Song Of Solomon

This past Sunday we looked at the book "Song of Solomon". It marks the 3rd and final book of Solomon as well as the 5th and final book of poetry. Solomon recounts the story of his marriage as well as him meeting his Beloved, their dating, and their engagement period. The story found in the book of "Song of Solomon" is a romantic story filled with verses of love and romance. You can see from Solomon and his wife's words that they deeply loved each other.
Don't Forget, this Friday at 6pm is the World's Largest Ice Cream Sundae. It will be awesome and amazing, and then more awesome again. If you havent pre-registered, don't worry about it, we take sign-ups at the door and everyone is welcome.

Evidence of Christianity

From time to time people ask me if I have messages available to download and listen to off the internet. The answer is yes, and no. Currently we are unable to record messages in the Junior High room, (but soon we will be able to) so my messages are scattered on different websites or on random CDs in my office. So periodically I will add messages, to listen, simply click on the title of the message and it will start playing. Or you can right-click and save the link to your computer for later listening of putting it on an Ipod or Zune.

Sad? Pray. Happy? Pray.

In James 5:13-16 James talks about prayer. We looked at when we should pray, and we saw that we should pray all the time, in the sad times and in the happy times. We also looked at 4 different types of prayer: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication. Next week we will be looking at the final verses of James. Exciting times.

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Philippians

Many people have been asking me, what series are you doing after James? Excellent Question, we are looking at the book of Philippians. The next series is called "Life in Perspective" as we continue from our James series titled "Life in Motion". An over-arching concept of James is to have Joy and to Rejoice in times of trial and circumstances. Sometimes we miss that in life, we view life in such a bad life and whine about circumstances, but in this letter by Paul we will study what it means to be joyful in times of heartache.

Ecclesiastes

Wow, I have been working all day on the secret event for next month. It's going to be awesome. We are going to anounce all the information soon, but not just yet... But get ready, it will be announced at the World's Largest Ice Cream Sundae event, so make sure to come and fill up on some ice cream and hear whats coming up!

This past Sunday we talked about the book of Ecclesiastes. Meaningless, Meaningless, Meaningless. Solomon says this word a bunch. Solomon tells us that with his life he sought after money and wisdom and power and when he reached the end of his life, it was meaningless, that when you are dead you can't take it with you. Kinda like the saying, "He who dies with the most stuff still dies". So Solomon shares his life experience with us and tells us that we shouldn't live for wordly things, as they will pass, but in our youth we should worship God. That is the only thing we are taking to Heaven, our relationship with Him. So take Solomon's wisdom and focus on God.

World's Largest Balloon Fiesta

Awesome awesome event. Make sure to check out the photos!

Patience

So last night we looked at James 5 verses 7-12. We saw how we should patiently be waiting for Jesus' return. I shared how much i hate waiting in line. To be honest i have thought about auditioning for American Idol. I can't sing at all, I'm pretty out of tune, cracks in my voice, and sound worse than a latenight cat, but I am the only person I know that knows the lyrics to "Its the End of the World" by REM. So i figured i would sing that just for fun. But i won't for a few reasons, but mainly because i would never wait in the line. The photo to the left is part of the line for American Idol. But James calls us to wait patiently for Jesus' return. Just as the farmer is patient for his crops, we need to be patient. We also sw how we shouldn't grumble against people or point fingers and say, "He did it" or "Not my fault!" Because God is the final Judge and He has all knowledge and we can't trick Him. So whenever we do something, we should know that no part of it will be hidden, even our thoughts, because God will judge for all actions and thoughts. So as we wait for Him we should live upright lives and be excited when He comes to judge. If we have been living upright lives, then judgement is a good thing.