Prayer
List
Monte
Randolf’s brain
tumor continues to grow he is taking chemo,
but prognosis is not good.
Nonie
Tucker (hip replacement) Charles Counts (wound on leg from diabetes
complications) AC Quinn (macular degeneration) Eddie Roland (blood
clots) Pat Rivera (COPD) Rebecca Van Deren (diabetes complications)
Kathy Hill (cancer), Ben Harrington (diabetes complications), Don
Hickerson (arterial problems), Billie Bradford (in nursing home),
Betty Clark (in remission from cancer), Beryl Miller (macular
degeneration).
Serving
in the military: Tyler Davies, Josh Van Deren, Kirklynn Hance
and Kirk Johnson in the USA. Cody Blomstedt is in Korea.
Our
sympathy goes out to Curtis Richwood at the death of his wife.
Confess
your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much.
James
5:16 (KJV)
Pantry
Item: Canned Peaches - or other non-perishable items.
Men
Serving Next Week April
21,
2019
Morning
Prayers Greg Counts, Robert Embry
Evening
Prayers Don Harrington, Jerry Harris
Scripture
Robert
Embry
The
Lord’s Church
By
Ron
Boatwright
"The Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved" (Acts 2:47). Only those who are saved according to God’s instructions are in the Lord’s church. But how many churches does the Lord have? Jesus says in Matthew 16:18, "Upon this rock I will build My church." The word "My" shows possession and that the church belongs to Jesus. The word church is singular not plural. The Lord only promised to build His one church.
In Ephesians 4:4-6 we read, "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all, and in you all." Just as there is only one God, there is only one body. What is this one body? In Ephesians 1:21-22 we find out what this one body is, "And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, which is His body." Here we see that the Bible says the church is the body. So the one body is the one church which belongs to the Lord. One might as well believe in more than one God as to believe that the Lord has more than one church.
Today we hear the sincere but mistaken plea to "attend the church of your choice." Why not attend the church of God’s choice, the only one that Jesus "purchased with His own blood" (Acts 20:28). Christ did not shed His blood to purchase any denomination. The one church that Christ purchased with His own blood belongs to Him and the name it wears must honor Him. We read in Romans 16:16, "The churches of Christ greet you."
We read in Ephesians 5:23, "Christ is the head of the church, and he is the savior of the body." Christ is only the saviour of His one body, His one church. The Lord only adds the saved to His church (Acts 2:47). In the Lord’s scheme of redemption, He has only planned to have one church. He is only going to save His one true church.
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If You Were Granted Just One Wish
Dan
Jenkins
The
fervor which swept across this nation seeking to win the
$500,000,000 lottery is remarkable. It is amazing to see how so many
Americans think that money would bring them true happiness. The
reality is that past winners of lotteries just could not handle that
kind of money and their lives were ruined by such a “blessing.”
As
a child, we thought about finding that bottle with the genie inside
who would grant us three wishes. It was rather fun to see how our
friends used their wishes to bring them imaginary happiness. It was
fun, but the truth is there is no magic genie.
Suppose
that you could ask God to give you just one thing. What would it be?
Take just a moment to think about this before you continue reading.
If He promised to grant your one request, what would you ask for?
What above all else would bring you the greatest joy?
David,
the man after God’s own heart, prayed that God would just do one
for him. His words were, “One thing I have desired of the Lord,
that will I seek . . .” Now if these were your words how would you
finish his sentence? What one thing above all else would you ask God
to give you? David desired one thing. He knew the nature of God was
to answer his prayer so he asked God to give him just one thing.
“One
thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the
beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple” (Psa. 27:4).
Nothing in this world would bring greater happiness to David than
this one request.
Look
at the first part of David’s wish. He longed to dwell in the house
of the Lord as long as he lived. There is more to this than for
David to physically be in the tabernacle (the temple had not yet
been built). Above all else he wanted to be with God. What about us?
Paul defines the house of the Lord as the church (1 Tim. 3:15).
David’s one request is so readily available for us!
He
longed to behold the beauty of the Lord. Take time to think about
the beauty of our God. David lived before Emmanuel came. He never
saw God in the flesh, but we see Him every time we read the New
Testament. God is beautiful. We are able to see the beauty of the
Lord far better than David ever did!
Finally,
David longed to inquire of the Lord. David only had, at best, nine
books of the Bible. We have sixty six! We can inquire and know far
more than David ever did. He longed to let God instruct him. We are
more blessed than David!
The
true blessings in this life are spiritual. Don’t waste your life
chasing foolish wishes that are so material. David’s one wish
should be the one we first think of!
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Answer
to last weeks question!
This
traveling companion
of Paul was considered a prophet. (Silas
– Acts 15:32)
Trivia
Question Who was the mother of
the Midianites?