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Smile!

The hardcore fellowshippers are moved to the parking lot.
I love how our church family enjoys being with each other, we enjoy each other's company too much to stop fellowshipping and go home! 
Lilya's face shows the excitement that occurs when we all get together! :D
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 Sunday Morning

Paul Washer was going to be speaking at Grace Community for their Sunday morning service, so we asked Dad if he wanted to go hear Paul Washer and he said yes, so we went!
Sethyboy took this picture of Mom

Our handsome little man

This is how we avoid being late for church!

 It's a team effort! 

Grace Community has a Sunday school service and this Sunday Paul Washer gave his testimony which was awesome to hear, we'd never heard his full testimony like that before! Here's the link to it so you can hear it for yourself: Paul Washer's Testimony
Before he gave his testimony he gave two warnings and pitfalls to be avoided when discussing your testimony,
1. There's a danger to present yourself as a victim rather than a culprit
2. Men live to talk about themselves, be Christ-centered and avoid putting yourself as the center of attention.

And then he delivered this awesome sermon: The Impossibility of the Christian Life Part 3
John 15- He's not talking about those who publicly deny Christ, the question is, Do you bear fruit?
Vs. 6: "If any do not abide in me" Birth is natural, death is not. Death is supernatural it is a judgement. 
Vs. 3: Apart from me you can do nothing, all spiritual life flows from him. The father is the vinedresser.
Relentless, consistent manifestation of God in your life, you cannot run wild like a dog in the yard, I know he will come after you. You become a vessel than can be fruitful.
Taking the promises of God and alloying them to your life through the experience that God has allowed in your lives, like disciplines and trials.
The branch must be connected to the vine so that the sap can flow into it.
The Christian life is a struggle and always will be.
Full sanctification will only come with glorification but there will be transformation. He who began a good work will finish it. Do you have victory over sin? God does not desire that His Son be connected with dead, fruitless vines. Others in order to make the vine beautiful He will remove them. He'll take you out of a genuine church so that you will no longer corrupt it.
Fruit has to do with everything that has to do with Christ
Christ is carrying out his monstrosity with you.
Does anyone get a heavenly flavor from you, is anyone impacted in a biblical way, are sinners convicted by coming in contact with you? Does anyone see worldliness when they look at you? Just think am I fruitful? How am I fruitful?
Sometimes believers get confused and take facts as promises. Jesus is the vine- that's a fact. You are the branch, but He's not saying that you have to do something to become the branch, you already are. And as a branch you are going to bear fruit- that also is a fact. There's no question ever in Scripture that the believer will bear fruit, even the least Christian in the bible bears 30 fold fruit.
It doesn't have the same bark, it doesn't have the same leaf, it doesn't bear the same fruit, it is dead and unconnected to the vine.
We culitvate our spiritual life so that we may bear more fruit. A physical branch cannot have fruit of itself, the brance must be connected to the vine.
The believer cannot bear fruit of itself, you can't do anything. Your not being humble by saying I can't do this or this is beyond me, you can't do anything and to think you can is absurd, if you think that you can't do anyting apart from the power of Christ you can do anything.
Picture a mental image of Samson in your mind. What did you picture? An incredible hulk? See we automatically think physically, carnally. If he was an incredible hulk then it would've been easy to see where he got his strength,but his strength came from God and the power of the holy spirit.

 After the Sunday morning service Dad took us out to Cancún for lunch!

Momma, Sethyboy and Felicity

 Stephanie, Hannah and Chariti

After lunch we went back to Grace Community for the 3pm service where Paul Washer gave the final sermon :The Impossibility of the Christian Life Part 4

 Mom liked these stained glass windows


For the evening sermon he delivered the final part in this sermon series: The Impossibility of the Christian Life Part 4
Click the link so you can listen to it, it's really good!
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It was an awesome experience to hear Paul Washer speak again! Make sure you go check out the links to his sermons, I have all of the links sermons posted above. You will definitely be edified and it will be well worth your time to listen to his sermons! I've never heard another modern day pastor like him who can preach so uncommonly powerfully! We like to listen to Paul Washer especially so when we need to be refocused on Christ, Paul Washer just has a way of magnifying Christ and the gospel in all of his sermons that is so refreshing and soul-strengthening!