“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”Romans 12:21
Announcements
- PARENTS: Please check-in your infant – 5th grader in the foyer before service. Please escort your child to their classroom @ 9:45–10am.
- Remember to VOTE. Pray for UNITY in our nation.
- KidsMin VOLUNTEER meet TODAY after service.
- OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – Shoebox packing party Nov 10 + 11 @ 4–7pm downstairs.
Ways to Connect with Your Church Family
Sign up at the Connect Table.
- PRE-SERVICE PRAYER Join us @ 9am Sundays upstairs. Today we’re meeting in the sanctuary.
- TWELVE BASKETS Food Pantry Wed 1–3pm. Help us by driving to load and unload supplies Tues / Wed.
- YOUTH GROUP Tuesdays @ 6:30pm
- WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP. Our annual FRIENDSGIVING – Friday, Nov 13 @ 6:30pm
- MEN’S BREAKFAST 2nd Saturday monthly @ 8am. Next one is Nov 14.
- Send a MISS YOU Postcard to people you haven’t seen lately! Get one at the Connect Table.
- Visit our updated website at calvarycl.org and our online calendar at calvarycl.org/calendar.
Sermon Notes
Prisoner, Not a Victim: The Story of Yair and What It Teaches Us
1. Wound or Uniform
Gen 4:9, John 15:13, Isaiah 43:1, Rom 12:21, 2 Cor 4:8–9Evil can take your freedom. It cannot take your name unless you hand it over.
Being a victim is a wound.
Living as a victim is an identity you put on like a uniform.
2. The Counterfeit
Eph 6:12A breakthrough moment is not the same as a changed mind. Being wounded is not the same as being a victim.
3. Five Refusals from the Tunnel
Hatred always starts by refusing to see the face.
- Refusal #1: Refuse the accuser’s scriptRev 12:10, Is 49:15–16, Matt 6:34
- Refusal #2: Refuse to grasp for yourselfPhil 2:3–4, Mark 12:43–44
- Refusal #3: Refuse to let them own your mindProv 17:22, Phil 4:8
- Refusal #4: Refuse to stop survivingJer 29:7
- Refusal #5: Refuse to become the monsterRom 12:17, Rom 12:21
4. The Real Thing: What Remained Afterward
Heb 13:3, Gal 6:2, 2 Cor 1:3–4, John 1:5, Matt 5:14–16You do not have to be the sun. You have to be lit.
5. The Question
Ps 107:2If everything were taken from you tomorrow – the shelter, the schedule, the Sunday experience – what would be left in you to share?
Pastor Appreciation Sunday – November 8
This year, tell your pastors specific ways they helped you grow closer to Jesus. Mention a time they walked alongside your family, or a post you read that encouraged you, or a conversation that stuck with you. Share how they have impacted your life.
We have cards, or bring your own. We’re having a potluck that day, so remember to sign up to bring a dessert, side, or main dish.