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Faith Friday for February 9, 2007

Luke 12:6-7
“Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”

Who rules your life?

Have you ever seen those bumper stickers that say, “God is my co-pilot?” If you want God to be in total control of your life, how can he just be the “co” pilot? Shouldn’t God be the Pilot? Watch lava sometime on T.V. As it flows it oozes into the smallest cracks and crevices of the earth. That’s the way our lives should be with God. Surrendering every crack and crevice of our life to God is hard, but that is what God asks us to do.

God knows you better than you know yourself. In Psalm 139:2-3 it says “You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar…you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word comes out of my mouth, you know it completely.” Yep! God can read your mind! And God isn’t even a fortuneteller with a crystal ball!

Consider these words from Psalm 139:6-7: “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” God knows everywhere you go and everything you feel! God is closer than your shadow!

Look at Joseph in Genesis 37-47. He was just a teenager when his brothers sold him into slavery. In Egypt, one bad thing after another happened to him, but he continued to trust God because he understood that God was in control of his life. Eventually, he became the second most powerful man in Egypt. Check out how God blessed Joseph for trusting in the Lord!

Give God every crevice in your life: your friends, your music, the movies you watch, the books and magazines you read, your parents, the places you hang out, and your future. In Psalm 139:13 it says that he knit you together in your mother’s womb and God’s eyes saw your unformed body. Doesn’t it make sense to let the person that made you and intricately knows you have control of your destiny?

The truth is, even if we don’t yield our lives to God, God’s in control anyway. You might as well give up, wave your white flag and throw your arms in the air. Don’t fool yourself. God controls your life, no matter what you think. Comfort yourself with this reality. Life will be much easier when you quit trying to swim upstream away from God and instead swim along side the Lord! It’s mighty exhausting swimming away from Almighty God!

Questions to consider:

What parts of your life do you try to hide from God?

Prayer:

Dear Father, I praise you for breathing life into my unformed body. I thank you Lord for caring about the number of sparrows, and for caring so much more about me. If You, O God, can raise people from the dead, then you can certainly take care of me. God, I give you complete control of my life. Help me to walk in your ways. Please accomplish your purpose in my life. Amen.

- Written by Anne Parker, Flagstaff Arizona

Happening this week:

Breakfast Club will be held in at the Schuchard home on Sunday.

Breakfast Club will be at Jenna’s February 18^th, there will be no Breakfast Club on February 25^th.

We are looking for host homes for March for Breakfast Club.

Do you have a MySpace or a Facebook profile?  Add Jenna, and get information about upcoming events there too!

Jenna is looking for dishwashers for all Lent Suppers, and clean up help on the 21^st and 28^th of March.  Please let her know if you can help.

Thank you for your generous support of Souper Bowl of Caring.  We surpassed our goal of $1 for every person in church, and raised $289.26 to combat hunger in our community!
 
We will NOT be cleaning the Winter Show Booth on the 19th.  We will be cleaning the first weekend in March.  Please watch for more information.
 
Winter Show Signups are up!  They are in the hallway to the Fellowship Hall.  Please sign up to help with this event!  Adults, we need help during the day shifts!  Remember, if you are signed up to go on the mission trip, you are expected to help!  This helps you to raise individual funds for your trip!
 
Ministry Team Meetings:  Junior High Ministry Team will be meeting February 12^th at 5 pm.  Senior High Ministry Team will be meeting February 12^th at 5:45 pm.  We will be discussing upcoming events, and Winter Show

Parents of 7-9^th graders- On February 14^th we will be discussing Sex, Love and Dating at confirmation.  As you may know, sex, love and dating is on the forefront of the minds of many youth. We would love for you to join us for this discussion of how God wants us to live our lives in this area.  When the youth go to small group, we will have a parent discussion.  Hope you can join us.

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