MONTHLY CALENDAR
COMING UP:
National Day Of Prayer: Thursday, May 7, 6pm
Regular Scheduled Meetings and Bible Studies Meet in the PS Building
Weekly Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study - (From 9:00 - 9:45 am)
Weekly Wednesday Night Bible Studies - 7 pm.
Women’s Ministry - Saturday, May 16, Meeting will be held at 10 am.
Watchmen’s Prayer Night - Thursday, May 14, at 7pm.
Website Monthly Prayer Strategy - Monthly (See below)
Teen Group & Children’s Church - Meet Sunday Mornings
For more information: Text (520) 743-9500 or email chapelsl@yahoo.com
OUTREACH
Radio Program: 12:30pm Monday-Friday on KGMS 940
The NET (Small Group): Son Life Chapel's home Bible study ministry aims for greater opportunities of fellowship and discipleship Call church for more info. (520) 743-9500
“Acts Of Kindness”
Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35
Areas Of Need:
Start Right Here Homeless Outreach Ministry - Currently collecting Care Kit items for those that will be going out and ministering to the homeless in our community.
Gospel Rescue Mission, and Haven
Would appreciate your help with hygiene items, new or gently used clothing, and new undergarments.
(For Children, Women, and Men.)
All items can be brought to the church, Ed Grijalva will deliver your donations to the organizations. Monetary donations are also welcome.
“Look Into His Presence”
Refreshing
II Timothy 2:22
But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Exodus 31:12-18 The Sabbath Law
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”
And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.”
God rested and was refreshed. In our western culture we don’t know how to relax. Why would God tell His people to take the 7th day off? No work, and no hard work on the Sabbath, for it is holy unto the Lord.
God desires and wants a relationship with His children, God wants to know us and He longs for us to get to know Him.
When we don’t rest and seek Him our creativity is stunted. When we are tired and overworked our minds become foggy.
Why do we need a day to rest, reflect, and to thank the Lord?
Taking time off to get into the presence of the Lord can be one of the most powerful things we can ever learn to do. We are not saved by keeping the law, nor are we justified by keeping the Sabbath, but if we take one day off to be alone with the Lord to love and worship Him, we will be refreshed as it can become our greatest day of the week. If we get into the habit of being in His presence we can enjoy, cherish Him and hear Him speak to us, which benefits us, as we are refreshed spiritually, mentally, and physically.
Jesus knew how to rest. He would spend all night with the Father, talking with Him, listening to Him and loving Him. Jesus would then go out into the community and heal the sick, raise the dead, turn water into wine, drive out demons, walk on water, cleanse the lepers, forgive sins, teach the people and multiply food to feed thousands of people.
There have been few individuals who have learned the secret of the Sabbath, but those who have, saw great kingdom authority in their lives. When we can learn to do something as basic as taking a day off to be alone with the Lord, we will see a difference in our lives and we will not be the same.
The Sabbath is God’s idea. Yes it was in the Old Covenant, but I believe the principle of the Sabbath is more relevant today than ever. Being in His presence is more important than anything. Look at the Nation of Israel in the wilderness. Moses went up to Mount Sinai and God gave Him the blueprints for the Tabernacle. What was this all about? The Tabernacle was about His presence (His Glory) being available to the whole nation.
Moses said, “you are all priests unto God.” He wasn’t just saying this to the tribe of Levi but to the whole nation. Moses was able to go into the Holy of Holies anytime because He understood the presence of God. Moses was a preview of what any person could experience according to…
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Let us be transformed and refreshed by seeking to receive and applying His promise of rest in our lives as it will cause us to grow and develop our relationship with Him
Pastor Gil
April Prayer Strategy
Numbers 6:24 (NLT) ‘May the Lord bless you and protect you. 25 May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. 26 May the Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.’
This prayer is the special priestly blessing to bless the people of Israel. It is a blessing we should pray over one another, over our families, over children, and over our nation. We want the Lord to be magnified in America and we want our nation to be blessed. Yes many in America have turned away from God and set up many idols and there are many who practice witchcraft. The blood of innocent babies terminated in the womb without a chance for life has stained the ground of this nation. The on going crime, human trafficking, child abuse, rape, murder, drug abuse, addictions, and mistreatment of others is largely because of the curses that doing evil has brought on this nation. America has sins that go back many generations but there has been several revivals in this nation that has preserved us. We need a revival to turn this nation around again. We want America to receive blessings from God and not curses. We want to live under blessings not curses. We want to break curses, turn from evil, and turn towards God. May America reach the purpose for which this nation was created. We dedicate our nation back to You Lord! We pray, may America have courage to serve You God with integrity. May America have more passion for the things of God. May the leaders of America make wise decisions as they lead. May America have a positive influence on the world. May America be the head and not the tail. May America lend to many nations and not borrow. May America serve the Lord and Him alone. May America be a nation after God’s Own heart. Lord bless this nation may we turn back to You with our whole heart.
Pastor Jon
