At the Reformed Baptist Church of Lafayette
Saturday
February 10
At 10:30
For a time of Food and Fellowship
It is a “BYOB brunch”
or
bring food to share, such as your favorite brunch dish, quiche, egg dish, French toast, bread, pastry, fruit, yogurt….
Sign up is in the foyer. or let Jean Horjus know that you are attending.
1. Helps to renew your mind and change your thought life, establishing permanent change in your entire manner of life and conduct (Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:2-3).
2. Follows the example of the Lord Jesus Christ
(Matthew 4:1-10).
3. Equips you to use Scripture in everyday situations (for example: Acts 2:16-21, 25-28; 3:22-23; 13:40-41, 47).
4. Allows God’s Word to be the foundation of your life (Deuteronomy 6:6-8).
5. Provides guidance (Psalm 119:24, 105).
6. Develops confidence in witnessing (Isaiah 55:11).
7. Establishes a fountain to conquer temptation (for example: Matthew 4:1-10) and to gain victory over sin
(Psalm 119:9-11).
8. Becomes an integral part of your prayer life (for example: Acts 4:24-31).
9. Enables you to teach, counsel, encourage, and build up others in the Body of Christ (Colossians 3:16).
10. Provides a basis for meditation On God’s Word
(Psalm 119:15-16, 97).
11. Makes the Word of God readily available for comfort (Psalm 119:52).
12. Keeps God’s Word ready to refresh or revive
(Psalm 119:93).
13. Provides stability in your spiritual life (Psalm 37:31; 40:8).
14. Gives you the truth so that, at times of need, you are ready to answer others concerning your source of hope (Proverbs 22:17-21; 1 Peter 3:15).
This material is excerpted from the Biblical Counseling Foundation’s 480-page in-depth discipleship manual, John Broger.
Dear members of the Lafayette Reformed Baptist Congregation:
I would like to extend our sincerest gratitude and thanks for your support of Grace’s Pantry through this recent Christmas Season. The needs have been great but our Lord’s ability to provide has been greater! With your assistance we were able to provide food baskets and Christmas gifts for 27 families in the northern Sussex County area. The back story is that we assisted an additional 24 families throughout the month with just our normal amount of help.
Even more impressively is that our shelves are currently well stocked as we head into the winter
season. Having said all of this, please allow me to add that hunger does not take a vacation. Shelves that are full today could very easily be depleted in only a few weeks. So I would ask that as the year proceeds that you keep Grace’s Pantry in prayer and when the opportunity arises please feel free to donate.
Again, Thank You! From Grace’s Pantry.
Douglas Mac Rae, Food Panty Coordinator
The online bulletin contains the Zoom link for today’s service.
WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 AM
Prelude
Announcements
Call to Worship
Hymn – 502 “Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart”
Opening Prayer
Scripture Reading – John 9:26-41
Hymn – 507 “Take up thy Cross”
Prayer
Hymn – 500 “He Leadeth Me”
Sermon – Pastor Phil Horjus
“Paul’s Prayer in Affliction”
Hymn – 501 “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”
Closing Prayer
Postlude
FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON – Will resume January 14, 2024
AFTERNOON SERVICE – Will resume January 14, 2024
A burial Service will commence at 10:00 am at the Frankford Plains Cemetery on Friday, December 8.
A Memorial Service will follow at the Reformed Baptist Church of Lafayette at 11:00 am.
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Harvest Fest Fellowship Supper
For Food, Fun, and Fellowship
Saturday, November 11
5:00-7:00 pm
In the church fellowship hall
Please Sign up by Sunday, November 5
Sign up in the foyer or contact Jean Horjus
In 1773, on the first Sunday of January, the parish congregation in Olney, England, sang a hymn that their minister had written based on his sermonic text for the day, 1 Chronicles 17:16, 17. The title of the hymn was “Faith’s Review and Expectation.” Given that the Sunday was the first of the year in 1773, the pastor, John Newton, wanted his congregation to look at the wonder of God’s provision of salvation and all things truly good in the past with a trust in God for the same faithfulness to his promise for the future. The text Focused on David’s prayer of astonishment at the goodness of God in selecting him for such present blessings and future promises. We know the hymn by the first words, “Amazing Grace.”
Newton followed the general pattern of the biblical text from verses 16 through 27. Nathan, the prophet, had told David that he was not selected to build a house for the Lord, but the Lord would build a house for him. David had been taken from the sheepfold and had been given a name among the great men of the earth. His son would follow him on the throne; in fact, the throne thus established would last forever. Astonishingly, God said, “And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever” (1 Chronicles 17:14). David then expressed in humble tones, yet exuberantly grateful tones, the goodness of the Lord to him and his house. From being nothing to being forever. As was virtually always the case with Newton’s approach to preaching, he wanted the historical narrative and the doctrinal synthesis to be of benefit to the Christian experience of his parishioners. David’s story and David’s prayer were personalized to the Christian’s journey in grace. It was, in a sense, Newton’s story, but also the text puts words to the testimony of every Christian.
We find scattered through the hymn a few phrases that appear in the prayer of David. “You have brought me this far,” (16) finds expression in verse 3 of the ageless hymn, ”’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far.” Newton sees an analogy between David’s sense of blessing and his own. David gloried in divine sovereignty in protecting him from harm and his subsequent gracious elevation to kingship. Newton viewed his own protection during days of danger and subsequent placement in a position as a minister as consistent with a pattern of divine intervention. Newton never tired of reciting his remarkable elevation from enmity to adopted child, from destroyer to edifier, from a spirit of hostility to the gospel to a constant business of preaching the beautiful truth that he once tried to destroy. When David remarked that God’s gracious intervention promised favor “for a great while to come” (17), Newton applied it, “And grace will lead me home.”
The first phrase of the next verse (4) resumes this thought in the words, “The Lord has promised good to me, his word my hope secures.” He then confirms it with a personal thrust to David’s words, “And now, Lord, You are God, and have promised this goodness to your servant” (26). Just above that, David referred to “the word which You have spoken concerning your servant” (23). Newton extrapolated from David’s experience of the goodness of God, confirmed with God’s word that such an expression of confidence would be just as relevant, perhaps even more so, when considered in light of God’s word in the gospel as secured in Christ—“His word my hope secures.”
If God had manifested his invincible power and purpose by “driving out nations from before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt,” (21), how much more may we sing in worship, “He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures,” especially in light of the image of shield depicting God’s aggressive movements for the protection and progress of his people. The Psalms present God as a shield for his people thirteen times. They present God as using a shield for his people twice. They picture his destroying the shield of the wicked once. Proverbs 30:5 says, in the very spirit of the Psalms, “Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.”
Newton closed the hymn with confidence that “God, who called me here below, will be forever mine.” David looks upon the dimensions of God’s elevation of his house and the nature of the redemption that he has given as something that will endure “forever.” He used that word in 22 (“You have made your people Israel your very own people forever”); again, in reference to the house of David (23: “Let it be established forever”), with the intent that (24) “Your name may be magnified forever.” David’s prayer closed, “Now You have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue before you forever, for You have blessed it, O Lord, and it shall be blessed forever” (27). In light of stated, confirmed, and reconfirmed promises of the eternity of God’s gracious acts, Newton felt perfectly confident in leading his congregation to sing, “But God who called me here below, will be forever mine.”
Dr. Tom Nettles is widely regarded as one of the foremost Baptist historians in America. He joined the faculty of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary after teaching at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he was professor of Church History and chairman of that department. Previously, he taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. He received a B.A. from Mississippi College and an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Southwestern. In addition to writing numerous journal articles and scholarly papers, Dr. Nettles has authored or edited nine books including By His Grace and For His Glory, Baptists and the Bible, and Why I Am a Baptist.
Our Church will have a table at the Lafayette Day event. The event will be at the Lafayette Park from 10 am to 3 pm. Stop by to talk, pick up a Bible, or learn about the Reformed Baptist Church of Lafayette.
Back to School Supplies and Snacks for giveaway on August 28.
Please bring items to church by Sunday, August 20, 2023/
We are collecting donations to help prepare the children of families in need for the upcoming school year. Items for Elementary and Middle School students would be most helpful. We would also appreciate food items in the form of breakfast items or after school snacks.
These are the suggested items. All other similar items are gratefully accepted.
School Supplies Breakfast and Snack Items
| Pens / #2 Pencils | Pancake Mix &Syrup |
| Marble Notebooks | Cookies |
| Crayons | Crackers |
| Glue Sticks | Granola Bars |
| Pencil Box | Cereal |
| Lunchbox | Single Serve Snacks |
| Multi-Subject Notebooks | Chips |
| Folders | Rice Krispie Treats |
| Highlighters | Cheese Snacks |
| Rulers |
Above all else… Thank you for thinking of others in need!
Grace’s Pantry: An outreach ministry of The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, The Lafayette Reformed Baptist Church, The Franklin Presbyterian Church, The Ogdensburg Presbyterian Church, and The Hamburg Baptist Church
Come hear the truth according to God’s Word, the Bible
When?
Saturday, July 29
2:00 PM
At the gazebo in the Newton Square
Sponsored by the Reformed Baptist Church of Lafayette
28 Meadows Road
Lafayette, NJ 07848
Phone 973-579-3067
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