Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”
Sunday:
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Children's Church: Children under 12 only
Tuesday:
7:00 p.m. Taco Tuesday - Men's Bible Study
Wednesday:
6:30-7:30 p.m. Power Hour
Fellowship, Praise, Testimonies, and Powerful Prayer
Thursday:
Women's Small Group Bible Study
For more information, Contact Ami Rediske.
6:00 p.m. Prime Timers
For more information, Contact Kathy Kole
Trafficked Know More and Chaddah Dance CO. will be sharing a presentation at the Kenai Central High School Auditorium. This powerful dramatization will feature stories of human trafficking and freedom. this also serves as an introduction to the problems and solutions to this problem. Due to the nature of the message, parents are encouraged to be mindful of attendance by children. Tickets are available at the door for $10. For more information, contact Deb Denton.
Special guests Tim and Amy Pernie and the Chaddah Dance team will be joining us for our Sunday morning service. They will be sharing in testimony, dance, and the preaching of the Word.
Attn NKC Ladies (of all ages) and friends this is our once a month fellowship gathering that is just for you. Plan to bring a dish to share and get ready to have a great time! If you want to dress up - this month's theme is TROPICAL
Support The Compass as they work with the youth in our community! This event will be held at Peninsula Grace church in K-Beach. There will be food, a 10 gun and other raffles, inspiration, and more. Tickets are available online or at The Compass. Event tickets start at $60. For more information, stop by The Compass or visit: https://www.thecompassak.com/annual-benefit
Kairos is a powerful, intensive outreach program that takes place over several days in Wildwood. There are many opportunities to serve, everything from prayer support and baking cookies to in-person ministry. Show someone in one of the hardest places the compassion of Jesus' heart. For more information, contact Gus Flensburg.
Please fill out a connection card to make sure your prayer request is prayed for throughout the week. Connection cards are found right above the offering box in the main hall.
Are you new to our family, or have you been with us for a while and have new contact information? Either way, we have an easy way to help you get connected! You can fill out a physical connection card located above the tithe box, or you can fill one online here.
Gennaris Family: Compelled Ones
"Discipleship is at the heart of why we were called to Mozambique as a family in 2015! Our mission is to release peace wherever we are, go out and send others in the same way Jesus was by the Father, to allow the Holy Spirit to breathe on all we do, and extend forgiveness!" - Ian Gennari
Compelled Ones long-term vision is to see a movement of disciple-making disciples among the unreached people of Mozambique.
For more information about the Gennaris please go to: https://www.compelledones.org or Youtube: Compelled Ones Channel
God's Exchange Program
C. S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity, “The real test of being in the presence of God is that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object.” Then he concluded, “It is better to forget about yourself altogether.”
Jesus said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:23 NKJV). The word “deny” in the original language means to “repudiate,” “disdain,” “disown,” “forfeit,” and “totally disregard.”
So, if we are going to follow Jesus, then we need to deny ourselves. This simply means that we want His will more than our own.
What it doesn’t mean is that we must give up everything that we find enjoyable or pleasurable. It also doesn’t mean that we aren’t allowed to have fun anymore or that we must walk around wearing a somber expression all the time.
Let’s notice what Jesus said: “He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matthew 10:39 NKJV). If you deny yourself, then you will find life. It doesn’t mean that you will live a miserable existence.
Rather, you will live the most joyful, effective, powerful life possible, because essentially you exchange your life for God’s. You exchange your plans for His. And you say, “Not my will, but Yours, be done.”
That will bring you to the level of life as it was meant to be lived.
Will you have to give up anything? Yes, you will. You may have to give up a lot, in fact. But God’s Word assures us that whatever we give up for Him, He will give us something better in its place. That is because God’s plans for us are good. We have His word on it.
By: Greg Laurie - https://www.harvest.org - January 14, 2023