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John Valenzuela Interview

Have Patience

Waiting is not fun is it? I mean who really enjoys waiting? But it seems like we can spend a lot of our time waiting. We wait in traffic, we wait for a table at a restaurant, we even wait for our NetFlix to arrive in the mail. Since we do so much waiting in our lives, why is it so hard for us to do?

There is an old children’s song that goes:

Have patience, have patience, don’t be in such a hurry, when you get in patient you only start to worry… (Imagine a cute song to accompany the words)

Psalm 27:14 – Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!

It takes boldness and confidence to wait in our lives. We want things now and worry when we don’t get them. Like any great hitter in baseball, we need to wait on the right pitch. Don’t swing too early. Wait on it, trust in the Lord, and He will show you when to swing.

CBC@1 Notes for 7/5/09

Philippians 1:1-11

No How

We all get email forwards, but when we get a personal letter it really means something. Philippians is a direct letter to the church at Phillipi from the Apostle Paul.

1)      Who – God. Ch. 1:6

1. Paul says “I am certain that God” – are you certain that it’s God in your life?
2. Paul was forgotten about in prison and was certain.
3. If we forget who is working, trouble happens
4. Paul is still certain of what Christ did for us on the cross.

2)      What – God began, will continue, and will complete His work in us Ch. 1:6

1. Beginning is fun, completing is work.
2. God is not finished in your lives
3. I don’t care where you are at, if you are alive and a Christian then God is molding and shaping you.

3)      When – When Christ Jesus Returns Ch. 1:6

1. Don’t get complacent
2. You are not finished until you are shaking the hand of Jesus
3. He is the potter and we are the clay: if we get rigid God will break us, He is not finished until He says so.

4)      No How – There is no how in this verse. God is working in each of us differently, He is not a machine. This is a relationship not a religion. So what is our responsibility?

1. Ch. 1:9-11
2. Grow in knowledge and live out in your life.
3. Don’t get so full of knowledge that you become full of yourself
4. Balance education with service

Close:  Paul tells us who, what, when, but no how. God is moving in each of us differently. Our job is to grow in knowledge and to live it our in our daily lives.

Blowin’ it up

While this weekend you are blowin’ it up at your house with fireworks, Community Bible Church will be blowin’ it up all weekend with 6 services! That’s right, 6 services, 3 preachers, your choice.

Check out Robert Emmitt on Saturday at 5pm, Sunday at 9:15am, or Sunday at 11am.

Check out John Valenzuela on Sunday at 9:15am, or Sunday at 11am.

Check out Chris Emmitt (me writing in the 3rd person) on Sunday at 1pm.

Three different preachers, three different sermons, three different worship styles.

The one thing we will all have in common is that we will be teaching the Bible in a practical way and worshipping God through powerful music. Come this weekend and check out one, three, or all six!