COLONY — Pastor Chase Riebel gave the sermon “Trust God: Sarah” at Sunday’s Colony Christian Church service.
Riebel recounted the story of Abram and Sarai, later renamed by God as Abraham and Sarah, and their impatience after God promised them lots of descendants.
Our impatience gets the best of us many times in our lives, Riebel said, noting Sarah got tired of waiting on God’s timing and took things into her own hands by putting Abram and Hagar together. Even after this debacle, God blessed Sarah with her own son, Isaac.
We must always listen and obey God’s word, Riebel said, and not get caught up in His time frame. His blessings (or not) come in His good timing.
(Ref: Genesis 15, 17:1-22, 18:9-20, 19:29, 20:17-18, 21:1-7; Matthew 17:20; John 15:5; Hebrews 11:11-12.
Noah Gordon gave the Communion Meditation, and spoke of a Marine who threw himself on a grenade during the Korean War to save his fellow Marines. As he did, he said, “Doc, I got this in my hip pocket.”
He survived this display of devotion and love, Gordon said, comparing it Jesus’s ultimate display of love and sacrifice.
Men’s Bible study is at 7 a.m. Tuesday in the church basement. Women’s Bible study follows at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the parsonage. The Mary & Martha’s life group meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the parsonage. Men on Fire life group is the second Friday of the month.
Good News is on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. at the Community Church. Youth group for middle- and high-school kids will meet at the church Wednesday evenings at 6, with adult Bible study following in the parsonage at 7.
