Just a Closer Walk

How would people describe you? Would they say you are kind, trust-worthy, and generous, or would they describe you as self-serving, angry, and unreliable? If you long for a greater sense of nearness and intimacy, you may find it surprising to learn that it all begins with surrendering yourself. Please join us this Sunday as we talk about how to grow in our love for others and for our heavenly Father.


Scripture: John 15:1-8

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”


Hymns

“All Hail the Power”
“I Surrender All”
“Just a Closer Walk”


Renewing Reflections

It is our prayer that Renewing Reflections will be a blessing in your life this coming week. This quote is taken from the sermon Shine! delivered on Christian Crusaders February 24, 2008:

Go on the offensive, children of light! Expose fruitless deeds of darkness with your actions. Treat people with kindness, fairness, humility. Refuse to participate in unfruitful works, exercise values of light, and walk in integrity. This exposes evil. Expose them with your words by speaking up. If you see something that is not in accordance with what is pleasing to God and is destroying lives, then speak up. Not only negatively, but also speaking positively, pointing to the better way of Jesus Christ. It’s not always the comfortable thing to do, but as children of light, we play for an audience of One.


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On the Light Side

Top Ten Funny Electrical Shorts
What is the definition of a shock absorber?
A careless electrician.

Do you know how an electrician tells if he’s working with AC or DC power?
If it’s AC, his teeth chatter when he grabs the conductors. If it’s DC, they just clamp together.

What did the light bulb say to the generator?
I really get a charge out of you.

What Thomas Edison’s mother might have said to her son: “Of course I’m proud that you invented the electric light bulb. Now turn it off and get to bed!”

Sign on the side of the electrician’s van: Let Us Get Rid of Your Shorts.

Two atoms were walking down the street one day, when one of them exclaimed, “Oh no – I’ve lost an electron!”
“Are you sure?” the other one asked.
“Yes,” replied the first one. “I’m positive.”

Why are electricians always up to date?
Because they are “current” specialists.

What would you call a power failure?
A current event.

Did you hear about the silly gardener?
He planted a light bulb and thought he would get a power plant.

How do you pick out a dead battery from a pile of good ones?
It’s got no spark.