What a great day here today in Istanbul. I was blessed to be able to go to church again this morning, which I was so thankful for. We had off today which was really nice as well. Here are the notes I took:
April 12th, 2014
Union Church
*We had communion at the beginning of the message then the pastor had a shorter message.
1. The church belongs to Christ.
- At the heart of the church lies Jesus Christ.
-God ordained the church.
-the church is extremely vulnerable without Christ
Ephesians 1:3
2. Without forgiveness there is no church.
- Church is a place to experience forgiveness. We are all sinners in need of grace.
3. Christ brings people together!
-the devil tries to destroy God's work
- put on the armor of God
- the cross is a symbol of a bridge for us to be with Christ forever; Jesus sacrificed himself for us to be able to have a new life (eternal life).
May we put Christ at the center of everything that we do.
After church I went and got lunch with my food friend Andja then we went to a mall that is super nice and hung out there a little bit. I got home a couple of hours ago and have been relaxing which has been nice.
Tomorrow it is back to the practice floor. I hope and trust everyone has an amazing week ahead!!
God bless,
Megan
I wanted to share this song below that we sang in church...so refreshing!