MONTHLY CALENDAR
COMING UP:
Fall Festival - Join us for this year’s Christmas Teen Fundraiser! Sunday November 1, immediately following the morning service.
All Night Prayer Start: Friday, October 30, at 7 pm - End: Saturday, October 31 at 7:00 PM
Regular Scheduled Meetings and Bible Studies Meet in the PS Building
Weekly Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study Meet in the PS Building (From 9:00 - 9:5 am)
Weekly Wednesday Night Bible Study We meet in the PS Building at 7 pm.
Women’s Ministry - Saturday, October 17 Topic: “The Corinthian Church” Galatians 5:24 We meet at 10 am in the PS Building.
Watchmen’s Prayer Night - Thursday, October 15, at 7pm.
Teen Group & Children’s Church - Meet Sunday Mornings
Website Monthly Prayer Strategy - Monthly (See below)
For more information: Text (520) 743-9500 or email chapelsl@yahoo.com
OUTREACH
Radio Program: 12:30pm Monday-Friday on KGMS 940
“Acts Of Kindness”
Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35’
Donations Welcome:
Gospel Rescue Mission
Would appreciate your help with gently used clothing and shoes. New underwear and socks, new hygiene products and baby items, new or gently used Bedding of all sizes an towels.
“Look Into His Presence”
“Set Apart”
Why did God institute the anointing oil? It was because oil was used to declare that someone or something was separated for God’s service. Nothing is more special in this life than to serve God so if God calls, He separates or sanctifies for Himself, whether it be a person or a piece of furniture used in the Tabernacle.
Belshazzar's Banquet - Daniel 5:1-24 Belshazzar's Banquet - During this celebration the kingdom of Babylon came to a devastating end because the King defiled the cups and bowls that were used in the Temple of Israel in Jerusalem. He was mocking God and then the hand of God started writing on the wall declaring the doom of his kingdom.
Daniel was set apart for God’s service and was used by God to interpret the writing. His characteristic included a person that worked at being sanctified 1 Thessalonians 4:4 “that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,” We are to present our body holy to God. Daniel dedicated himself, dedication has the same meaning as sanctification and Jesus prayed that the Father would dedicate us to Him.
John 17:17 “Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is truth.”
Other acts of being set apart include, persecuted saints who are set apart for the Lord by the blood of Jesus.
I Peter 1-2 “an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.”
A day can be set apart for the Lord.
Exodus 16:23
He told them, “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”
God’s mountain was set apart as holy, a place can be sanctified.
Exodus 19:23
“But Lord,” Moses protested, “the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai. You already warned us. You told me, ‘Mark off a boundary all around the mountain to set it apart as holy.”All leaders are set apart for the Lord. People can be sanctified. Exodus 28:1 Clothing for the Priests “Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Set them apart from the rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests.”
The clothing of leadership sets them apart for His service. What we wear sets us apart.
Exodus 28:3
“Instruct all the skilled craftsmen whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom. Have them make garments for Aaron that will distinguish him as a priest set apart for my service.”God’s presence set people apart
Exodus 33:16
“How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”Leadership is set apart
‘We believers in Jesus Christ are called to a life of holiness unto the Lord in all areas of life, not just when we worship but when we work, eat, sleep, and when we are taking it easy (the Sabbath was a day to take it easy or to rest, that was a holy day—holiday). God wants us to be set apart as we sanctify our eyes, our speech, our thinking and in our total walk in the Lord.The word says that Jesus Christ is coming for a glorious church without spot or wrinkle. I was born again in a holiness movement, a Pentecostal church where we were taught that if we are going to serve the Lord we had to be different than the world. We would not go to worldly events, we would not drink alcohol, we would not dress like the world and we would not talk like the world.
Today, Christians drink intoxicating drinks, they dress like the world, talk like the world and think like the world. That needs to change, I am not talking about legalism but sanctification. Holiness is not a bad word but it is who and what God is and He says, “be holy as I am holy.”
1 John 2 tells us, “Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;”
The world does not have anything to offer us but pain, misery, sin, perversion, rebellion against God. God offers us healing, joy, righteousness, submission to God’s Word and heaven. Just as the priests and the Tabernacle and the furniture of the Tabernacle were consecrated and made Holy when anointed with blood and oil we are set apart (consecrated unto God), by the blood of Jesus and the anointing of the Holy Spirit to proclaim His Name to the nations. When we live for Christ every day in a dark world we are being a chosen race.
1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God’s] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
You are a 1) chosen race, 2) a royal priesthood, 3) a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you 4) may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
When we intercede for lost people we are being a royal priesthood.
When we share the Gospel with sinners we are being a holy nation.When we live a holy life in the midst of an evil world we are being a holy nation, evangelism.
When we praise God, who called us out of darkness and called us into His marvelous light we are being the Light of the world. Praise and Worship.
When we live for Christ every day in a dark world we are a chosen race.
This is the role of the priesthood. Just as the priests would go into the Holy presence of God in the tabernacle we do this every day for the people all around us.
We live a holy life that is appealing to sinners because God has called them to know Him and to be called the righteousness of God in Christ. Jesus died to make us righteous, He shed His blood to wash us from sin. He was whipped so we could experience healing today and bring healing and miracles to others. He went into hell to liberate the captives when He rose and He rose from the dead to justify us before a Holy God.
Pastor Gil
October Prayer Strategy
Deuteronomy 30:19 (AMP) I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore, you shall choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,
Election Prayer:
Father forgive us for our role in our nation's moral failings and for not speaking out or acting when we see evil.
Gracious Lord, have mercy upon us our state and nation. Restore the wayward hearts of our leaders, and guide the people of Arizona and the United States of America to turn back to You in both word and action. Lord, heal our land!
Mighty King of kings, grant us righteous leaders--God-fearing men and women who will govern with integrity and wisdom.
We pray for the salvation of every governmental leader and political candidate who does not yet know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Holy God, inspire every Bible-believing Christian to turn out to vote with a biblical worldview.
May Your Church be informed about the vital issues and their biblical alignment.
Guide Christians to follow godly wisdom and the Holy Spirit in their voting decisions.
Help believers understand the impact of this election on families and religious freedoms.
Give pastors the courage to speak about godly values from the pulpit and encourage their congregations to vote according to biblical principles.
Heavenly Father, protect all candidates and their families, surrounding them with Your angelic host.
Reveal the true character of the candidates and their stance on the issues, so that voters can make informed choices.
O Lord, convict candidates to speak truthfully and act with integrity.
Show us Your choice of candidates in this election and may Your favor be evident upon them.
We pray all forms of cheating be eliminated and any cheating that does occur would be unable to overturn the will of the people.
Lord you are giving us a chance before heaven and earth as witnesses against our nation today, You have set before us life and death, the blessings and the curse, we pray our nation chooses life that we may live as our descendants. In Jesus name we pray you convict your people to choose life not death and to choose the blessings not the curse.
Pastor Jon
