February Bible Memory Verse

Your 2019 Challenge

This year we’ve challenged you to memorize 12 Bible Verses Every Californian Needs to Know. Each month we provide a Bible verse and you commit it to memory. For those who complete all 12 months, we will throw a party celebrating the ways God has strengthened you through His word.

For memorizing, we recommend you read the verse 10 times then recite it 10 times. Do this each day and within a few days it will stick. Learn more about how to memorize Scripture here and here.

Once you have it memorized, recite it for us before the month is over. You have two options:

  1. Record a video and send it to info@sovgraceoc.org. You’re on the honor system, but make sure to keep your eyes on the camera the whole time.
    OR

  2. Head to our Welcome Desk on a Sunday morning and recite it to one of the Connect Team members. After you do, send an email to info@sovgraceoc.org letting us know which Connect Team member you recited it to.

February’s Verse: Genesis 1:26-27 (ESV)

26 “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’

27 So God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    male and female he created them.”


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Last Chance To Complete Bible Memorization For January

January’s Verse: John 1:1-5 (ESV)

“1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

We’ve challenged you to memorize 12 Bible verses in 2019. If you’ve yet to complete the verse for January, you are almost out of time.

You’ve Got 2 Days Left!

Prove you completed the Bible memorization challenge for this month by recording a video and send it to info@sovgraceoc.org. You’re on the honor system, but do your best to keep your eyes on the camera the whole time.

Get God’s Word In Your Mind And Heart

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A Class Just For Our Guests

THE INTRO COURSE

Our next Intro Course is happening Sunday, February 10th from 12:30pm-2:30pm (usually we host it the first Sunday of each month, but we don’t want to get in the way of your Super Bowl plans this week!).

The Intro Course is the perfect next step if you want to get to know Sovereign Grace Church better. The class is led by a pastor and hosted in their home. Lunch and childcare are provided.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The Intro Course is for any and every guest of Sovereign Grace Church. Whether you've attended for 1 Sunday or 100 Sundays. Whether you're a Christian or not. Whether you want to join as a member or have no idea what membership is.

THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU

It's a place to explore, learn, and ask questions.

Get registered right here.

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Michelle's Testimony

A Hunger for God

We asked Michelle to share about the ways the Lord met her through the First Friday Fast challenge. Here’s her testimony from Sunday:

Good Morning friends!

In 2018, our church provided an opportunity to commit to fasting on the first Friday of every month, with the purpose of having a time of prayer with a specific focus. Having only fasted in the past for selfish diet-related purposes, I was intrigued by this challenge but, also a bit apprehensive. So many thoughts came to my mind before deciding to commit. Fridays are my busiest day! What would this commitment look like for me? What do I give up that would “challenge” me? Will I be able to whole heartedly commit to this for 12 months? But, as I prayerfully considered, I realized God cares about my heart commitment to him during this time and that the purpose of fasting is to take your eyes off the things of this world and to focus completely on the Lord. So, I made the decision to participate.

I am so glad I did! It certainly was a challenge, but the Lord used that special time to draw my focus onto him. With each passing month, I realized, fasting was helping me gain a new perspective and a renewed reliance upon God.  I was more intentional/focused with my thoughts and prayers. It was something I looked forward to and something I look forward to continuing.

If you didn’t have the opportunity to participate with the church in this endeavor last year, might I encourage you to prayerfully consider a time of fasting on your own. Everyone can temporarily give up something (and that will look different for everyone).  Fasting is a kind of special measure in the life of faith. Normal, everyday life is not fasting. Normal life is the regular enjoyment of the Giver through His gifts of food and drink and His many other provisions in our lives. Fasting, however, is a special mode, for focused prayer and for showing the Giver we enjoy him more than his gifts.

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A Neighborly Church

We’re at our best when we’re loving our neighbors.

On Sunday Pastor Eric finished a 4-week sermon series on our church culture preaching from Matthew 22:34-40. Jesus teaches that loving God isn’t enough. The one who loves God can’t help but love others. They go together. We can’t isolate. We must love our neighbors, even the unlovely ones.

Listen to the sermon.

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Picnic In The Plaza This Sunday

OUR FIRST PICNIC OF 2019

Immediately following our Sunday service, we will spill out into the Plaza for lunch together. We live our lives for Jesus and for our neighbors. Having lunch in plain sight is one way we make ourselves available to the city God has called us to.

Bring a chair or blanket. Bring your lunch, grab lunch from one of the fabulous eateries around town, or take advantage of our Buck-O-Slice Pizza.

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