Lone Mountain Fellowship - Cave Creek, Arizona

Group Meeting Notes

Tuesday:

Men's Group @
Heart n' Soul Cafe
on Carefree Highway 7:00 am

Teen Group
@ 6:45pm LMF
Young people for Christ.

Thursday:
"Knowing God"
Location: LMF
time: 7:00pm
Taken from a small paperback
by J.I. Packer, this is a study
of God for those for those who
'delight in revering your name.'
Nehemiah 1:11
"The people who know their God
will display strength and take action."
Daniel 11:32b
Sign up for your classic copy
of "Knowing God".

THEY WILL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE.
Shoebox Ministries

We are working with Shoebox Ministries to restore dignity to the homeless.
For the month of April we are still collecting personal hygiene items.
The collection box is located at the front of the sanctuary.
See the pamphlet by the box for more ideas about what you can donate.
If you have items and you are driving past LMF just leave them on the
front porch and Pastor Dean will bring them inside and place them in the box.
When you have done it unto the least of these, you have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:40

Hard times are an opportunity for the Body of Christ to reach out and help those
in need. Hurting people need our prayers and our help. As the year 2010 unfolds
let us continue to bring the love of Jesus to those in need.
No gift is to small. A pair of socks to a man who has none is a great blessing.
A meal to a mother and child who have not eaten all day is an answer to a cry to God for help.
A pair of shoes, a new shirt and pants may open an
opportunity to apply for a job to get back on their feet.

Steps to Salvation

Step One
God's Purpose: Peace and Life

Step 1
God loves you and wants you to experience peace and life--abundant and eternal.

The Bible says...

"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 5:1

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16

"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10

Why don't most people have this peace and abundant life that God planned for us to have?

Step Two
The Problem: Our Separation

Step 2
God created us in His own image to have an abundant life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him. God gave us a will and a freedom of choice.

We chose to disobey God and go our own willful way. We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God.

The Bible says...

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

Our Attempts to Reach God

People have tried in many ways to bridge this gap between themselves and God...

The Bible says...

"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death." Proverbs 14:12

"But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." Isaiah 59:2

No bridge reaches God...except one.

Step Three
God's Bridge: The Cross

Step 3
Jesus Christ died on the Cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between God and people.

The Bible says...

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ." 1 Timothy 2:5

"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." 1 Peter 3:18

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

God has provided the only way. Each person must make a choice.

Step Four
Our Response: Receive Christ

Step 4
We must trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and receive Him by personal invitation.

The Bible says...

"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." Revelation 3:20

"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12

"That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

Where are you?

Will you receive Jesus Christ right now?

Here is how you can receive Christ:

1.Admit your need (I am a sinner).
2.Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).
3.Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave.
4.Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit. (Receive Him as Lord and Savior.)

How to Pray:

Dear Lord Jesus,

I know that I am a sinner and need Your forgiveness. I believe that You died for my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I now invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as Lord and Savior.

In Jesus' name. Amen.

God's Assurance: His Word

If you prayed this prayer,

The Bible says...

"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13

Did you sincerely ask Jesus Christ to come into your life? Where is He right now? What has He given you?

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8,9

Receiving Christ, we are born into God's family through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. This is called regeneration, or the "new birth."

This is just the beginning of a wonderful new life in Christ. To deepen this relationship you should:

1. Read your Bible everyday to know Christ better.
2. Talk to God in prayer every day.
3. Tell others about Christ.
4. Worship, fellowship, and serve with other Christians in a church where Christ is preached.
5. As Christ's representative in a needy world, demonstrate your new life by your love and concern for others.

Empowering People to Transform the World

Lone Mountain Fellowship
6107 E. Lone Mountain Rd,
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
PH: 480-595-2124

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Saturday
August 7th
6:00pm - 8:00pm
A Farewell party for
the friends and church
family of Pastor Dean
& family.

Please join us on an LMF faith journey.

We want to know God better because the people who know God stand strong for truth and live purposeful lives for God. this is a journey that includes a home group study but is not limited to that. For a wee investment you can purchase the classic "Knowing God" by J.I. Packer and read along each week.

This Thursday -
Thursday 07/29/10
"Should we provoke the Lord to jealousy?" The apostle Paul asks.
James adds, "He yearns jealousy over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us."
God's jealousy is not an infantile resentment springing from unmortified covetousness, which expresses itself in envy, malice and meanness of action."
Rather it is similar to what married persons feel at the intrusion of a lover or an adulterer into their home. Surely someone who felt no jealousy at such a time would be lacking in moral perception. God expects from those whom He has loved and redeemed utter and absolute loyalty. He will vindicate his claim if they betray His love.
1. Prepare your heart in prayer to have the spiritual understanding to comprehend what is being shared in the pages of this book. Pray that God would open the eyes of our hearts.
2. Read Chapter 17.
3. As you read humble yourself before your King and ask him to open the eyes of your heart.
4. Bring your Bible and join the discussion on Thursday night, 7:00pm @ LMF.

MISSIONARY UPDATE:

05/16/10 This brother and others are working on translating the Bible into their native language. They are also working on getting Christian literature translated as well. Work is being done to get Bibles in the hands of college students too. Pray for protection, blessing and opportunities for this work.

06/20/10 Our brother is having increased opportunities to minister to those hungry to hear the truth about Jesus.
They have been misled for so long they yearn for the truth. To hear the truth about Jesus from someone in their own culture and language opens the hearts of people to receive the gift of release from the bondage of sin and false theology. When someone in their culture is born again they really understand the idea of a new life and redemption and they embrace it. Pray with a fervent heart for all those who have not had the opportunity to hear the gospel of grace and truth. May His truth be proclaimed to the whole earth! Amen.

God's Word needs to be heard by everyone everywhere. The world is hostile to the truth because it gets in the way of our own foolish and futile concepts of this life and what happens after we leave this earth. One day when the whole earth has heard of the one who came to share the real truth, the real life and the only way then and only then will everyone finally understand. Until then we have to finish the course.

Let's join the saints around the globe and tarry with them in prayer and whatever support we are able to give with a cheerful heart. Our brothers and sisters are literally laying their lives on the line to take the truth to their own people and to the ends of the earth.

Here are some other prayer needs for our brothers and sisters in that land:
Pray for opportunities for Christians in this land to share the truth of who Jesus is with those around them.
Pray that local officials will stop harassing Christians.
Pray that all those who are lost will have the opportunity to hear the truth about the only one who can save, the only one who could say; "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:5-7

Chris Becker Memorial Dining Room
We do not have a date yet for our next opportunity to serve at the "soup kitchen".
We will update the site as soon as we have another time when we can serve those in need.
Please sign up and receive the blessing that only a servant's heart can receive.
The blessing is the gift of pouring out yourself for those that cannot repay.