Prayer
List
Ben
Harrington is having serious problems with his diabetics.
Leta Embry
is recovering from surgery. Her next surgery is Thursday Oct. 8
Greg Counts
is still having problems with his shoulder..
Betty Harris
is having blood pressure problems.
Beryl Miller
is undergoing eye treatment and is doing some better.
Sue Morgan
is in Rehab and is improving
Dale Counts
is undergoing radiation treatments.
Jeremy Hall needs our
prayers.
Wynona
Tucker is recovering from surgery
Nell
Hall, Jerry Harris, James and Florene Griffin, Don Hickerson, Lester
and Billie Phillips, Shirley Quinn, Jack and Diane Arnold, Betty
Clark, Glenn Durham, Jerry Foster, Lewis Horn, Debbie Kluge, Sonny
and Doris James, and Dean and Della Price.
Serving in
the military: Travis Counts, Cody Blomstedt, Dakota Smitherman
Let us pray
for our country and government leaders and those who are in harms
way, military and civilian personnel.
“The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much…
Teachers
meeting is today at 5:00PM. All teachers are invited and
encouraged to attend.
Men’s
Business Meeting today after evening worship services. All men are
invited and encouraged to attend.
The Ladies
Bible Class will have a luncheon after class this Tuesday Sept. 15.
Sept.20th
Prayers Morning: Robert Courtney – Robert Embry
Evening: Greg Counts – Kerry King
Scriptures
Don Harrington
Pantry
Item: Picante Sauce
Have you
read His word?
It is
vitally important that we talk to God. This is done through the
avenue of prayer. It is also just as important that we know what God
has said in order to be pleasing to Him. The Apostle Paul said,
“Study to show thyself approve unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2
Tim. 2:15). Since the apostle said to study so that that you may
rightly divide the words of truth, we can gather that God’s word
can be wrongly divided. Thus, we need to study it with the idea of
“I want to know what God says.
Jesus
said, as recorded in John 14:15, “If you love me, keep my
commandments.” How can one keep those commandments if he never
lets God speak to him? Is it not strange that some will profess to
love God, and yet neither follows His will for man, nor study His
word so they may follow it? The Apostle John stated, “Whosoever
transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not
God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the
Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
For he that biddeth him God speed is a partaker of his evil deeds”
(2 John 9-11). My friends notice the warning that John has
given. I must know God’s will because, if I am not abiding in it,
I am not with God spiritually. Furthermore, John warns that if I bid
God speed to false teachers, I will be held responsible for
encouraging them. 2 John 9-11 mandates that Christians
allow God to speak to them. This is simply done by studying and
rightly dividing His Word.
The
Apostle Peter penned, “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:
and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a
reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear” (1
Peter 3:15).
“Walk
in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your
speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how
ye ought to answer every man.” (Col. 4:5-6)
(Marshalltown
church of Christ)
(Marshalltown, Iowa)