Day 25: Church News and TALK IT OVER

Hard to believe we are halfway through the Fifty To 50 Campaign.

Here is the discussion guide and TALK IT OVER for week 4 of Fifty To 50:

Week 4 Discussion Guide - FT5

Here is Royal View News for this week:

Day 22: Life Groups

Here is an add outlining what our LIFE GROUPS (small group community) are all about.  To see the spring life group guide cgo here ----> Spring 2010 LG GUIDE

Day 20: RV News

Day 18: Jason Small Greeting & TALK IT OVER

We had another fantastic weekend at RVC.  We didn't do any blogging over the weekend but we had a great time in week 3 of our series Fifty To 50.

You can listen to this weekends message by going HERE.  (The audio and video podcasts will be updated shortly).

Here is the discussion guide and TALK IT OVER from week 3 for our Life Groups.

Week 3 Discussion Guide - Fifty To 50 

Below is a greeting from our friend Jason Small, pastor of Community Church in Waterdown, ON.

Day 14: A Model For Prayer

In our series Fifty To 50 we have been walking through the book of Nehemiah.  In chapter 1 we see an outline in verses 5-11 of Nehemiah praying to God because his city is in ruins.  What is amazing about these verses is that we see Nehemiah model how to effectively pray when communicating with God. 

So often prayer consists of us coming before God with our laundry list of things we need Him to do for us.  We see through the example of Nehemiah that what he prayed went much deeper than a "to do" list of requests.

Look at what Nehemiah did:

1. Nehemiah acknowledged the greatness of  God  (vs 5)

 And I said, "O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

2. Nehemiah confessed Israel’s sin  (vs 6-7)

Let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even I and my father’s house have sinned.  We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.

3. Nehemiah proclaimed the promises of God  (vs 8-9)

Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples,but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.'

4. Nehemiah brought his petition before the Lord (vs 11)

O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man."

To watch week 2 of our series Fifty To 50 click HERE.

Day 10: RV News for April 17/18