Great Testimonies of God! A must Read!

Great Day to you this January 26, 2012.

Hey this week as always seems to just bless me royally.  I am committed to teaching men to pray and have started a Wednesday morning prayer at 7:00-8:00 a.m.  The group is growing and the excitement and participation is increasing.  I am following the Lord’s Prayer model taught to me many years ago.  Come on out guys and allow me to teach you to pray, your life will never be the same.  At the prayer time this last week we had a man who came for the first time who desperately needed God to intervene in his life.  After prayer he went to work then on his lunch break went to the optometrist to pick up his new glasses that he did not know how he was going to pay for.  He went in to the eye Dr as they fitted his glasses, oh he was so grateful for this opportunity for new glasses as he was reminded of the prayer earlier that morning, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done”.  He went to the cashier to figure out a plan to pay for the new glasses when to his surprise the cashier said: Mr.----- your bill has already been paid.  You owe nothing.  Our God does answer prayer.  He was flying high as he was telling me of the miracle of provision.

  I had a meeting with a family earlier Wednesday afternoon who came into my office to tell me that “tithing” works.  They had begun tithing as a result of a new commitment they had made to the Lord at our first of the year Sacred Assembly.  They explained as they gave to the Lord the first fruits of their labor 10% for the first time God and had a check waiting in the mail for them on Monday.  They explained that they did not know that they could tithe; they thought it was exclusively for “church members”.  They were flying high.  God honors his word, so let’s honor Him… I know this does not always happen this way, but God is God.   Another cool story on giving is the young lady that gave all she had in the offering, as the Lord led her to.  She got home to an empty pantry, and refrigerator wondering what had she done.  Well God honored her faith as she went to check her balance of her account “only to find out” she had $43.00 added to her account miraculously.  She sat in my office and told me that the account balance was $0 before church and God added a 4 and a 3 after church..We serve an awesome God. 

A few items on the church from I want to keep you up to speed.  This January 27^th Friday Night at Celebrate Recovery Kristine Molina the wife of one of our Executive leader’s wife will share her testimony.  Come on out and hear how God delivered, provided and set free this wonderful woman of God!

Hey Couples, singles, or bored come on out for Game night January 28^th in the family life  Center.  Meet up at 6:00 p.m  for a fun filled night.

•       This Sunday I will be preaching from the book of Genesis on the “Faith of Abraham” Are you looking for direction in your life?  Are you unsure of who you are in Christ?  Abraham’s faith was based on these 4 areas.  1.  Revelation   2. Obedience   3.Trust 4. Consistent Contact with God.

Be sure to log into our web site for new videos of what’s happening in our Mountain View Minute, live stream,  as well as the calendar of events.  Hey we have created an easier way to log in to the Web Site.  MVCCChurch.org.       

Be sure to join me at Pizza with the Pastor this Sunday at 1:30 p.m.  If you new to the church and want an opportunity to meet the Pastoral Staff and leadership please join us.  There is still limited space available so please call the church office asap   208-678-5460 to reserve your space.

Each 5^th Sunday month we join together at 6:00 p.m. for a continuation of our Sacred Assembly time.  An opportunity to enjoy off the hook worship, great word and a time to receive all God has for us.  We are blessed to have a wonderful member of the team MVCC preaching that evening.  Pastor Joy will bring the word.  If you have heard her you will agree she is a breath of fresh air as she flows in the anointing of the Holy Spirit.  If you have never heard her preach, you will be amazed at this woman of God!

Come and Experience Jesus this weekend!   As you come don’t forget to invite a friend to come with you.

We Love you,

Pastor Jim Powell

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Good morning on
this January 19, 2012. What a great week
for the Kingdom of God. Jesus was very
clear when He said “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and all
these things will be added to you” Matthew 6:33. What
are you seeking first in your life? Happiness, meaning, provision. I encourage you to take a step back and
realign your priorities as necessary to begin fulfilling your Destiny. In each of us is a heart of a champion but
often times we fail because we are either too close to the battle lines for
extended periods of time or we are just worn out. In this time of realignment, realize it is
not a retreat, it is a time to get our batteries charged back up. Even the Ever Ready Bunny has to get
new batteries. When we face times of drought in our soul the
enemy takes advantage of us, lies to us and we often believe the lies, such
as. You don’t need to read the Bible,
That commitment you made about tithing/giving means nothing, You are so tired just stay home today from
church it will be boring, So and so will
be there and you really hate them anyway… The lies of the enemy are subtle but
the fact is the devil “he is a liar and the father of all lies”. In the midst of the realignment we must keep
our spirit man strong, read the Word, Stay in Prayer, keep your
commitments. One of my favorite verses
in the bible is Isaiah 40:31 31
But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Pastor
Joy and I have just modeled this very example of recharging our batteries. We have been running at full throttle for
several years. Not taking the time we need to be energized. This last week we
had our annual minister’s conference which we thoroughly enjoyed and then we
was off to a friend’s cabin in Tamarack, Thank you Ron & Colleen. Our plan was to be at the cabin for 3 days
and then back home. In those three days
I have read 3 books, slept, prayed, planned, dreamed, and watched the snow
fall. Oh boy did the snow fall, did I mention that it snowed. The first 24 hours it snowed 24” and as I am
writing this Yes we are still in Tamarack it snowed another 12” last
night. Needless to say we got snowed
in. It is amazing how God knows just
what we need. As I mentioned my plan but
God’s plan is… How many times have each of us faced this dilemma? I want to…. But we have been distracted,
delayed or derailed. We must recognize, revaluate
and realign. We know that the enemy comes
to steal kill and destroy but we also know that God give life and that life more
abundantly. I was talking with Joy last
evening and I said, when was the last time we have had this much time to
ourselves? We had to think about it… It
had been over 3 years. Ok Lord we will
enjoy the rest. I must say that we are
enjoying this rest but in the rest I get restless… Lord I have to…. And Lord I
need to…. And then look out and see the snow falling the roads closed and I can do nothing about it…Ok Lord I will read
some more. What else are you showing me?
Ok Lord I will pray some more…
A
big shout out to the Mountain view Christian Center Food pantry team as they
pulled off yet another food give away on Tuesday. Thank you to all who braved the weather to
give out food and provisions to our community.
Each
of the ministries we have at MVCC is so vital and valuable to the community we
serve. Thank you to all who take the
Leadership Role to, “Reach the Lost at
any Cost” serious.
A
big thank you to Pastor Doyle Fulkes for preaching for us this last weekend. I was part of the On Line Campus… What a
wonderful Production Staff we have at MVCC.. Our new web site is awesome. Mountainviewchristiancenter.info
This
weekend I will be preaching on Jacob. How he wrestled with and Angel of God,
How his name was changed, How he prevailed but walked with a limp… don’t miss
it….
Here
is what is happening this week at MVCC….
January 21st Mens Breakfast 7:00 a.m. in the Life Center
Jan. 22nd-Baby dedication
during the 11 a.m. service.
· Jan. 28th-Game
night/Nacho night @ 6p.m.! Pass the word and contact Matt or Janin for more information.
· Jan. 29th-Sacred
Assembly @ 6p.m.
· Jan.29th-Pizza
with the Pastor. Are you new to the
church? This
is a time to meet with the Pastor & Leadership for lunch. Space is limited,
sign up today @ the information center.
· Feb. 5th- RESERVE YOUR
TICKET FOR THE SUPERBOWL TAIL- GATE PARTY. This
will be a Men’s ministry fundraiser! Contact Josh Byce or Darrin Preece for
more information.
· Feb. 22nd-Financial
Peace University with Dave Ramsey, more information
to come.
· Feb. 24th-25th Men start saving for Men’s Retreat.
· FREE Wednesday night meals start @ 6p.m. (donations are greatly appreciated)
· Congratulations Pastor Jim on your new District appointment!
· Fundraiser-Youth KFC fundraiser! See
Pastor Dan or any youth attendee to get your ticket!

See you This weekend… and don’t forget to bring a friend with you when you come….
We Love you,
Pastor Jim & Joy Powell

Snowed in and Loving it!

Good morning on this January 19, 2012.  What a great week for the Kingdom of God.  Jesus was very clear when He said “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and all these things will be added to you” Matthew 6:33.   What are you seeking first in your life? Happiness, meaning, provision.  I encourage you to take a step back and realign your priorities as necessary to begin fulfilling your Destiny.  In each of us is a heart of a champion but often times we fail because we are either too close to the battle lines for extended periods of time or we are just worn out.  In this time of realignment, realize it is not a retreat, it is a time to get our batteries charged  back up. Even the Ever Ready Bunny has to get new batteries.   When we face times of drought in our soul the enemy takes advantage of us, lies to us and we often believe the lies, such as.  You don’t need to read the Bible, That commitment you made about tithing/giving means nothing,  You are so tired just stay home today from church it will be boring,  So and so will be there and you really hate them anyway… The lies of the enemy are subtle but the fact is the devil “he is a liar and the father of all lies”.  In the midst of the realignment we must keep our spirit man strong, read the Word, Stay in Prayer, keep your commitments.  One of my favorite verses in the bible is Isaiah 40:31  ³¹ But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

Pastor Joy and I have just modeled this very example of recharging our batteries.  We have been running at full throttle for several years. Not taking the time we need to be energized. This last week we had our annual minister’s conference which we thoroughly enjoyed and then we was off to a friend’s cabin in Tamarack, Thank you Ron & Colleen.  Our plan was to be at the cabin for 3 days and then back home.  In those three days I have read 3 books, slept, prayed, planned, dreamed, and watched the snow fall. Oh boy did the snow  fall,  did I mention that it snowed.  The first 24 hours it snowed 24” and as I am writing this Yes we are still in Tamarack it snowed another 12” last night.  Needless to say we got snowed in.  It is amazing how God knows just what we need.  As I mentioned my plan but God’s plan is… How many times have each of us faced this dilemma?  I want to…. But we have been distracted, delayed or derailed.  We must recognize, revaluate and realign.  We know that the enemy comes to steal kill and destroy but we also know that God give life and that life more abundantly.  I was talking with Joy last evening and I said, when was the last time we have had this much time to ourselves?  We had to think about it… It had been over 3 years.  Ok Lord we will enjoy the rest.  I must say that we are enjoying this rest but in the rest I get restless… Lord I have to…. And Lord I need to…. And then look out and see the snow falling the roads closed and  I can do nothing about it…Ok Lord I will read some more.  What else are you showing me? Ok Lord I will pray some more…

A big shout out to the Mountain view Christian Center Food pantry team as they pulled off yet another food give away on Tuesday.  Thank you to all who braved the weather to give out food and provisions to our community. 

Each of the ministries we have at MVCC is so vital and valuable to the community we serve.  Thank you to all who take the Leadership Role to, “Reach the Lost at any Cost” serious.   

A big thank you to Pastor Doyle Fulkes for preaching for us this last weekend.  I was part of the On Line Campus… What a wonderful Production Staff we have at MVCC.. Our new web site is awesome.  Mountainviewchristiancenter.info

This weekend I will be preaching on Jacob. How he wrestled with and Angel of God, How his name was changed, How he prevailed but walked with a limp… don’t miss it….

Here is what is happening this week at MVCC….

January 21^st  Mens Breakfast 7:00 a.m.  in the Life Center 

Jan. 22nd-Baby dedication during the 11 a.m. service.

·     Jan. 28th-Game night/Nacho night @ 6p.m.! Pass the word and contact Matt or Janin for  more information.

·     Jan. 29th-Sacred Assembly @ 6p.m.

·     Jan.29th-Pizza with the Pastor.  Are you new to the church?      This is a time to meet with the Pastor & Leadership for lunch. Space is limited, sign up today @ the information center.

·     Feb. 5th- RESERVE YOUR TICKET FOR THE SUPERBOWL TAIL-   GATE PARTY.   This will be a Men’s ministry fundraiser! Contact Josh Byce or Darrin Preece for more information. 

·     Feb. 22nd-Financial Peace University with Dave Ramsey, more            information to come.

·     Feb. 24th-25th Men start saving for Men’s Retreat.

·     FREE Wednesday night meals start @ 6p.m. (donations are greatly appreciated)

·     Congratulations Pastor Jim on your new District appointment!

·     Fundraiser-Youth KFC fundraiser!  See Pastor Dan or any youth attendee to get your ticket!

See you This weekend… and don’t forget  to bring a friend with you when you come….

We Love you,

Pastor Jim & Joy Powell

Miracles are For Today

Good Morning on this January 12, 2012.

Hey several things this week that are going on that I want to let you know about.  First and foremost is that God loves you and has a plan for your life.  I spoke last week about choices.  The choices we make today will affect our lives and the lives of our family for generations.  During our Sacred Assembly time I challenged Mvcc and all believers to do several things, to develop a regular time of Prayer and Fasting utilizing Isaiah 58:6 as a pattern and reason for fasting, secondly to believe God with all that we have and develop a lifestyle of Tithing, and thirdly make ourselves ready to be  God’s hand extended in the area of Miracles.  Many really cool God stories are coming forth.  I received a call this week from several who have started praying on a regular basis and how God is answering prayers already.  We are taking this area of prayer to a new level at MVCC.  On Wednesday mornings I am committed to teach Men How to pray.  Within the last two weeks we have had numerous men that come to the church   at 7:00 a.m. to pray.  The testimonies that coming forth is nothing short of miraculous as God is answering prayers.  Keep it up Guys and spread the word.  The Wednesday morning times will continue as the Lord is leading in a cool direction.  I will keep you posted as to what is on the horizon with this time.  Another call I received this week had to do with Tithing.   During our Sacred Assembly we put forth a 90 day commitment to tithe.  There is only one area in the Bible where God says “TRY ME” and it deals with tithing (10%).  I received a call this week from a family who said they really believed God and put him to the test.  They tithed activating their faith last Sunday knowing they had other obligations that would have to wait.  On Monday the phone rings with an excited voice on the other end telling me of the story, the excitement was coming forth as he explained how God had already come through and blessed the family with more that the tithe check was written for unexpectedly.  God Honors His word!!!! I encourage you to “Attack Your Lack”, and put God to the test in the area of your finances.  If you have not already done so make a commitment to be a giver.  Go to the web site WWW.mountainviewchristiancenter.info  and download the message on Blessed to be a Blessing (Sacred Assembly Part 3).  Get ready to be blessed.  The third challenge was miracles. This last Sunday I saw a man whom I had never had the opportunity to meet.  As I was at the door greeting after 2^nd service I introduced myself and he told me his name.  I recognized his name from the communication cards as his son was putting his father’s name and need on the prayer section of the card each week.  His father had cancer and was not expected to live.  Well this was the man we had been believing the Lord would Heal. He told me he HAD to come to the house of God to give thanks for all the prayers as he was “Cancer Free” God had healed him.  With tears streaming down his face, his sons face my face, Pastor Steve’s face we stopped and gave thanks.  We serve a God of Miracles.  This is why we have you each week fill out the communication cards with your prayer needs on them.  We do pray for the needs each week during staff meeting.  What do you believe the Lord for?  Keep the faith.

I mentioned the Web site; you have to see the new design and features.  We have worked hard making it as user friendly as possible.  Check out our online book store, church directory and the other cool features.  In fact make WWW.mountainviewchristiancenter.info your home page on your computer. 

We have begun the New Year in the area of Christian Education with a great start.  We have several new teachers and classes you won’t want to miss.  Pastor Steve and Susan Isaak started a Christian Basics Class, Matt and Janin Wright started a “Young Professionals” class, as well with several New teachers on board, Jennifer and mom Gail Gallegos and Barry and Dawn Robinson are teaching new Kids classes.  Thanks Guys….

Our mid week services are “Off the Hook “exciting.  It always starts with a Free Meal at 6:00 p.m. (donations accepted and appreciated)  then off to the classes we are offering at 7:00.  Currently we are offering Love and Respect  taught by Rick and Shawna Kraus and a Bible class taught by Rick Molina.  Come be a part.  We have just set the classes for our next session which includes “Peace University, Dave Ramsey,  I will be teaching a class on Understanding the Bible, and  Joy will be teaching Ladies Discipleship.  These classes will start February 22^nd.  Watch for details and signup sheets.

We have our Next Food Give A Way planned.  On Tuesday January 17^th  at 9:00 a.m.  We need your help.  If you can help with this event please call the church office 208-678-5460 and let our office staff know you are available.  (ALL HANDS ON DECK). 

A really cool ministry we are starting is “Pizza with the Pastor”.  This is designed to welcome all our new family members to a fun informative time where we get to tell our story of who we are, our mission, methods and values, what we believe and more.  This is the first step in getting involved at Mountain View.  The lunch is scheduled for  January 29^th.  There will be a sign up sheet at the information Center on Sunday.  Space is limited so sign up Sunday..

Hey, Guys our Annual Trek to the Mountains for our Men’s Retreat is right around the corner.  February 24-26^th is the date you will want to mark on your calendar, let your boss know you need the weekend off.  I emailed the flier to numerous ones this week.  The cost for the weekend is $135.00 if we get registered by February 7^th.  The Men’s ministry is planning a fund raiser on February 5^th for scholarships, yes this is Super bowl Sunday, be watching for details.  Plan to attend the Retreat this year. 

This Sunday January 15^th  you are in for a real Treat as our Former Pastor and current Superintendent Doyle and Julia Fulkes will be with us for both Sunday morning Services at 9 & 11 a.m. be sure to invite a friend to service this week.  He will be preaching on Joseph in the Book of Genesis.  You won’t want to miss it. 

Come get involved with God is Doing at Mountain View Christian Center, where we “Love God, and Serve People”.

We at Mountain View Christian Center want to have a shout out to the New President of the Mini-Cassia Chamber of Commerce Darrin Preece who also serves on our Executive Board.  Congratulations Darrin we are proud of you!

We Love you all,

Pastors Jim & Joy Powell

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Mountain View Christian Center - Home

How God Relates Himself to a Moth

Greetings on this Your Thursday Blast for January 5, 2011.  This is your First of many blasts this year.  2012 is going to be a great year.  Last week I posted on face book 20 Extreme words that I believe we will see this Year, Pull up my site on face book or go to MVCCav on You tube and play it if you haven’t look at it already.  Yes, 2012 will be a year of Extremes.  I choose to take the positive spin on the word and look to the God of Extremes in the positive.  Extreme Faith, Grace, Mercy, Provision, and the Presence of God!  Make a choice to make it a great year. 

We started the year with our Sacred Assembly, a time of worship, prayer, fasting, and pressing in to what the Lord is saying to the Church and us individually.  Sunday evening our topic was “Repentance”, as the congregation humbled ourselves and sought God’s Repentance.  Monday evening our topic was “The Holy Spirit”, a time of soaking in the presence of God and allowing Him to speak, fill, refill, renew, restructure, and remodel us.  On Tuesday evening our topic was “Giving, Blessing and being a Blessing”.  This is a message I want all to hear.  We are attempting to make the audio version on Cd available for all.  We will have it available on the Web site as well as the other messages soon.  On Wednesday our topic was “Miracles”, what a glorious presence of God that filled the airwaves with Faith, Hope and Salvation.  Many were touched, strengthened and set free by the Power of God.  I just spoke with one family that said “we came to do business with God and it was accomplished”.  I heard this over and over throughout the week.  In the midst of the greatness, the Lord specifically told me to begin a Wednesday a.m. prayer time each week with the emphasis of teaching Men to Pray.  We had 7 men show up this last Wednesday and we prayed for an hour, following Jesus example of, “Could you not tarry for an hour”.  What the Lord spoke to me was, “the fastest way to get a man on his feet is to first get a man on his knees”.  So each Wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. -8:00 a.m. come and join us for a time of prayer.

The food ministry of Mountain View Christian Center continues to grow as do the needs.  The Mvcc food bank team just shared with me the amount of people that relied upon our assistance this last year that either attended our Monthly food distribution  or our Big events, like the fish give a ways are you ready for this.  In the year of 2011:   39,745 people came for assistance , we gave away  754,000 pounds of food, these are staggering numbers  but shows the real need people are in.  We see on a weekly basis families that come through the doors of the church, they have a job but not enough hours are given to them,  professional people who drive nice cars that HAD a decent job but with cut backs are scrapping by, make a house payment or eat.  We are able to help all regardless of race, religion, color or creed, or social economic status, NO Strings attached!.  Love God, Serve People.  The amount of support our ministry is receiving is nothing short of Miraculous.  Thank you to our Donors, both private and Corporate.  Yes, we are making a difference.  If you would like to volunteer your time with the food ministry please call the office and talk to Chris Bean. 

I was reading this last week and saw something I had never noticed in scripture.  In the Book of Hosea the prophet is speaking the Word of the Lord and equates God to a Moth, and then a few verses later he equates God to a Lion. Hosea 5:12-14 The Lord was speaking to Israel to get their attention because of their rebellion.  I have been trying to wrap my mind around the correlation between God and a Moth. This is what I come up with.  When we as God’s children and the church are beginning to stray in our thoughts, attitudes or actions the gentleness of the Holy Spirit deals with us as a moth, that furry creature that would not hurt us only get our attention.  The times around the camp fire, when the moths are everywhere but will not hurt us.  They might find a place to nest in our wool sweaters, but they will not bite.   They do get our attention but because of their persistence.  God waits so patiently for us when we begin to stray but eventually we either grow cold to the moth or swat it away.  If we swat it away or ignore it He then sends the Lion notice the verse in Hosea.  I don’t know about you but I am often hard headed and at times don’t pay attention to the moth, but when the Lion shows himself I am more prone to listen and quick to repent.  In the scripture Israel eventually is brought to a place of restoration.  What will it take for you a Moth or a Lion to get your attention? 

This weekend at Mountain View I will be preaching on Genesis 12-26 and focus on Isaac.  Be sure to Read these portions of scripture to make yourself familiar with the message.  We are faced with choices all the time; we will make good ones and bad ones.  What do we do if we make a bad decision?  Come Sunday and find out.  This Sunday we are also starting fresh with several New Sunday School classes and teachers.  Pastor Steve and Susan Isaac as well as Mat & Janin Wright are starting a new Class.  Pastor Steve and Susan will focus on renewing & reconnecting our relationship with God, Mat and Janin will focus on the Young Professionals and finding God in the midst of Life, we are working on some new classes for our kids as well, stay tuned.  This is Home group week so get ready to be invited to a home group near you.  Also we are having a Baptism service after second service.  If you have not been baptized or have a desire to follow the Lord In Baptism there will be a short informational meeting in room 17 between 1^st and second service.   Come experience Jesus this weekend at Mountain View Christian Center, when you come don’t forget to invite a friend to come with you.

We Love You,

Pastor Jim & Joy