QUINCY COMMUNITY CHURCH

By Pastor Ryan

Love is perhaps the greatest and noblest emotion. The entertainment industry uses love, of the romantic variety, as the subject for most of their material. It seems that the entire world is enamored with the idea of romantic love. I would submit to you that the greatest authority on love is the One from whom love originates. The Bible declares that God is love (1 John 4:8) and He has written the world a love letter in the pages of Scripture.

When the world speaks of love they are referring primarily to romantic love. Romantic love has its origin with God. God created man and woman and provided the means for the romantic side of our human nature to be fulfilled. And not by coincidence, marriage also symbolizes the eternal commitment of Christ to His bride, the church. But love is more than just of the romantic variety. In the Word of God we find a love that goes above and beyond the conditional love of the world. God has chosen to love the unlovable. Look at a few verses from Romans as we consider that astounding fact, "Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5: 7-8.

The world's warped concept of love is this: "I (the world) will love you as long as you are beautiful, fulfilling my desires or interests, and as long as it's convenient for me."

This kind of love is a selfish, conditional love.

The word love in Romans 5:8 is the Greek word "agape". The meaning of agape is: "A selfless, unconditional love." God doesn't love the world because there is anything at all lovable in it. In fact, we were enemies of God and deserving of the wrath of God. God has chosen to demonstrate this kind of love, His love, to an undeserving world.

The wonder of God's agape love is that God made a choice to love us before the foundation of the world! Some may ask, how do i know that God loves me? Simply by the following verse: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

*Pastor Ryan & his family

*President Biden & Governmental Leaders

*Revival in our community & our country

*Our Teens- Spiritual growth as they navigate the world out there

*Our School Children & Teachers

*Luka & Roman Marvel & their family

*The Baker Family (on their move to Montana)

*Jim Stahlman- Recovery from cataract surgery

*Our Children & Grandchildren

*Health Needs: Cindy Larios, Dave Duncan, Faye Sandlin, Beth (Hodgkins Lymphoma- pray for her health and salvation.)

*Chuck & his family (Elizabeth Knox's brother who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer)

*Kathy, Richard, Landon, Brandon, & Cameron Scully (on their loss of Lynn)

*Our Service Men: Robert Hopman & Corbyn Koskinen

*Spiritual & Physical Growth of our Church in 2024

*Prayers for Libya

*Prayers for Israel

*Prayers for Mission Teams

*CoraGrace Hardee- In Kona, HI working on Leadership track

*Cate Baker- at Azusa Pacific College in Orange County, CA

Sunday February 18th,

Beginning at 0945

Learn about the Book of Joshua.

Come and share the time with us, in a 12 week video study with Louie Giglio, lead by Pastor Ryan.

REPORT FOR JANUARY

$8,270.48

EXPENSES:

$8,536.09

BALANCE:

-$265.61

LOOKING AHEAD......

Mark your calendars for:

March 16th

At Quincy Community Church

10:00 AM to 12 Noon

Special Guest Speaker will be:

Shandel Sutherland

Worship lead by:

Meadow Valley Community Church

WHAT: QCC BOWLING PARTY

(combined with February Birthday Party)

When: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25th

Where: Sierra Bella Lanes

Head to the bowling alley in Quincy after church.

You don't have to bowl. Fun, food, friends and fellowship will be had!!

1 Corinthians 13: 1-8, 13

Though I speak with the tongues and men and of angels, but have not love, I have become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

.....And now abide faith, hope, love, these three;

But the greatest of these is love.

Dr. Ryan C. Nielsen, Pastor

(530) 616-8487

Ryan@QuincyCommunityChurch.org

P.O. Box 18

74 Reese Street

Quincy, CA 95971

Church Office Hours: Tues. - Fri. 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

(or call for an appointment)

www.QuincyCommunityChurch.org