Lord’s Day Meeting – 9:30 AM
- In-Person at the Bellevue meeting hall: 1835 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
- Zoom
Announcements
- There will be a Puget Sound blending meeting in Seattle next Lord’s day (Oct 11) at the Seattle (Greenlake) meeting hall at 10:00 am. There will be no separate Lord’s table meeting in Bellevue. A shuttle to the Greenlake meeting hall will be available for elderly saints. Lunch will be provided after the meeting.
- The YP retreats are schedule for October 16-18. Registration is open: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/Fall2026NWYPRetreats , the deadline to register is October 4.
- The college retreat will be held in Ellensburg, October 23-25. The registration link is: https://www.cognitoforms.com/churchinbellevue1/fall2026nwcollegeretreat/
- The ministry meeting has resumed, 7:30 pm on Wednesday (https://www.lsmwebcast.com/MinMeeting.cfm)
- The 2026 International Thanksgiving Blending Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado from November 26-29, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center. To make online reservations at the LSM group rate, please go to: book.passkey.com/go/LSM2026.
- Reminder: we cannot park in the Presbyterian parking lot
- Please refer to the prayer meeting schedule below:
| DATE | PRAYER MEETING LOCATION (7:30 PM)Prayer Burdens, Zoom |
| October 6 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages) |
| October 13 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English): Brian & Gigi Morrison’s home |
| October 20 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English): Jeff & Sarah MacGillivray’s home |
- We will be reading weeks 2 of the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the June Semiannual Training titled “The Believers (1).”
- We will read the Life-study of Philippians messages 45 and 46 this week.
- The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages; the Life-Study mobile app is available for download
- To join a Life-study reading group, use the link below: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/LifeStudyReadingGroupSignUpChurchInBellevue
- The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
- Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.
CLEANING SCHEDULE
| TIME PERIOD | CLEANING GROUP (Zip Codes/Cities) |
| October 4 | 98004 |
| October 11 | 98005 & 98006 |
| October 18 | 98007 |
| October 25 | 98008 |
| November 1 | 98052 |
| November 8 | 98074, 98075, 98027, 98028, 98029 |
| November 15 | Medina, Clyde Hill, Kirkland, Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville, Marysville, Carnation, Mercer Island, Seattle, Newcastle, Renton, Federal Way |
| USHERING SERVICE SCHEDULE | LORD’S TABLE SERVICE SCHEDULE | ||
| Date | Team | Date | Team |
| October 4 | B | October 4 | 1 |
| October 11 | C | October 11 | 2 |
| October 18 | D | October 18 | 3 |
| October 25 | A | October 25 | 4 |
| November 1 | B | November 1 | 1 |
| November 8 | C | November 8 | 2 |
| November 15 | D | November 15 | 3 |
| November 22 | A | November 22 | 4 |
Schedule
International Thanksgiving Conference: November 26-29
Ministry Reading
Prayer
GOD’S ANSWER TO PRAYER (cont’d.)
The Way in Which God Answers Prayer
1. “What man is there among you who, when his son asks him for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or also when he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?… How much more will your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matt. 7:9-11).
God’s wisdom means that He is never wrong when He answers our prayers. Sometimes we ask wrongly, but He still answers correctly. Sometimes we think a stone is bread and a serpent is a fish, and so we ask for them. But God still gives us bread and fish. He gives us the correct things, the good things. A brother who was going from a Western country to Africa to preach the gospel asked the Lord to give him a healthy body so that he could suffer in Africa. One day he fell and broke his leg. The break was so bad that it could not heal; eventually, he was given a wooden leg. He did not understand why the Lord allowed this to happen, but when he was in Africa, some natives saw him and wanted to eat him. When he could not escape their pursuit, he gave them his wooden leg to eat. When they tasted it, they let him go. Then he understood that God had answered his prayer by giving him a wooden leg that would save his life. Sometimes God’s answers to our prayer do not seem appropriate. We even think that He is wrong, but the subsequent facts prove that His answers are indeed appropriate and correct. Thank God, we may be wrong, but He is never wrong. We may ask wrongly, but He never gives the wrong thing.
2. “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink?” (Matt. 20:22).
The mother of James and John asked the Lord for thrones for her sons. The Lord instead said that He would give them a cup of suffering. We often do not know what we are asking. But the Lord in His wisdom knows what we need, so He gives according to our need. We ask for patience, but He gives us suffering. He knows that sufferings bring in endurance. He does not answer our prayers according to our concept but according to His wisdom.
God’s Goal in Answering Prayer
1. “Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:13).
God’s goal in answering our prayers is not our pleasure or joy. It is His glory, the expression of Himself, so that we might know Him.
Crucial truths in the Holy Scriptures, CWWL, 1932–1949, vol. 3.
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