Lord’s Day Meeting – 10:00 AM in Seattle
- There will be a Puget Sound blending meeting in Seattle tomorrow (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 depart at 9:30 am. We are prioritizing seating for elderly saints. Lunch will be provided after the meeting.
Announcements
- The YP retreats are scheduled for October 16-18. Registration is still open: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/Fall2026NWYPRetreats , the final deadline to register is October 11.
- 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 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 |
| October 27 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English): Ray & Liza Chen’s home |
- We will be reading week 3 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 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 |
| November 22 | 98004 |
| USHERING SERVICE SCHEDULE | LORD’S TABLE SERVICE SCHEDULE | ||
| Date | Team | Date | Team |
| 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 |
| November 29 | B | November 29 | 1 |
Schedule
International Thanksgiving Conference: November 26-29
Ministry Reading
Prayer
GOD’S ANSWER TO PRAYER (cont’d.)
BARRIERS TO PRAYER BEING ANSWERED (cont’d.)
Sin
1. “If I regarded iniquity in my heart, / The Lord did not hear” (Psa. 66:18; see also Prov.15:8, 29).
The first barrier to prayer being answered is sin. If we regard iniquity in our heart, the Lord will not hear us. Regarded in Hebrew conveys a sense of being polite. If a person prays but regards, entertains, and is polite and deferential toward sin, rather than hating and refusing sin, God will not hear his prayer.
2. “Your iniquities have become a separation / Between you and your God, / And your sins have hidden His face / From you so that He does not hear” (Isa. 59:2; see also 1:15; 58:4; Micah 3:2-4; John 9:31).
Sin creates a separation between God and us and causes God to hide His face from us. If we do not forsake sin, God cannot answer our prayer.
3. “We have transgressed and rebelled… / You have covered Yourself with a cloud / That prayer might not pass through” (Lam. 3:42, 44).
Sin stirs up God’s wrath, and He covers Himself with a dark cloud so that our prayer might not pass through. If we live in sin, our prayer surely cannot reach God, be heard by God, or be answered by God.
Idols
False gods and idols provoke God’s jealousy, causing God to be unwilling to hear our prayer. We may think that we have left false gods and idols and do not have any false gods and idols, but we must realize that anything that usurps the place of God is a false god and idol in our heart. If this is our condition, God cannot be inquired of by us and, even less, answer our prayer.
Crucial truths in the Holy Scriptures, CWWL, 1932–1949, vol. 3.
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