Text Box:     OPENING MUSIC............................................................  “Come, Now is the Time”   INVOCATION   WELCOME   GREETING.........................................................................  “Let’s Just Praise the Lord”   WORSHIP IN SONG ......................................................  “Love Lifted Me” #400                                                                                         “Still Sweeter Every Day” #392   FAMILY ALTAR................................................................  “As the Deer”                                                                                         “Be Unto Your Name”                                                                                         “Spirit Song”   CHILDREN’S CHURCH................................................  Children are dismissed   TITHES and OFFERINGS          Special Music.............................................................  Dave, Betty & Janice Holton   TODAYS MESSAGE   “The Preservation of the Saints” 1 John 2:24-29   HOLY COMMUNION   CLOSING MUSIC............................................................. “Praise the Name of Jesus”   BENEDICTION   ¶   TODAY and TONIGHT   4:45pm....  Adult Sunday School Education Meeting ~ Senior classroom 6pm..........  Evening Worship Service

Text Box: Praise & Worship Text Box: Nursery                 Nursery care is available for newborns thru 3 years old. Children’s Church                 4, 5 & 6 yr. olds not yet in Kindergarten go and meet in the   children’s                 center.  Kindergarten thru 4th grades meet in the fellowship hall. Sermon Tapes                 Cassette tapes of sermons are available for a suggested donation of $2 per                 tape. Sermons can also be heard on the church website—www.mvcnaz.org.                 See Steve, or Larry in the sound booth. Lost and Found                 Located in the hall next to the Children’s Center.

Text Box: Things You Should Know! Text Box: “The Preservation of the Saints”   Text:       1 John 2: 24-29 Thesis:   “Pray that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21:36b)   * * *   I. John pleads with the believer that they would ______________ faithful to Jesus.          A.    John states, “see that what you have heard from the ______________               ______________ in you.”  (vs 24)                 1.     Continue to believe that Jesus is the _______________.                 2.     Continue to believe Jesus _______________ you now.                 3.     Continue to _______________ his example.          B.    Jesus warns us not to fall away in the following passages:                           1)  Luke 21:34-36     2)  Matthew 13:18-23     3)  Revelations 2:1-7          C.    God’s Word promises us if “we remain in the Son and in the Father”... we will have - “even eternal life.”  (1 John 2:24b-25)   II. John “writes these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.”  (vs 26)          A.    Satan is still trying to lead people astray today.   III. John proclaims that the Christian is _________________.  (vs. 27)          A.    All through scripture the anointed were the privileged people of God.                 1.     In the Old Testament, only the ________________, _______________                      and _________________ were anointed.                 2.     Today, every born again Christian is anointed with the Holy Spirit.                        a.    The Holy Spirit keeps in constant _____________ with God. (vs. 27)                        b.    The Holy Spirit _______________ us for works of service.                        c.     The Holy Spirit is our ______________ for the Day of Atonement.   “You were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of His glory.”  

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April 30, 2006Text Box: Morning Worship Service        Evening Worship Service         10:30am-12 noon                  6:00-7:00pm   “The Preservation of the Saints” 1 John 2:24-29   Our Mission: “To know Christ, share His love and make Him known to others!”

Text Box: Our Staff        Senior Pastor..................  Chuck Ryan        Training Pastor.......  Stacy Fisher        Assoc./Youth Pastor......   Jeff Edmiston     NMI Director..........  Janice Holton        Children’s Pastor............  Shelly Lamkins   Administration........  Tierney Cooper        Visitation Pastor.............  Bill Watson     Receptionist............   Audrey Morten        Outreach Pastor.............  Dave Jacobsen office: 208-337-3151  *  fax: 208-337-6176  *  www.mvcnaz.org

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