Bulletin - LifePointe Church - Sunday, 07-22-12

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We are so glad you are here today! We invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy the service. We want to make your visit to LIFEPOINTE Church very special – and here’s how: You can trust your children (from birth – grade 6) to our AngelPointe and KidzPointe teams. AngelPointe provides quality, loving care for your little ones from nursery to preschool. An atmosphere of fun and belonging has been created in our KidzPointe classes to make your child feel welcome. Any of our greeters can direct you to the children’s area. If you decide to keep your infant or young child with you during the service, please note that the restrooms are outside the back door of the auditorium on the left.

July 22, 2012 Marvelous Light Audience Your Love Never Fails Audience

Flight 360 Rewind LifePointe Student Ministry

Take advantage of the message notes on the back page of this program. You can use these outline notes to follow along with today’s message.

Our God Is Greater Audience

5th SUNDAY POTLUCK LUNCH – SUNDAY, JULY 29TH

Message Pastor Chuck Bernal

BAPTISM AT LIFEPOINTE – SUNDAY, JULY 29th

A FASHION STATEMENT - LIFEPOINTE T SHIRTS Now is the time to get your very own LifePointe T-shirt. It’s a great way to promote our church in a fun and fasionable way.

The cost is only $15.00 per shirt - so you can get them for the entire family. You can pay in cash or make a check payable to LifePointe Church. TODAY YOU CAN BUY 2 FOR $25!!

Indescribable Audience

Please use the WELCOME card to request any further information about our church or to communicate with us. You can drop it in the offering basket at the end of the service. Please have confidence that no one will drop by your home or call you without being asked.

We want to invite everyone to join us for a special Potluck Lunch on Sunday, July 29th @ NOON. We want to have a party and celebrate all that God is doing at LifePointe and give everyone an opportunity to get to know each other. Everyone is asked to bring the following: Last names (A-L) – bring a Main Dish, Sides/Salad & drinks – Last names (M-Z) bring a Main Dish, dessert & drinks. The church will provide the paper products.

All of us at LifePointe are here to help you in any way we can. If you need anything or if we can answer your questions, please let us know. Our friendly staff of volunteers stand ready to help you and your family. LifePointe volunteers are available throughout the campus. You can use your LifePointe “WELCOME” card (inside this program) to request help or information about specific ministries and programs offered at LifePointe. You can also use this card to ask for prayer, send a message to our pastors or to sign up for specific events. We are here to help!

Offering How Great Is Our God Reprise Our God Is Greater

LIFEGROUPS – OUR SUMMER STUDY CONTINUES THIS MONTH! LifeGroups are the best part of LifePointe Church and we want you to join a group. LifeGroups are all about connecting people with each other and learning about God together. We have a brand-new LifeGroups study that begins this week and we want YOU tto be a part of it. The study is based on Psalm 63: “Oh God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You . . . in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Psalm 63:1 NIV). If you have ever felt that way, then this study will bless your life!

GROUPS MEETING THIS WEEK TODAY @ - 5:00pm Hosted by Rhonda Wortman SW FORT W ORTH - W EDGW OOD AREA FACILITATOR – RYAN JAM ES

Monday – 07-23-12 -- 7:00pm

NEXT WEEKEND – A NEW SERIES BEGINS

Hosted by Mike & Melora Cranford

FORT W ORTH TCU - RYAN PLACE NEAR ELIZABETH BLVD FACILITATOR - M IKE CRANFORD

Tuesday – 07-24-12 - 7:00pm - Hosted by Brad & Staci Danford SW FORT W ORTH - TRAIL LAKE/SYCAM ORE SCHOOL RD FACILITATOR - CHUCK BERNAL

Thursday – 07-26-12 - 7:00pm - Hosted by Bill & LeAmy Seabert We are so excited about our next Baptism that will be held on Sunday, July 29th.

Baptism is a great way to make a bold statement about your commitment to Christ and an important step in your walk with the Lord. If you have not been baptized, you are invited to participate in this special event. THE BAPTISM WILL BE HELD DURING OUR POTLUCK LUNCH AFTER CHURCH.

SOUTH CROW LEY - NORTH BURLESON – ALSBURY AREA FACILITATOR - CHUCK BERNAL

Join us next weekend as Pastor Chuck kicks off a new message series titled, “MESSY”. This series is all about cleaning up some of the misconceptions and erroneous ideas we have about God, faith and life.

Don’t miss Part 1 of this series titled, “A MESSY VIEW OF LIFE”.

Friday – 07-27-12 -- 7:00pm Hosted by Mike & Melora Cranford - College/Young Singles (18-25) FORT W ORTH TCU - RYAN PLACE NEAR ELIZABETH BLVD FACILITATOR - MIKE CRANFORD

BIO SERIES - JOB WHEN YOUR LIFE FALLS APART . . . vJob: A man of ______________________ & _______________________________ . . . Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless, a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil. He had seven sons and three daughters. He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys . . . in fact, the richest person in that entire area. (Job 1:1-3 – NLT)

vJob: A test of __________________________ & ____________________________ One day when Job's sons and daughters were dining at the oldest brother's house, a messenger arrived at Job's home with this news: "Your oxen were plowing, with the donkeys feeding beside them, when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.". While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you." While he was still speaking, a third messenger arrived with this news: "Three bands of Chaldean raiders have stolen your camels and killed your servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you." While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: "Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brother's home. Suddenly, a powerful wind swept in from the desert and hit the house on all sides. The house collapsed, and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you." (Job 1:13-19 – NLT)

vJob: A response of ______________________ & ____________________________ Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground before God. He said, "I came naked from my mother's womb, and I will be stripped of everything when I die. The Lord gave me everything I had, and the Lord has taken it away. Blessed be the name of the Lord!" In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God. (Job 1:13-22 – NLT)

vJob: A loss of _______________________ & _______________________________ Then the Lord asked Satan, "Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth-a man of complete integrity. He fears God and will have nothing to do with evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you persuaded me to harm him without cause." Satan replied to the Lord, "Skin for skin-he blesses you only because you bless him. A man will give up everything he has to save his life.

But take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!" "All right, do with him as you please," the Lord said to Satan. "But spare his life." So Satan . . . struck Job with a terrible case of boils from head to foot. Then Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

His wife said to him, "Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die."

(Job 2:3-9 – NLT)

Friends, when life gets really difficult, don't jump to the conclusion that God isn't on the job.

Instead, be glad that you are in the very thick of what Christ experienced. This is a spiritual refining process, with glory just around the corner. (1 Peter 4:12-13 – MSG)

vEven when we don’t ___________________________ we should trust in God! This plan of mine is not what you would work out, neither are my thoughts the same as yours! For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than yours, and my thoughts than yours. (Isaiah 55:8-9 – LB) God may kill me, but still I will trust him . . . (Job 13:15 – CEV)

vThe depth of our commitment is ___________ in bad times not in good times!

But Job replied, "You talk like a godless woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?" So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. (Job 2:10 – NLT)

vWhen God is all you have ____________, He will always be ______________!

I remember it all -- oh, how well I remember-- the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope: God’s loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up. They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left. God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It's a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from GOD. It's a good thing when you're young to stick it out through the hard times. When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don't run from trouble.

Take it full-face. The "worst" is never the worst. Why? Because the Master won't ever walk out and fail to return. If he works severely, he also works tenderly. His stockpiles of loyal love are immense. He takes no pleasure in making life hard, in throwing roadblocks in the way: (Lamentations 3:20-33 – MSG) We've been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we're not demoralized; we're not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do; we've been terrorized, but God hasn't left our side; we've been thrown down, but we haven't broken . . . While we're going through the worst, you're getting in on the best!. . . So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace . . . There's far more here than meets the eye.

The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever. (2 Corinthians 4:9-12, 16-18 – Msg)

"My life is in your hands. Do with me whatever you think is good and right.”

(Jeremiah 26:14 - GWT)

vJob: A commitment to _____________________ & _________________________ But Job replied, "You talk like a godless woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?" So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. (Job 2:10 – NLT)

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WHEN YOUR LIFE FALLS APART REMEMBER . . .

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vSuffering comes to all, whether you _________________________________ it or not!

Email: office@lifepointechurchfw.com

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds . . . So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while . . . Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.

(James 1:2, 1 Peter 2:6, 4:12 – NIV, NLT)

Chuck Bernal, Lead Pastor Melora Cranford, KidzPointe - Mike Cranford, LifeGroups/Logistics

vWe have a real _____________________ who wants to ______________________ us!

Jon DeGuzman, Worship - Virginia Werlwas, Administration

Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour. (1 Peter 5:8 – NLT)

Debbie West, AngelPointe - Jon West, Students

The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy . . . (John 10:10 – GNB)

vGod _____________________ suffering and can bring _________________ out of it!

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