Posted by: Bill Garrett on Thu, Jul 2, 2009
Acts 21: 27-32 When the seven days of their purification were nearly up, some Jews from around Ephesus spotted him in the Temple. At once they turned the place upside-down. They grabbed Paul and started yelling at the top of their lungs, "Help! You Israelites, help! This is the man who is going all over the world telling lies against us and our religion and this place. He's even brought Greeks in here and defiled this holy place." (What had happened was that they had seen Paul and Trophimus, the Ephesian Greek, walking together in the city and had just assumed that he had also taken him to the Temple and shown him around.) Soon the whole city was in an uproar, people running from everywhere to the Temple to get in on the action. They grabbed Paul, dragged him outside, and locked the Temple gates so he couldn't get back in and gain sanctuary. As they were trying to kill him, word came to the captain of the guard, "A riot! The whole city's boiling over!" He acted swiftly. His soldiers and centurions ran to the scene at once. As soon as the mob saw the captain and his soldiers, they quit beating Paul. The Message
Sometimes the soldiers are there to save you and sometimes they are there to arrest you. Only looking back can you tell how God was using them.
CTL NEWS and EVENTS
By Louis Haak, Associate Pastor, The Church at Tree Lake
CTL Website: www.cbcwaco.org
- SUNDAY -- July Picnic at Arnie & Patsy Adam’s home on July 5th at 2 pm.
- YOUR CHANGE can make a difference. Please clean out your change jar and bring the coins to church this Sunday to help support our mission to Honduras. You are allowed to put folding money in also.
- FRIDAY – Youth Fun Night 7-11 pm
- LIFEGROUPS -- Friday Night Lights will meet this week at 6:30 at Louis & June Haak’s home. C Bar LifeGroup meets 2nd and 4th Saturdays; see Robert & Carol Stolle for more information. The High School LifeGroup meets at the Jamar’s home on Sunday 6-8 pm. See Mike & Nina Whitworth for information about the LifeGroup at their home on Saturday nights.
CTL PRAYER REQUESTS: Mark 11:17 And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations..."
· Pray for our mission team going to Honduras in July by name starting now: Jason & Julien Jamar (baby Jack), Brad & Alex Record, Elizabeth, Sara & Emilee Ober, Steve Bartlett, Jake & Jackie Sanchez, and Zack Taylor. Pray for Brother Jeff, Tammy, and David Wyers who are already working in Honduras preparing for our team’s arrival.
· Pray for Lori Hunt and her sister Heather and her family. From Leora Howell
· Louis, please send out a prayer request for Michael Dawson. I work with his mother and she has asked for prayer for healing for him. Thanks, Leora Howell
· From Billy Garrett, Please pray for Rick Spees. He is my sister-in-law’s father. He has been diagnosed with cancer.
· Pray for Darlene Heber who broke her wrist last week.
· Pray for Avel Sanchez is having very serious health problems
· Pray for Clayton Woods
· Pray for a miraculous recovery for KyLeigh Roberts
· Pray for the Blackstons
· Pray for the Whitneys, our missionary friends in Shri Lanka
- Pray for our nation and community to turn to the Lord Jesus with all of our hearts. Pray for God's hand to move mightily among US that we might be used to draw others into Him. Pray continuously that God will, "Deliver us from Evil."
Links to help you with your Bible study this week.
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