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Celebrate ... Life ! ... Love ! ... God !
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Nurture your child's spirit, not just their material needs.
The modern family deals has complex issues and challenges, but in the end we must love and accept each other as Christ has taught us to do.
Whether you are straight parents with gay children or gay parents with straight children, God has given you a unique opportunity to influence others.
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Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
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It might not have been your plan that someone in your family is gay ... but obviously it was God's plan.
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Have you found "Mr. Right!"
or perhaps "Ms. She's All That!"
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A relationship that is strong, sturdy and unwavering takes more than chemistry -- it takes mutual commitment. The challenges you face together are opportunities to unite, grow and create a foundation of love.
God has given you tools to make your union a success.
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Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A chord of 3 strands is not quickly broken.
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Love is...
...patient
...kind
...not proud
...focused on your partner, not yourself
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Start by making a difference for someone else - without expecting any reward or compensation.
Serving others is a reward in and of itself!
When you see someone in need, don't just feel sorry and pray about it, do something. If you won't help, who will?
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And do not forget to do good and to share with others for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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Why bother?
Not only to worship God ... but to encourage one another toward love and good deeds!
The church is supposed to be a support group ... it is not a venue for exclusivity or condemnation. As frail human beings, we are all subject to sin and weakness. We need the Lord and we need one another.
What are services like?
God looks at the heart - not your clothes - so come as you are!
Our worship services are modern using thought-provoking video, contemporary music, and warm-friendly hugs of friendship and support -literally! (LOL). We also have a youth ministry for families with children.
Our services are Spirit-led, Bible-based, and loving expressions of the joy that comes with salvation through Jesus Christ.
Get to know us without the crowd!
We have a number of small, friendly groups that meet regularly for a variety of activities including Bible study, book club, and social networking/fellowship. Contact our on-call Pastor to find a group and time of interest.
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Biblical Wisdom
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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We embrace the Apostle Paul's guidance that, in Christ, there is no male or female, jew nor greek. Therefore in God's Church there is no gay or straight - only disciples of Christ.
Straight, gay, single, partnered - all are welcome!
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People may reject you, but God has not.
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Being gay doesn't condemn you to hell.
In fact, Jesus said nothing about homosexuality, bisexuality, or transgendered persons. Jesus said much about God's love for all of us and about our need to respond to that love.
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him, shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God!
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, Before you were born I set you apart.
I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
And everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.
Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism; but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him."
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
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God never meant for us to reject one another. He wants us to love each other. Jesus Christ knows what it's like to be rejected, mocked, and even killed without any just cause.
Jesus wants us to have life to the fullest possible. You can find a full life by having a relationship with God and getting help from your spiritual family - the church.
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Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.
God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.
The LORD sustains me. I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.
As you come to him, the living stone - rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him.
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No one is perfect. Jesus Christ was the only person to live without making a mistake. His death was a sacrifice on our behalf ... it allows us all to receive the grace of God. Grace is offered to everyone!
Because of Christ we don't have to be worthy, we just have to believe in him.
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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, then you will call upon me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
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Consider that even the great apostle Paul who authored most of the New Testament scripture confessed that the very thing he wanted to stop doing ... he could not.
You don't have to clean up your life to come to Christ. COME JUST AS YOU ARE.
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No temptation has seized you except was is common to man and God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear but when you are tempted he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
But he said to me "My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ's power may rest on me."
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.
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Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me (Jesus Christ).
All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
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