Western Hills Christian Church: “You are family here!”

Crosswire and Ekhos will be performing in Lawton, OK on the 23rd of January,2010.

Location: 1007 SW “F” Avenue (Across from Mt. Scott Feed)

When: 23 January, 2010

Time:  Doors open at 6:00 pm

For more information call: 695-8000

Donations accepted

Ephesians 5:1-2
1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

See also: Romans 12:1-2

"Remember. O my soul, the fig tree was charged, not with bearing noxious fruit, but no fruit."
~Thomas Fuller

Matthew 21:18-19
18Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the tree withered.

John 15:1-8
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples

At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.

Daniel 9:23

"For you are beloved."  Could there be any words from God more welcome than these?  Daniel was in exile in Babylon as a result of his nation’s utter defeat by the Babylonians.  He desperately wanted to make sense of his circumstances.  So he did what he had done so many times before: he prayed.  God immediately dispatched the angel Gabriel.  Gabriel revealed that God had sent him to Daniel at the beginning of his supplications.  God did not even wait for Daniel for finish his prayer.  Why? Because God loved Daniel greatly.  What a marvelous testimony!  There had been times when Daniel’s love for God had been put to the test.  Now, when Daniel was in need, God was quick to respond in love to him.

God wants to answer the prayers for those whose hearts are completely His (2nd Chronicles 16:9).  God can accurately orient you to the events of your day.  Media, public opinion, and political leaders cannot tell you the truth of your circumstances.  Only God can.  God loves you and will speak to you in His time.  His answer may come immediately as it did in Daniel’s case, or it may be delayed, but it will come (Daniel 10:13).  If it seems as though everything is crumbling around you, and you wonder why you do not see God’s activity, take comfort in knowing that you are loved in heaven.  If you are genuinely seeking God’s answers, you can go to your Father confidently with your questions, He will respond to you in love (Luke 11:13-15).

Henry and Richard Blackaby
Experiencing God Day-by-Day