This Week @ GT

January 23-29, 2012

21-DAY CORPORATE FAST - WEEK OF PRAYER
We’d like to see 500 or more believers involved in this time of fasting and prayer. Our fast began Sunday, January 8, and will conclude on Saturday, January 28. Learn more about the fast here.

This week's Schedule:

January 23-29
Monday - MOPS, 9:30-11:30 AM
Monday - Overcomers, 6:30 PM
Wednesday - Worship, 7 PM
Saturday - 9:00-11:00 AM, Volunteer Training
Sunday - Worship, 10:30 AM (Sermon Series - TOXIC)
Sunday - Single Moms' Luncheon 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Sunday - Intercessory Prayer, 5:00 PM
Sunday - Worship, 6:00 PM

Look Ahead

February 5, 2012
Early service @ 4:30 PM on SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. Then, we will gather in the Kids Sanctuary to watch the game. We'll also be having a Men's Chili Cookoff during the evening. There will be prizes and a lot of GREAT food and fellowship. Click here for details...

March 25 - 28, 2012
The Glory and the Fire - You've seen The Judgment, now come experience The Glory and the Fire! Make plans to attend this amazing event; be sure to invite your family and friends to this soul-winning drama!

iServe Spotlight

Meet GT's iServe Superstars!

Glad Tidings Church is taking this opportunity to honor those who labor among us! We appreciate your dedicated service to the Lord.

This week our iServe Superstar is Benton Vizina!

Benton is a sophomore at Barbe High School and the leader of our media team for the youth department. He effectively leads about 10 other teenagers on a weekly basis to provide videos, sound, lighting, audio clips, and all things media for our youth services on Wednesday. He's been a faithful leader for almost 2 years now. He is an outstanding young man that is doing incredible things for God. Benton knows that he is called to ministry in the future but it is so exciting to see him doing ministry in the present.

– Pastor James Reine

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World Impact

Glad Tidings Church coming together in prayer for the nations...

Each week, this section of our newsletter will focus on prayer for the unreached people around the globe. We will travel the world over, nation by nation.

Join us this week as we pray for Armenia. We've included a little information below to consider as you pray for the people of this nation.

Armenia:

• Has a population around 3 million.*
• Was the world's first Christian nation.*
• Though a predominantly Christian nation, the traditional Armenian Apostolic Church often poses as an obstacle that keeps many of its members from discovering the living Christ.*
• Pray for the growth of evangelical Christianity and training up of spiritual leaders. Armenia is an island in a sea of Islam.*

* From Operation World, 7th Edition

VIDEO: Prayer of intercession for Armenia

Devotional

The Place of Surrender

Hebrews 5:7-9

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, He offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission. Son though He was, He learned obedience from what He suffered and, once made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him..."

Sometimes we can lose sight of the humanness of Jesus. Our Lord is almighty, invincible, eternal! We worship Him as the exalted King of kings, seated at the right hand of God. He is our strong shelter, the hedge that surrounds us; the One who goes before us, and our rear guard. We are secured in Christ, able to approach Him in our weakness, confident that He alone is our strength.

Knowing this, really knowing this, though, doesn't mean we aren't touched by the pain and suffering of this world. Actually, quite the opposite is true.

Jesus said, "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

Things happen that we can't explain or understand or control. Being secure in Christ doesn't mean we put on a brave face and deny the grief of our souls. It means we do what Jesus did. We feel it. We cry out with fervent cries and tears to the One who can save us. It means that even though we are crushed by suffering, we aren't turned away. We plant our knees at the cross, the place of surrender, the place where we gain it all.

Online Resources

Audio Available

Discover the Power of Proper Placement! Listen to part 2 of this sermon.

There is a placement from God that will release your purpose in life..."
- Pastor Stephen Perry

Listen to this free audio clip online >>