{"id":2757,"date":"2016-01-08T19:48:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T19:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2016-01-08T20:03:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T20:03:52","slug":"weekly-newsletter-january-8-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/es\/2016\/01\/08\/weekly-newsletter-january-8-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter: January 8, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Verse & Prayer for today:<\/h2>\n

Joshua 1:8\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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So, it’s the start of another year, and generally at the beginning of the year, we all start again with the best of intentions.<\/p>\n

For many of us this is very exciting and for some of us, this is completely terrifying. We are standing on the edge of something new and we are not sure what is going to happen. Could this be a good year, one full of excitement and adventure? Or is this going to be a devastating year, one that drops us to our knees at every turn?<\/p>\n

I have 365 new opportunities to do something special, to make this year memorable, to be a \u00abbetter\u00bb me. \u00a0Self-help books and how-to manuals are immensely popular today. People want to know how to be successful, whether it is winning friends, making money, getting a promotion, losing weight \u2013 its all about being successful. \u00a0And we have in our hands the very first self-help book that was ever written – except that it reminds us that there is a power much greater than simply us in this world, and helps us to focus on helping others and not just ourselves!<\/p>\n

God doesn’t promise Joshua that everything is going to be peachy, now that he’s stepping up to replace Moses as the leader of Israel. \u00a0There is no promise of easy days: no doubt, there may be someone you know that will no longer be with you on the 31st of December 2016, someone will have gotten sick this year, someone else may have had surgery. \u00a0But we find our strength and courage in God and God’s word and promises for us.<\/p>\n

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105)<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As this New Year starts to rev up and you abandon some of those New Years resolutions you weren’t really committed to, commit to making the Bible a part of your daily ritual, and meditating on those verses that guide you and give you strength.<\/p>\n

Father God, thank You for Your Word.\u00a0 Thank You that within it there are many promises that will bring success and prosperity in our lives. \u00a0We ask that You would lead us\u00a0to the scriptures that we\u00a0need to meditate on and declare to be successful in Your plans for us and for our church.\u00a0 Open our minds to receive Your words and grant us\u00a0the grace to be obedient in any way that we\u00a0need to be today.\u00a0 Give us\u00a0a willing spirit to follow Your instructions.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

THIS SUNDAY AT BALBOA UNION CHURCH<\/h1>\n

Worship Service at 10 a.m. \u2013 ALL ARE WELCOME!<\/strong><\/p>\n

SPEAKER: David McIntosh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday School Teachers: On Vacation<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
First Testament Readings and\u00a0Psalm<\/td>\nIsaiah 43:1-7, Psalm 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Epistle Reading<\/td>\nActs 8:14-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gospel Reading<\/td>\nLuke 3:15-17, 21-22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0Prayers Concerns<\/h2>\n

Please Pray for Our Brothers and Sisters from Siria and Iraq<\/p>\n

Lord, please remind the world that we are all brothers and sisters and there should be no violence among us, only love and attempts to understand one another.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We also remember in prayer our former pastor:<\/p>\n