Welcome to Faith Bible Church!
an Evangelical Free Church
learning to follow Christ together!
We're located on the west edge of Lyons, Kansas, off Hwy 56
(turn south at the big red "Rice County Safety Complex" sign)
For Google Maps directions, click HERE!
9:30 a.m. Sunday School for youth and adults
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Thought for the Week
Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith (Habakkuk 2:4, ESV).
In contrast to the proud, the righteous live by faith. They don’t depend on themselves; they depend on the Lord. They trust Him even when He doesn’t make sense. And that’s what you must do when God baffles you. Just trust Him. Believe in Him even when you cannot understand Him. Be confident that His ways are best even if they contradict your ways.
Oxford philosopher Basil Mitchell puts it this way:
Imagine you are in German-occupied France during World War II and you want to join the resistance movement against the Nazis. One evening in the local bar a stranger comes up to you and introduces himself as the leader of the local partisans. He spends the evening with you, explaining the general requirements of your duties, giving you a chance to assess his trustworthiness, and offering you the chance to go no further. But his warning is stern: If you join, your life will be at risk. This will be the only face-to-face meeting you will have. After this, you will receive orders and you will have to follow them without question, often completely in the dark as to the whys and wherefores of the operations, and always with the terrifying fear that your trust may be betrayed.
Is such trust reasonable? Sometimes what the resistance leader is doing is obvious. He is helping members of the resistance. “Thank heavens he is on our side,” you say. Sometimes it is not obvious. He is in Gestapo uniform arresting partisans and—unknown to you—releasing them out of sight to help them escape the Nazis. But always you must trust and follow the orders without question, despite all appearances, no matter what happens. “The resistance leader knows best,” you say. Only after the war will the secrets be open, the codes revealed, the true comrades vindicated, the traitors exposed, and sense made of the explanations (Os Guinness, Unspeakable, HarperSanFrancisco, 2005, pp. 149-150).
In the meantime, just trust the Lord and follow His orders. You may not understand what God is doing but trust Him anyway. Trust that God is good and that He is on your side.
When Jesus hung on the cross, dying for your sins and mine, He cried out, “My God, why have you forsaken me” (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34). Yet the Bible says, in his suffering, He “continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly” (1 Peter 2:23). Despite the injustice done to Him, Jesus continued to trust in a just God, who raised Him from the dead. You do the same. Trust God even when He doesn’t make sense to you.
I like the way Babbie Mason put it in a song. He writes:
God is too wise to be mistaken.
God is too good to be unkind.
So when you don't understand,
When you don't see His plan,
When you can't trace His hand,
Trust His heart.
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Join us this Sunday (August 17)
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Join us this week (August 18-23)
- Tuesday: Men of Faith, 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. in the lobby of Faith Bible Church
- Wednesday: Worship Team Practice, 4:30 p.m., in the sanctuary
- Friday: Celebrate Recovery, 6 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall at Kings Cross Church
- Every Day: Plan to minister to one another and to a world in desperate need of Jesus. Ask God for opportunities to serve and do what He leads you to do.
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News!
Men of Faith meets at 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. every Tuesday morning in the lobby at Faith Bible Church. "As iron sharpens iron," men are invited to sharpen one another in the middle of each week before work during a time of mutual encouragement, Bible study, and prayer (coffee provided).
Celebrate Recovery, 6 p.m., every Friday at Kings Cross Church (former Presbyterian Church on 221 South Pioneer Street, Lyons, KS), beginning with a light supper in the Fellowship Hall. Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find freedom from your hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Celebrate Recovery is for EVERYONE! No one should have to face their pain alone. We are a grace-filled community of strugglers who courageously enter this safe and beautiful space to get honest about our pain and the negative ways we may see ourselves, God, and others. In this process, we come to accept that some of the habits we have developed to escape our pain may have hurt us and those close to us. It is a biblically based approach to help us achieve long lasting recovery by healing our hurts, guiding us toward new healthy truths, and developing life-giving habits.
Free Christian Videos: Faith Bible Church is providing every member and regular attender an on-line video library with over 25,000 video sessions from a host of well-respected pastors, teachers, and producers on almost every subject that impacts your daily life. They include videos for children, youth and adults on a variety of topics including books of the Bible, marriage, parenting, finance, work, leadership, men's and women's issues, the Christian life, recovery, interacting with the culture, short films, stories for children and a host of other topics. If you or someone you know is struggling in their marriage, financially strapped and drowning in debt, have a son or daughter who is making some very poor choices, or just need to grow in your personal relationship with Jesus, you will find what you need in this video library free of charge. Just click HERE or text LYONSFBC to 49775 to create your account and access any of these 25,000+ video sessions for free.
Let's Read the Bible Together
If you would like to join us in the exciting journey of exploring the treasures of God's Word, I invite you to read through the entire Bible with us this year. This reading plan takes you through the Old Testament once and the New Testament twice in a year. Just click HERE to begin a journey which will absolutely change your life.
