Alright guys this Sunday is going to be a awesome Sunday.  The text is an amazing text that spurs us on.  We will also take part in the Lord’s supper. This Sunday is going to be great.

So I want to remind you guys, PUSH YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD. That’s right, Saturday night we get one hour less of sleep. That may not sound fun to you guys, but think of it this way:  Clocks go forward, spring is coming!!!!
And spring means NO MORE SNOW!!

So remember to set the clocks forward and come with a prepared heart for the service.

Spring is in the air,
Corey Smiley

Go ahead and read it a few times.  (Read here)

Notice all of the verbs.  Flee…Pursue…Fight…Take Hold…Keep…Guard…Avoid.

These are all direct commands about taking our holiness very seriously.

Last week Cameron mentioned three specific things you can do from now until Sunday.
1. Pray for your own heart to be receptive to the Word; pray for “good soil” as Jesus puts it in Matthew 13.
2. Pray for the hearts of unbelievers to be regenerated by the Spirit of God and the Gospel of truth as the Word is preached.
3. Pray for me to be used mightily by God, to be filled with His Spirit so as to speak truthfully and clearly in love.

I can’t wait to worship with you this coming Sunday.

March 14 service:
Who Will Save – Remedy Worship

Sermon – 1 Timothy 6:11-16, 20-21

Nothing But The Blood – Hymn
The Broken and The Tired- Elevation Worship
How Deep The Father’s Love for Us – Stuart Townend
Glory To God, Forever – Fee

Sending Song – God of This City – Bluetree

Psalm 127:3-5 says, “(3) Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. (4) Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. (5) Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!”

At Remedy we believe this.  We love children and truly view them as gifts from the Lord.

On Monday, March 1, my wife (Christie) and I had our fourth child.  The baby is doing great and so is mom.  Besides less sleep, all is well in our household.

Kevin Powell, our connections director, also became a dad (again) this week.  His wife (Beth) and he had their second child on Thursday, March 4.

God is good.

Here is how you can pray:  Beth was 24 weeks pregnant when she had the baby.  Most pregnancies are 40 weeks.  So their daughter is very premature.  She weighs right around 1 pound.  I visited them on Thursday morning and the Doctors (right now) have said that both Beth and the baby are doing well.  Premature babies can still have some complications arise.  Right now she is on a ventilator to help her breathe.  You can pray that her lungs will grow very strong very quickly and that she will not have to stay on it very long.  Also, please pray for her development.  Being so small, there will be some hurdles to overcome.

We praise God for how gracious He has been to us as a church.  Thank-you for your prayers.

1. Pray for your own heart to be receptive to the Word; pray for “good soil” as Jesus puts it in Matthew 13.

2. Pray for the hearts of unbelievers to be regenerated by the Spirit of God and the Gospel of truth as the Word is preached.

3. Pray for Stephen to be used mightily by God, to be filled with His Spirit so as to speak truthfully and clearly in love.

The set list for this Sunday:

You Have Opened My Mouth by Mars Hill Church
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Man of Sorrows by Mars Hill Church
We Have Not Known Thee by Mars Hill Church
The Solid Rock by Mars Hill Church
You Never Let Go by Matt Redman

Consume Us by Remedy Church

“You Have Opened My Mouth” will be a new song for Remedy Church. It is a great song of repentance and hope in salvation taken straight from David’s prayer to God in Psalm 51, after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba, impregnating her and murdered her husband, Uriah. Read this chapter in the Psalms and be thinking on your own sinfulness as we come together to praise God for saving us from our sins and filling us with hope and joy. Use this song at the beginning of the service to confess your sins to him and praise him for the Gospel.

We are greatly looking forward to worshiping with you all this Sunday. For believers it will be a time of encouragement and worship through hearing of the Word and responding in song. Let us be quick to encourage one another and lift one another up in prayer as each of us has need. Beloved, let us love one another, for love us from God and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7).

For unbelievers it will be a time of hearing the Gospel preached and sung, meeting people who love Jesus and seeing his grace as it works in the lives of those who know him. Don’t be afraid to ask tough questions. Anyone and everyone is welcome.

Love,

Cameron

This Friday Remedy Church is hosting a benefit concert for Haiti relief.  The cost is only $5 at the door and 100% goes to Haiti relief.  We will have donation boxes in the back if you wish to donate any extra.

Come out and hear some great bands and give to a great cause.

If you have a Facebook, you may RSVP to the event here. Also consider becoming a fan of our page.

Matthew 18:1-6. The disciples come to Jesus with an interesting question, which I am sure all of us have asked at one time in our walk: “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Translated: “Where is our place in your Kingdom? Where is our glory and who among us will receive the most glory? Who of us has the most to offer you, Jesus?”

They greatly misunderstood things, as do we. Jesus patiently replied: “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” You see, it is not about what you have to offer Jesus, it is about what he has offered you. It is not about what talents or status or fame you bring to the table, it is about his fame and his glory and him being the giver of every good and perfect gift. (This also reminds me of 1 Corinthians 1.) What we have is not our own. EVERY good thing we can claim has come from him (James 1).

A child is completely dependent on his or her parent. A child is cared for, provided for, disciplined by his or her parent. It would be foolish for a young boy to claim ownership of the house in which he lives as though he worked to purchase this home. The boy has done nothing. His earthly father has worked to provide a home for him.

In the most ultimate sense of all, our own salvation could not be attained by our efforts. They were and are futile. No one seeks for God. There is no fear of God before our eyes (Romans 3). Jesus fixed our salvation. He made us righteous. He took our place. His command to us in light of all of this:

Turn (repent) and humble yourself before God. You have nothing to offer me. I offered you everything. I gave my life for you. You live because of me. Humble yourself. BECOME LIKE A CHILD. This is the kingdom of heaven. Beautifully simple.

Working backward with you,

Cam

I am very excited to be back in 1 Timothy as we hear from Paul.  This text this week will be challenging.  It will call all of us out to simpler lives.  It will call all of us out to true contentment in Christ.

February 28 service:

Come, O Spirit – Bifrost Arts

Sermon – 1 Timothy 6:1-10

All We Need – Charlie Hall
All My Tears – Emmylou Harris (Ex Nihilo version)
Everything – Tim Hughes
In Christ Alone – Stuart Townend & Keith Getty (Matt Papa version)

Sending Song – You Are God – Charlie Hall

See you this Sunday!

Books:
Momentary Marriage – John Piper
God, Marriage & Family – Andreas Kostenberger
Sacred Marriage – Gary Thomas

Sermons:
Marriage Series – John Piper
Sanctification in Marriage – Matt Chandler
Proverbs: Marriage – Mark Driscoll
Men and Masculinity – Mark Driscoll

I would highly recommend reading these books on marriage.  They will be extremely helpful.  If your budget doesn’t allow to buy the books, then listen to the sermons.  I hope these are helpful resources.

We have been saved, we have been shown compassion.  God has worked and He has moved greatly. He has done a work no one else can do. Jesus Christ died on our behalf to allow us to have a relationship with God. How does this affect the way we live?

For a long time serving for me was a hindrance to my day. I saw it as taking up my time, I thought I could be doing better things such as spending time with my friends, going to bible studies, listening to sermon after sermon after sermon. I saw these things as more important than loving the less privileged, the less fortunate, the broken, the abused, the hurting, and most importantly the spiritually dead. I thought that I need to get to a certain point spiritually, then I could love others. Recently though God has been showing me my sinfulness in thinking this way. He has been revealing to me that my love for others, even the ones who are totally different than me, is a fruit that I should be showing if I am truly elect. In Galatians 5:22-23, Paul writes to us (22 )But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

If I am one of the elect, then these fruits should all be evident in my life.

In your life are you seeing this fruit?
If you are seeing this fruit, who is it around? Is it around only your Christian friends, or are you showing these to non-Christians, or people that are different from you?
If you cannot see this fruit, then you may need to examine yourself.

What I am trying to get across in this blog post is that true Christians are not only the ones who read and listen to Matt Chandler, Mark Driscoll, or first, second, and third john, those three being John Calvin, John Macarthur, and John Piper.

If we have been saved from an eternity in hell.
How should that affect the way we live?
How should it affect how we care for others?

Let me get the point across; just doing good things is not sufficient.  If you are helping someone’s physical needs and not telling them of their greatest need, which is Jesus, then you do not love them.
Calvinists, get off your iPod, get away from your commentaries for a time.
Go love people, go serve them, go preach the Gospel.  There will always be time for study.

Here are two possible reasons (among others) why you would not tell someone about Jesus.
1) You don’t believe eternity is real, and that people will really  go to hell.
2) You are selfish and would rather not be put in an awkward situation.

GUYS, GO LOVE PEOPLE. GO LOVE PEOPLE.
I am so excited of the possibilities of how big of an influence we can have in Rock Hill, SC and the world.
Lets go out and love.

In closing, I ask that you read God’s word and meditate on it and examine your heart in light of these verses and how well you love others.
James 2.

Last week I spoke to women.

This week I will be speaking to the MEN.  Lord willing, I hope God will challenge us deeply regarding our marriages.  I have been confessing sin and repenting of my own short-comings as a husband.  If you are not yet married, this will still be a very valuable time for you.  Hopefully you will hear some things that you can use for when you are married.

If you are not a male, this will still be helpful for you.  You will know how to pray for your husband or future husband.

As always, we are posting the order of service, so you can read the text and prepare your hearts to hear from God.  Also you can listen to the songs that we will be singing together and have the words in your mind and can focus during worship.

February 21 service:

Song Of The Redeemed – Charlie Hall

Sermon – Ephesians 5:25-33

Come Thou Fount – Hymn
It Is Well – Hymn
You Reign – Hillsong United
Our Redemption – Remedy Worship

Sending Song -  Mission’s Flame – Matt Redman