66 Friday • July 24, 2015 The Kittanning Paper

EVENTS AT AREA CHURCHES

Life Got You Down?

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With Us This Week!

Family-Life Church118 SOUTH JEFFERSON ST KITTANNING

www.familylife.orgWorship Sundays at 11AM

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT at the Covenant Center, Kit-tanning, 7PM, Friday, July 24. Movie: Planes. Free event and free refreshments. Sponsored by the First Unit-ed Methodist Church. Inqui-ries (724)548-4312.

SPAGHETTI DINNER (all you can eat) on Saturday July 25, at St. John’s Luther-an church in Ford City from 4 to 7 PM. Adults $7.00. Chil-dren ages 6 -12 years $3.50. Children under 6 years old are free. Take outs available.

Run Presbyterian Church, 943 Glade Run Road - ¼ mile south of SR422. Items will be sold by donation to benefit children’s ministries and missions. Hot dogs and baked goods will be priced to benefit cemetery fund.

CONCERT - Singer/song-writer Annie Morgan will be in concert on Sunday August 2 at the 10AM wor-ship service at Cornerstone Worship Center, 500 Lenz Road, Indiana

Phone 724-763-9622.

BARGAIN BASEMENT CHURCH SALE Christ Rupp Lutheran Church, 228 Rupp-Church Road, Kittanning, on Saturday, July 25, from 8AM-2PM. The church is located 4 miles east of Kittanning off Route 422 - first road right past the Kittanning Township Fire Hall. There are many items available.

BASEMENT SALE - Friday & Saturday, July 31 & August 1, 8AM-12 Noon. West Glade

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Byers Taxi & Busing Service510 Hancock Ave

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TROY-ALAN

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Verse of the WeekProverbs 1:5 - let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance.

Proverbs 24:6 - Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.

A flight attendant spent a week’s vacation in the Rockies. She was captivated by the mountain peaks, the clear blue skies, and the sweet smelling pines. But she also was charmed by a very eligible bachelor who owned and oper-ated a cattle ranch and lived in a log cabin. At the end of this week, Mr. Wonderful proposed. But it had all happened so quickly that the woman decided to return home and to her job, feeling that she would some-how be guided to make the right decision. The next day, in flight, she found herself wondering what to do. To perk up, she stopped in the rest room and splashed some cool water on her face. There was some turbu-lence and a signin the rest room lit up: PLEASE RETURN TO THE CABIN. She did return --to the cab-in back in the mountains (Reader’s Digest [1/81], p. 118)

This story does not demon-strate the best way to make deci-

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Four Principles For Receiving God’s Guidancesions in life, but this story does reveal a common dilemma that many people, including Christians, often face - the problem of being sure that God is guiding us. How can you and I be certain that we are in God’s will and that the decisions we are making are the right ones?

1. The first principle for receiv-ing God’s guidance is knowing God’s Word.

Knowledge of God’s will comes first and foremost from God’s Word. God’s Word reveals God’s plan, prin-ciples and purposes. Knowledge of these is essential to even beginning to receive God’s guidance.

2. The second principle for re-ceiving God’s guidance is commit-ment to God’s will.

It is one thing to know what God’s will is through His Word and

another thing completely to be committed to doing His will with-out compromise.

3. The third principle for re-ceiving God’s guidance is trusting in God’s Ways.

Trust is absolutely essential if you are to be led by God because you will never maintain your com-mitment to obeying Him and wait-ing on Him unless you really trust in Him.

4. The fourth principle for receiving God’s guidance is to pray for God’s Wisdom.

I believe that God will di-rect our circumstances so that His will is successfully fulfilled in our lives if we do our part of knowing His Word, committing to His Will, Trusting His Ways, and Pray for His Wisdom.