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From the Word
But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;
you are my glory, the one who holds my head high. Psalm 3:3 (NLT) |
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Are you just another face in the crowd?
Are you looking for power to change your life?
Westview Christian Fellowship is a place where real people have found the real answers to
life’s questions. These answers are only found through Jesus Christ,
God’s only Son, who took the punishment for our sin, and gives us
new life and a direct connection to the Father.
Join us as we
celebrate what God has
done in our lives. He alone deserves our worship and He alone wants to
meet your every need.
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You're Part of God’s Plan!
In the Bible, Jeremiah 29:11 says,
For I know the plans I have for
you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Did
you know Jesus has an awesome plan for your life?
He came
and died for your sins so that you may live with Him forever in
Heaven. He loves you so much that He wants to give you hope for
your life and a future you can look forward to. Would
you like to say "yes" to the plan Jesus has for your life?
Here are three simple steps:
- Be sorry for the wrong things (sin) you've done.
- Ask Jesus to forgive you for your sins.
- Ask Jesus to be with you always.
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A Trivial Miracle?
by Pastor Mark Bradshaw
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The Christian Bible contains four separate accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus—we call them the four Gospels, and we call their composers the four evangelists. If we liken their writing to the presentation of a portrait by a painter, it is as if the first three—Matthew, Mark, and Luke—are all sitting on the same side of the subject, presenting essentially similar perspectives but with differing filters and emphasis. The fourth account from John is quite different from the others, with observations and accounts the others don’t mention, and with no comment on significant material common to the others.
In the second chapter, John tells of Jesus’ first miraculous sign which occurs at a wedding where he is a guest. After the supply of wine has been exhausted in the celebration, his mother leads the servants to Jesus to have him solve the problem. He has them fill the six washing jars up to the brim, and then draw a sample for the host to sample. Somewhere in the process of their obedience, a miracle occurs, and more than 100 gallons of water changes into fine wine. The result, as John tells it, “He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.”
Have you ever wondered why God had Jesus first demonstrate His power on something as trivial as party supplies? With all of the hurt and sickness and bondage that there was in the world around him, why not do something big like a resurrection? Or calm a storm? Is it because of whose wedding it was (which we don’t know)? Is it because the nature of the miracle precluded any possibility of coincidence or fakery? Or is it because God wanted John to point out something about the character of Jesus’ ministry: An emphasis on celebration, or a point about God’s interest in the details of our lives? Maybe there is a clue in the words of the Banquet Master found in verse 10: “…you have saved the best until now.”
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