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Courtney Jimenez
August 5, 2020
ARE YOU CONFORMING?
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12:2 NIV)
Courtney Jimenez
Sabbath July 25, 2020
ECCLESIASTES 3 - CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION
"Everything on earth
has its own time
and its own season.
There is a time
for birth and death,
planting and reaping,
for killing and healing,
destroying and building,
for crying and laughing,
weeping and dancing,
for throwing stones
and gathering stones,
embracing and parting.
There is a time
for finding and losing,
keeping and giving,
for tearing and sewing,
listening and speaking.
There is also a time
for love and hate,
for war and peace.
What do we gain by all our hard work? I have seen what difficult things God demands of us. God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future. I know the best thing we can do is to always enjoy life, because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do. Everything God has done will last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.
Everything that happens
has happened before,
and all that will be
has already been—
God does everything
over and over again.
Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice. So I told myself that God has set a time and a place for everything. He will judge everyone, both the wicked and the good. I know God is testing us to show us that we are merely animals. Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense. All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to earth. Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth? We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future."
Courtney Jimenez
July 22, 2020
ECCLESIASTES 3 - CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION
"Everything on earth
has its own time
and its own season.
There is a time
for birth and death,
planting and reaping,
for killing and healing,
destroying and building,
for crying and laughing,
weeping and dancing,
for throwing stones
and gathering stones,
embracing and parting.
There is a time
for finding and losing,
keeping and giving,
for tearing and sewing,
listening and speaking.
There is also a time
for love and hate,
for war and peace.
What do we gain by all our hard work? I have seen what difficult things God demands of us. God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future. I know the best thing we can do is to always enjoy life, because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do. Everything God has done will last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.
Everything that happens
has happened before,
and all that will be
has already been—
God does everything
over and over again.
Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice. So I told myself that God has set a time and a place for everything. He will judge everyone, both the wicked and the good. I know God is testing us to show us that we are merely animals. Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense. All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to earth. Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth? We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future."
Courtney Jimenez
July 15, 2020
ECCLESIASTES 3 - CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION
"Everything on earth
has its own time
and its own season.
There is a time
for birth and death,
planting and reaping,
for killing and healing,
destroying and building,
for crying and laughing,
weeping and dancing,
for throwing stones
and gathering stones,
embracing and parting.
There is a time
for finding and losing,
keeping and giving,
for tearing and sewing,
listening and speaking.
There is also a time
for love and hate,
for war and peace.
What do we gain by all our hard work? I have seen what difficult things God demands of us. God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future. I know the best thing we can do is to always enjoy life, because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do. Everything God has done will last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.
Everything that happens
has happened before,
and all that will be
has already been—
God does everything
over and over again.
Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice. So I told myself that God has set a time and a place for everything. He will judge everyone, both the wicked and the good. I know God is testing us to show us that we are merely animals. Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense. All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to earth. Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth? We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future."
Courtney Jimenez
July 8, 2020
ECCLESIASTES 3 - CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION
"Everything on earth
has its own time
and its own season.
There is a time
for birth and death,
planting and reaping,
for killing and healing,
destroying and building,
for crying and laughing,
weeping and dancing,
for throwing stones
and gathering stones,
embracing and parting.
There is a time
for finding and losing,
keeping and giving,
for tearing and sewing,
listening and speaking.
There is also a time
for love and hate,
for war and peace.
What do we gain by all our hard work? I have seen what difficult things God demands of us. God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future. I know the best thing we can do is to always enjoy life, because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do. Everything God has done will last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.
Everything that happens
has happened before,
and all that will be
has already been—
God does everything
over and over again.
Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice. So I told myself that God has set a time and a place for everything. He will judge everyone, both the wicked and the good. I know God is testing us to show us that we are merely animals. Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense. All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to earth. Who really knows if our spirits go up and the spirits of animals go down into the earth? We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future."
Courtney Jimenez
July 1, 2020
The fog that morning was thick, and as I crossed the bridge, I thought about how even when we can't see the end of something we should have faith and trust that God is holding us up. There IS something on the other side.
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1
Courtney Jimenez
June 24, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - 1 Corinthians 12:4-6.
June 24, 2020
1 CORINTHIANS 12
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
Courtney Jimenez
I apologize for the poor audio... the microphone was not plugged in... :)
Galatians 6:2 CEV
"You obey the law of Christ when you offer each other a helping hand."
Courtney Jimenez
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Genesis 1, Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20, Acts 20, and 1 Corinthians 16.
June 1, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31; Leviticus 23:32.
May 27, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
May 22, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Exodus 5 & Nehemiah 13.
May 21, 2020
"How Fiona Got Sick," by our very own Liliya Glavatsky! Thank you, Liliya, for sharing your book with us!
To support Liliya and purchase this book, visit:
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Be sure to check out "How Fiona Became a Unicorn" and the How Fiona Got Smart workbook! Both available on Amazon!
Music: www.bensound.com
A devotional thought from Pastor Courtney Jimenez - May 20, 2020.
Psalm 33:4-11 New International Version (NIV)
4
For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5
The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars[a];
he puts the deep into storehouses.
8
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the people of the world revere him.
9
For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
10
The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations.
Music: bensound.com
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Exodus 20:8-11; Genesis 4:3; Genesis 8:6-12; Genesis 8:21.
May 19, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Exodus 3, John 8, John 14, Colossians 2.
May 13, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Daniel 7, Micah 5, Luke 2.
May 12, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Isaiah 9 & Colossians 2.
May 11, 2020
ROMANS 8:28
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."
May 6, 2020
Miss Catherine reads, "Maybe God is Like That Too" by Jennifer Grant, illustrated by Benjamin Schipper.
For more stories and videos, please visit our Children's Ministry playlist on the Foster Church YouTube channel!
www.facebook.com/fosterchurchkids
www.fosterchurch.com
Royalty free music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Genesis 3:14--The Protoeuangelion! The What?
May 7, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Genesis 32, Judges 6, Judges 13.
May 6, 2020.
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Genesis 1, Matthew 3, Matthew 28, Revelation 1.
May 3, 2020.
"God's Tiny Papermakers" by Jane Landreth.
From the April 25, 2020 Primary Treasure magazine - Vol. 62, No. 17.
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"What's for Lunch?" by Rob Robinson
From the April 25, 2020 Our Little Friend magazine - Vol. 131, No. 17.
LUKE 8:16-18 (CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION)
16 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl or under a bed. A lamp is always put on a lampstand, so that people who come into a house will see the light. 17 There is nothing hidden that will not be found. There is no secret that will not be well known. 18 Pay attention to how you listen! Everyone who has something will be given more, but people who have nothing will lose what little they think they have.
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - John 10 & Matthew 13.
April 28, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Revelation 12, Luke 10, and Isaiah 14.
April 29, 2020.
Today's story is "No Bees, Please!" by Lucinda J. Rollings, from the Primary Treasure magazine distributed April 25, 2020. Our guest reader today is Miss Brooke!
For more stories and resources, be sure to visit primarytreasure.com !
You can also find more videos on our Children's Ministry playlist here on our Foster Church YouTube channel.
www.facebook.com/fosterchurchkids
www.fosterchurch.com
Today's story is "No Trespassing" by Jane Landreth, from the Primary Treasure magazine distributed April 25, 2020. Our guest reader today is Miss Brooke!
For more stories and resources, be sure to visit primarytreasure.com !
You can also find more videos on our Children's Ministry playlist here on our Foster Church YouTube channel.
www.facebook.com/fosterchurchkids
www.fosterchurch.com
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - James 1:21 & Luke 24:32.
April 24, 2020
ISAIAH 43 (CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION)
1 ...I have rescued you.
I have called you by name;
now you belong to me.
2
When you cross deep rivers,
I will be with you,
and you won’t drown.
When you walk through fire,
you won’t be burned
or scorched by the flames.
3
I am the Lord, your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
the God who saves you...
"Jeremiah Shares Jesus" by Rob Robinson, from the Our Little Friend Magazine, Volume 131, Number 16.
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams.
Exodus 17:14 & Exodus 34:27, 28
The Ages of the Patriarchs: Genesis 5 & Genesis 11
April 22, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Matthew 23 & Luke 11.
April 21, 2020
Miss Courtney reads another story from the Primary Treasure Magazine - Early Morning Gifts, by Neoma Foreman.
Visit primarytreasure.com for more stories and resources!
Also follow us along at www.facebook.com/fosterchurch
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Miss Courtney is back with another story from Our Little Friends magazine! Titan's Toy T. Rex, written by Jill Nogales, is from the April 18, 2020 issue.
We encourage you to visit primarytreasure.com for more videos and resources! And our Foster Church YouTube channel Children's Ministry Playlist for more stories, devotionals, and Sabbath School classes!
Follow along on Facebook: www.facebook.com/fosterchurchkids
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A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Acts 17 & Revelation 1.
April 20, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - 2 Timothy 3 & Genesis 2.
April 19, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams- Ephesians 2 & Hebrews 4.
April 18, 2020
A devotional thought from Pastor Patrick Williams - Ephesians 2 & Philippians 1.
April 16, 2020
From the April 11, 2020 Our Little Friend Magazine! Written by Jane Landreth. Volume 131, Number 15.
From the April 11, 2020 Primary Treasure Magazine! Written by Jane Landreth. Volume 64, Number 15.
Olivia Learns a Secret by Our Little Friend Magazine Vol. 131, No. 14 April 4, 2020 issue
"Jesus is the Answer" Our Little Friend Magazine [Vol. 131, No. 14] By Annie Applefield
THE ADVENTURES OF ROONEY CRUZ HANNAH: THE BELLE OF PRAYER
Written by Erin Weidemann Illustrated by Rob Corley and Chuck Vollmer