EASTER.......

Easter is coming quickly! The church is all decked out with new bark, food collection bags have been distributed for a massive fill "Stuff the Truck" challenge, and we are exciting and praying for lives to moved and changed all for the Kingdom. So thankful for a God that is full of grace and mercy--aren't you? So many challenges for everyone this year, health, finances, family ties, employment strugges, relationship struggles, but God promises that he will always be there and will never leave us.

Hebrews 13:5-7

Continue Becoming Word Wise with us this year.....and create a habit, 29 days to create a habit and it will be something you will never leave from. We love you all.

Becoming Word Wise 2011 Word of the Year!!

So Vision night was amazing. A little something for everyone tons of fun!

But most of all the word of the year "Becoming Word Wise!" If you missed the services this weekend, please watch the video, here is the link: http://www.myfoursquarechurch.com/sermons/series/wayne-cordeiro/

We even watched again. What a challenge. Pastor Wayne, made everything so clear and direct. Just poured into my heart. I haven't been diligent on my daily devotions through 2010. January 1st I decided to do better and get on board, I have done ok, missed 3 days, but this is a first for me and I have to say I am really learning!!

There is so much God has in store for us in the Bible the living breathing word of God.

I hope you all will take the 21 day challenge that Roger challenged everyone to...21 days --daily devotions.

We have women's SOAP group Friday nights at 9pm at Cattins. We are working on adding another time during the week as well.

Partner with a spouse, friend or 2, us....share your SOAPing via emails....whatever it takes to get plugged in.

We are here for you, let us know if you would like to get together and we will meet up!!

Remember Roger's phrase, that is all so true, "Those without wisdom is dumb!"

Luke 11:28 "But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

God, forgive me for not being plugged into your word and committed to being plugged in. God I am devoting time daily to spend time in your word and will let it breath into my heart.
Thank you Jesus, Pennie

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Days are getting longer.....

Boy...It was nice to leave work the other day and have the daylight, still kind of be out. We have now passed the shortest day of the year and are moving towards the longer days of spring and summer. I know winter is still here with snow in the forcast, but that won't stop us.

We are excited for 2011 and what God has in store for all of you. It has been on our heart to be in the word more as a team and we will begin that soon. We challenge each and every one of you to be in the word daily. Roger said it perfectly this weekend, you don't have to completely understand it, but be in the word, reading the wording, breathing the word....it will make all the difference in your life.

God has challenged Aaron and I with that as well. We have not been as diligent as we should on our devotions and SOAP's. Can't look back, only forward and do differently. Wanting to become the best that God wants for our lives, we will be diving into the word and the daily read through everyday. Please watch her for blog posts about the daily SOAP.

If your struggling with SOAP's or devotions please email Aaron @ asaumski@gmail.com or Pennie @ saum1@msn.com. We will connect with you and help you through. Our team has some great resources for devotions and people on our team that can really help you get the most out of your SOAP.

Please be praying for Warren's Dad who during the Christmas break had to have surgery on his bad and just went back in for more surgery. We are praying for God's hand upon him and healing.

We are praying for provision over all of your lives this 2011, that you will be challenged to be tithers and offerers...that we will all, as a team, be challenged to be great stewards. The bible talks about tithing back in Genesis 14. Let's be spirit led givers--let's be disciples and impact our community and our nation for God.

Here are some scriptures about spirit led tithing.
Malachi 3:10- Bring all the tenth parts into the storehouse, that there may come to be food in my house; and test me out, please, in this respect,” Jehovah of armies has said, “whether I shall not open to YOU people the floodgates of the heavens and actually empty out upon YOU a blessing until there is no more want.

Luke 6:38- Practice giving, and people will give to YOU. They will pour into YOUR laps a fine measure, pressed down, shaken together and overflowing. For with the measure that YOU are measuring out, they will measure out to YOU in return.”

2 Corinthians 8:12- For if the readiness is there first, it is especially acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what a person does not have

2 Corinthians 9:7- Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

We are being challenged by God to be faithful all the time givers... Are you being moved??

Love in Christ!
Pennie and Aaron
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2011 Is here for the taking....

I was thinking about everyone I have talked to over the past couple of days and no one can believe that 20-11 is here already! Where did time go? What has happened? Don't blink because the next year will be here before we know it.

But something that Roger and God has really been challenging us to do, is DISCIPLESHIP!

Pastor Phil re-iterated that point in this weekends sermon with "The time is ALWAYS". Isn't that the truth, the time isn't NOW, it wasn't YESTERDAY, its ALWAYS. It's always--always time for sharing about God. Now when I talk to some people they are very nervous about talking to people about God, they are scared to be too "CHRISTIAN" to be in people's faces, to be a scary Christian who is turning people away from the church, away from God, but that's not the case. You don't have to be on a street corner, screaming and waving your bible around.

Talk to people, get to know them, what's going in their lives, what challenges or positives are they experiencing right now right here....ALWAYS. It's interesting to me how many people who are SEEKERS really just want to see and hear what God has done in someone's life. THE TIME IS ALWAYS....

Tonight had a conversation a good friend, this person made a comment that their circle of life right now doesn't really allow for discipleship, that this persons life is involved around church activities, bible studies, and people who are already christians or a part of a church....But I got to thinking think about all the places that you visit or experience in a week. Doctor's offices, schools, restaurants, Walmart, grocery stores, corner store, gas station, doctors offices, Facebook, email, old friends, family, and restaurants--and I am sure there are more places..... There are so many places to disciple...might not happen in a 5 min visit, but might after 5 weeks of 5 min visits.

THE TIME IS ALWAYS....

Just like our set-team....we have said since day one...everything we do with this team/small group is ALL FOR THE KINGDOM. That if one person comes to church just to see the set, that is all that matters, that is one soul who gets to hear the message of Jesus, the message of eternal life, and possibly saving one soul for the KINGdom. That is what matters its all worth it, if even for only one soul, one person, one seeker or believer.

SO THE TIME IS ALWAYS.....

I will close with point #4 from Phil today, Romans 11:29 -->

" for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. " What is God's gift on your life? What is God's calling on your life? Wether it be set team, greeting team, discipling, small groups, bible studies, maybe homeschool co-op, maybe talking to your favorite checker at Safeway about your church and your Jesus. Maybe its music, or crafting....whatever God's gift and call on your life, will never go away. The calling will always be on your life, but WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT GIFT or CALLING is your choice...I was challenged today to be sure that the gifts and talents that God has bestowed upon me is used to its maximum for the KINGdom of GOD.

God's blessing and grace upon you all this week! We can't wait to kick off this season and year 2011-of P4Square's Set and Stage Team!

Fellowship night starting Tuesday January 18th, 7pm in church lobby. Please bring snack to share, bring your bible, and your life journal!

Work takes more than one......

CityBlast 2010 was absolutely amazing...Impacting our community for the KINGdom!! What an amazing experience to be a part of! if you volunteered, prayed, attended the service and / or the evening show....everyone took a part that was a very important part of bring Christ to so many lives! Thank you to everyone for being part of someting so great!~

Devotion today....I want to share this with you all as it applies so well. None of us can do anything on our own and continue to do it well. I am extremely guilty of this and this reading today, really brought it all home--CityBlast never would have happened without MANY hands our sets never would happen without many hands....takes many hands to do God's work!

S:Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. "
"As you walk through life, remember that you're not supposed to do everything on your own. You need other people to walk alongside you, but you also need other people to work alongside you."
O:God put us on earth to do a certain work that only we can do. Ephesians says that God made us to do good works and that he planned in advance what we would live our lives doing. However, he didn't plan for us to do that work alone. We need people to work with us.
You know the feeling you get when you do too much work on your own. You get exhausted and burned out. Why? Because you're trying to do your work alone, while God never meant for you to go through life working alone.
God tells us in Ecclesiastes 4:9 that "two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together" (NCV). When you work as a team, you get so much more done. Plus, having good teammates alongside you is a whole lot more fun and less tiring!
Picture this: Individually, each of us is like a snowflake; on our own, we can't make a big difference. However, when one fragile snowflake sticks together with a lot of other snowflakes, they can stop traffic. Like snowflakes, we can make a big difference if we work together, each one of us doing only our small part.
A: As I walk through life, God didn't attend me to do it alone. I need other people to walk alongside me, but I also need other people to work alongside me. As I share the burden of my work with fellow Christians, I will actually accomplish more for the glory of God.
P: Lord God, I ask your forgiveness for not being a good steward of what you are expecting out of us. That we should not work alone, that we should not tackle life alone. That you want us to partner with others and do your work. God, I have not done a good job of sharing the burdens of work in so many areas of my life. Please work within me to do so and to fullfill your wants for my life, so that I may share your word and promises with others.

Stage setters......COMPLETE

Way to go team!! Way to pitch in for over 4 weeks....thank you to everyone! Great success....

many hands make light work! You all were amazing. I wanted to share this SOAP.


Suiting Up
by: John Tilton
Scripture
"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests." (Ephesians 6:13-18)
Observation
In sports and specifically football, it's called suiting up, where you would put on your shoulder pads, hip pads, knee pads and helmet in order to protect you when you come in heavy hitting contact with players on the opposing team. The point being that it wouldn't be if but when and how often you would come in contact with an opposing player and therefore protect yourself. It's all about protection in sports. However, in suiting up with the full armor of God, it goes far beyond in terms of suiting up in truth with honesty, righteousness in doing what is right, being ready and aware of good and evil, having faith in perseverance when facing challenges, remembering what Christ has done for us and therefore the Spirit that dwells within us to guide us; finally, the power of prayer. In life, we often suit up to protect ourselves, however, God suits us up to go beyond in winning the game and finishing the race as long as we are intentional on garnering and using the attributes that He offers us in truth, righteousness, readiness, faith, the Spirit and prayer. Suiting up in sports usually gives us a different appearance in our uniform and pads. Suiting up for God is a countenance of the Spirit of God that shines through us in our words, actions and peace that people will see in us.
Application
My desire is to remember and be diligent to suit up each day with God's word, prayer and an intentional plan to make God a part of my day in how I perceive things, process things and therefore respond. I want to protect myself for the hits that will come. More so, I want to suit up with the gifts God gives me to win the game and the race. When I suit up with the armor of God, I want people to clearly see that I am on God's team and that I can be an example running on the field of life toward to goal and end zone of finishing well.
PRAYER
Lord, I praise you and thank you for your Word that feeds me, teaches me, reminds me and armors me to do your will and be in your will; and also to win the race that I find myself in here in the world. May I be intentional in suiting up with the gifts from you that are mind for the receiving.

BE Two-Twelve

I got an email today that totally rocked my boat. BE Two-Twelve. As I dove into givemore.com I realized that they were selling some trademarked statements and ideas to challenge people.

They made an impact on me--that I just had to share on Facebook. The idea of 211 degrees F water is just hot, but at 212 degrees F water boils -- really took a hold.

The idea that boiling in all I do....discipleship, faith (differently as Chad discussed this week), family, life, work, in all we do....BE TWO-TWELVE, what a great concept!!

Yes they are selling the logo and design, but the idea and the impact can be heard all over the world. BE TWO-TWELVE!!

Being TWO-TWELVE is all over the Bible.....
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, verily, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
Philippians 1:9-10 And this I pray, that your love may abound (i.e., excel) still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; 11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (NET)
2 Corinthians 8:7 But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you—make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too. (NET)
1 Thessalonians 3:12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound (excel) in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you, 3:13 so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you may excel still more. (NASB)
1 Thessalonians 4:10 for indeed you do practice it (love) toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more (NASB)
1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. (NET)
Matthew 23:37-38 Jesus said to him, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

I am so excited about this -- going to use it in my life, with my children, with our small group... in all we do!!

I am going to BE TWO-TWELVE!--And I challenge you to do the same!!