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
But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’ Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come’ (Luke 14:18-20, ESV).
Three excuses, all which seem to be pretty lame. These are not real reasons for skipping the banquet. Rather, these reflect the priorities of the invited guests. Property, work, and relationships took priority over going to the banquet. The guests didn’t really want to go to the banquet, so they came up with excuses to stay home.
Billy Sunday once said, “An excuse is the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.” And that’s what these invited guests were doing—lying, but making it look reasonable. Sad to say, that’s what a lot of people do when it comes to their relationship with God. They don’t really want an intimate personal relationship with God, so they make excuses, putting other things above the main thing.
If you take the excuses people make for not going to church and apply them to not taking a bath or shower, you’d see how ridiculous they are. For example, “I don’t take a bath or shower, because…
1. I was forced to as a child.
2. People who make soap are only after your money.
3. I shower on
special occasions like Christmas and Easter.
4. People who
shower are hypocrites—they think they are cleaner than everyone else.
5. There are so
many different kinds of soap, I can't decide which one is best.
6. I used to
shower. It got boring, though, so I stopped.
7. None of my
friends take showers.
8. The bathroom
is never warm enough in the winter or cool enough in the summer.
9. I'll start
washing when I get older and dirtier.
10. I can't spare
the time” (InHis.com, humor archive).
The truth is people just don’t want to go to church. They don’t want to cultivate their relationship with God, so they make up excuses to pursue other priorities.
John Piper says, “The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night. For all the ill that Satan can do, when God describes what keeps us from the banquet table of his love, it is a piece of land, a yoke of oxen, and a wife (Luke 14:18–20). The greatest adversary of love to God is not his enemies but his gifts (John Piper, A Hunger for God, Crossway, 1997, p.14–15).
If you want an intimate, personal relationship with the Living God of the universe, then set the excuses aside and keep the main thing the main thing. Please, don’t let the good replace the best in your life.
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Join us this Sunday (October 26)
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Join us this week (October 25 to November 1)
- Monday: Ladies Bible Study, 6-7 p.m. in the lobby of Faith Bible Church
- 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
- Wednesday: Kids Bible Club, 6:45 to 8 p.m., @ Faith Bible Church
- Friday: Celebrate Recovery, 6 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall at Kings Cross Church
- Friday: Trick or Treat on the Trails, 6-8 p.m., @ the Celebration Centre walking trails
- 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!
Ladies Bible Study, 6-7 p.m. every Monday, starting October 13, @ Faith Bible Church. Nancy Hicks leads a study in God’s Word about our identity in Christ. Invite your friends and join this life-transforming fellowship focused on the issues women face in our world today.
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).
Kids’ Bible Club! It’s a place where kids, age 3 to grade 5, have fun learning the Bible, 6:45 to 8:00 p.m., with Aliento de Vida at Faith Bible Church every Wednesday. Sing Songs, Play Games, and watch Exciting Bible stories! If you wish to help, please contact Pastor Phil.
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.
Trick or
Treat on the Trails, 6-8 p.m., Friday, October 31 at the Celebration
Centre walking trails. This is our opportunity to share the good news about
Jesus to a thousand children and their families, but we need candy and
volunteers. Please, bring bags of candy next Sunday and/or plan to help
Halloween night. Thank you very much!
Operation
Christmas Child shoebox
collection week, November 17-24. Pack some shoeboxes with toys, toiletries, and
school supplies for children overseas, which opens the door for the Gospel to
them, their families, and their communities. Last year, over 11 million
children heard the gospel, of which over 3 million accepted Christ.
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