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Our very own Ben & Jessica Childs will be attending the annual Vision Walk again this year in Louisville on October 23. First & foremost – they would appreciate your prayers, but any additional support you may offer would be greatly appreciated as well. If you would like to sponsor them, do so by copying & pasting  the link into your browser:

http://www.fightblindness.org/site/TR/VISIONWALK/VisionWalktr?team_id=55771&pg=team&fr_id=3720

Once the page appears, click SUPPORT OUT OF THE WOODS above the thermometer on the right hand side of the page.

Thank you for your consideration and for “DOING LIFE TOGETHER!!”

Hey Everybody!

Here is a quick rundown of some cool stuff happening at His House:

–Marriage Retreat: Sign up in the cafe to attend the Marriage Retreat on September 17-18.  The Retreat is lots of fun and RV Brown will be our guest speaker this year!

–Celebrate Recovery: Saturday nights at 5:00 pm at His House

–New Membership 101 classes coming soon.  Check back here to stay updated.

Trevor Dunn is a 16-year old student at Graves County High School involved in a automobile accident Saturday night. He is currently at Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville. The outlook for him Saturday night/Sunday morning was very grim. Rallying together, we had an awesome time of worship and prayer at both Sunday morning services at His House. Many people were connected to Jesus and many lives were changed for the better.

God did an amazing work at our church service, and apparently in Nashville, too. Several of our church family are with Trevor and his family in Nashville, and by all reports he is doing much better since Sunday morning. He has a long road to recovery, but the outlook keeps getting better all the time. Like Pastor Greg Hill said Sunday morning, sometimes it takes a tragedy for good things to happen. Even though Trevor may not know it, God is already using this seemingly tragic situation to change people’s lives and bring glory to Himself. Let’s keep Trevor and his family in our prayers, and continue to praise God for his amazing love!

Check back here and at www.facebook.com/hishouseministries for the latest updates…

Next Sunday, August 8th, we’re starting a new sermon series titled Authority.  In every area of our lives we have authority figures–at home, at work, at school, at church, and in our spiritual lives.  But are we really under their authority?  Do we listen to and act on what they say, even when we disagree?  In this series we’ll learn that authority is not as much about domination, as it is about protection.  Starting August 8th, we’ll learn how to place ourselves under the people God has placed over us.  Don’t miss out on these life-changing lessons!

Following up on Part 1 of the Confessions Of A Pastor series, here are a few tips for responding to temptation:

1.) RECOGNIZE TEMPTATION AT ITS EARLIEST STAGES

Romans 13:14: Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

2.) QUICKLY ASK GOD FOR HELP

I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. Psalm 34:4&6

3.) IF POSSIBLE, REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE TEMPTATION

I Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil.

4.) IDENTIFY THE IDOL OF YOUR HEART THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SERVE

5.) QUOTE AND MEDITATE ON THE BIBLE

Psalm 119:9-11 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments. Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You!

6.) REMIND YOURSELF OF GOD’S PRESENCE, POWER, AND PROMISES

I Corinthians 10:12-14 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.  No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.  Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

7.) REFLECT ON JESUS’ DEATH

Galations 6:14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

I Peter 2:24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness–by whose stripes you were healed.

8.) MAKE A COMMITMENT TO DO THE GODLY THING

9.) GET BUSY WITH MIND-ENGAGING GODLY ACTIVITY

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy–meditate on these things.

10). CALL A GODLY FRIEND AND ASK FOR HELP.

Want more info?  Watch yesterday’s message by checking out www.hishouse.tv.

Here’s what’s happening at His House this week…

New sermon series begins this week: Confessions Of A Pastor–July 11-August 1

Need Financial Peace? Starting Tuesday August 7 at 6pm a new Lifegroup called Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey will be let by Michael Brown.  Book fee is $99 and childcare is provided.  Register each Sunday starting July 11-August 1st.

New members by completing Membership 101: Patricia White, Jim Cavanaugh, Carrie Cavanaugh, Jacqui Tharp, Ruth Nichols, Amy Magee, Damion Metzger, Samantha Magee, Misty Bass, Teddy Bass III, Sabella Magee.  Watch for more Membership 101 classes coming soon!

New LifeGroups coming in August. Everyone should be connected in a LifeGroup!  You can’t survive your Christian walk without discipleship, connection, and accountability.

Check out the Kids/Students section of hishouse.tv to find out all kinds of info for HHKidz and HHStudent Ministries.

Schedule of Events:

July 11–Kidz Camp Parent meeting

July 20-23–Day Camp (@ His House)

July 28-31–Kidz Camp (@ Crossings)

In case you missed Chad’s message on diet and exercise, here it is again. You can always find our media by going to hishouse.tv or vimeo.com/hishousetv. Enjoy!

What an awesome start yesterday to the Body For God series at His House! Got created our bodies, Jesus “wore” a body, for believers, the Holy Spirit now lives in our bodies, and one day our bodies will be resurrected to live with Jesus.  God wants us to take care of our bodies!  During the rest of this series…we’ll be talking about how to do just that.  We’ll be talking about taking care of the “total package”–mind, body, and spirit.  This is going to be a practical, life-changing series for so many people.  You really don’t want to miss it!

To recap, check out these scriptures: Genesis 2:7, Psalm 139:13-14, John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 1 Corinthians 15:40, Romans 12:1

Stay tuned to hishouse.tv to watch  each of the messages in this series.  You can watch videos, then check our our Facebook or Vimeo pages to chat with others about the messages.  Don’t let the discussion end on Sunday morning; let’s keep it going throughout the week.  Let’s build each other up, hold each other accountable, and DO LIFE TOGETHER!

Here are a few more upcoming events:

–Baptism June 20 after each service.  Email diane@hishouse.tv to register

–MISSIONS–To support Anna Huff going to Uganda, or the team going to Brazil, email diane@hishouse.tv.  You can also order a cookbook to support James Sims (from Community Fellowship Church) going to Kenya to dig wells.  Order yours at the Source Table this Sunday.

–Check out the hishouse.tv HHKidz and HHStudent Ministries sections for Kids and Student updates.

What an awesome day yesterday at His House! We celebrated our seven year anniversary with hamburgers, hot dogs, cake, balloons, unveiled the new building design, had awesome times of praise and worship, and Brady Weldon BROUGHT IT! Countless souls were saved and lives were changed. God did an amazing work in the lives of so many people, and we have so many reasons to praise Him. If you missed it, you missed a blessing!

While yesterday was so awesome, we can’t live off of what happened in the past–we have to keep looking forward. While the last seven years have been an amazing experience, God has a unique plan for His House, and the next seven years are going to be just as exciting, maybe even more! Don’t just sit on the sidelines while we move forward–join a Lifegroup, serve in a ministry, go on a mission trip–GET INVOLVED! Check out the different sections of hishouse.tv to find out how. We can’t keep growing without your help. Please pray that Jesus would lead you into the next step of your journey with Him. Seek Him, hunger for Him, desire Him, and you will find Him. Let’s join up and experience the next seven years with Jesus together!

Join us May 16 as we celebrate our seventh anniversary.  His House was founded May 18, 2003, and since that day countless lives have been changed.  God has done an amazing work in the life of this ministry, but we know that the best is yet to come.

Come hear special guest speaker Brady Weldon at 9:30 and 11:00 am Sunday morning.  We’ll also have hamburgers, hot dogs, all the “fixin’s”, and plenty other exciting stuff to celebrate the last seven years.  And looking ahead to the next chapter of His House history, we will also be unveiling the architect’s design for our new facility.

Then that night, we will have a special Sunday night service at 6:00.  At this Celebrate Recovery service, Brady will be speaking on spiritual warfare and addiction.  If you know someone who is struggling with an addiction or other problems in their life, bring them that night to hear how God can set us free from sin.  This will preview our upcoming Celebrate Recovery Lifegroup

You don’t want to miss this exciting weekend!

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