To the Chapel

Pull up a seat, relax, sip some coffee…with all that’s going on in

the world…

The Middle East

DARFUR

We Know The World is Hard

But….

We also We also believe that believe that Jesus came…Jesus came…

To Give Us More Than Jewelry Options

I came so they can have realreal and eternaleternal life, more and better life than they ever

dreamed of.

John 10:10(MSG)

We want to take the next few moments to silently prepare to

meet with God this morning. We are here because of a Divine

appointment. We believe God has spectacular things planned

for all of us…

“I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what

I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.”

God to the prophet Jeremiah

“ …if my people, who are called by my name,

…will humble themselves and…

…pray and seek my face and turn from

their…

wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven

and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

God To King Solomon

As quoted in 2 Chronicles 7

The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God,

this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth

living.

It's our handle on what we

can't see.

The act of faith is what distinguished our

ancestors, set them above the crowd.

The Letter To The Hebrews

Chapter 11

Verses 1-2

I AM NOT

•my hair

•my car

•my jeans

•my songs

•my

writing

•my

house

•MY JOB

•My

Success

OR..

•My FAILURES

• My

MISTAKES

• My

RIGHTS

•My CHURCH

•My FAMILY

•My PAYCHECK

I AM….

•A Child of God

• Bought with a price through the

work of Jesus on the cross

“ What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master

Jesus!

Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we've been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for,

including a future in heaven—and the future starts now!

God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you'll have it all—life healed and

whole.

I Peter 1:3-5

So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to

receive the gift that's coming when Jesus arrives. Don't lazily

slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like

doing.

…You didn't know any better then; you do now…

As obedient children, let yourselves be

pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life,

a life energeticenergetic and blazing blazing with

holiness. God said, "I am holy;

you be holy."

You call out You call out to God for to God for

help and he help and he helps—he's a helps—he's a good Father good Father that way. that way.

But don't forget, he's also a But don't forget, he's also a responsible Father, and responsible Father, and won't let you get by with won't let you get by with

sloppy living.sloppy living.

Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It

cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life

you grew up in.

……He paid with He paid with Christ's sacred Christ's sacred

blood, you know. blood, you know.

He died like an He died like an unblemished, sacrificial unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no lamb. And this was no

afterthought.afterthought.

Even though it has only lately—at the end of the

ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to

do this for you.

It's because of this sacrificed Messiah,

whom God then raised from the dead and

glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a futurefuture in God.

Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is

not like your old life.

Your old birth came from mortal Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes sperm; your new birth comes

from God's living Word. Just think: from God's living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! a life conceived by God himself!

The Apostle Peter’s First LetterChapter 1

What You think you've

done

He’s

Waiting for you

now

“God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He's set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son

who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we

were doomed to keep repeating.”

The Apostle Paul to The Colossian Church

“You yourselves are a case study of what he does. At one time you all had your

backs turned to God,

…thinking rebellious thoughts of him, giving

him trouble every chance you got. But now, by

giving himself completely at the Cross, actually dying for you, Christ

brought you over to God's side and put your lives

together, whole and holy in his presence.

You don't walk away from a gift like that! You stay grounded and

steady in that bond of trust, constantly tuned in to the Message, careful not to be

distracted or diverted.

There is no other Message—just this one. Every creature under

heaven gets this same Message. I, Paul, am a messenger of this

Message.”

Colossians 1 :21-23

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