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Flourish Life By The Spirit < Back Join us in a 10-week journey of studying how the Spirit nourishes within us a life of fruitfulness that goes beyond surviving and coping. It actually can and does, by God’s grace, look like flourishing. Along this journey, we invite you to go deeper in your walk with Jesus through some additional resources. Each week we will look at another dimension for the fruit of the Spirit, following the order and pattern described in Galatians 5:13-26. For Personal Devotion and Small Groups: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit - Growing In Christlikeness - By Christopher Wright Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World by Rich Villodas For Families at Home On Sundays, Bethel Kids will be using curriculum based on the book "Fruit Full: 100 Family Experiences for Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit" What do your kids know about the fruit of the Spirit? Maybe they can rattle off the list: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. But do they really understand what the fruits look like in daily life? John Stott prayed every day the following prayer. Consider praying this prayer as you seek God’s abundant life for you in the season to come. “Heavenly Father, I pray that I may live this day in your presence and please you more and more. Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you. Holy Spirit, I pray that this day you will fill me with yourself and cause your fruit to ripen in my life: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, three persons in one God, have mercy upon me.

21 days of prayer, prayer, intercession, communion, community, hunger, thirst 21 Days of Prayer Starting January 1, 2025 21 Days of Prayer | S tarting January 1, 2025 We build habits through purpose action, committed repetition, and community support. For many of us, building a habit takes approximately 21 days. At the beginning of this year, we invite you to join us in building and refreshing our habits and rhythms of prayer. Our challenge: pray every day . Choose times every day and give this space to God. Commit to pray with others - whether through a prayer group or with friendships around you. We also want to encourage our church to seek different ways to pray out - learn something new - whether this is intercessory prayer, prayer with fasting, contemplative prayer, inner healing prayer, and more. *Included with committed prayer, we invite everyone to explore and practice the spiritual discipline of fasting. We realize this may be a new practice for some. In essence, fasting is abstaining from food or drink for set aside amount of time in order to seek to be closer with God. This could look like abstaining from abstaining from a breakfast and/or lunch, and then breaking the fast for dinner. Or, fasting the full 24 hours, so long as you're able to do this physically. Check out this fasting for beginners guide, here . Everyday Prayer. Recommended Resources Lectio 365 : Daily prayer app from 24-7 Prayer | Pray the Bible every day through guided prayer sessions - morning, midday and night Practice the Way: Rule of Life Builder | Develop a plan for how you want to live life with God in the new year through chosen and intentional faith practices and rhythms Recommended Books: A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller Thirsting by Strahan Coleman Recommended Course for Reflection: Practice the Way: Prayer | Go deeper in your understanding of prayer practices. Free discussion guide included. Practice the Way: Fasting | Learn about the powerful practices of fasting. Free discussion guide included. Recommended Articles: Powerful Prayer Promises! Practical Pointers for Biblical Fasting *If you're looking for more, we recommend prayer resources on CRCNA's faith practices page . Prayer Gatherings Praying together as a church family is the body of Christ working together. It brings encouragement, repentance, edification, joy, and the feeling of love among believers. prayer meetings provide an opportunity to listen to scripture and pray for needs within the church family and our community. We encourage you to join us! Everyone is welcome. *We will announce some additional prayer gatherings in the new year. For now, we have listed our regular weekly ones. Monday Evenings (via Zoom) | 7:00-8:30 pm Wednesday Mornings (In Person + via Zoom) | 6:30 - 8:30 am

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24-7 Prayer Seek My Face Sign Up For A Time Slot 24/7 PRAYER WEEK – SEEK MY FACE, A WEEK OF CONTINUAL PRAYER: We will be dedicating May 12-19 as a week of 24/7prayer. We hope to have at least one person praying every hour for the whole week. (What a way to lead up to Pentecost Sunday on May 19!) You can sign up for prayer slots HERE . This is the 24-7 Prayer website and you will need to create a login to confirm your spot. The church will be open for you to come and pray during your time slot, including the set-aside prayer rooms, during office hours Tuesday-Friday (9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.). Otherwise, we encourage everyone to pray from home during their specific time slots. We invite you to come and pray! 0 DAYS TO THE EVENT Seek My Face | 24/7 Prayer Week We invite you to be part of this time of prayer with the church as a rally point for our prayers. We anticipate with great excitement what God will do and look forward to celebrating the end of 24/7 prayer on Pentecost Sunday! When May 12, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – May 19, 2024, 9:00 a.m. Where Bethel Community Church, 14204 25 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5Y 1G5, Canada Details Prayer Gatherings Praying together as a church family is the body of Christ working together. It brings encouragement, repentance, edification, joy, and the feeling of love among believers. prayer meetings provide an opportunity to listen to scripture and pray for needs within the church family and our community. We encourage you to join us! Everyone is welcome. Bethel youth will be gathering together from 7:00-8:00pm this Friday May 17th to gather together in Prayer. Monday Evening: 7:00 - 8:30 pm Wednesday Morning - 6:30 - 8:30 am Wednesday May 15 - 12:00 - 1:30 PM Prayer Resources 24-7 Prayer Resources 24-7 Prayer 5-Day Devotional

Cross through the Cliché < Back Sermon Notes May 11, 2025 Outline summary of message: "Love like God" (Luke 6, Luke 10) "Love the Sinner. Hate the Sin." Where did this come from? Origin: Augustine's Letter 211, written in A.D. 424: Cum dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum , “With love for mankind and hatred for sins.” Also, “hate the sin and not the sinner…” (Mahatma Ghandi) Jesus’ message: He loved all people. He also called out, and challenged sins He framed loving God in the context of also loving one's neighbor. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. (Luke 10:27) Jesus also said we should love our enemies. “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” (Luke 6:27-28) We are all sinners! “...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) Understanding the Bible with the Bible’s Help Illustration of a blueprint The Bible is one unified revelation about God from God What does the Bible say about God’s love “But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” (John 3:16) “We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) “Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.” (1 Peter 4:8) What does the Bible say about what God hates “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26-27) “But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have made Him hide His face from you so that He does not listen.” (Isaiah 59:2) “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) “These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this,” declares the Lord.” (Zechariah 8:16-17) “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” (Luke 7:37) “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” (Romans 12:9-10) Application: Place in the Big Picture of God's Story “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.” (1 Timothy 1:15-16) Through the cross, God sees Christ’s work in us, and not our own works. God hates sin. As he sees us, and Christ within us, In response, we love by acknowledging our sins, acknowledging our need of God to rescue us and change us Embrace being known, loved and challenge in community with God's Word Questions to consider: Is my reaction towards a person coming from God’s love? Is the action or choice I am concerned about sin? Am I seeking to judge a person by what I want to say or do? If not, what is my ultimate goal? The Bible Project Resource: What is Sin in the Bible?

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Lent A King in God's Place < Back The Season of Lent, our journey with Jesus to Easter, begins with a day centred on ashes. The dust reminds us of our need for God – while we are not enough, Jesus offers us everything we need. We reflect and remember who he is, renewing our desire to follow him in all aspects of life. We have two devontionals that we want to share with you for Lent LE23_Issue .pdf Download PDF • 6.76MB Lenten_Journal_2023 .pdf Download PDF • 1.14MB

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