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Needs for the month of September:
Toiletries
Look for the bin in the Worship Center lobby to drop off your donations.
Need for the Month: $56,000.00
Need for the Week: $13,000.00
Giving this Week: $10,075.00
August Total: $39,584.00
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Compassion House Restock
Compassion House Refresh
The fourth family to use our Compassion House has moved out. We’re looking for volunteers to help get the house ready for our next family. If you can assist with cleaning, painting, or yard work,
Compassion for Me and the Whole World!
Jonah 4
The Book of Jonah reminds us that God loves all people and desires to show compassion and mercy to everyone in response to repentance.
Jonah is a reminder of the incredible lengths God will go to in order to save a city and to transform the heart of His self-righteous servant.
When I view God’s mercy as something that only I and those like me are worthy of, I have entirely misunderstood the nature of His grace.
Never discourage repentance or be grieved when an enemy decides to repent and escape the judgment you may feel he or she deserves.
As people OF God’s Kingdom, we are called to be His ambassadors IN the world and TO the world!
When he was here on earth, Jesus didn’t reject the culture and separate himself from it. He ate with outcasts and was called a “friend of sinners.”
Never forget that our simple acts of serving, compassion, and kindness make the invisible God visible to our hurting world.
The kingdom of this world values the accumulation of material possessions over the cultivation of human connections.
Having God’s heart means loving what He loves, valuing humility, and seeking a deep, obedient relationship with Him above everything else.
Having a heart after God means being quick to repent, caring for others, and aligning our wills with His.
Psalm 103:8-9
Ephesians 4:25-26
Luke 15:11-31
Matthew 11:18-19
1 John 4:12
1 Samuel 13:14
Coming Around
And Jonah stalked
to his shaded seat
and waited for God
to come around
to his way of thinking
And God is still waiting
for a host of Jonahs
to come around
to His way of loving.
T. J. Carlisle
From You! Jonah!