Annual Agape Fellowship
We are having a "LUAU"
Saturday, February 13 ast 6:00 p.m.
Who: Adults from college age to wise age
are invited, single or married
INVITE a friend of neighbor
EVENTS: Games, music, good fellowship and the "Marriage Game"
and Cake baking contest
Tickets: $10 deadline is Sunday, Feb. 7th
Call 860-567-3389 to make purchase tickets
Check out Pastor Don's blog
click on the link to the left.
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where you can watch or listen to recent worship services.
THE REWARD FOR OBEDIENCE (Psalm 19)
The key-words of this devotion are in Psalm 19:11- "In keeping them there is great reward." In this simple statement the psalmist tells us that there is a reward for obedience. Some of God's children are disobedient,(in fact,we all are at times);but when we obey Him the Lord promises us a "great reward". The reference is not primarily to future rewards which we shall receive at the Judgment Seat of Christ (2 Cor.5:10),but to rewards we will receive here and now. One day we must all appear before the Lord to be rewarded,or to suffer loss,according to the way we lived and laboured for Him (1 Cor.3:9-15),but Psalm 19 is speaking of a reward for obedience which is to be received and enjoyed here now. Notice the words "in" and "is";that means that in the actual process of doing God's will and keeping His commandments there is great reward.
I. SEVEN THINGS ABOUT THE COMMANDS OF THE LORD WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN HIS WORD,AND WHICH WE ARE TO KEEP. (VS:7-11)
II. WHAT ARE THE REWARDS GOD PROMISES TO THE MAN OR WOMAN WHO WILL KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS?
A. They are:
1. long live.
Can obedience affect one's lengths of days? Look up Deuteronomy 32:46,47;Proverbs 3:1,2. As a general principle,if we will seek to live in the will of God and obey His laws,then our days will be lengthened;but if we break His laws by living careless,intemperate,self-led lives,then our days may be shortened.
2. Protection.
There is a wonderful promise in Ecclesiastes 8:5-look it up! Does it mean that "nothing will go wrong" if we obey God? It means that Romans 8:28 will be fulfilled in our experience. Sorrow,trials and testings will come,but as they come from Him they will never be "evil",always "good". (Duet.23:5)
3. Gladness.
Read Nehemiah 8:13-17,and notice the last words in verse 17. The most joyful people in the world are those who are constantly seeking to keep God's commandments and please Him-look up 1 Chronicles 16:27,and compare Acts 2:41 and 6. Obey God and you will discover the secret of abiding joy.
More to come
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