Sunday December 24, 2017

Speaker: Pastor Diego Rodriguez
Message Title: The Reason For the Season is...
Scriptures: Gen.7:11; Deut.1:3; Lev.23:5; Ex.29:39; Luke 2:8-14; John 3:16; Luke 15:7.

Ge 7:11 ¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
De 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; Le 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
Ex 29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
Lu 2:8 ¶ And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

The Reason For The Season is... For YOU (US)

Music Worship Leaders:
JW & Sharon Peck
Songs:

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS PARTY

Children are invited to:

What:     A Happy Birthday Jesus Party

Who :      Children 5-12 years old

Day :      Saturday

Date:     December 23, 2017

Time:    11:00am - 1:00 pm

Where:  Rose Lake, Idaho

Place:     Crossroads Community Church

Lunch will be served!!!!

Question??? Call Carol Griffin at 208-682-2236

Sunday December 17, 2017

Speaker: Pastor Diego Rodriguez
Message Title: It's Not the Size of Mountain that Matters It's the Size of Your Faith
Scripture: 1Kings 17:12

1 Kings 17:12

 So she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”

The prophet Elijah was hiding out when the brook he was using to sustain himself dried up. He was then told by God to leave and there would be a widow women who would take care of him. When he meets her she tells him, she is about to eat the last of her food and her and her son would then wait to die.

Elijah, the man of God knew what God had told him and that God would supply both of their needs. The widow women had given up and accepted the fact she and her son were going to die. Now God, did not wish for either one of them to die. But, in order to save both he had to allow the brook to dry up. Which made Elijah move from a comfortable spot to somewhere unknown, for Elijah to be available to increase the widow’s faith to save them both. We might ask, why didn’t God just provide for the both of them where they were at in their current position?

Verse 12       “So she said, “As the Lord your God lives…”

She didn’t know God did the in the way Elijah did.

Therefore, her faith did not allow God to move on her half alone. God had to send Elijah to show her that God would supply her needs and when she was able to see that her faith was then increased.

You can be one of two people in this story.

1.      Elijah who by no fault of his own gets moved from a cozy little brook to increase the faith of someone else. How many times do we find ourselves in a w spot in life and wonder why. Do we ever consider that this very well be for the benefit of the ones around us to see God working on our lives.

2.      We could take the role of the widow women who needs something from God but doesn’t have the faith to receive it. Are you looking at God in someone else’s life hoping he will help you or are you desiring to know God on a personal level?  

 

Music Worship Leaders:

JW & Sharon Peck

Song:

  

Sunday December 10, 2017

Speaker: Pastor Diego Rodriguez
Message Title: I Am The Resurrection And The Life
Scripture: John 11:24-25

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live

John 11:25

This a story in the Bible where Jesus was called upon to come and pray for someone. Jesus tarried a few days then went to see the gentleman. When Jesus arrived the gentleman had already died. Jesus enters a conversation with the dead man’s sister, where he tells her that her brother will rise again. She agrees that on resurrection day he will rise again.

Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

John 11:24

Back to verse 25 he tells her I am the resurrection.

Many times in our lives we lose things. We become old, and we think it can’t happen now. Bad decisions, stop certain things from happening. We lose friendships, family members, job opportunities the list could go on and on. After the loss of whatever it is or was, we get religious. Just like the sister in this story. We say to ourselves and whoever else will listen, “God will restore it all on judgement day.” When Jesus is saying to us, “I am the resurrection.” We our waiting for a restoration that has already happen. It’s not that we our waiting for him, it’s him, waiting on us. When you put your faith in Christ Jesus, the things your lost start to be restored. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow. Nevertheless, God will start to restore you. It may not be with that particular company or person but, the hole the loss caused gets filled.

Stop trying to live with loss and start living with the fact you serve a living God who is still in the business of restoring his children.

Music Worship Leaders:

JW & Sharon Peck

Song:

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS PARTY

Children are invited to:

What:     A Happy Birthday Jesus Party

Who :      Children 5-12 years old

Day :      Saturday

Date:     December 23, 2017

Time:    11:00am - 1:00 pm

Where:  Rose Lake, Idaho

Place:     Crossroads Community Church

Lunch will be served!!!!

Question??? Call Carol Griffin at 208-682-2236

Sunday December 03, 2017

Speaker: Pastor Diego Rodriguez
Message Title: Casting Stones
Scripture: John 8:7-11

John 8:7

⁷ So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Here we have a women who was caught in adultery. The Pharisees and scribes wanted to make use her to one, make Jesus go against the Law of Moses or uphold the Law of Moses and not look so merciful in front of the crowd. Instead, Jesus out smarts them and says let the first stone thrower be the one without sin. Knowing full well he was the only one without sin.

John 8

⁹ And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

¹⁰ When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

¹¹ She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

There are a few things we should notice in this passage.

1.      Jesus not only condemn her of her sin. He didn’t point out to the ones you left their sin. He left that to their own convictions.

2.      He did not condone any of their sins.

He never says to them, “It’s o.k. don’t worry about.”

Or try, “Try better next time.” Instead he heeds a warning. “Go and sin no more.”

Now, there is a whole other sermon in that but, I want to concentrate today on the Pharisees and scribes not throwing stones. Nowadays, we would think it was absurd to throw rocks at anyone for committing a crime let alone any sin the Bible told us not to do. Can you imagine, go to church or any religious event in America and John Smith gets caught looking at a choir girl to long and they stone him for having lust in his heart. How about a child talking back to his or her parent during the Church pot luck and dragging them outside and stoning them. Now, remember I said America, things like this still happen in other countries. Now maybe, we have evolved from throwing literal rocks but, our we still in a sense throwing rocks with our words to people that don’t look like us or think like us.

We post things online about anyone or anything we don’t like and agree with. We use hurtful words and have truths to get others to join in with us. Friendships end, families stop talking to each other. Indeed we still throw stones. We don’t have to agree and definitely not condone things we don’t believe in. But, our words should always be used carefully and with thought of Christ behind it.

Which is, he’s the only one that can condemn. We are not going to agreed 100% of the time with 100% of the people. And by no means am I saying to never say anything. It’s just when we do speak on these tough subjects remember to speak with the love of God, through the word of God and let him bring the conviction. 

Music Worship Leaders:

JW & Sharon Peck

Songs:

 

Sunday Novenber 19, 2017

November 19^th we will hold an Ordination Service for Pastor Diego Rodriguez – The service will be followed by a Thanksgiving potluck; hopefully with turkey, ham and all the trimmings.

Sunday November 05, 2017

Speaker: Pastor Diego Rodriguez
Message Title: Fighting to Win-1
Responsive Reading: James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:     James 1:19

We all get into discussions that lead to arguments from time to time. One of the main reason we get into these arguments is misunderstanding. The other is, instead of listing to the other person we are only waiting for our turn to talk. Therefore, we miss what the person is trying to communicate to us and take offense. More importantly we miss the motive of what some one is saying and take offense. I remember a married couple that was considering a divorce came in to talk. I asked how their communication level was and they both said it was great. They talk all the time email, text the works and yet they always get into these huge arguments.

Then husband went on to tell me he thought that she just didn’t love him anymore. I asked why and he told this story.

“My wife shut the door on my hand and I screamed and she just walked away.”

When I asked her for her side of the story she said,

“I didn’t know his hand was caught. I just heard him scream at me and I don’t like being yelled at so, I walked away.”

She never took the time to hear what he was screaming about only heard the tone that she didn’t approve of. If she would have stopped and heard the reason she would have helped. 

Now he’s more hurt that she left him in that state than his hand actually being hurt.

Swift to Hear, actually means quick to understand.

In other words, understand what they are trying to say before getting offended by how they are saying. See our couple in this story thought they were communicating well, but they were only talking a lot to each other but not understanding one another.

Slow to speak. When you are having these type of conversations we get confused at times thinking, I need to respond, “Right Now!” or “They need to respond right now!” When that is not always the case. Stop, repeat back what you think you understand, maybe ask a clarifying question. And, if need be ask for some time before giving them the answer. This may not be the answer they were looking for but it is where the second part of this scripture comes in.

Slow to Wrath.

When we continue in conversation we don’t fully understand we run the risk of an argument. (Miscommunication)

Answering or saying yes to something to fast can cause us to do something we never really wanted to do therefore leading to strife.

But if we take our time to understand the whole conversation, take our time in answering so, that both parties are heard. Then we experience the Slow to Wrath part of this scripture. Offense will come so, be prepared. James 1:19 will help.

Music Worship Leaders:

JW & Sharon Peck

Songs: