“I
was glad when they said to me; let us go into the house of the Lord.”
Psalm 122:1
Prayer
List
A.C.
Quinn will have rehab after he leaves the hospital.
Dan
LeDane needs our prayers.
Jerry
and Betty Harris, Nell Hall, James and Florene Griffin, Ben
Harrington, Don Hickerson, Andy LeDane, Lester and Billie Phillips,
Jack and Diane Arnold, Betty Clark, Debbie Kluge, Sonny and Doris
James, Beryl Miller, Wanda Peterson, Dean and Della Price, and Terry
Turner .
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…
Our
sympathy and prayers go out to Barry Cox and family in the loss of
his grandmother.
The
Ladies Bible class will have luncheon following class.
The
next Teachers Meeting will be Sunday Jan. 24th
at 5:00pm. All teachers are encouraged to attend.
We
will have Fellowship Sunday Jan. 31 after morning worship services.
We will celebrate Charles Counts 80th
birthday at that time also.
Pantry
Item: Asst.
Pudding Mixes
Jan.
24th
Prayers Morning: Jack Cawthon – Greg Counts
Evening: Robert
Embry – Jerry Harris
Scriptures: Robert
Courtney
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Advocate,
Intercessor Mediator
It
comforts Christians to know that Jesus is ready to make intercession
for us when we sin. First John 1:9 reads, “If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
For the Christian, Jesus is the “Voice” for the good of mankind.
He serves in three roles to Christians: He is 1) an advocate; 2) an
intercessor; and 3) a mediator.
Image
a general practitioner—maybe your family doctor. He has educated
himself in the general practice of medicine. However, he is not in a
position to perform major surgical procedures or to diagnose some
major illnesses without a specialist’s guidance. For example, if
you have a severe heart problem, he would refer you to a
cardiologist. He would speak on your behalf to the specialist,
pleading the symptoms of your problems, and serve as an impartial “go
between” to see that your heart-care is fully provided. Therefore,
he would act as an advocate of your problem, an intercessor for your
symptoms, and a mediator for your care.
Jesus
serves in exactly the same ways.
First,
He is our advocate.
He advocates to our Father our sinful condition and chooses to help
us commit our change before God. First John 2:1 reads, “…And
if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous.”
Second,
He is our intercessor.
He intercedes on our behalf, to plead our cause to God whom we have
offended. Our symptoms are laid on the table before God, and mercy
is pleaded on the condition of repentance. Romans 8:34 says, “It
is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead,
who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for
us.” Hebrews 7:25
reads: “Wherefore he
is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him,
seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.”
Third,
Jesus is our mediator. He
is actually our only mediator. He is the “go between” that
attempts to bring reconciliation to the relationship between God and
men. First Timothy 2:5 says, For
there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, that man
Christ Jesus.”
If
you will let Him, He will be your advocate, intercessor, and
mediator. He wants you to come out of your sins and be with Him
forever. ---Jason Hart, Heart to Heart