Welcome to Candlewood

Welcome to Candlewood!

This week is …

Fellowship Week

View our calendar to see what is happening in the life of our church this week.

Our Sunday Gathering meets every other week.

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Matthew 7:7-8 — “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”

So whatever we ask for, God will give to us, right? A lot of popular preachers have been preaching the message, but it’s simply not true. Jesus later said that if we ask anything in His name, He will grant it. But “in His name” means by His authority, and He won’t lend His authority to anything He doesn’t desire. Just a few verses before this passage we just studied, Jesus said, “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

I’m sure all of us have been disappointed by God’s response to our requests from time to time. James said that’s because we ask for the wrong things or we ask with wrong motives. One thing we can be sure of, though, is that God wants us to glorify Him and to encourage others to do the same. We might not see that happening in obvious ways, but if we look for ways to be His witnesses, we can be sure He’s using us whether the effect is subtle or dramatic.

As a follow up to our annual meeting, Kathleen Black and Glenn Francis were both approved as deacon and elder respectively and the 2025 budget was also approved. After the meeting we had a sweet time of prayer for Candlewood’s ministries and vision.

Jerry Petersen

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You’ll find the location and time of the Gathering as well as times and locations for Community Groups on the What is Candlewood page. Then pray, attend a group, and commit to God’s people, the church.

We hope you will continue to excel in showing love to one another. Phone calls, texts, and emails all go a long way in that regard.

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