Spiritual Friendships – February 14, 2011

We also encourage everyone to take a focused time of prayer and pray for Pastor Mark, Darcy and their children.  We are praying that God would refresh them spiritually, that He would strengthen their family, pray against any attacks of the enemy that could bring harm, and for good health.

If you have any prayer request that you would like our community to join you in prayer, send them to:  prayer@mytruelife.org

This past Sunday we talked about the character in (King) David’s life.  I would like for each of us to take time reflecting on our character and ask God to reveal to us what He is formulating in us?  Please take time to meditate on the scripture before you begin your time in prayer.

Scripture Reading:

3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.  5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.  – 2 Peter 1:3-8

This Week’s Prayer Focus: Ask that God would help you identified what He is wanting to formulate in you?

HOW TO PRAY:

Take time to Thank God for His Goodness:  (Psalm 84:11, Psalm 34:8-10)

Confess before God personal sin in your life: (1 John 1:9, Psalm 32)

Listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit to speak to you:  (This is also a good time to meditate on scripture – Hebrew 4:12, Psalms 119 ) (John 14:16-17, John 14:26)

Pray for people within our church community: (Ephesians 1:15-23, Ephesians 6:18)

Pray for the leaders within TrueLife: (1 Thessalonians 5:12-23)

Pray for family and friends: (Galatians 2:2, Galatians 5:1, Philemon 4-7)

Finish your prayer time by giving praise to God for who He is. (Psalms 35:27-28, Psalms 150:1-6)

If you have any prayer request that you would like our community to join you in prayer, send them to:  prayer@mytruelife.org

Scripture Reading:

9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.  10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father‘s commands and remain in his love.  11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.  12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.  14 You are my friends if you do what I command.  15 I no longer call you servants, cause a servant does not know his master‘s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.  16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit —fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.  17 This is my command: Love each other.”

- John 15:9–17

This Week’s Prayer Focus: Show me the walls that I have built in my life and ask God to bring healing.

HOW TO PRAY:

Take time to Thank God for His Goodness:  (Psalm 84:11, Psalm 34:8-10)

Confess before God personal sin in your life: (1 John 1:9, Psalm 32)

Listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit to speak to you:  (This is also a good time to meditate on scripture – Hebrew 4:12, Psalms 119 ) (John 14:16-17, John 14:26)

Pray for people within our church community: (Ephesians 1:15-23, Ephesians 6:18)

Pray for the leaders within TrueLife: (1 Thessalonians 5:12-23)

Pray for family and friends: (Galatians 2:2, Galatians 5:1, Philemon 4-7)

Finish your prayer time by giving praise to God for who He is. (Psalms 35:27-28, Psalms 150:1-6)

A guiding principle at TrueLife is to invite others on the journey with you.  If it’s fun, invite someone along!  Two events this weekend that you are welcome to join the Carr family.

1. Saturday – July 3rd – World Cup Soccer (Spain vs Paraguay) at Rudino’s Sports Grill

2pm at the Rudino’s at 3101 Edwards Mill Road

Click Here for Facebook event page

2. Sunday – July 4th – Fireworks at the Fairgrounds

7pm in the East Parking Lot of Carter Finley Stadium

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Here’s the Flyer for the Fireworks

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We are in a constant tension between consuming and producing.  As I trained for my first triathlon, and am now contemplating a second, I am learning the human body’s desire for the two.  I must consume the right things in the right amount in order for my body to produce the outcome desired.  If I consume too much without producing, my body will store the unneeded calories in unwanted places.  If I produce without consuming enough calories, my muscles revolt in cramps from being overused and undernourished.

The church body feels the same tension.  Some are overfed and underused.  This grows in us a critical spirit that is easily offended. Others of us are overworked and underfed.  This grows in us anger and frustration towards the beauty of the Church.  Both states of being are sinful, and we need to repent before the Lord.  Our Heavenly Master is a good coach that will call us to get off the bench and give where we have been consuming.  He also clearly commands us to Sabbath with Him.  To simply rest, play, and feast without guilt.

I know many of you want to help.  TrueLife Church is a part of a fellowship of churches known as the Assemblies of God.  Our fellowship through Convoy of Hope already has a team on the ground, and is beginning to distribute needed help.

You can give to Haiti through TrueLife Church by making an online donation http://www.mytruelife.org/give.html, or by sending a check to TrueLife Church, PO Box 31074, Raleigh, NC 27622.  Please mark the donation as Hope for Haiti, and all money will go directly to Convoy of Hope.

You can discover more about Convoy of Hope at http://www.convoyofhope.org.

Thanks for responding to this critical need.

I was not sure how today was going to go, because I pray along the trail like I am talking out loud to a friend. (I can do that there, because no one is around). A funny thing happened, when Jackson just joined in with me. We went from talking to each other, to praying, to looking at a tiny frog, and then back to praying. It felt like we had been doing this for years together. I don’t know if today was a monumental day for him, but it sure was for me.

Spirituality is meant to be a part of our everyday lives. Everything is spiritual. Spiritual parenting is simply letting your kids see a glimpse of God in the normality of life.

Deuteronomy 6:4-8

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. ^[a] 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.