PRESENT DAYS: The Presidential Prayer Team How much do you

Volume 5 - Jan--March
2008
PRESENT DAYS:
The Presidential
Prayer Team
How much do
you know about
US Civics?
January - March 2008
MISSIONS:
The unreached
AND MORE...
to God through worship and ministry.
people through the knowledge of God
and his love.
each other in meaningful relationships.
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CONTENTS
in this issue
THE VERDICT OF NINEVEH - P. 8, 9.
By Emilse Myers
THE PRESIDENTIAL
PRAYER TEAM
WHAT DO YOU DO BEST?
By Emilse Myers
TESTIMONY
By Lisa Murph
in every issue
Note from the Editor
By Jodi Pfadt
Missions
January - March 2008
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FROM THE EDITOR
H
ere lately I’ve been camped out by Psalm 57 (amp) … I’ve decided to
set up my tent, stoke the fire, drink some hot chocolate--and rest by
these powerful words for a while.
Vs.1 Be merciful and gracious to me, O God, be merciful and gracious
to me, for my soul takes refuge and finds shelter and confidence in You;
yes, in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge and be confident
until calamities and destructive storms are passed.
Vs.2 I will cry to God most High, WHO PERFORMS ON MY BEHALF AND REWARDS ME (who brings to pass His purposes for me
and surely completes them).
staff:
Managing Editor:
Jodi Pfadt
Article Contributors:
Jodi Pfadt, Lisa Murph,
Emilse Myers.
Resources:
Biblezine - Becoming 2.
What the Bible is all about - Dr. Henrietta C. Mearss.
Evidence that demands a verdict Josh McDowell.
Today’s Pentecostal Evangel, March
02, 2008.
Proof Reading:
Don Myers
Design and Layout:
Emilse Myers.
Do you ever take the time to pray the Psalms? Sometimes I can’t find the right
words, or become bound by repetition … Oh, how refreshing it is to pray the
Word of God! His Words become my words, and I feel the spirit of God
bringing such strength to my inner man.
Thank you Lord, that we can take refuge-- finding shelter and confidence in
You! Protect us God from the calamities and disappointments in life! We
know that troubles come … and heartache is necessary … but remind us that
we can run to a safe place … a shelter in the time of storm. “Under Your
wings will I take refuge and be confident until the storms are passed!”
Our Heavenly Father does indeed hear our cry. He hears YOUR CRY from
you kitchen sink, as you do the evening dishes. He hears YOUR CRY as you
drive your teenagers to their sporting event. He hears YOUR CRY as you
spend another night of overtime at work. He hears YOUR CRY as you lay
your weary head on the pillow at night.
Stay connected with the Father … it is He WHO PEFORMS ON MY BEHALF AND REWARDS ME! How
do I do that? Why not “camp out” beside Him for awhile?
Honor Him with words of Thanksgiving and adoration. Cry out to Him with
prayers and petitions. Be patient as He
works His plan in your life … and be
confident that He will reward you. He
always, always, honors obedience.
Loving Him,
Jodi Pfadt
Real Life Community Church
Assemblies of God
PRESENT DAYS
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THE US CIVICS?
1. What do the stars on the
flag mean?
2. How many stars are there
on our flag?
3. How many stripes are
there on our flag?
4. What do the stripes on the
flag represent?
5. How many states are
there in the Union (the
United States)?
6. What country did we fight
during the Revolutionary
War?
The Presidential Prayer Team
P
raying for your government leaders isn’t just a good
idea, it’s also encouraged in the Bible. That’s one
reason that The Presidential Prayer Team (PPT) is such a
great organization. It invites everyone-regardless of political party affiliation-to commit to pray for the president, our
nation’s leaders, the Armed Forces, and our country every
day.
With more than a million members, PPT offers different
types of programs and prayer focuses depending on your
7. Who was the first president of the United
States?
particular interests. For example, you can pray for our
8. Who elects the President
of the United States?
9. What is the Constitution?
10. How many changes, or
amendments, are there to
the Constitution?
11. What are the three branches of our government?
12. Who makes the Federal laws in the United
States?
13. Who elects Congress?
14. How many Senators are
there in Congress?
15. What makes up Congress?
which links soldiers with prayer warriors. And children can
Answers on the back cover.
January - March 2008
country’s soldiers through the Adopt Our Troops program,
get involved through PPT Kids, which teaches children
about prayer and the godly heritage of America.
Membership is free and includes weekly e-mail prayer
updates that feature specific requests as well as helpful
reminders of who to pray for. Anyone can join, and you
can help get the word out to others by sending e-cards to
friends and family. If you want to be more involved, you
can apply to become a PPT Ambassador at www.presidentialprayerteam.org and assist your church and community in hosting prayer events such as an annual Presidential Prayer Sunday.
I
like to do all kind of arts
and crafts, such as hand
carving,
stained
glass,
painting, knitting, crochet,
and enjoy doing them all
very much. But what I enjoy the most is painting.
Witnesses (Inspired in Psalm 19:1,2)
Here are some pictures
of what I have made. I’d
like to say that I did not
go to an art school, I just
learned some basis in
high school, so I give all
the credit to the Lord.
Emi Myers
The Incomparable Christ
En-Gedi 1Sa. 23: 28,29; 24:1-3
Real Life Community Church
Lake Tahoe
Assemblies of God
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Tiffany Stained Glass Mirror
Hand carved Mirror Frame
Tiffany Stained Glass Napkins Holders
Stained Glass Window
January - March 2008
Hand carved Clock Frame
Contiue on page10
D
id you know that the
great city Nineveh
of the past is still lying in ruins just as God pronounced about her through
the prophet Nahum?
Nineveh is the city that Jonah
warned 150 years before Nahum was written. At that time,
the Ninevites were sincere and
a revival took place, but it did not last. Nineveh, the glory of the Assyrians, had
come to a complete and deliberate defiance of the living God. The people were
not just backsliders, they deliberately rejected the God they had accepted (2 Kings
18:25,30,35; 19:10-13)
God sent Nahum to predict the final doom and complete overthrow of Nineveh
and her empire. This empire had been built up by violence. Read of her beastlike
violence and cruelty (Nahum 2:11-12)
Nineveh had fortified herself
so that nothing could harm
her. With walls 100 feet high
and wide enough for four chariots to go abreast, a circumference of 80 miles, and adorned
by hundreds of towers, she
sat complacently. A moat 140
feet wide and 60 feet deep surrounded the vast walls. But
Nineveh reckoned without Je
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hovah.
Nahum prophecies about her:
1. Captured while defenders
were drunk, 1:10
2. Destroyed by a flood, 2:6
3. Burnt up, 3:13
4. Condemned to utter destruction and not rebuilt,
1:8, 9; 3:19
5. God would dig her grave,
1:14
1. Nineveh was completely destroyed in 612 B.C. after being surrounded during two
months by the Medes, Babylonians and Scythians. Part
of this success was possible
because the Ninevites were
so optimistic thinking that
the enemy was completely defeated that they gave
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themselves to the drink and
parties.
2. According to Nahum’s
prophecy, it came true -a
sudden rise of the Tigris,
carrying away a great part
of the wall that had seemed
an impregnable bulwark, assisted the attacking army of
the Medes and Babylonians
in its overthrow. Scholars
comment that this fact is
addressed in the secular history.
3. At that time there was this
pagan prophecy: “There is no
enemy that will ever take Nineveh
unless the river becomes the enemy of the city”. When the
Tigris suddenly raised up,
destroyed a portion of the
wall and over flooded part
of the city, the king thought
that it was the fulfillment
of that prophecy. Terrified,
he ordered to put his royal
possessions and concubines
in one section of the palace
and sealing it he burnt everything that was in it... and
the Word of God was fulfilled.
4. So complete was the destruction that many scholars used
to think that the references to
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Nineveh in the Bible were
only mythical, it seemed that
no such city ever existed.
Nineveh never was rebuilt.
5. So deep and effectively did
God dig Nineveh’s grave
that every trace of its existence disappeared for ages
and its site was not known.
When Alexander the Great
fought the battle of Arbela
nearby in 331 B.C. he did
not even know there had
ever been a city there. When
Napoleon, emperor of the
French, encamped near its
site, he, too, was not aware
of it. Edward Chiera said:
“Travelers with scientific purposes that knew of the existence
of Nineveh from the Bible and
tried to find her, walked by on her
ruins not knowing it”
We cannot read this without
being struck by the solemnity
of it all. Nahum told of this as
prophecy. We look at it as history. Yes, the Judge has brought
everything to pass.
We can learn so many things
from the verdict of Nineveh:
• We learn that the Bible is
truth. Archaeological discoveries tell us exactly the
same words the Bibles says
about Nineveh.
• We learn that God fulfills
His word. This is an example
of punishment wich gives us
much more hope about the
fulfillment of His blessings
because,
• We know God is good! and
His goodness is that wich disposes Him to be kind, benevolent, and full of good will toward men. By His nature, He
is inclined to bestow blessedness
and He takes total pleasure in
the happiness of His people! 1
Emilse Myers
Bibliography:
•
What the Bible is all about - Dr. Henrietta C. Mearss
• Evidence that demands a verdict,
volume Josh McDowell.
The Goodness of God-Quick definition, p.58: God: as He longs for you to see Him - Chip Ingram
January - March 2008
G
od has given us talents and capabilities
so that we can use them
to meet our needs, to be a
blessing to others-- most
of all to glorify Him through
them.
At RLCC we’d like to get
to know each other better. That’s why we give you
a space in this magazine
where you can share with
others the skill God gave
you.
Stephanie’s bedroom
So if you are a crafty person, a writer, work with
wood, enjoy painting--we’d
like to share your skill with
others. If we can feature
you, please contact Don or
Emi Myers.
Stephanie’s room (Joanna’s ex-bedroom
Joanna’s bedroom
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TESTIMONY
LISA MURPH
RLCC’s member
“The power
of God was
so strong under that tent
that when the
music starting playing I
began to clap
my hands
and I could
not stop”
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came to know the lord
back when I was in my
late teens.
When I was a little girl my
grandmother would occasionally take me to her Baptist church
but I never really heard about
salvation until my sisters fiance’s cousin started attending a
bible believing church and gave
his life to Christ. He was so on
fire for God he would tell any
and everybody about Jesus.
I begin to attend some of the
bible studies he would hold at
my sisters house but I still had
my reservations. Then one day
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one of R.W. Schambach’s tent
revivals. It was such a powerfully anointed meeting.
I heard testimony of healing
and salvation. The power of
God was so strong under that
tent that when the music starting playing I began to clap my
hands and I could not stop.
Then Brother Schambach
made the alter call I went down
to the alter and repeated the
sinners prayer with him. Then
he laid hands on me and prayed
for me which changed my life
forever; PRAISE GOD!
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MISSI
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Most people in the world still don’t have acces to the message of Christ
N
o one communicated
the truth about eternal
issues as clearly as Jesus:
“There will be more joy in heaven
over one sinner who repents, than over
ninety-nine righteous persons who need
no repentance”. The proportionate
ratio of 99 to 1 was a striking
way of giving perspective to the
tragic spiritual plight of the lost.
When compared to the more
than 50 million church members
in Assemblies of God fraternal fellowships throughout the
world, the estimated 4.4 billion
people in the world who still
“NO ONE HAS
THE RIGHT TO
HEAR THE GOSPEL TWICE,
WHILE THERE
REMAINS
SOMEONE WHO
HAS NOT HEARD
IT ONCE”
When the Holy Spirit led our
founder to form the Assemblies
of God during the Pentecostal revival in the early 1900s, its
missionary character and priority were clearly defined. During the second General Council held in 1914 in Chicago, our
early leaders made an amazing
declaration: “We commit ourselves
and the Movement to Him for the
Oswald J. Smith
greatest evangelism that the world has
ever seen”. World evangelization
have not had and adequate witwas “the chief concern of the
ness of the gospel is an ironic
church”.
reversal of the 99 to 1 ratio in
Since 1990, AG World Missions the Parable of the Los Sheep in
has begun working in 81 new Luke 15. Those within Assemcountries and territories. But blies of God churches throughthe billions of unreached still out the world equal just over 1%
overwhelm the number of those of the world’s unreached. Any
joy over those safely in the fold is
who have been reached.
far overshadowed by the sober12
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ing reality of those still lost and
without access to an adequate
witness of the saving message
of Jesus Christ.
As with the apostle Paul, we
must seek to proclaim the good
news where Christ has not been
named. It is both tragic and unacceptable that the message of
Christ has not been given to
more than two-thirds of the
world’s population. How appalling that some people can hear
the message again and again
when others have never heard it
once.
When we buy a house, the neighbor comes with the house. Our
neighbor is simply whoever is
there. Followers of Christ have
a responsibility to those within
their reach.
But what about those who are
not within reach? When lost
people have no Christian neighbor to share the love and message of Christ with them, we still
have a responsibility. Someone
must get there.
Today’s Pentecostal Evangel,
March 02, 08 - Pages 5-12
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How much do you know about the US civics?
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One for each state
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George Washington
The Electoral College
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The supreme law of the land
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Executive, Judicial, and Legislative
Congress
The citizens of the United States
There are 100 Senators in Congress, two from
each state.
15. The Senate and the House of Representatives