MONTH
December
ANOUNCEMENTS
Robert Embry
SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER
Jerry Harris AC Quinn
PRAYERS TODAY
MORNING EVENING
AC Quinn Jerry Harris
Robert Embry Greg Counts
SCRIPTURE READING
Robert Embry
PRAYER LIST
Dwight Pool (Paula’s son-in-law) His bone cancer that has been in remission
for 4-5 years has returned. He has begun treatment.
Don Baker is going to a pain management doctor for treatment for his back.
Dannie Baker has been having severe allergy problems.
Don & Dannie’s granddaughter (Anna) is in Children’s Medical Center.
She is having seizures.
Brayden Counts (Charlie & Helen’s great grandson) is back in St. Jude’s in
Memphis TN for his second round of chemo treatment. He has been having
a rough time with the treatments this time.
Alice Gaston (Denise’s grandmother) is home from the rehab facility but fell
last week
Ray Hall is recovering from surgery. He had a pacemaker implanted and is doing well.
Kerry’s knee surgery is December 9 th .
Sympathy: Alice Gaston (Denise’s grandmother) passed away Saturday
evening. Services are still pending. Alice was a faithful member of
the Calisburg church of Christ and will be missed by all.
Sympathy: Alice Gaston (Denise’s grandmother) passed away Saturday
evening. Services are still pending. Alice was a faithful member of
the Calisburg church of Christ and will be missed by all.
Remember in Daily Prayer:
Don Hickerson (heart), Zack Folkes (cancer), Evette Steward (COPD),
Kathy Hill (cancer), Betty Clark (cancer – in remission), Joy Fowler (cancer),
Beryl Miller (macular degeneration), Don Boyd (cancer), Lucus Drews (rare cancer)
Florene Griffin (back & hip), Scott, Judy & Tonya McMillen, Norma Garza
Monte Randolph (Cancer), Rebekah Van Deren (Pancreas),
Carmen Loftice (foot), Steve Kerrvin’s brother (co-worker of Greg) (cancer,
Ruth Stone (wife of Greg’s boss) (cancer).
Serving Our Country:
Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Kirklynn Hance, Kirk Johnson (US)
Tyler Davies is scheduled to deploy to Dubai.
Men Serving Next Week December 15, 2019
Prayers:
Morning: Walter McMillen – Don Hickerson
Evening: AC Quinn -- Charlie Counts
Pantry Item: Canned Vegetables
Ladies Bible Class will resume on Dec 10 th
Fellowship Luncheon for Dec has been cancelled
There Is Evil In Our Land
Dan Jenkins
If America would understand the importance of studying the Old
Testament, our world would drastically change and head in a new
direction. Why do we have that old covenant when we live under the
new one? Listen to what God says. “For whatever things were written
before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and
comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Rom. 15:4). We are a
sick nation because we have not paid attention to those things written
before.
There is evil in our land as there was evil in the land of Noah. When
godly people became intertwined with the ungodly, our holy God
responded. “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great
in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually. And the Lord was sorry He had made man on the
earth, and He was grieved in His heart” (Gen. 6:5-6). At one time, we
at least said that we wanted to be “one nation under God,” but now we
have become a nation which longs to be “one nation out from under
God.” How much longer will it be before God is sorry that He ever made
America?
What things were written before? Read those verses from Genesis
again and understand they were for our learning!
How do these words from Micah describe our land? “Woe to those
who devise iniquity, and work out evil on their beds! At morning light
they practice it” (Micah 2:1). They cunningly devise their plans and
then carry them out as soon as the morning light comes. How good are
they at it? “They do evil … successfully with both hands” (Micah 7:3).
We are truly a land filled with ambidextrous people!
Once a nation starts down the road of evil it becomes more and
more corrupt. Paul described it this way, “But evil men and seducers
shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived” (2 Tim.
3:13). Jeremiah’s words are so graphic: “And like their bow they have
bent their tongues for lies. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they
do not know Me” (Jer. 9:3).
We hear that the economy is booming, and while that may be true,
there is something far more important. Our land has become a place
where “evil is booming.” Will we never learn? Is there no hope? The
hope for us is found in the opening words of this article. Those things
written before were written for our learning!
How do we respond to all of this evil? What values must we place in
our homes? It’s very simple. We must not follow the multitude to do
evil (Ex. 23:2). We must not be overcome with evil but overcome evil
with good (Rom. 12:21).
Bible Verse of the week
P – Preach (2 Tim 4:2)