Chaplain Mick Dobra

The family is God's smallest battle formation!

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Bible Knights: Bible Challenge: Yearly Bible reading Quest from Easter to Easter. I send the weeks Scripture reading out as an email update and a post to the Romans 15:4 Project blog.

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February 08

I need your support!

Appeal: DiRT Training and Evangelistic Outreach Projects

Hello Friends, Family, and Faithful Supporters!

I'd like to say thank you for your support in the past and ask for it once again. I had a great year in 2009.

Hosted a 21 day fast and prayer event for a new Christ Awakening
Hosted a group of 5 couples to attend the FamilyLife Weekend to Remember Marriage Conference
Completed the Bible Challenge 2008 and started the Bible Challenge 2009
Officiated in 2 weddings
Hosted the 2009 Cry Out America 9-11 Prayer event with well over 75 participants
Encouraged many people to visit our local church
and witnessed personal spiritual growth among a number people I'm coaching, mentoring, and discipling with!

There are two events coming up this month that I would like to raise funds for, and many ministry initiatives and resources I would like to plan for in 2010. Can you help?

Coming up Saturday Feb. 20th is a Christian Security Network Seminar in Peoria on "Security & Emergency Planning" I would like to attend to continue to develop my DiRT (Disaster Response Team) Ministry. The cost to attend is $75. (CSN Seminar Details)

Also, Feb. 16th is a live web cast, "State of the Nation 2" by Ken Ham from the Creation Museum and Answers in Genesis Ministry. The web cast is free, but I would like to stock up on ministry and outreach materials to host some local events this year. (State of the Nation 2 Details)

And of course, I am planning for this years Cry Out America event and the Bible Challenge 2010, "A Commentary Journey Through Luke and Acts"! (Cry Out America details) (Bible Challenge details)

Can you help me out? If you can:

Click Here to Donate Online!

Any donations above this years expenses (around $500) will be divided among the following ministries: Greater Peoria Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Voice of the Martyrs, and Answers in Genesis.

Thank you so much for your support and prayers. May God be glorified and His Kingdom advanced! Bless you. - Mick

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Bible Knights Quest!

Bible Challenge 2009 - Week 44

The Bible Knights Quest! - Bible Challenge 2009 - Week 44 - 02/07/2010

Sunday --- Matthew 27
Monday --- Matthew 28
Tuesday --- Mark 1
Wednesday --- Mark 2
Thursday --- Mark 3
Friday --- Mark 4
Saturday --- Mark 5

Knights and Ladies,

And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. . . After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
Mark 1:4, 14-15

Repent and believe the good news that Jesus has paid the price for our sins!

The prophecy of Isaiah has been fulfilled! (Isaiah 40:3 Mark 1:1-1)

Repent:
1. change ways: to feel regret about a sin or past actions and change your ways or habits (Encarta World English Dictionary)
2. A change of mind, a reorientation of one's thought and action away from what it was before. (spirithome.com)

Acknowledge our sins and sin nature, change our ways or turn away from our sin, and believe that Jesus Christ has paid off our debt and we are now free from the debt of sin!

Accept the challenge, take the quest!

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“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)

A prayer for the use of Holy Scripture:

O Gracious God and most merciful Father, who has granted us the rich and precious jewel of Your holy word, assist us with Your Spirit, that it may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort, to reform us, to renew us according to Your own Image, to build us up, and to instruct us into the perfect building of Christlikeness, sanctifying and increasing in us all heavenly virtues. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.
(adapted from the “1599 Geneva Bible” Tolle Lege Press, 2006-2007)

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Up Coming Events and Announcements!

Up Coming Events and Announcements!

National Marriage Week USA - Feb 7-14
National Marriage Week USA—from February 7th to 14th every year. . . Before any governments or churches, God ordained the family! { Learn More }

State of the Nation 2 - Free Webcast - Feb 16th
A CALL FOR BIBLICAL AUTHORITY!
Free live webcast from the Creation Museum Feb 16th 7pm Central { Learn More }

Security and Emergency Planning Seminar - Feb 20th
Christian Security Network presents Security and Emergency Planning Seminar
Saturday, February 20, 2010
9:00am to 5:00pm (lunch provided)
St. Paul Baptist Church, Peoria IL { Learn More }

Appeal: DiRT Training and Evangelistic Outreach Projects
Hello Friends, Family, and Faithful Supporters!
I'd like to say thank you for your support in the past and ask for it once again. { Learn More }

Donate online:

Any donations above this years expenses (around $500) will be divided among the following ministries: Greater Peoria Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Voice of the Martyrs, and Answers in Genesis.

Thank you so much for your support and prayers. May God be glorified and His Kingdom advanced! Bless you. - Mick

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February 02

Security and Emergency Planning Seminar in Peoria

Security and Emergency Planning Seminar - Feb 20th

Christian Security Network presents

Security and Emergency Planning Seminar
Saturday, February 20, 2010
9:00am to 5:00pm (lunch provided)
St. Paul Baptist Church, Peoria IL

$75.00 - single attendee
$55.00 - each if two or more are from the same organization
$45.00 - CSN subscriber/single attendee
$25.00 - CSN subscriber/each if two or more are from the same organization

This full-day seminar covers all the key introductory topics to put a working plan in place for churches, schools, ministries and missionaries.

Topics covered include:

Risks and liability
Risk Assessment
Background screening
Establishing a Safety Team
Crisis Management Team
Five key emergency plans for every organization
Physical, Electronic and Procedural security
Top Five Emergency Plans
Security Awareness Training for Staff
Learn More: www.ChristianSecurityNetwork.org

"Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self-defense"

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Free Webcast - State of the Nation 2

State of the Nation 2 - Free Webcast - Feb 16th

A CALL FOR BIBLICAL AUTHORITY!

Free live webcast from the Creation Museum Feb 16th 7pm Central

Last year, Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, delivered some very sobering statistics during our first-ever live video webcast. He revealed the reasons behind the collapse of Christianity in the Western world and showed why the country is on a spiritual downward spiral. The response to that webcast was overwhelming, as many in the church are seeking answers.

This year, be prepared for a reawakening.

Now that you know the causes of the collapse, join Ken for “The State of the Nation ‘10” to learn what we can do to call America back to the only sure foundation—biblical authority. Learn how to stand unashamed upon God’s Word in the face of a skeptical society and how to share your faith. Discover ways to reach young people before they call it quits on church. And find out how we can do more than just watch our country slip into a moral quagmire.

Don’t miss this free webcast. Mark your calendar for February 16 at 7:00 p.m.(Central).
Learn more: www.AnswersLive.org or www.creationmuseum.org

Darwin’s Dilemma explores one of the great mysteries in the history of life: The geologically-sudden appearance of dozens of major complex animal types in the fossil record without any trace of the gradual transitional steps Charles Darwin had predicted. Frequently described as “the Cambrian Explosion,” the development of these new animal types required a massive increase in genetic information. “The big question that the Cambrian Explosion poses is where does all that new information come from?” says Dr. Stephen Meyer, a featured expert in the documentary and author of the book Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. Click here, get Darwin's Dilemma today!

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