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Greetings and welcome to this week’s fellowship.

The Spiritually Vigorous Saint
. . . that I may know Him . . . —Philippians 3:10
A saint is not to take the initiative toward self-realization, but toward knowing Jesus Christ. A spiritually vigorous saint never believes that his circumstances
simply happen at random, nor does he ever think of his life as being divided into the secular and the sacred. He sees every situation in which he finds himself
as the means of obtaining a greater knowledge of Jesus Christ, and he has an attitude of unrestrained abandon and total surrender about him. The Holy Spirit
is determined that we will have the realization of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives, and He will bring us back to the same point over and over again until we
do. Self-realization only leads to the glorification of good works, whereas a saint of God glorifies Jesus Christ through his good works. Whatever we may be
doing— even eating, drinking, or washing disciples’ feet— we have to take the initiative of realizing and recognizing Jesus Christ in it. Every phase of our life
has its counterpart in the life of Jesus. Our Lord realized His relationship to the Father even in the most menial task. “Jesus, knowing . . . that He had come
from God and was going to God, . . . took a towel . . . and began to wash the disciples’ feet . . .” ( John 13:3-5 ).

The aim of a spiritually vigorous saint is “that I may know Him . . .” Do I know Him where I am today? If not, I am failing Him. I am not here for self-realization, but
to know Jesus Christ. In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do
it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.

My Utmost For His Highest July 11, 2010, (http://utmost.org/ )


May His face shine upon you and be gracious and give you peace. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.



Christians around the world profess the Apostle’s Creed. We do so to join with others as a statement of our beliefs in God.

I believe in God, the Father, the Almighty,
The creator of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into Heaven,
And sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church,
The communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body and life everlasting.
Amen.



Let us lift up in prayer the following in the Name of Jesus:
Pray for those who are out preaching the gospel both here in the United States and all around the world. Please pray that the Word of the Lord will be brought
to those who have not heard it yet so that seeds of faith may be sown to bring glory to our Lord God. For the Gulf of Mexico~~that the Lord would work His
mighty hand in both the water and on the land, that the disaster would be cleaned up and the land restored, that there will be no great impact on the gas prices
and that jobs will be starting up again. Grover, Donna, Marcy, Stuart, Tiffany, Tommie, Shannon & Audrey & John & Karen,Lois & Kathleen,  Cathy, Marcy &
husband, Gwen, Alisa, Heidi P., Nancy June, Nanci, Dale P., David & daughter Sarah, Baily, Laura F. & daughter, Suzanne & Christian sisters,Jeff, Jerry,
Georgie & Wayne, Chad & Stephanie & son Ryder & daughter Everly, Dottie, Becky & family, Martha & Ray & family, Sue & family, Brenda & husband, Bruce,  
,  Donna Mae & husband & family, Carol H & family, Tracie, Luke,  Lorin & Oran & Margie, Toronto, Canada, Sandy & surgeon’s hands & friend Viola & mom &
Doug &Eva-Camille, Pastor Bob, Bethesda Ministries & Rev Daniel & family, Shona, Rev Robert & McKim Beacon Light Ministry, Black family health &
relationships, Mariyadass & friends, Ginny, Marilyn, Larry, Donna B., Nancy W. & Katie-Laken, Nancy A., Josh, Nancy W., Maggie, Lynda, Brittany & Madison &
Chris & family, Marcy B. & family, Michael, Erin, Deb & nephew’s family, Jaynne & husband, Geraldine, Addie & son, Jeni, Sandra & children & grandchildren,
Mrs. Libby, Aileen, Darrel, Shelly & Jamie & unborn child Rebecca, Bonnie, Cathy, Sarah & family, We pray for all who love the Lord that they will completely
abandon themselves to the Lord. We pray for those who do not know the Lord that they will come to the Lord and ask Him for His forgiveness and give their
lives to God. We pray that they will learn that only through Jesus can they find eternal life. Bill & Michelle, Don, Wanda & Jim & family, Nat & Marge & Julie,
Pastor Martin, Pastor John & The Aids Global Children Ministry, Pastor Samuel & Grace Christian Fellowship Church, Pastor Ruth & Kenyan Church, Pastor
Benjamin, Genie & Phil & family & friends & church, Pastor Patras & Eternal Gospel Assemblies of Pakistan, OJ, Pacheco, Hurley, Ben & family, Donna,
Tommie, Mark, Bill and Bev, Hyma & family, Glenn & Dee Dee, John & Sheeba & Berry, Katarina, Nancy & Dave, Emily & Joseph & Jamie & Kacie & family,
Prodigals to come back, Brandon, Open Heaven Ministries, Mary Ann & family, Knox and Laurie, Pegi & Paul& family, Danny, Ben & family, Shane & Sheri, for
those that are working to keep us safe and provide emergency services, Home Churches all over the world, Sanju & family & friends, for those who do not know
the Lord in their lives, prayer requests in groups, for those who kill through abortion, URTCT prayer requests, Pastors John & Irene and Beachside Church,
Joanna & Kaledia Health staff & patients, Vickie, Aoly, for those who have lost their jobs, Shay, Rev Rick & CASAS ministry & Thailand missions, Aspen & AJ,
for the children who suffer from disease or abuse, Brandon, CJ & mom April, Callie, Nathan & Erica, Anna & Craig & family, Andrea & Jason & Ian & Ava,
Barbara, Tanya, those suffering from cancer and mental illness, Michael, Middle East, Israel, peace in Jerusalem, Africa, India, Korea, United Kingdom,
homeless shelters, for marriage according to God’s way, for judges to not make laws, Brenda, Elaine & Tony, Elaine's dad and sister and family, Jeanine,
Amanda & mom & dad, Donna & Johnny & children, Susan, Beth & Eric & Isaiah & Alliyah & Addyson, Chrissy & JD & Noah & Ashton & Konner & Elle, Henry &
Monica & Isaiah & Branson, Nora & Chris & Ethan, John & Carol, Kim, Marie, Craig, Michael & Gina, Toni & Angel, Kevin & Ro, Monica, Sean & Wendy, Fran,
Bill, Mike, Shannon, Johnny & Jamie & Mikey, Becca & family, Kat, Emily, John & Cheryl & family, Kathy, for our families and friends, for those that are in
hospitals, nursing homes, care centers, Patt and Ron & family, Kathy & Joe, Scot & Fran, Caity & Jeff & Aiden & Tristan, Krissy, Renee & LA, Dwight & Brandy
& Savanah & Blake, Brenda, Sebastian, Kathryn, Suzette, Bobbi, Mike & Erin & family, for all those who loved ones have past on, Donna & family, Melissa &
Aaron & unborn child & family, Jeff & sons, Mary, Maureen & daughter Nicole & child, Sterling, Mary, Richard & Janet, Henry & Noreen, this church & ministry &
the journey, peace, Christians who are persecuted & killed, those who suffer with abuse, those needing the Lord’s salvation, our troops, around the world &
their families, for all those who have asked for prayers …(Your prayers and petitions)

We thank You Father for hearing our prayers spoken and unspoken. We know that You are the way to life. We believe that by following Your way
that when we ask of You, we will receive; that when we seek, we will find; and when we knock the door will open. So with faith we humbly ask You
to answer our prayers and grant our petitions and prayers according to the Father’s Will. We ask this in Jesus’ Name. Amen.


Readings

All your sons will be taught by the Lord, and great will be your children’s peace. Isaiah 54:13

Isaiah 51:1-8 (New International Version)
1 "Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness
      and who seek the LORD :
      Look to the rock from which you were cut
      and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2 look to Abraham, your father,
      and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
      When I called him he was but one,
      and I blessed him and made him many.
3 The LORD will surely comfort Zion
      and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
      He will make her deserts like Eden,
      her wastelands like the garden of the LORD.
      Joy and gladness will be found in her,
      thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
4 "Listen to Me, My people;
      hear Me, My nation:
      The law will go out from Me;
      My justice will become a light to the nations.
5 My righteousness draws near speedily,
      My salvation is on the way,
      and My arm will bring justice to the nations.
      The islands will look to Me
      and wait in hope for My arm.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
      look at the earth beneath;
      the heavens will vanish like smoke,
      the earth will wear out like a garment
      and its inhabitants die like flies.
      But My salvation will last forever,
      My righteousness will never fail.
7 "Hear Me, you who know what is right,
      you people who have My law in your hearts:
      Do not fear the reproach of men
      or be terrified by their insults.
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment;
      the worm will devour them like wool.
      But My righteousness will last forever,
      My salvation through all generations."

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the
Spirit what is contray to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want to do. But if you are led by the
Spirit, you are not under law. Galatians 5:16-18

Ephesians 2:1-10 (New International Version)
 1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the
ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at one time,
gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4But
because of His great love for us, God, Who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in
the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you
have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are
God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Jesus answered, “You are right in saying I AM a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.
Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me.” John 18:37

John 17:20-26 (New International Version)
20"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in Me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as
You are in Me and I AM in You. May they also be in Us so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. 22I have given them the glory that You
gave Me, that they may be one as We are One: 23I in them and You in Me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that You sent
Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me. 24"Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I AM, and to see My glory, the
glory You have given Me because You loved Me before the creation of the world. 25"Righteous Father, though the world does not know You, I know
You, and they know that You have sent Me. 26I have made You known to them, and will continue to make You known in order that the love You have
for Me may be in them and that I Myself may be in them."

“Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride
has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.) Revelations 19:
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Weekly Way

I Want To Know Christ

But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the
surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for Whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may
gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in
Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the
fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Philippians 3:7-11

Everyday is a new day, a day to grow closer in knowing God through our faith in Jesus. Everyday gives us a chance to open our hearts, our souls
and our minds to the Lord, that we might know Him more and more. Everything that is in our lives, it means nothing if we do not have the
righteousness of God that comes to us and is lived through us in our faith. Nothing profits us if we do not know God and if we do not share in the
life and death of Christ; we must purge ourselves of self and fill ourselves with Christ, sharing in His sufferings, becoming dead to sin, and through
faith in Him, attain our Salvation. For it is through grace that we have been saved, though faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the
gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:8-10). Nothing that we do can attain us God’s Salvation because our Salvation
was bought with the price of Jesus’ body and blood. Our Salvation has already happened. What we have to do is believe it and accept it. Believe
in the One that the Father has sent and thus being created by God to do good things, we do good towards others and fill our lives with the
knowledge and wisdom of God. We were created to worship God; it is hardwired into our beings, but alas far too many people have fallen prey to
the devil, having allowed him into their lives and allowing him control. They have hardened their hearts because the devil has told them that if we
believe in Christ we will lose our freedom to do whatever we want.

Far to often people want the easy way out, they want to seek pleasures that are not good for them or to overindulge in things and fall into the trap
that Satan sets. God allows us to make the choice for ourselves, to live in Him and through Him or to allow the devil to live in us and through us.
The difference is life and death. We have to make the choice in our lives to accept Jesus Who is the way, the truth and the life. There are only 2
choices for us, the way of life that is of God and the way of death that is of Satan. Simple choices really: God wants us to attain His righteousness
that will overcome all the impulses that are given to us by the devil. He will shower us with His blessings if we chose Him. Some think that God
should shower them with blessings no matter what, but they do not understand the kind of relationship that God wants of us. He wants to be with us
always, His Spirit wants to live in us, be on fire in us, so that we can attain His perfection. We cannot do this on our own, we have to give our lives
to God and let Him bring us to His perfection. In the story of the Rich Ruler who came to Christ to ask Him what must he do to inherit eternal life
Jesus answers: “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not
steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’” “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said. When Jesus
heard this, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in
heaven. Then come, follow Me.” When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth. Jesus looked at
him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus replied, “What is
impossible with men is possible with God.” Peter said to Him, “We have left all we had to follow You!” “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said
to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brother or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive
many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life (Luke 18:19-30).

How much have you done to show your love for God? Have you given your life and allowed God to fill you with His Spirit and live your life in the way
of the Lord? Or are you like this rich man, struggling to go through the narrow gate towards the righteousness of God? It is not possible for us to
attain our Salvation on our own; we need to know that God has already purchased our Salvation through His death on a cross. The ‘eye of the
needle’ refers to the small gate in the large gate at the entrance of a city. At night the large gate is shut for the night, but a smaller gate is there so
that a person can go find shelter and safety for the night but they cannot bring in their loaded camels. So they have to choose between leaving all
their riches outside and receive the protection that is offered with being inside the gate or to stay outside with their riches and not have the
protection afforded from being inside. That is how many people look at follow Christ. They are afraid to give everything up for God for they do not
want to lose the riches that they already have. But Jesus tells us that if we give up everything for God, we will receive much more in this lifetime and
in our eternal home.

But what are you holding on to? What is more important in your life than God? Is having a nice car more important than your Salvation? Is having a
nice house more important than your Salvation? Are having many toys to play with more important than knowing God in your life? Here is where
most people fail to understand about having a relationship with God. We have to know what is the most important thing in our lives, God or things?
We have to decide if we want to put God first or putting lots of things before God and not having the way of the Lord. Decisions, decisions,
decisions! Do we follow the way of the Lord or do we follow the way of the world that is where the devil roams around trying to steal you away from
the Lord? It should be so easy to just follow God but it is not. There are too many temptations from the devil in our lives. Too many things that have
slowed faded into our lives that are of the devil. Too many lives that are lived in sin because people don’t think they can be good and it’s easier to
live in sin. That is why Jesus talked about the narrow gate. “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that
leads to destruction, and many enter though it. But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it
(Matthew 7:13-14).

What are you scared of? Are you afraid of God seeing your sin? God already knows your sins and when Jesus died on the cross before you were
born, He knew what you would do, and by giving up His life for yours, for mine, He gave us a choice. It is up to you to choose God or to lead a life
full of things that are bringing about your destruction. We cannot work for our Salvation; it is already done in the Son. The light of Israel will
become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers (Isaiah 10:17). In a single day,
Jesus was brought forth and found guilty of our sins and in that same day He was nailed to the cross and died for our sins. And Christ, Who was
without sin, died so that we might attain eternal life. “I, even I, AM the Lord, and apart from Me there is no savior (Isaiah 43:11). Apart from
God, there is nothing that can save us. Nothing that we can do will save us from our sins. It is only when we turn to God and ask Him to forgive us of
our sins, it is only when we believe that Jesus is our Savior, it is only when we follow the way of the Lord, for He is the way, the truth and the life for
our lives. Only God saves, He saves us from ourselves and from the devil, IF we let Him. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was
crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). Let’s
read that again. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace
was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). Do you not see? Do you not know? By His wounds, His stripes, those whips
upon His back, those nails that pierced His hands and feet, the sword that pierced Him, Jesus took upon Himself “OUR TRANSGRESSIONS,
OUR SINS. Yet it was not the Lord’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer, and though the Lord makes His life a guilt offering, He
WILL SEE His Offspring (Isaiah 53:10). It was not the Lord’s will to die on the cross, it was the CHOICE He made for you and me. He chose to
give His life as a guilt offering. He chose to be the scapegoat. And we who know Him and choose to love Him and follow Him are His offspring.

This is the Lord’s covenant with us. That through His death and resurrection, we might choose to follow His covenant, His way for us. It’s all there
for us to read, should we choose to. What are you waiting for? He will not take away our Salvation, because it is done in the cross of Jesus. When
we willingly refuse to accept our Salvation, when we willingly refuse the cross, when we willingly refuse God, we take away our own way to eternal
life; God will not make you come to the cross, you have to do it. Is it worth it? You bet it is! “Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not
fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your
widowhood. For your Maker is your husband—the Lord Almighty is His Name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called
the God of all the earth” (Isaiah 54:4-5).

There is no shame in knowing God. The devil may lie to you and tell you that there is no God, but that is a lie. God is your husband and with Him
you are one. Remember in Genesis: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman’ for she was
taken out of man.” For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh
(Genesis 2:23-24). Man and woman become one flesh, no longer two individuals. Jesus reminded us about this marriage of man and woman in
Matthew 19:4-6: “Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that at the beginning the creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this
reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? Therefore what God has
joined together, let man not separate.” When we marry, we become one flesh, and when we decide to make God our spouse for eternal life, we
are one with Him. Our relationship with God is one like a marriage, a husband and wife, two becoming one. We have to grow with each other in
order to know one another. When we separate ourselves from God because of sin, it is akin to divorce. And God does not like divorce. God does
not want us to separate from Him and neither does He want us to separate in our marriages here on earth. God is a God of order and God
created marriage in the beginning. God wants us to be faithful to Him and faithful to the one we marry here on earth. God wants us to live a life that
is of oneness, a joining of two to become one. God wants us to live our lives with the same unconditional love that He has for us, He wants us to
have the same unconditional love for all people. I love Henry; he was given to me by God to be my soul mate, my other half. I am not whole without
him and he is not whole without me. It is the same with our relationship with God, but more so. Because we give our lives to God, we put Him first
and we honor and worship God by being one with Him in our relationship with God. “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those
who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I AM in You. May they
also be in us so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. I have given them the glory that You gave Me, that they many be
one as We are One. I in them and You in Me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that You sent Me and have
loved them even as You have loved Me” (John 17:20-23).

Can we completely understand what it is to be one with another? I think so. As I said earlier, we are hardwired for God. He is our Creator and He
put it in our makeup that we should seek Him. It is in our nature to desire a relationship with God. It is in choosing God first in our lives and putting
everything into His keeping, that brings us the oneness with God. Imagine living worry free! That is what it is like being one with God! Free from
worrying about all the things in life and trusting in God to take care of us. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not the life more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not
sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of
you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?…But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be
given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its
own (Matthew 6:25-34).

You are worth more to God than the birds and the lilies of the field. God does not want a one-way relationship. If you think that God should do for
you and you not do for Him, then that is selfishness. God allows the rain to fall and the sun to shine on both the righteous and the unrighteous. God
requires a ‘Covenant Relationship’ with us: an agreement between Him and us to be one. He has sent before you life and death.

Chose this day whom you will serve…but as for me and my house,                             
                                                                                                 we will serve the Lord.                                                                                                      
Joshua 23:15





        

The Lord’s Supper

(You will need bread (or unleavened bread) and wine (or grape juice) for the Lord’s Supper. Place bread in a bowl or platter and wine (grape juice) in
a wine glass or nice cup. Use the same bowl and glass each week, reserving it only for the Lord’s Supper out of reverence for the Lord. Place the
bread and wine on a table. You can stand or sit around the table. You can have candles if you would like.)

Whenever two or three are gathered there is God among them. Jesus tells us: “I tell you the truth, whoever hears My Word and believes Him Who
sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has
sent. I AM the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty. Therefore I tell you, whatever
you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand there praying, if you hold anything against anyone,
forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” As Your children, Father, teach us and let Your Word become for us, a living
part of our lives. Teach us to love one another and to forgive one another.

Lord have mercy on us, forgive us our sins.
Christ have mercy on us, teach us to forgive others.
Lord show us Your Way, Your Truth, and Your Life.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Repent and be baptized, every one of
you, in the Name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your
children. Devote yourselves to the apostle’s teachings and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.  

Father, before us sits bread and wine. Jesus said: I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life
in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is real food and my blood is real
drink. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

He always loved those who were His own in the world. When the time came for Him to be glorified by You, His heavenly Father, He showed the depth
of His love.
As Jesus and His disciples were reclined at the table, He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.”

And while they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, and giving a prayer of thanks to the Father, He broke it and gave it to His disciples, saying,
“Take and eat, this is My body given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way, He took the cup, again giving thanks to the Father and offered it to them, and they all drank from it. Jesus said to them, “Drink it, all
of you, this is My blood, which seals God’s covenant, My blood poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will never again drink this
wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in My Father’s Kingdom.”

Worthy is the Lamb, Who was slain,
To receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
And honor and glory and praise!

To Him Who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
Be praise and honor and glory and power,
Forever and ever!

And by His stripes we are healed!

Teach us, Father, that in celebrating this Supper given to us by Your Son, Jesus Christ, how we are to live our lives. The greatest should be like the
youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. And Jesus will confer on us a kingdom, just as You Father conferred one on Him, so that
we might eat and drink at His table in heaven. Teach us to live out our Salvation in the way we live our lives.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Communion (sharing {eat and drink} the body and blood)





Prayer after Communion
May the grace of Christ our Saviour,
And the Father’s boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit’s favor,
Rest upon us from above.

“Thus may we abide in union
With each other and the Lord,
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.
Amen. By Rev. John Newton, 1779


Lord’s Prayer (please join hands)

Our Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil. Amen.


Concluding

July 11, 2010 — by Cindy Hess Kasper
Read: James 1:19-27
Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only. —James 1:22
Bible in a year:
Psalms 1–3 & Acts 17:1-15
Just after we moved to a house in a new neighborhood, we invited my sister-in-law and her husband over for Sunday dinner. As we were greeting
Sue and Ted at the door, an odd noise directed their eyes toward the kitchen. As I followed their gaze, I froze in horror. An errant hose of our old
portable dishwasher was whipping about like the trunk of an angry elephant, spewing water everywhere!
Sue went into action mode. Dropping her purse, she was in the kitchen before me, shutting off the water and calling for towels and a mop. We spent
the first 15 minutes of their visit on our knees mopping the floor.
Sue is a doer—and the world is a better place because of the doers of the world. These are the people who are always ready to pitch in, to be
involved, and even to lead if necessary.
Many of the doers of the world are also doers of the Word. These are the followers of Jesus who have taken the challenge of James to heart: “Be
doers of the Word, and not hearers only” (1:22).
Are you doing all that you know God wants you to do? As you read God’s Word, put what you’ve learned into practice. First hear—then do. God’s
blessing comes as a result of our obedience (v.25).
We need to hear the Word of God
To know what we should do,
But listening is not enough
Without our follow-through. —Sper
The value of the Bible does not consist merely in knowing it, but in obeying it.             
            
From Our Daily Bread, July 11, 2010, http://www.odb.org/