HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLLEEN

Dear Sister Deena (Colleen),



Somehow this beautiful tree with its outstretch branches reminds me of you, as you stretch out your arms upwards, worshiping our Lord during our worship service.

The picture was taken at Villa St. Martin during one our Leadership Retreat.

Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday!!

The Lord our God bless you and keep you!!

Bro. Lito

Tozer Daily Devotional

Tozer Daily Devotional

January: Personal Life

Some things may be neglected with but little loss to the spiritual life, but to neglect communion with God is to hurt ourselves where we cannot afford it.

The Root of the Righteous, 9.

A. W. Tozer
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January 31

Personal Life: Personal Holiness

But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy." --1 Peter 1:15-16

You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact--the whole matter of personal holiness is highly important to God!

Neither do you have to give long study to the attitudes of modern Christian believers to discern that by and large we consider the expression of true Christian holiness to be just a matter of personal option: "I have looked it over and considered it, but I don't buy it!"...

Personally, I am of the opinion that we who claim to be apostolic Christians do not have the privilege of ignoring such apostolic injunctions. I do not mean that a pastor can forbid or that a church can compel. I only mean that morally we dare not ignore this commandment, "Be holy."...

But, brethren, we are still under the holy authority of the apostolic command. Men of God have reminded us in the Word that God does ask us and expect us to be holy men and women of God, because we are the children of God, who is holy. The doctrine of holiness may have been badly and often wounded--but the provision of God by His pure and gentle and loving Spirit is still the positive answer for those who hunger and thirst for the life and spirit well-pleasing to God. I Call It Heresy!, 61-62,68.

"Oh, Lord, I fall so short! Strengthen me today, walk with me, keep me cognizant of Your presence, and guard me from any thought or action that would be displeasing to You. Amen."

Good News

Dear friends,

I am proud to announce you we have a new member in our family.
Victor Gavino was appointed as the pastoral leader of our Filipino Church.
Victor is a professor at Université de Montréal. and completing a degree in theology at McGill.
Victor and his wife Grace accepted the Lord and were baptised at Fairview Alliance Church in 1986.
They will begin their ministry part time at the Filipino Church February 1th .

You could reach them at :

Victor et Grace Gavino

victor.gavino@videotron.ca

We warmly welcome them and we ask you to add them on your prayer list.

Yvan Fournier

Today's Devotional from Our Daily Bread

January 29, 2007

The Right Comparison

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READ: 2 Corinthians 10:12-18

Comparing themselves among themselves, [they] are not wise. —2 Corinthians 10:12

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When I was working my way through school, I washed walls and windows in people’s homes. At one new job, a 4-foot-tall man greeted me at the door. He told me he had to hire someone to clean his windows because they were too high for him to reach. Although I’m only 5' 7", in his home I felt like a giant. In God’s eyes, of course, our physical stature means nothing.

Some people in the church mistakenly think of themselves as spiritual giants. These “big fish in a small pond” may feel they are superior because of their position. Of this misguided self-promotion, Paul wrote, “Comparing themselves among themselves, [they] are not wise” (2 Cor. 10:12).

Others may feel their spiritual growth is stunted because they don’t play a visible role. This is also wrong. Sometimes those who are growing the most may feel inferior to those who maintain a hypocritical façade of legalistic perfection. Spiritual comparisons are always unwise. Only the Lord is the true judge of spiritual growth.

Physical stature doesn’t matter, but our spiritual standing does. If you are feeling spiritually superior or inferior, ask God to give you the proper attitude. He is the true judge of the heart (1 Sam. 16:7). —Dennis Fisher

Comparing your life with someone you see
Is not a fulfilling quest,
For Jesus’ own words are “Follow Me.”
And that’s how to know life’s best. —Hess

No deception is more dangerous than self-deception.

Purpose Statement

Our Purpose Is ...

To bring people to Jesus and membership in his family, develop them to Christ like maturity, and equip them for their ministry in the church and life mission in the world, in order to magnify God's name.

Our Philosophy Of Ministry

To be an evangelistic - teaching church with an emphasis on family ministry. We wish to provide a joyful, accepting and encouraging climate, engage in a combination of both contemporary and traditional worship, and to equip and deploy men, women, and children, in active Christian service.