1 John 4:1-21

12th January 2020 A very warm welcome to our services of worship today. We pray that you will all know God’s blessing as we meet together. Please pray for our Minister Rev John Murdo Nicolson who will be leading the worship today and also pray for those leading our praise. Induction loops are fitted in both the Church and hall for the hard of hearing. Please set your hearing aid to position ‘T’. Recordings of all our services are available on our website www.crossnesschurch.com as free Podcasts. CD recordings of the services and are made available free of charge to the house- bound and elderly. Please ask one of the office bearers or Anne MacDonald if you would like a copy. Crèche available by request. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eaglaisnis or via Google by entering ‘@eaglaisnis’ www.crossnesschurch.com for more information and audio content. If you would like information posted on the website, please contact Chris or email the website crossnesschurch@gmail.com Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No.SC000991 Good morning and welcome to our service today. 11am service – led by Rev John Murdo Nicolson. Sunday school / Bible class after the Children’s service. Praise Psalm - 139:1-10 Hymn - Living Hope Hymn - 197 Hymn - 564 Reading - 1 John 4:1-21 (ESV) 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. Tea/coffee will be served in the Church hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited. 6pm Service - Rev John Murdo Nicolson. 6pm Church Hall – Youth Alpha. 7.30pm (approx.) Barvas Church of Scotland – Testimony night with Marlene and A.K. The Week Ahead Monday 13th January 7.30pm. Church Hall – Bible Study. Our study is in 1st Corinthians. Everyone’s welcome. Wednesday 15th January 10.45am – Women’s Bible Study at Dolina Murray’s house. All women welcome. Wednesday 15th January 7.30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer Meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to this meeting. Wednesday 15th January 8.30pm – Deacons court will be meeting after the prayer meeting. Friday 17th January 7.30 - 9pm. Spors Nis – Rock Solid for all P5-S2 youth. Please invite your friends to come along. Saturday 18th January 9am. Comunn Eachdraidh Nis – Men’s Breakfast. Please come along and bring a friend to enjoy fellowship, breakfast rolls, tea and coffee. Services Sunday 19th January 2020 11am & 6pm – Led by our Minister. 11am - Sunday School / Bible class after the children’s service. 6pm – Youth Alpha for all teenagers. Dates for your Diary Sunday 19th January 8.30pm. Clan Macquarrie Community Centre Testimony night in conversation with Rev Iain. T. Campbell (Retired), Pairc (Gravir) Free Church. Fellowship, tea, coffee, biscuits served afterwards. Please bring a friend. Friday 24th January 7.30pm. Clan Macquarrie Community Centre – Interdenominational Gaelic Service taken by Rev Iain T Campbell (Retired), Pairc (Gravir) Free Church. Door collection for Bethesda. Everyone is warmly invited to come along. Saturday 25th January 7pm. Church Hall – Family Christian film night. Sausage rolls, crisps, juice etc. will be served. Everybody’s welcome. Please come and join us. Food Bank – We are organising a food bank collection of various items such as teabags, coffee, UHT/dried milk, cereals, pasta, tinned food and biscuits. Any donations can be left in the Church hall and we’ll take them to the food bank towards the end of January. It’s good for us to remember to give as well as receive at this time of year. Many thanks for giving to this work. Position – We are currently looking for a person/persons to clean the church weekly, and to open the church for the various services. This is a paid post, if anyone is interested; please get in touch with the elders or the minister. We are looking to fill this position ASAP. Please continue to pray for our Minister, his family and for our congregation that we would know the Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our congregation and community who are in hospital or are ill in any way. If you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let the Minister or one of the Elders know.