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The Gift of Love

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This sermon is part 2 of 6 in the The Gifts of Christmas

DIGITAL BULLETIN 05 December 2021

Week 2 – The Gifts of Christmas

“The Gifts of Christmas is an advent series that invites you to experience the true gift of Christmas – Jesus, the Messiah, savior of the world – and His gifts of hope, love, joy, and peace.”

In this message, you will learn how to experience love in the busyness and messiness of the chaotic holiday season. You will learn how to accept, experience, and share the true love of Christmas.

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The Gift of Love

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25, John 3:16, Romans 8:38-39, 1 John 4:9-11, Ephesians 3:17-19

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

Matthew 1:18-25 (ESV)

Main Ideas

  1. ACCEPT God’s Love
  2. EXPERIENCE God’s Love
  3. SHARE God’s Love

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16 (ESV)

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[S]o that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:17-19 (ESV)

COMING EVENTS:

Visit www.EagleChristmas.com to learn more.

December

Rescue Mission Pajama Drive – Any age, Any Gender, Any Size

January 2022

  • 1 – New Years Day | No Ladies Coffee Talk this month
  • 2-22 – “21 Days of Prayer and Fasting”
  • 8 – Men’s Bring in the Year with a Bang | Details Coming for Which Range and Cost
  • 18 – ELC Board of Deacons Meeting | 7:00pm, Fireside Studio (monthly)
  • 28-29 – Thirsty Conference (Music, Art, Writing, more!) | Friday Night & Saturday, Eagle LifeChurch

February 2022

  • 5 – Ladies Coffee Talk | 9:30am, In-Person Only (monthly)
  • 18-20 – Men’s Retreat | Trinity Pines, Cascade

Missions and Outreach

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To give text “MISSIONS” to (208) 352-6002

How to Pray so God Will Hear You | 1 John 5:13-21

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This sermon is part 12 of 12 in the Fall Back to Jesus

DIGITAL BULLETIN 21 November 2021

Week 12 – Fall Back to Jesus

“Fall Back to Jesus is a sermon series on 1 John that will encourage you to turn from the powers and impulses of culture and sin to the power of Jesus Christ the true God and eternal life.”

In this message, you will learn how to pray with confidence, compassion, and understanding and know that God will hear you. Our prayers dramatically change when we live an overcoming faith because of the love that God has poured into our hearts.

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And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:20 (ESV)

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How to Pray So God Will Hear You

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

1 John 5:13-15 (ESV)
  1. Pray with CONFIDENCE
  2. Pray with COMPASSION
  3. Pray with UNDERSTANDING

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 John 5:16-21 (ESV)

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For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 1:8-9 (ESV, emphasis added)
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COMING EVENTS:

November

  • 21 – Deck the Halls Church Decorating | 5:00-7:00pm
  • 25 – Thanksgiving
  • 25- Ladies Book Club & Prayer LifeGroup | 6:30-8:00pm, Fireside Studio & Zoom Meeting (weekly)
  • 28 – ELC Youth NERFED | Carpool from church at 1pm, Lunch, then NERFED from 2-5pm

December

Rescue Mission Pajama Drive – Any age, Any Gender, Any Size

  • 1 – Gingerbread Party Set Up | 7-8pm
  • 2 – Elders Meeting | 10:30am, Zoom (weekly)
  • 3 – Gingerbread Party Community Party Outreach | Volunteers Needed
  • 4 – Ladies Coffee Talk | 9:30am, In-Person and on Zoom (monthly)
  • 5 – ELC Youth | 5:00-6:30pm (hangout till 7:00), Eagle LifeChurch Youth Room
  • 7 – ELC Staff Meeting | 7:15pm, Zoom (monthly)
  • 8 – Worship Team Music Practice | 6:30-8:00pm, Worship Center
  • 11 – Men’s Breakfast | 8-9:30am, Eagle LifeChurch
  • 19 – Church Christmas Dinner | Games, Cookie Decorating, Carols | 6pm
  • 24 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service | 8pm
  • 31 – New Years Eve Youth Party | 8:00pm-12:22am

January 2022

  • 2-22 – “21 Days of Prayer and Fasting”
  • 18 – ELC Board of Deacons Meeting | 7:00pm, Fireside Studio (monthly)
  • 28-29 – Thirsty Conference (Music, Art, Writing, more!) | Friday Night & Saturday, Eagle LifeChurch

Missions and Outreach

CLICK HERE to learn more about our local and global missions effort.
To give text “MISSIONS” to (208) 352-6002

The Testimony of Eternal Life | 1 John 5:5, 6-12

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This sermon is part 11 of 12 in the Fall Back to Jesus

DIGITAL BULLETIN 14 November 2021

Week 11 – Fall Back to Jesus

“Fall Back to Jesus is a sermon series on 1 John that will encourage you to turn from the powers and impulses of culture and sin to the power of Jesus Christ the true God and eternal life.”

In this message, you will learn how to testify to the deity of Jesus Christ, God’s Son and eternal life.

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And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:20 (ESV)

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The Testimony of Eternal Life

Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

6 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.

1 John 5:5-9 (ESV)
  1. World’s False Testimony (Matthew 16:13-14)
  2. God’s True Testimony
    • The SPIRIT (John 16:8-11)
    • The WATER (John 1:29-34, Matthew 3:16-17)
    • The BLOOD (John 1:29, Hebrews 10:1-18)
  3. Your Testimony (Matthew 16:15-17)

Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:10-12 (ESV)

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For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 1:8-9 (ESV, emphasis added)
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COMING EVENTS:

November

  • 14 – ELC Youth & Firepit | 5:00-6:30pm (hangout till 7:00), Eagle LifeChurch Youth Room
  • 16 – ELC Board of Deacons Meeting | 7:00pm, Fireside Studio (monthly)
  • 17 – Sweet on Missions | 7:00-8:15pm
  • 18 – Ladies Book Club & Prayer LifeGroup | 6:30-8:00pm, Fireside Studio & Zoom Meeting (weekly)
  • 18 – Elders Meeting | 10:30am, Zoom (weekly)
  • 21 – Deck the Halls Church Decorating | 5:00-7:00pm
  • 28 – ELC Youth NERFED | Carpool from church at 1pm, Lunch, then NERFED from 2-5pm

December

Rescue Mission Pajama Drive – Any age, Any Gender, Any Size

  • 1 – Gingerbread Party Set Up | 7-8pm
  • 3 – Gingerbread Party Community Party Outreach | Volunteers Needed
  • 4 – Ladies Coffee Talk | 9:30am, In-Person and on Zoom (monthly)
  • 7 – ELC Staff Meeting | 7:15pm, Zoom (monthly)
  • 8 – Worship Team Music Practice | 6:30-8:00pm, Worship Center
  • 11 – Men’s Breakfast | 8-9:30am, Eagle LifeChurch
  • 19 – Church Christmas Dinner | Games, Cookie Decorating, Carols | 6pm
  • 24 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service | 8pm
  • 31 – New Years Eve Youth Party | 8:00pm-12:22am

January 2022

  • 2-22 – “21 Days of Prayer and Fasting”
  • 28-29 – Thirsty Conference (Music, Art, Writing, more!) | Friday Night & Saturday, Eagle LifeChurch

Missions and Outreach

CLICK HERE to learn more about our local and global missions effort.
To give text “MISSIONS” to (208) 352-6002

How to Live God’s Love | 1 John 4:16-21, 5:1-5

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This sermon is part 10 of 12 in the Fall Back to Jesus

DIGITAL BULLETIN 7 November 2021

Week 10 – Fall Back to Jesus

“Fall Back to Jesus is a sermon series on 1 John that will encourage you to turn from the powers and impulses of culture and sin to the power of Jesus Christ the true God and eternal life.”

In this message, you will learn how to live God’s perfect love in our generation. The love of God will give victory to believers who overcome fear, hate, and sin through faith in His perfect love.

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And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:20 (ESV)

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How to Experience God’s Love

16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

1 John 4:16-21 (ESV)
  1. Perfect Love Casts out FEAR
  2. Perfect Love Casts out HATE
  3. Perfect Love Casts out SIN
  4. Perfect Love GIVES OUT FAITH

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:1-5 (ESV)

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For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 1:8-9 (ESV, emphasis added)
SAY YES TO FOLLOWING JESUS

CONNECT WITH EAGLE LIFECHURCH

ELC PRAYER & SHARE FACEBOOK GROUP

WORSHIP BY GIVING

COMING EVENTS:

November

  • 7 – ELC Youth | 5:00-6:30pm (hangout till 7:00), Eagle LifeChurch Youth Room
  • 10 – Worship Team Music Practice | 6:30-8:00pm, Worship Center
  • 11 – Ladies Book Club & Prayer LifeGroup | 6:30-8:00pm, Fireside Studio & Zoom Meeting (weekly)
  • 13 – Men’s Breakfast – Pastor John Wilkie Hosting | 8-9:30am at a Local Restaurant (details coming)
  • 13 – The Spirit Empowered Discipleship Conference | Talk to Pastor Brad | All Day, Twin Falls
  • 16 – ELC Board of Deacons Meeting | 7:00pm, Fireside Studio (monthly)
  • 17 – Sweet on Missions | 7:00-8:15pm
  • 18 – Elders Meeting | 10:30am, Zoom (weekly)
  • 21 – Deck the Halls Church Decorating | 5:00-7:00pm

December

  • 3 – Gingerbread Party Community Party Outreach | Volunteers Needed
  • 4 – Ladies Coffee Talk | 9:30am, In-Person and on Zoom (monthly)
  • 7 – ELC Staff Meeting | 7:15pm, Zoom (monthly)
  • 19 – Church Christmas Dinner | Games, Cookie Decorating, Carols | 6pm
  • 24 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service | 8pm
  • 31 – New Years Eve Youth Party | 8:00pm-12:22am

January 2022

  • 2-22 – “21 Days of Prayer and Fasting”
  • 28-29 – Thirsty Conference (Music, Art, Writing, more!) | Friday Night & Saturday, Eagle LifeChurch

Missions and Outreach

CLICK HERE to learn more about our local and global missions effort.
To give text “MISSIONS” to (208) 352-6002

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