It’s Easter Week. The week we celebrate our Savior. The week we remember His sacrifice on the cross for our sins. The week we remember His mighty triumph over sin and death. With Easter upon us, I’ve been contemplating the Resurrection.
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We all long to have deep, meaningful, and God-honoring relationships with other women, don’t we? Having good relationships is so important for every aspect of our lives. Sometimes, it’s not as easy as we’d like. Sometimes, we could use a little help! GREAT NEWS!
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I decided to keep my thoughts short and sweet. I simply wanted to share with you the truth that God has been encouraging me with these past few months. You can find it in one of my favorite Bible passages — Psalm 139. Much of the Psalm is dedicated to the fact that we cannot escape from God’s presence. In fact, verse seven says just that: “I can NEVER escape from Your Spirit! I can NEVER get away from your presence!”
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“Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:1
The New Testament is full of commands to “practice hospitality” so Krista and I have been striving to meet and show hospitality to our neighbors. God has given us opportunities to have four of our eight surrounding neighbors over for a meal in the past year. At Christmas time, one of our neighbors (who we had over for dinner a year ago), gave us a gift and card. In the card they wrote, “Merry Christmas to our best neighbors ever!” I was simultaneously encouraged and saddened by that. I was encouraged that they appreciated our hospitality so much. But, then I thought, “We just had you over for dinner once!”. We’ve talked to our neighbors when we have seen them outside, but “best neighbor ever”?! The hospitality bar is indeed low, but God can use us, Church.
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“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” Romans 15:4
This past week I had two dear friends die. It was a rough week for many of us who loved them. I felt a bit shaken and found myself waking up at night trying to get my head around the fact that these dear ones with whom I had enjoyed fellowship, laugher, and labor for Jesus with were now… gone. I prayed for their families and talked to God about how I was feeling.
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This past Friday (February 12), we had a Cookie Exchange for our newfound Ladies Night for our Salt Lake City location (Every second Friday of the month!) It was encouraging to see women meeting new women, breaking down walls, and building community. It was a success to say the least, especially if you measure success in number of cookies exchanged.
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We don’t know a lot about Bezalel. He isn’t one of the main Bible characters that we think about and he isn’t often taught about in church. I imagine he was a seemingly average guy to most people and that is what intrigues me about God’s incredible call on his life.
After Israel was set free from Egypt and the Lord was instructing Moses (we are told about this in Exodus 35:30b-33), we read — “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel… and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.” The Lord called Bezalel by name to build the Altar, the Ark of the Covenant, and all other sorts of beautiful artifacts that were crucially important to the Jews.
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Are you a leader at The Rock Church? Are you interested in hearing some amazing (and very relevant) teachings about spiritual gifts? If you answered “yes” to those questions, have we got a morning planned for you! Plan on joining us on Saturday, February 20 (Draper location) at 9:00 a.m. We will spend time worshiping, praying and listening to some very practical messages from John Meyer (our Mountains West Regional Leader) about spiritual gifts in the church and in our lives as well. All are welcome — leaders are expected.
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Jesus was quite serious about the love and sacrifice we should have towards one another as Christians. In John 13:34-35 He says, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”
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The stories of the Old Testament can sometimes be unfamiliar to us as Christians. It says in Romans 15:4, “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” But, like this verse in Romans states, they were written to instruct us.
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