Welcome to Christian Deaf Church: We are excited you come to join with us today! If you are not accustomed to do the “CHURCH THINGS”, and then just sit back, relax, and enjoy the service. We’ll enjoy a few songs, announcements, introductions, and sermon. After the service, we’d like to meet or chat with you. Thank you for being with us today. Remember that our desire is that anyone anywhere will be able to find, a safe, effective place to receive a blessed ministry.

Church Service: 10:30am

Please be quiet before God:

WELCOME:

FIRST TIME VISITORS:

SCRIPTURE:…...........................................Psalms 96:9-10

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

TITHES & LOVE OFFERINGS:

THE WORD OF WISDOM: “The prophetic intercession conspires with God that His glory will be seen, felt, and known in the earth. Prophetic intercession is our conspiring (breathing together) with God, breathing violently into situations through prayer in order to bring forth ‘life’.”

PRAY:

WORSHIP SONGS:

“Consuming Fire”

“Shout to the Lord”

Sermon: “a Season of lethargy, apathy, & languor”

After service:………………………………Worship Songs

Worship Songs: “Consuming Fire”

There must be more than this

O’ Breath of God

Come breathe within

There must be more than this

Spirit of God we wait for You

Fill us anew we pray (2X)

Consuming fire fan into flame

A passion for Your Name

Spirit of God fall in this place

Lord have Your way

Lord, have Your way with us

Come like a rushing wind

Clothe us with Power from on high

Now set us the captives free

Leave us abandon to Your Praise

Lord, let Your glory fall (2X)

Stir it up our hearts, Lord (3X)

A passion for Your Name

“SHOUT TO THE LORD”

My Jesus, my Saviour

Lord there is none like you all of my days

I want to praise

the wonders of Your mighty love

My Comfort, my Shelter Tower of refuge and Strength let every breathe, all that I am

never cease to worship You

Shout to the Lord, all the earth

let us sing power and majesty,

praise to the King mountains bow down,

and the seas will roar at the sound of Your name

I sing for joy at the work of Your hands

Forever I'll love You

Forever I'll stand nothing compares

to the promise I have in You

(copyright from Hillsongs YouTube)

Upcoming: CDC Bible Classes:

CDC’s SPRING Bible Classes: NEXT WEDNESDAY: May 22nd: CDC offers the Wednesday Morning Bible Class in our basement. We will continue to study the book which called “MIGHTY PREVAILING PRAYER”. The theme is “Power in Agreement”.

Tremendous [huge] Power is in those two or three gathered in His Name. Come and join with us this Wed. morning. Pick up homework. This is the last day of the class. There will be no Wednesday Morning Bible Study during the Summer. The class will resume in the Fall 2013.

NO SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE CLASS during the Summer Today is the last day for the Sunday Morning Class. The class will resume sometimes in July or August. We will continue to study on the book called “Immerse in Him”. Enjoy your Summer vacation.

UPCOMING EVENTS! 2013

Men’s Breakfast Fellowship

June 1st: (Sat) Men from Salem, Portland, and Vancouver will gathered at Denny’s Restaurant in Wilsonville, OR. at 9AM. Bring your Bible. This is the last day for the rest of the Summer. The event will resume on October 5th.

Agape Fellowship

June 2nd: (Sun) CDC will have an Agape Fellowship after the church service. Bring either cold or hot dish. Welcome and join with us.

Update News on Handicapped Ramp

Today—access the handicapped ramp is opened. Only thing is our engineer’s paperwork need to turn in the city of Portland and they will inspected all the paperwork and then inspect our ramp. Cross your fingers.

Prophecy News!

NEWS REPORTED: Two ‘known or suspected’ terrorists who cooperated with the government and were placed in the Witness Security Program later were able to board airplanes and quietly vanish, the Justice Department’s inspector general says in a report criticizing how the witness protection program monitored former terrorists.

NEWS REPORTED: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said to Russian President Putin: “Your missile sales to Assad could trigger war.”

NEWS REPORTED: British summer kicks off with snow and rain.

NEWS REPORTED: Alaska volcano threatens to blow.

NEWS REPORTED: A federal judge has issued a starting ruling that suppressing [to put an end to the activities of] Christian speech is allow when Muslim threaten violence because they’re upset over the message of Jesus. The violence developed at the 2012 events when Christian evangelists walking on public sidewalks surrounding the event while carrying signs with biblical messages were assaulted with stones, bottles, and debris by attendees of the Muslim festival.

NEWS REPORTED: Brazil judicial decision paves way for gay marriage.

NEWS REPROTED: New Orleans Mother’s Day parade hit by shooting.

#20 SERMON NOTE 2013: The theme—‘THE PRIESTS’

“a Season of lethargy, apathy, & languor”

(1 Samuel 3:1-2) “The boy Samuel served the LORD under the direction of Eli. In those days the LORD didn’t give many messages to His people. He didn’t give them many visions. (NiRV) And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)” (BBE) 1. The word ‘lethargy’ means ‘state of being

drowsy and dull, listless [having no interest in anything], spiritless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy, sluggish inactivity’.

2. The word ‘apathy’ means ‘absence or suppression [stop] of passion, emotion, or excitement’.

3. The word ‘languor’ means ‘lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness, lack of spirit or interest’.

4. YES NO NOT SURE: Is your church has a season of lethargy, apathy, and languor?

5. Examine what causes this season of lethargy, apathy, and languor invaded our church today?

In those days, there was no king in Israel: every man did what was right in his own eyes. (Judges 21:25)

Now, Eli was very old and his weight was very heavy and he can’t see very well. (1 Samuel 2:22, 3:2, 4:18)

Now, the sons of Eli were sons of ‘Belial’ [means dishonest men, evil men, wicked men, worthless men, corrupted men—what is useless, of no fruit] and they not know the Lord.

o Both sons—Hophni [my fist] and Phinehas [a serpent’s mouth] not know the Lord. In other words:

both had no regard for the Lord both had no respect for the Lord both did not care about the Lord both paid no attention to the Lord both had no faith in the Lord both having no knowledge of the Lord both did not loved the Lord both refused to obey the Lord

o Remind us what 2 Peter 1:9 “But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar, and had forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”

o What happened to both prophecies and visions? Why? (1 Samuel 3:1)

In those days the Lord kept His Word secret from men; there was no open vision. (BBE)

In those days, the Lord hardly ever spoke directly to people, and He did not appear to them in dreams very often. (CEV)

6. What is ‘REVIVAL’?

Revival means the _____________________ to life or the ____________________________ from death or apparent death.

Revival also means a return to ________________________ a season of lethargy, apathy, and languor. It is like a shock to the system.

Revival also applies to the recovery of a vital truth from ‘completely forgotten’, ‘neglect’, or ‘not clearly seen’, to the return to life of something that has been forgotten.

This is easy to see in spiritual terms, because in times of spiritual revival, long neglected truths are restored to life, and people rejoice to learn and obey them once again.

In a time of revival, people renew their _____________________ in spiritual concerns, their hearts and souls are restored with _____________________ life, and they are eager to engender [to develop] more life wherever they go.

Spiritual revival is so POWERFUL that society itself can be _______________________________.

7. Remember Hannah spoke out to Eli, “Don’t think of your servant as a worthless (Belial) woman; because I have been speaking from the depth of my distress and anger.” (1 Samuel 1:16 CJB)

8. The WATCHERS and the HANNAH COMPANY from the depth of their distresses and angers prayed with pain labor until Christ is developed in you.

Prayer is a key ingredient prior to revival, and prayer continues as a key ingredient for keeping up the results of revival. What are we looking for when we pray for revival?

an experiential _______________________________ of sin, which result in

a passionate _______________________________ of sin because of

a _____________________________ of God’s holiness,

a deep ______________________________ of God’s love and mercy, and

a sometimes ____________________________ heightened consciousness of eternity.