TEMPLE OF MIRACLES GLOBAL WORSHIP CENTER
Elder John Alexander Simpson, III – Pastor & Founder
IT’S PRAYING TIME Jesus watches over us during surgery 
MAN OUGHT TO ALWAYS PRAY
Jesus Embraces during prayer
Where two or three are gathered together, Jesus is there.
Tuesday 5:00 a.m. Morning Glory Prayer
Everyone is invited to join us at the Temple for prayer each Tuesday at 5:00 A.M. / TEMPLE – RETURN TO PRAYER.
The bible tells us in Luke, Chapter 1, that Zacharias had been praying to God for a long time about a certan situation in his life. He was always faithful in his service to God and performing his duties in the Temple. The bible tells us that when it was his turn to serve in the temple – he was there on time and in place. It was at this time, when he was in service to God, and others were gathered outside praying, that he received the answer to his long awaited prayer – a word of promise from the Lord by way of an angel. Had he not been in place or in position, he would not have received his blessings. The answer to his prayer came while he was serving.
Leaders: It is time for us to sacrifice and position ourselves to receive what God has for us. We will miss it if we are not in place; if we are not in position.
I would like to encourage you to get in position this season. For this is the last season of the year. We are in the last quarter of 2008.
Attending 5:00 a.m. prayer shows God that you are willing to sacrifice of yourself for him;and his service. You are willing to pray for others also and gather with other belivers, while being mindful of those things that are requred of us as leaders. Sometimes our blessings fall in obedience.
Everyone : You are invited to oru dynamic Sunday School .
Peter 2:2-3 says, “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation – if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” God offers “pure spiritual milk” through many different avenues to include His word (the Bible) and His people (fellowship). These are just two important ways that a person experiences God, and two ways that Sunday school study feeds the Christian soul.
Many times throughout the Bible, God has commanded His people to study His word and learn more about whom He is and what He has done throughout history. In order for a person to know God, they must know about God. At the Temple, we provide many opportunities for this to happen outside of a once per week sermon on Sunday morning.
Growing in Spirit and Truth
Growing in Christ and developing a deeper knowledge and understanding of God and His decrees (truth), are inseparable elements in Sunday school and bible study. Through personal preparation and group discussion, individuals are able to get a better grasp of the teachings of the Bible and are also able to figure out application in their everyday lives. Often, individuals will study their Bibles with very little direction and limited discussion, leading them to a development of unchallenged thought, and usually many other elements of error. Talking about what the Bible teaches helps to ensure that everyone has the same understanding of what the text actually says and offers a mixture of ideas as to how the practical teaching can be implemented.
Fellowship
The Christian life was never meant to be lived alone, yet many Christians have chosen to be uninvolved in the lives of other believers. Sunday school classes are usually a great means of establishing very close knit friends that share life together, typically revolving around similar interests and/or age. These groups are able to encourage one another, pray together, study together, hang out on a regular basis, hold each other accountable, and become a community of believers that are trying their best to fulfill the commands of Jesus. If believers are not living in fellowship with others, they fall flat on their face with nobody to pick them up. In fact, the Bible commands community: “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
Learning to Teach and Lead
God calls individuals to be teachers because every Sunday school class needs a leader! As a Christian matures in their faith, opportunities will inevitably become available for teaching. There are different styles, and some people are more comfortable than others in a teaching situation, but when God calls and His people respond, the blessing of sound words and confident abilities are provided. As Christians grow in their faith and understanding, they ought never to stop looking for opportunities to share with others all that they understand about God and His word. Commit to teach and learn to lead – the blessings involved are countless.
Sunday school and/or small group studies and communities are very important for every Christian to be involved in. It’s crucial for the Church to know what they believe, why they believe it, and how to apply those beliefs to their everyday life. Study God’s word and allow Him to transform your heart and mind!
I challenge you –get involved in Sunday school – learn, grow, and be on time.J!!
Rejecting Fellowship Leads away from God
How much love do you have for your brethren? The Bible says that we’re supposed to be ready to lay down our life for our brothers. But do you suppose you would really lay down your life for them if you’re not willing to even come together with them a few times a week for worship? “By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” (1 John 3:16).
Jesus expressed that we must be committed to the love of the brethren in the same way that He was. He stated that this love toward the brethren was the necessary evidence to prove our authenticity as Christians to the world. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35).
It is essential for every believer to be an active part of a Christian fellowship. Willful rejection of fellowship is evidence of not walking in the light. A famous preacher once said “show me a professing Christian who seldom attends Church, and I’ll show you a backslider who needs to get their heart right before God.”
All through the New Testament, Jesus shows us that He takes personally, how we relate to His body. Our love, expressions of kindness, and ministry to any of our brothers and sisters in Christ are received as though they were done unto the Lord, Himself. “...inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.” (Matthew 25:40). Therefore, would we refuse to gather with Jesus when the opportunity is given? If we refuse to gather with our brethren, we have, in reality, refused to gather with Jesus. “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20).
Fellowship with the body of Christ is not just an option, but is critical to our continued survival as Christians. We need the preaching and teaching from God’s Word, the atmosphere of worship and praise, the encouragement which we draw from our brethren, the opportunities of Christian service, and we need the opportunity to practice love toward other Christians.
Get involved and stay in faithful fellowship with the body of Christ! Don’t run off if something disappoints you or you get your feelings hurt — this only demonstrates immaturity and places you in further danger of losing out with God.
If you alienate yourself from fellowship, you will restrict the life-giving blood flow of the body of Christ, and will be regressing down a path that leads away from God.
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins” (Heb. 10:24-26).
Accountability is Essential
We cannot genuinely be under the authority of spiritual leadership without being committed to a Church (Heb. 10:25). How can we be accountable to spiritual supervision if we excuse ourselves from Church fellowship, or just sit at home and watch TV ministries, or merely drift from one Church to another, week after week? Being accountable to a continuity of ministry and leadership is vital to God’s plan of providing the necessary “checks and balances” to produce solid spiritual growth.
One of the common reasons that some Christians “hop” from Church to Church, or detach themselves entirely from Church participation, is that inwardly they foster an “independent spirit” which resists authority. They don’t wish to be corrected or to confront truths they would prefer to avoid. Without accountability to authority, a believer will often develop “itching ears” (2 Tim. 4:3), which seeks after teachings that validate self-conceived opinions, instead of “objective” teaching which compels us to face truths that may conflict with our self-willed inclinations and desires.
Every believer has the personal indwelling of the Holy Spirit to guide them (1 John 2:27), but this does not discharge them from the Biblical counsel and ministry of the Church (Heb. 13:7,17). The Church is Christ’s plan for His followers. He is the head (Eph. 5:23), and commissioned it to represent Him and His authority in the world (2 Cor. 5:20, Matt. 18:17-20, John 14:12). He ordained elders, deacons, and pastors to supervise and manage the affairs of His Church (Acts 14:23, 1 Tim. 3:10-13), and additional ministries to teach, train, and spiritually equip the saints for service (Eph. 4:11-16). Ministers are also accountable to the authority of overseers, who may offer counsel, reproof, or discipline when necessary (Acts 21:18-24).
Bible Study is held each Wednesday at 700P.M. Dynamic Teachings on Faith are being taught by our very own, Pastor John A. Simpson. We also have bible study for our Children.
PARENTS – PLEASE BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Is Sunday school Important?
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“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” |
