MONTHLY CALENDAR
COMING UP:
Good Friday Service - Friday, April 3, at 6 pm. “Jesus’ Journey & Communion”
Regular Scheduled Meetings and Bible Studies Meet in the PS Building
Weekly Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study - (From 9:00 - 9:45 am)
Weekly Wednesday Night Bible Studies - 7 pm.
Women’s Ministry - Saturday, April 18, Meeting will be held at 10 am.
Watchmen’s Prayer Night - Thursday, April 16, at 7pm.
Website Monthly Prayer Strategy - Monthly (See below)
Teen Group & Children’s Church - Meet Sunday Mornings
For more information: Text (520) 743-9500 or email chapelsl@yahoo.com
OUTREACH
Radio Program: 12:30pm Monday-Friday on KGMS 940
The NET (Small Group): Son Life Chapel's home Bible study ministry aims for greater opportunities of fellowship and discipleship Call church for more info. (520) 743-9500
“Acts Of Kindness”
Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35
Areas Of Need:
Start Right Here Homeless Outreach Ministry - Currently collecting Care Kit items for those that will be going out and ministering to the homeless in our community.
Gospel Rescue Mission, and Haven
Would appreciate your help with hygiene items, new or gently used clothing, and new undergarments.
(For Children, Women, and Men.)
All items can be brought to the church, Ed Grijalva will deliver your donations to the organizations. Monetary donations are also welcome.
“Look Into His Presence”
Repentance - The key to Revival
The message of the Lord to king Solomon was: ”if My people who are called by My Name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from Heaven, I will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (II Chronicles 7:14).
There is power in turning from sin, repenting from sin, and turning back to God. The greatest miracle that Jesus provided for us, by shedding His blood and giving His life for us, is the freedom from sin. Healing through repentance applies to individuals, groups, the church, and cities. Nineveh was a city that heard the Word of the Lord, were convicted and they repented. But Jonah didn’t want to go to Nineveh to deliver the Word, instead he fled to Tarshish in disobedience.
Jonah 1:1-3
Jonah’s Disobedience
1 “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. “
Jonah 2:1-9
Jonah s Prayer and God’s Answer
1 “Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.” 2 And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice. 3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your billows and Your waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ 5 The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; the deep closed around me; weeds were wrapped around my head. 6 I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord, my God. 7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; And my prayer went up to You, into Your holy temple. 8 “Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own Mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.”
Jonah 3:4 …Then he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
Nineveh was the capital of the great Assyrian Empire, it was a very vile and fierce Empire which showed no mercy on her conquered lands. Yet a simple message caught the ear of the king, he called for national repentance, and God spared the nation from His Judgment through a great national revival. This is one of the greatest revivals in human history.
It was all because a reluctant prophet repented, obeyed, and went to a great city of a great empire and preached the message from Heaven. God saw their repentance and stayed His judgment.
The message of repentance has become a lost and unpopular message in the church today, but it is the key to freedom from sin and destruction. Sin binds people and sin destroys nations. Sin in the church makes the church powerless, while repentance (turning from sin) makes the church powerful. Jesus is coming for a glorious church without spot or wrinkle.
When a nation that was born as a Christian Nation, turns away from God, and sins, if it does not turn back to God, repent, and turn away from sin, that nation will suffer judgment.
America is in that place right now and it is time for us to repent and turn back to God, but it starts with understanding that we must humble ourselves before God, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways.
Pastor Gil
April Prayer Strategy
Numbers 6:24 (NLT) ‘May the Lord bless you and protect you. 25 May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. 26 May the Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.’
This prayer is the special priestly blessing to bless the people of Israel. It is a blessing we should pray over one another, over our families, over children, and over our nation. We want the Lord to be magnified in America and we want our nation to be blessed. Yes many in America have turned away from God and set up many idols and there are many who practice witchcraft. The blood of innocent babies terminated in the womb without a chance for life has stained the ground of this nation. The on going crime, human trafficking, child abuse, rape, murder, drug abuse, addictions, and mistreatment of others is largely because of the curses that doing evil has brought on this nation. America has sins that go back many generations but there has been several revivals in this nation that has preserved us. We need a revival to turn this nation around again. We want America to receive blessings from God and not curses. We want to live under blessings not curses. We want to break curses, turn from evil, and turn towards God. May America reach the purpose for which this nation was created. We dedicate our nation back to You Lord! We pray, may America have courage to serve You God with integrity. May America have more passion for the things of God. May the leaders of America make wise decisions as they lead. May America have a positive influence on the world. May America be the head and not the tail. May America lend to many nations and not borrow. May America serve the Lord and Him alone. May America be a nation after God’s Own heart. Lord bless this nation may we turn back to You with our whole heart.
Pastor Jon
