Lord’s Day Meeting – 9:30 AM
- In-Person at the Bellevue meeting hall: 1835 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
- Zoom
Announcements
- We will continue with week 4 in the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the Memorial Day conference on “The Preparation of the Bride”. Copies are available in the bookroom.
- FTTA trainees will be in Bellevue from January 17 – 24.
- Please refer to the prayer meeting schedule below:
| DATE | PRAYER MEETING LOCATION (7:30 PM)Prayer Burdens, Zoom |
| January 13 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages) |
- We will read the Life-study of Ephesians messages 67 and 68 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) |
| January 11 | 98006 |
| January 18 | 98007 |
| January 25 | 98008 |
| February 1 | 98052 |
| USHERING SERVICE SCHEDULE | LORD’S TABLE SERVICE SCHEDULE | |||
| Date | Team | Date | Team | |
| January 11 | D | January 11 | 3 | |
| January 18 | A | January 18 | 4 | |
| January 25 | B | January 25 | 1 | |
| February 1 | C | February 1 | 2 |
Schedule
FTTA Gospel trip January 17 – 31
Prayer Meeting
Matt. 6:9-13 You then pray in this way: Our Father who is in the heavens, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
This prayer can be divided into three sections. The first section has to do with the things of God. It is a prayer with three desires concerning God (Matt. 6:9-10). This is the foundation. The second section has to do with us; it is our request for God’s protection (vv. 11-13a). The third section is our declaration; it is our praise to God (v. 13b). Let us consider the prayer section by section. The first section covers three desires concerning God.
The First Desire: “Your Name Be Sanctified”
“Your name be sanctified!” God has an expectation that we all pray for His name to be sanctified by men. His name is exalted among the angels. But on earth, His name is being used in vain; even the idols use His name. When a man takes the name of God in vain, God does not show His wrath by striking him with thunder. He hides Himself, as if He did not exist. When a man takes His name in vain, He does not do anything to deal with him. Yet He wants His children to pray, “Your name be sanctified.” Brothers and sisters, if you love God and know Him, you will want His name to be sanctified. If anyone takes God’s name in vain, you will feel hurt, your desire will be even stronger, and you will pray even more earnestly: “Your name be sanctified.” One day man will sanctify this name and no longer take this name in vain.
“Your name be sanctified!” God’s name is not only a title we address with our mouth; it is a great revelation we receive from the Lord. God’s name is used in the Bible to designate His revelation to man concerning Himself; it denotes everything we know about Him. God’s name speaks of God’s nature, and it reveals His fullness. This is not something that man can understand with his soul but something that the Lord reveals to us (John 17:6). The Lord said, “And I have made Your name known to them and will yet make it known, that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them” (17:26). This shows us that in order to know God’s name, we need the Lord to make it known to us again and again.
“Your name be sanctified!” This is not only our desire but also our worship to the Father. We should give glory to God. We should begin our prayer with praises. Before we can hope to receive mercy and grace from Him, we should give glory to Him. We should allow Him to gain the fullest praise concerning Himself, and then we should receive grace from Him. Brothers and sisters, we have to remember that the main thing and the ultimate goal in our prayer is for God to gain glory.
“Your name be sanctified!” God’s name is linked to God’s glory. Ezekiel 36 says, “But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went” (v. 21). This means that the house of Israel had not sanctified God’s name, so God’s name was profaned wherever they went among the heathens. Yet God had pity for His holy name. Our Lord wants us to have this desire. In other words, He wants to glorify His own name through us. God’s name must first be sanctified in our hearts before our desire can be turned to something more profound. There must be a deep work of the cross before we can glorify God’s name. Otherwise, our desire is not even a desire but only an empty idea. Brothers and sisters, this being the case, how much we need to be dealt with and trimmed.