Soul & Service ADV 2018

Serving the Soul of Others: " A Heart for God is our Aim " Hello again my soul brothers and sisters, I hope your experience with fasting has been going well, be sure to email me your questions (or refer back to my 2 nd blog “We’re on a Mission from God”). Today, we are highlighting the Heart Shot ministry. Below is a picture of their fearless leader Troy Bendickson and the Heart Shot team. Take note! They are on a mission from God. You can find out more about the Heart Shot ministry  at Heartshot.org or contact Troy at 678.492.1989. I’ll explain more about their ministry and how you can help, but first I want to help you understand how serving others is, in a way, a fast that strengthens the soul. Think back for a moment on a time that you served someone else. You loved your neighbor by mowing their lawn when they were out of town or you took them dinner when they were dealing with a tragedy. There are many examples (big and small), but think about how...

Serving Your Soul: Challenge One "God Before Apple Pie"                               Watch Video Below Summer Fast Challenge:        As Pastor John Piper stated in his book, A Hunger for God , sometimes "God's greatest adversaries are his gifts". This all stems from man's temptation to worship the created things instead of the creator. This is why God gave us the first two commandments, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me" and "Thou shalt not make before me any graven image". These commandments were first because God knew he had pre-wired our brains to worship and he designed our souls to be attracted to him, but in our brokenness we look for shortcuts to our worship of God and allow our souls to be satisfied with substitutes for God.        This is why the spiritual practice of fasting is good for your soul. It helps you retrain or realign the desires...

Soul & Service This summer (June - September), Pastor Jason is challenging the congregation to take some TIME-OUT: First, to serve and care for your own soul and second, to serve and care for the soul of others. More details coming soon, but be if you’d like to be a part of Soul & Service here is where it all begins. Jason will be posting informational blogs every week on how to become Soul Men or Women this summer. In his blogs, he'll be giving different ideas of how to enhance your devotional time as well as information on different needs in our church and community that need met. If you choose to accept this challenge you must find the following statues of the Blue Brothers:        N 41° 30.658 W 09° 34.488            Near the corner of 2nd Ave & 18th St,  Rock Island, IL   Once you have found the Blues Brothers, you or you and your family/small group must take a selfie with the Blues Bro...