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Does God really want our Money? What does He really want from His children?

pastordanielalbarian — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:08:20 +0000

The issue of giving to the Lord is always very touchy. people are offended when the pastor speaks on the subject. In fact, they are bold enough to tell the pastor not to preach on giving because it represents a conflict of interest for them since they get paid by the church. I wonder sometimes, if they actually believe in what they say or use it as an excuse not to hear on the subject and be convicted to give.

Jesus did not shy away from talking about giving. Interestingly, He did not speak extensively about tithing (ten percent), but He spoke repeatedly about total giving.

This Sunday we will examine the Old Testament tithing and the New Testament tithing and compare the two. We will also establish the main principle in giving according to the biblical standards, which by the war are not different in the Old Testament and the New Testament.

If this has been a concern or an unresolved matter for you, I would urge you to come and listen to this very important message. And while you come, please pray for me that I would articulate God’s true mind on the subject and pray for yourself that you would welcome with an open heart to receive the Word for yourself. I believe, this message could change your entire life and I am confident that it will change the life of our church as people like you take messages like this seriously and obey the Lord’s wishes for their lives.

Hope to see you in church, either at 1pm for Armenian service or 3pm for the English service.

Transformation of Zacchaeus from Greediness to Generosity

COA Church — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:07:49 +0000

The last few Sundays we have looked at how the Lord Jesus transformed the lives of Nicodemus (John 3), the blind man (John 9), the Samaritan Woman (John 4) and this week we will look at Zacchaeus (Luke 19).

It is amazing that we are born as people who learn to get and as we grow older we become even more greedy and want to get even more. Somehow though as we encounter Jesus, He changes us to experience the joy of giving.

In the study of Zacchaeus’s life, one notices that Jesus enters his life and this chief tax collector who had become wealthy by hoarding people’s taxes, becomes a new being; this time giving up four times all that he had unjustly gained and parting from half his wealth in order to gain Christ. How does one experience such a change? How does Jesus become such an imposing person in this man’s life? Can it be justified that this is what God wants to do in everyone’s life?

You have to come to listen to this powerful and exciting message which I believe has transformed my life and can transform yous as well.

See you Sunday @ 1:00 pm.
Please read Luke 19 in preparation for this message.

From Self-Justification to Self-acknowledgement, Jesus encounters the Samaritan Woman

pastordanielalbarian — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:52:09 +0000

Often times the story of Jesus encounering the Samaritan woman is
introduced as how we, as believers, should reach out to share our
faith with others. This Sunday I will look into the character of this
Samaritan woman and will explain how she was challenged by Jesus in
her core being and how the transformation occurred in her life.

The message will reveal the nature of this woman that is no different than
ours and how she had deceived herself into comfortable condition
thinking that she was OK and on her way to heaven. But as she met Jesus and He exposed her secrets, she couldn’t avoid to surrender herself to His Lordship and welcome Him as the promised Messiah. Her personality is most interesting and her story is most compelling to convict everyone who thinks that they are safe and secure in their world of self-deception.

I hope you will join us to learn from this one woman’s example of how she moved from her self-justification to self-acknowledgement and self-eradication. Please read John chapter 4 before coming to church. See you on Sunday!