Birth Announcement! JoVeia Carlie Clark

We rejoice with Brandon and Voli Clark for the safe arrival of JoVeia Carlie.

JoVeia was born on Wednesday, February 25th, at 7:18 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 13 ounces and was 19 1/4 inches long.

JoVeia joins big brother Brody.

Thanks be to God for this wonderful addition to their family.

Here Is Someone Persuading Others To Reverence Life

Twelve-year-old "Lia" of Toronto has become a star at her school and online with her five-minute pro-life speech, crafted for a school competition. Despite discouragement and outright opposition, Lia's presentation was so well done that she reportedly won the contest she was told she would be disqualified from, due to the "controversial" message of her speech.

"What if I told you that right now, someone was choosing if you were gonna live or die?" begins the charismatic seventh-grader. "What if I told you that this choice wasn't based on what you could or couldn't do, what you'd done in the past, or what you would do in the future? And what if I told you that you could do nothing about it?"

Lia's mother says that the topic was of her own choosing. "She was told that if she went ahead with that topic, she would not be allowed to continue on in the speech competition," the mother wrote in an email. She also said the girl's homeroom teacher was supportive of Lia's speech, even though she was pro-choice.

The mom noted, "After helping Lia do the speech (the teacher) said, 'It really got me thinking.'" At the schoolwide competition, the mom said one pro-choice teacher on the judge's panel "didn't even want to hear" the speech and stepped down from the panel before Lia began. After the speech, the judges initially told Lia she had indeed been disqualified, but controversy among the judges eventually led to a reversal, and Lia's family learned the next day that the panel agreed the girl deserved to win the competition.

Lia presented her speech at a regional competition last week, representing her school. The speech is available in its entirety here. It has since been viewed over 260,000 times and sparked a heated discussion.

Gifts of the Spirit - 02-15-09

Family Life believes in the practice of the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit as taught in 1 Corinthians chapters 12-14, and most specifically in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 and 14:26-32.

The most frequent uses of these gifts are the verbal gifts of “a word of prophecy” and an “utterance in tongues with interpretation.”

We were able to capture and transcribe a recent demonstration in one of our services. 1 Corinthians 14:29 tells us to “weigh carefully what was said” in the use of these gifts.

8:30 am service

This is not new

For evil has risen against but all in your life

But I am the one who stands in that gap

Give it to me

Hand it to me right now

Give it to me and I will take care of you

I have said already in My Word

That your part is instinctly to step forward in faith

Knowing that I am the one

Who has already prepared that path before you

Just simply walk

Walk with me

Not in fear but in confidence

It is I who walk before you

11:30 am service

Speak to the nations my people

I say speak to the nations

Say we are not down and low and lonely

Yes we are - we are the America that I mean for it to be

Speak to them - speak to them

Believe it yourselves - don’t look down

Don’t be downcast and be like the world

But open up your hearts and minds

And understand you are a mighty nation

You are a mighty nation

You have the strength and the ability

To do all the things that I have called you to do

Says the Lord

Just seek my face and listen

Listen says the Lord

Now is the time to listen to me

Now is the time to listen

And not keep your mouth so full of words

and speak all the time

But listen, listen says the Lord

For I have a new song to give you says the Lord

And it is coming forth

It is coming forth out of the mouth of my people

Fasting Video From Sunday

Josh Troester put this together for us. You can check out his web site here.

Even More Fasting This Week!

Do you think that you can join with us next week for the 3 day fast from Thursday to Saturday?

How about just Thursday?

Have you prayed about it?

Tyler and Juli Kelley To Join Staff At FLAG!

We are pleased (thrilled, excited, pumped, stoked, etc.) to announce that Tyler and Juli Kelley will be joining the staff at Family Life. They expect to arrive sometime in mid March.

They are in great need of God to move on their behalf concerning the selling of their house and finding housing here in Pittsburg.

Please be in prayer (and fasting) concerning this. Let's believe God to come to their help and free their minds and finances of the house they currently own in San Marcos, CA.

If you want to check out more about them go to their web site here.

Tyler and Juli Kelley

Right now Pastor Mark is taking Tyler, Juli, and Cadence to the airport to head home.

Lets pray for God's direction in their life and ministry.

Worship From Sunday

Did you know that you can watch the services online?

Here is a link to this past Sunday's 11:30 am service.

Click here.

Prayer and Fasting Calendar

Click on the photo to get a close up. We should have the prayer needs up later today.

Birth Announcement - Lillyan Ensch

We rejoice with TJ and Kat Ensch for the safe arrival of Lillyan Ensch.

Lillyan was born on Monday, January 26th, at 11:34 pm. She weighed 6 lbs 7.8 ounces and was 19 inches long.

Thanks be to God for this wonderful addition to their family.