Where
were you?
Sunday
Morning Class: 10
AM
Sermon: 13
PM
Sermon: Howe
Wednesday
Evening Class: 7
Prayer
List
We need to
keep Kathy Hill in our prayers.
Don Baker is
ill.
Kerry King
has the flu.
Dale Counts
is being treated for cancer.
Angel Mowdy
is recovering from surgery and her children have the flu.
Ben Harrington is at Baylor Scott White in McKinney, having pancreatitis again.
Ben Harrington is at Baylor Scott White in McKinney, having pancreatitis again.
Eddie and
Tabitha Griffin , Florene and Jimmy Griffin, Jerry and Betty Harris,,
Billie Phillips, Billie Bradford, Betty Clark, Eddie Hickerson, Gary
Hickerson, Paul Daugherty, Dorothy Hodges, Bobbi King, Audrey McKin,
Beryl Miller, Della Price, Eddie Rollins, Brian Scott.
Serving in
the military:
Faith Balzen,
Cody Blomstedt,
Travis Counts,
Tyler
Davies;
Josh Van Deren will be deployed to Africa in July, all are in
the U.S...
Chris Johnson is back in the U.S...
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…
The Men’s
Business Meeting is today after evening services. All Men are
invited and encouraged to attend.
Fellowship
is next Sunday Feb. 28 after morning services. Everyone is invited
and encouraged to attend.
Pantry
Item: Canned Tuna
February 25
Prayers: Morning: Greg Counts – Robert Courtney
Evening: Don Harrington – Kerry King
Scriptures: Robert Embry
Lack of
Knowledge
By
Robert Courtney
I am sure everyone has
heard about the school shooting in Florida this week. It was a
tragedy for the families that lost their love ones. Since 1999 there
has been over 100 school shootings.
As in the past there
has been lots of talk suggesting causes and solutions. However, very
little has been done to prevent this type of violence. Great Britain
had this problem and their investigation showed that the root cause
was the disintegration of the family.
“What
seems to be the problem in America?”
There are many problems in
our country and they have to do with the lack of God in people lives
and the obedience to His will. “My people
are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).
Since the late 1960’s there has been a push to remove God out of
the lives of the people. These efforts have been successful and we
can see the results.
If one will read
Jeremiah one can readily tell the people have the same problem as
America; they have a lack of knowledge of God. As in Jeremiah’s
time the people’s attitude toward God became worse and worse
resulting in God’s anger toward the people. God sent Jeremiah to
warn the people of their sins but they did not listen to him; most
people do not listen to Him today.
We believe we can do
what we want and pay attention to God how we want; kind of “out of
sight out of mind”. Nothing is further from the truth. We are to
put God first in our life, not last. I would suspect we would not
treat our jobs that way. Too many times “Christ Like” becomes a
title and not a way of life. Jesus said “if
you love Me you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15).
Just what does this
commandment mean to you? Jesus also said, “he
that rejecteth Me, receiveth not My words, hath one that judgeth him;
that the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the
last day” (John 12:48).
Do you believe that God
will judge America for its sins? Do you believe God will punish us
for our sins?
Just as God punish
Judah and Israel, He too will punish us.