Prayer
List
We
need to keep Kathy Hill in our prayers. There is a basket in the
foyer for Kathy. A list of Kathy’s needs is on the bulletin board.
Don
Baker is still recovering from a chest infection.
Florene
Griffin is in Woodland Nursing Home room 423. It is behind TMC.
Dale
Counts is recovering from surgery. He will begin cancer treatment
after he recovers from surgery.
A
friend of Don Hickerson Della Skerkis has asked for our prayers.
James
Griffin, Jimmy Griffin, Jerry and Betty Harris, Billie Phillips,
Billie Bradford, Betty Clark, Eddie Hickerson, Gary Hickerson,
Dorothy Hodges, Bobbi King, Audrey McKin, Beryl Miller, Della Price,
Eddie Rolens, and Brian Scott.
Serving
in the military;
Faith Balzen,
Cody Blomstedt,
Travis Counts, and
Chris Johnson. All are in the U.S. at this time.
Tyler Davies has
been deployed to Guam.
Josh Van Deren is scheduled to be deployed to
Africa in July.
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…
Don’t
Forget Our
Spring Meeting will be April 1st
to April 4th.
Services will begin at 7:30pm each night. Plan now
to attend and invite others.
Flyers are on the table at the back.
There
will be a Work Day March 31 8:00am to prepare the Church, Grounds and
House for our Meeting.
This
month’s Fellowship has been moved to April 1st
after morning worship service.
Pantry
Item:
Assorted Cereal
March
25th
Prayers: Morning: Robert Embry – Greg Counts
Evening:
Don Harrington – Kerry King
Scripture Reading: Robert Courtney
PEOPLE
WITH A MIND TO WORK
By A. C.
Quinn
There is an interesting
example of God’s people at work recorded in the fourth
chapter of Nehemiah. These were Jews who, upon returning to Jerusalem
from their captivity, found the temple in ruins and the wall of the
city broken down. Nehemiah led the people in the task of rebuilding
the wall. He tells how this was possible: “So
built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half
thereof: for the people had a mind to work. “
(Nehemiah 4:6). It is interesting to note that this was not the
attitude of just a few. In verse fifteen, is an example: “…we
returned all of us
to the wall, every one unto his
work.” Further,
Nehemiah says in verse twenty-one: “ So
we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the
rising of the morning till the stars appeared.”
That was how the wall of Jerusalem was rebuilt! Christians are to
learn something from this record (I Cor. 10:11). Just what might that
lesson be?
The question is often
asked with regard to why the church, especially small congregations,
is not growing. Could the answer possibly be that the people do not
have a mind to work? It appears that this might be true. When
congregations do not grow the immediate blame is placed on the
preacher or elders. Certainly, these folks could be a part of the
problem; however, the body of Christ is more than preachers and
elders (I Cor. 12:13-27).
There are numerous
passages in the New Testament which explicitly direct the Christian
to work. He is to work
out his salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). His faith is
to one which works
through love (Gal. 5:6). He is to abound in the work of the Lord (I
Cor. 15:58). The conclusion to all these passages is that every
individual will be judged according to his works (II Cor. 5:10; Rev.
20:12-15). That, my friend, is a sobering thought.
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A PRAYER TO BE PRAYED
MORE OFTEN: "Dear Lord, please keep your arm around my shoulder,
and your hand over my mouth."