Welcome to Faith Bible Church!
an Evangelical Free Church
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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
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God (Romans 8:26-27, ESV).
The whole creation groans (Romans 8:22). We groan (Romans 8:23). But wonder of wonders, the Holy Spirit also groans on your behalf when He prays for you in your pain.
So, pray with confidence, because the Holy Spirit is praying for you. When you don’t know what to ask God for in your pain, the Holy Spirit knows. He knows God’s heart. He knows your heart, and He has a way of translating your unintelligible groaning into language your Heavenly Father understands and moves His heart.
Reformed Theological Seminary professor, Sinclair Ferguson, talks about the time when he was a little boy, spending his summers on the Northern coast of Scotland with his mother’s relatives.
His mother had a cousin who, right after he was married at the age of 21, contracted a serious illness, which left him completely paralyzed. There was only one thing he could do with his body: he could move his head a bit; and if they put a cup of tea in his hand, he could move the tea, and he could sip the tea. He used to sit in a wheelchair; and from time to time, he would make guttural noises: “Uuuuh… Uuuuh… Uuuuh.”
Pastor Sinclair says, “After I got over the fright, the fear of the unknown, and the strange, I began to notice that every time these groans came from him, the woman he had married when he was 21 would appear by some, it seemed, mystical gift of interpretation, and give him exactly what he [needed]” (The Mystery of the Third Groaning, sermon by Sinclair Ferguson).
That’s what the Holy Spirit does for you when you pray. He interprets your groans to give you exactly what you need. So, even if all you can do is moan, moan with confidence, because the Holy Spirit is praying for you.
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Join us this Sunday (July 12)
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Join us this week (July 13-18)
- Monday: Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 p.m., @ King's Cross Church (221 S. Pioneer Street)
- Tuesday: Men of Faith, 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., in the lobby of Faith Bible Church.
- Tuesday: Elder Team, 6 p.m., in the lobby of Faith Bible Church
- Wednesday: Worship Team Practice, 4:30 p.m., in the sanctuary.
- 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!
Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 p.m., every Monday at Kings Cross Church (former Presbyterian Church on 221 South Pioneer Street, Lyons, KS). 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.
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).
Semi-Annual Congregational Business Meeting, immediately following worship on Sunday, July 26. Join us for a brief review of the first half of the year followed by a light luncheon in the Fellowship Hall.
Heavenly Bells for Jesus will be playing during
our Sunday morning worship service August 9. This is a Sunday you don’t want to
miss! The bell choir from the Friendly Deaf Baptist Church will be playing and
their pastor, Leonord Lickteig will bring the message.
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