Month: February 2018
Lenten Devotional – Day Four
50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room
Day 4 – Saturday, February 17, 2018
Today’s Assignment – Read John 14 and fill in the chart below:
- To whom is Jesus speaking?
- Why is Jesus saying what he is saying to them?
- How did Jesus’ disciples respond to what Jesus said?
Today’s Quote:“People all over the world are seeking comfort at this very moment. They long for peace in their hearts. Jesus alone can bring that comfort, and here He tells the basis for it: “ye believe in God, believe also in me.” – Dr. J. Vernon McGee
This Week’s Memory Verse: “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own”
– John 13:1
So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…
This weekend at Calvary Chapel, February 16th-18th, 2018 – New Series – “Thriving as a Believer in an Unbelieving World.”
Friday, February 16th, 2018
8:00 P.M – “In His Presence, All Church Prayer Meeting”
7:30 P.M. – DIVAS and CHAMPIONS dinner
8:00 P.M. – DIVAS and CHAMPIONS, program for young women and men ages 13-18 years of age.
Saturday, February 17th, 2018
9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. – Women of Influence Monthly Breakfast
Noon – 2:00 P.M. – No Tutoring for students of PS 44
Sunday, February 18th, 2018
9:00 A.M. – Worship Celebration – “Thriving as a Believer
in an Unbelieving World – Be Changed – 2 Peter 1:3-11″
10:15 A.M. – Angie’s Connection Café
Life Groups
Youth Life – Teens
THRIVE – Young Adults
BLAST – Adults
11:15 A.M. – Worship Celebration –”Thriving as a Believer
in an Unbelieving World – Be Changed – 2 Peter 1:3-11″
Our 11:15 A.M. Worship Service is streamed live at http://www.calvarychapelsi.org and facebook at @calvarychapelsi and is also carried live on 570AM The Mission and at http://www.wmca.com and http://www.iheartradio.com, beginning at 11:30 A.M.
Lenten Devotional – Day Three
50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room
Day 3 – Friday, February 16th, 2018
Today’s Assignment – Read John 13 and fill in the chart below:
- To whom is Jesus speaking?
- Why is Jesus saying what he is saying to them?
- How did Jesus’ disciples respond to what Jesus said?
Today’s Quote: “The new stage of the conflict between belief and unbelief is marked by a chronological reference to the main feast of the year and by relation to the progress of the program of Jesus’ life. John alludes to the nearness of the Passover as if to remind his reader that Jesus had been introduced by John the Baptist as the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world (1:29).”
– Dr. Merrill C Tenney
This Week’s Memory Verse: “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own”
– John 13:1
So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…
Lenten Devotional – Day Two
50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room
Day 2 – Thursday, February 15th, 2018
Today’s Assignment – Read John 13-17
- As you read, note the transitional phrases in John 13:1,
John 13:30, John 14:31 and John 17:1
- Write down any further questions that come to mind as you read.
Today’s Quote: “John 13-17 is our Lord’s “farewell message” to His beloved disciples, climaxing with His intercessory prayer for them and for us. Other farewell addresses in Scripture were delivered by Moses (Deut. 31-33), Joshua (Josh. 23-24), and Paul (Acts 20). However, Jesus added a significant “action section” to His message when He washed His disciples’ feet. It was an object lesson they would never forget.” – Dr. Warren Wiersbe
This Week’s Memory Verse: “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.”- John 13:1
So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…
Today…..
Today was a tough day for the students and familes of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Florida.
Today was an unimaginably painful day for those 17 families who lost their children to a crazed former student with an AR 15 military rifle.
It’s sickening. And right now, today, it must be about those who have suffered loss and those who have been traumatized including the first responders, cops, firefighters and ems personal.
You want to do something today? Please pray like it matters and like it works for these victims. Right now and tomorrow and the next day and day after that they are left with a hurt that is so raw and deep it feels like it will never heal.
Want this to never happen again? Today, pray that the Lord gives us a national revival that radically changes our hearts and the culture of this nation.
Today….God help us.
Lenten Devotional – Day One
50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room
Day 1 – Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
Today’s Assignment – Read John 13-17
- As you read, circle the names given for Jesus, for God the Father, and for the Holy Spirit.
- Write down questions that come to mind as you read.
Today’s Quote: “Beginning in chap.13, Jesus moved completely away from public ministry to private ministry with those who had received Him. Chapters 13–17 were spoken by Jesus as a farewell on the night of His betrayal and arrest to communicate His coming legacy to His followers (chaps. 13–16) and pray for them (chap. 17). The cross was only one day away.” – Dr. John MacArthur
This Week’s Memory Verse: “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.”- John 13:1
So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will….
The Litmus Test for Love
The Litmus Test for Love
Scientist are on the brink of making available a ground breaking test. According to the online newspaper The Daily Mail “A medical test to detect ‘true love’ will be available in by 2028” . Imagine that, a simple test to tell if you are really in love or not. California based neuroscientist Dr. Fred Nour says that “The painless test will work by detecting the presence of potent ‘love’ chemicals in the brain using an MRI-type scanner”. He goes on to say that “While most people will use the test for ‘fun’, others will use them to avoid marrying the wrong person or finding out if their relationship is worth the hassle.” (For the full article see : http://www.dailymail.co.uk /sciencetech/article-5386123/Test-reveal-youre-love-just-faking-it.html#ixzz575I8uYrn) Modern science, what will they come up with next?
In this crazy world we live in wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had a test that could determine if we still love our Lord or if we’ve lost that love? After all, we know that the Ephesus Church lost its first love and because of this Jesus says to them in Revelation 2:4 – “But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.” We also know via our Lord’s word’s that “….because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. (Matthew 24:12). Furthermore, Paul point us to us that during the perils last days people will be “lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,” (2 Timothy 3:4)
Jesus gives us a very simple test to determine if we actually love God and actually love Him. No, it’s not seeing if we have a gushy feeling when we speak their names. It’s not how many times we get to church or how much money we give. It’s not even wearing Jesus apparel or jewelry. Here’s the simple litmus test from the mouth of Jesus to us “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” (John 14:21). A verse later we hear Jesus again: “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me. (John 14:23–24)
It is so simple it is profound. I can’t say that I love the Lord unless I obey His commandments. It’s not ambiguous. It’s not hard to understand. The real test of my love for Him is my obedience to His commands. Obedience = I love Him. Disobedience = I don’t.
This week as we celebrate Valentine’s Day we don’t need to wait until 2028 to know if the Lord is the real love of our lives. We need only to ask ourselves if we are obeying Him. This is the real litmus test of our love. Nothing more md nothing less.
Pastor Dave Watson
This past Sunday’s service and sermon from Calvary Chapel with special guest speaker Pastor Marcial Miguel Hernandez from Marianao, Cuba plus “A Night to Shine” tribute
This weekend at Calvary Chapel – February 9th – 11th, 2018
Friday, February 9th, 2018
There will be no In His Presence of CHAMPIONS and DIVAS tonight due to “Night to Shine” at the Staaten. Please join us again next Friday night.
Saturday, February 10th, 2018
Noon – 2:00 P.M. – Tutoring for students of PS 44
Sunday, February 11th, 2018
9:00 A.M. – Worship Celebration – Pastor Marcial Miguel Hernandez from Marianao, Cuba
10:15 A.M. – Angie’s Connection Café
Life Groups
Youth Life – Teens
THRIVE – Young Adults
BLAST – Adults
11:15 A.M. – Worship Celebration- Pastor Marcial Miguel Hernandez from Marianao, Cuba
Registration for the Spring term of the New York Institute for Biblical Studies is now open. Classes began February 5th and 7th but it’s not to late to join us. Click on the link below to download our registration form and our class offerings or go yo http://www.nyibs.net
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