Lord’s Day Meeting – 9:30 AM
- In-Person at the Bellevue meeting hall: 1835 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
- Zoom
Announcements
- The July training will be held from June 29th – July 4th. Registration is due on April 26th
- Register using this link: https://www.lsmregistration.com/attendee-intake.php?i=10977&l=31EF02F2
- Submit registration payment using this link: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/_2026JuneSemiannualTrainingPaymentLink
- Sister Joann Leng’s memorial will be held on April 11 at the Bellevue meeting hall at 2:00 pm.
- There is a Zoom link for those who cannot attend in person: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81631686387?pwd=zUYmx1jMHJfdT7edisXTWWeH8brnrV.1
- Saints are invited to come for ongoing shepherding trips in Italy. See latest report here. More information is available at (tinyurl.com/ShepherdingApplic), which also includes a dynamic calendar (tinyurl.com/ShepherdingCalendar) of upcoming shepherding trips.
- Please contact [email protected] if you need a tax report for 2025.
- The Wednesday night ministry meeting starts at 7:30 pm (https://www.lsmwebcast.com/MinMeeting.cfm)
- We will continue with week 2 of the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the 2025 December Semi-Annual Training “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4)”. Copies are available in the bookroom.
- Please refer to the prayer meeting schedule below:
| DATE | PRAYER MEETING LOCATION (7:30 PM)Prayer Burdens, Zoom |
| April 7 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages) |
| April 14 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English), TBD |
- We will read the Life-study of Ephesians messages 91 and 92 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) |
| April 5 | 98074, 98075, 98027, 98028, 98029 |
| April 12 | Medina, Clyde Hill, Kirkland, Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville, Marysville, Carnation, Mercer Island, Seattle, Newcastle, Renton, Federal Way |
| April 19 | 98004 |
| April 26 | 98005 |
| May 3 | 98006 |
| May 10 | 98007 |
| May 17 | 98008 |
| May 24 | 98052 |
| USHERING SERVICE SCHEDULE | LORD’S TABLE SERVICE SCHEDULE | |||
| Date | Team | Date | Team | |
| April 5 | D | April 5 | 3 | |
| April 12 | A | April 12 | 4 | |
| April 19 | B | April 19 | 1 | |
| April 26 | C | April 26 | 2 | |
Schedule
Ministry Reading
Matt. 26:41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Prayer, like reading the Bible, is a practice that Christians should not lack. In a Christian’s spiritual life reading the Bible is like eating, and praying is like breathing. A person can go for several days without eating, but he cannot live even a few minutes without breathing. If a Christian does not pray, his spiritual life will be deadened, and he will not be living and strong. Breathing is necessary for the human body. If a person wants an active body, his breathing must be healthy. In the same way, prayer is a necessity for a Christian’s spiritual life. If a Christian wants to be fresh in spirit and strong in life, he must pray.
The life within every Christian is a praying life, and every life has a capacity and a desire to function in certain ways. The life within us has a praying capacity that enables us to pray and that also causes us to desire to pray. This inward capacity requires us to pray and causes us to have a desire to pray. If we respond to this praying capacity and pray often, this capacity will be developed, and its desire will be satisfied. Then the life within us will be strengthened to grow, and it will not be grieved. If we do not obey this life, it will be impossible for it to grow. Therefore, we must pray and practice praying.
Let us carefully look into different aspects of prayer according to the record of the Bible.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER
1. “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation” (Matt. 26:41)
The Lord Jesus’ command in this verse shows the importance of prayer. Prayer keeps us from temptation. While we live in the world today, the devil tempts us with many things. He has the opportunity to tempt us in matters related to food and clothing, occupations, money, marriage, and many other matters. He is constantly looking for an opportunity to tempt us. If we want to avoid his temptation, we must pray. We must pray constantly concerning every matter. Whatever we do, we must pray. Whether our actions involve making friends, getting married, spending money, working, or dealing with friends and relatives, we must pray and diligently seek the Lord’s will. We must ask God what we can do and what we cannot do. We should also ask how we should do something and to what extent we should do something. We must have this kind of prayer in everything. We must pray even when we write a letter. We should ask God whether or not we should write and what we should write. If we watch and pray in every matter, we will be preserved by the leading of God and will not enter into the temptation of the devil
