12 January 2009
The send off prayer from CCMB
The send off prayer from our home church from Brenten Powers on Vimeo.
Nate and I have been friends since 2000 when he was teaching the college age group and I was leading worship. He is a very gifted teacher and has always encouraged us in missions, so we are blessed to have him as our new senior pastor at Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay. This video is from January 29, 2009 when the church prayed for us at the end of our furlough and sent us back to Latvia with their blessing.
CCMB website: calvary.com
Check out what Nate had to say about me on his blog:
nateholdridge.blogspot.com/2008/12/brenten-powers.html
10 January 2009
Pray for Calvary Bible Church
We are sensing that this is going to be a GREAT year with great challenges and joys as He has given us the assignment to preach the gospel and form a new church Latvia. We are going to call it "Golgātas Bībeles draudze" which translates to "Calvary Bible Church". If you pray for us monthly, weekly or daily - we thank God for you! This month I would ask you to be praying for three specific things:
- For our evangelism team: Praise God for sending more laborers from Riga! Pray for boldness to preach one and one and open air, freedom to keep preaching in the train station, conviction on the hearers hearts.
- For the church: Praise God for drawing people to hear the word. Pray for Brenten to passionately preach Christ as we go through Genesis and Exodus, for the hearers to understand and apply the word, for translators to be faithful.
- For our family: Praise God for the love, joy and peace at home. Pray for a good babysitter so Brenten and Lena can have a regular time to date.
01 January 2009
2009 Vision for Bible study
"Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture,
to exhortation and teaching."
-The apostle Paul, 1 Timothy 4:13
To encourage you to get in the habit of reading your Bible and the habit of fellowship (Heb 10:25), we are suggesting the schedule (in the side column) to read through the Old Testament in one year. Pastor Brenten will be preaching Christ each Sunday from the chapters Old Testament that you read during the week, thus connecting your Bible reading to the church's Bible teaching (1Tim4:13).
This week, for example, you should read Genesis 1-12 by Sunday, January 4 so that when we come to church we will review what was written about Christ in the beginning (from the time of Adam until the time of Abraham).
If you would like to print out a daily schedule that follows closely with our OT plan but also includes New Testament in 365 days, click here for the pdf.
As you read, remember to seek Jesus so that you may learn of Him, come to Him that you may have life abundantly and eternally. After you have read it for yourself, you can visit this blog to see pastors comments, and share your comments with the church about how God is revealing Himself to you through His word.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures... 32 They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" ... 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
John 5:39-40 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; 40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life."
John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
2 Peter 3:18 Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
to exhortation and teaching."
-The apostle Paul, 1 Timothy 4:13
To encourage you to get in the habit of reading your Bible and the habit of fellowship (Heb 10:25), we are suggesting the schedule (in the side column) to read through the Old Testament in one year. Pastor Brenten will be preaching Christ each Sunday from the chapters Old Testament that you read during the week, thus connecting your Bible reading to the church's Bible teaching (1Tim4:13).
This week, for example, you should read Genesis 1-12 by Sunday, January 4 so that when we come to church we will review what was written about Christ in the beginning (from the time of Adam until the time of Abraham).
If you would like to print out a daily schedule that follows closely with our OT plan but also includes New Testament in 365 days, click here for the pdf.
As you read, remember to seek Jesus so that you may learn of Him, come to Him that you may have life abundantly and eternally. After you have read it for yourself, you can visit this blog to see pastors comments, and share your comments with the church about how God is revealing Himself to you through His word.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures... 32 They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" ... 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
John 5:39-40 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; 40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life."
John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
2 Peter 3:18 Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
25 December 2008
Merry Christmas
Lena, Caleb, Lily and I wanted to wish you a very merry Christmas today.
Priecīgus Kristus dzimšanas svētkus! Merry Christ's birth holiday!
We thank God for all of the prayers and financial support He has provided through many of you this year.
As we continue to preach the gospel, make disciples and glorify Jesus, we are looking forward to 2009 in Latvia.
With every spiritual blessing,
Brenten Powers and family
To donate by credit card click here.
Priecīgus Kristus dzimšanas svētkus! Merry Christ's birth holiday!
We thank God for all of the prayers and financial support He has provided through many of you this year.
As we continue to preach the gospel, make disciples and glorify Jesus, we are looking forward to 2009 in Latvia.
With every spiritual blessing,
Brenten Powers and family
To donate by credit card click here.
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If you would like to support Calvary Latvia on a monthly basis, follow these instructions:
- Print out the credit card authorization form (found at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhnfnc49_2pdb3n3 )
- Fill it in completely.
- Make sure to sign it.
- Send to Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay, 3001 Monterey-Salinas Hwy, Monterey, CA 93940
If you have any questions about the status of your donation, please contact the accountant at Calvary Chapel Monterey Bay at (831)649-1158. Thank you.
09 December 2008
A Look at Latvia
Here is the slideshow that I put together to show our supporters in the Monterey Bay area what we have been up to since May 2007. I will be sharing these pictues and telling our story this week at Home fellowships in Pacific Grove, Seaside, Salinas and Santa Cruz. Please feel free to leave your comments below. (:
25 November 2008
Interview with Brenten
Earlier this month, I visited Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe for speakers week. I had the opportunity to share with the students about Latvia and invited them to pray about coming on a mission trip to help. While I was there, I sat down for a video interview with Mike Pritchard for the podcast of CCBCE.com.
Another video interview, I conducted in Riga during our evangelism. You can view that here:
Another video interview, I conducted in Riga during our evangelism. You can view that here:
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