Grace Times

Vol. XXIII/03 Grace Bible Church, C 930, Sector B Mahanagar, Lucknow, India November 2020

Dear all
Pulpit Calendar
November 2020 2 Samuel 11 talks about the anointed one
of God, King David committing an horri-
ble sin, by taking Bathsheba to be his wife.
Check-in 15 minutes before service
While often familiar with the sin itself, we miss
the foundation that led to the sin. 2 Samuel 11:1
Morning Services at 10 am on Zoom. says “In the spring, at the time when kings go
off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s
01 Pastor J T Raja men and the whole Israelite army. They
08 Pastor Ashish H Khan destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.
15 Pastor J T Raja But David remained in Jerusalem.” While the
22 Pastor Ashish H Khan kings were out at war, David sent his men but
29 Bro. Bijoy (IEM) decided to stay back in his palace.
King David well established and powerful at this
point, slipped into what is becoming more and
more common in our Christian lives today,
complacency. Once a mighty soldier and general
Thursdays at 6.30 p.m. who led his soldiers from the front, now took a
12 online on Zoom seat back to relax and enjoy the luxuries of life.
In fact, after committing adultery and killing
26 online on Zoom Uriah, he never even realised he had sinned till
months later the prophet Nathan pointed it out to
him. This is the same David who once defeated
Goliath in the name of the Lord, defeated rulers
and armies who defied God, and now had
Thursdays at 6.30 p.m. forgotten God.
05 online on Zoom Our Christian lives can often become the same
19 online on Zoom way, we build our palaces of spiritual comfort
and decide to live there and never progress. We
are “choked by the cares of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches” (Mathew 13:22) that we
lose sight of God and His will. As A.W. Tozer
Women’s prayer puts it, “I want deliberately to encourage this
online on Zoom mighty longing after God. The lack of it has
Saturday,21st at 5.00 p.m. brought us to our present low estate. The stiff
and wooden quality about our religious lives is a
result of our lack of holy desire. Complacency is
a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire
must be present or there will be no manifestation
of Christ to His people. He waits to be wanted.
Too bad that with many of us He waits so long,
“Complacency is a deadly foe of so very long, in vain.”
all spiritual growth”. As we begin this month, ask yourself, what are
the palaces in my life? What are the comforts
AW Tozer that I would refuse to let go even if God asked
me to? Let us as a church continue to seek the
will of God fervently and with deep desire. Let
the words of Paul echo in our hearts, “For me to
live is Christ, to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21).

Love
J T Raja
 Income Oct 31 2020

Jan - Oct 2019 October 2020 Jan - Oct 2020 Budget 2020 Projection
General Offerings 2,76,275 18,800 1,71,297 3,85,000 2,05,000
Donations 3,300 38,600 75,000 erratic

Pledged Giving 4,96,500 65,000 4,73,100 7,00,000 5,67,,000

2nd Mile Pledges 1,13,200 20,000 1,59,700 2,00,000 1,91,000

Christmas Donation 10,000 75,000 erratic

Church Scooter sale 10,100
Designated collections
Sunday School 18,759 6,530 erratic

Grace Church in Village 6,500 4,000 25,000 erratic

Medical Aid Fund

GRAND TOTAL 9,34,634 1,03,800 8,53.227 14,60,000 9,63,,000

Manohar Lugun is suffering from itching

below his ribs.
Tabitha Lugun is unwell.
Prabah Prakash is having severe back pain.
Vijay Verma is down with viral fever.
Ruth Chakravarthy was suffering from Birthdays in November
high BP. 02 Sumitabh Singh
07 kristen
10 Pastor Ashish Khan
Bijoy was not keeping well. 11 Kanta Singh
18 Shanti Prakash
Pr. Ashish khan had root canal treatment 20 Jeba Raja
22 Anita Singh
. 23 Manohar Antin
Pratibha Sharma met with an accident and 25 Susheela M R
26 Shweta Lall
fractured her little toe.
Pooja Modwell has joined a new job.
For Pastoral Care contact
Rev. J T Raja 995 639 9835
Rev. Ashish H. Khan 964 843 1177
gracebiblechurch.lucknowindia@gmail.com
www.gracebiblechurchlucknow.org