Tom Bean church of Christ
September 06, 2020
209 South Brown Street
Tom Bean, Tx 75489
Phone: (903) 546-6620
Email: tombeancoc@gmail.com
Website: tombeancoc.com
ELDERS DEACONS PREACHER
Charlie Counts Greg Counts Kerry King Kerry King
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Sunday Bible Study 9:00 AM Worship 10:00AM Worship 6:00 PM
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM
MONTH
September
ANOUNCEMENTS
Robert Embry
SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER
Jerry Harris Walter Mc Millen
PRAYERS TODAY
MORNING EVENING
Robert Embry AC Quinn
Don Hickerson Greg Counts
SCRIPTURE READING
Robert Embry
PRAYER LIST
Melissa Pool, Paula’s daughter continues to improve.
Don Baker is having more problems with his back and hip.
Anna Lois Farris is in a Texarkana hospital in ICU. She now has a blood clot in her lung.
Joy Fowler has been receiving more treatment. She is doing better.
Lovoe Harber (Charlie’s sister) is getting better. She will be re-evaluated soon.
Gordy & Glonda Hicks family (friends of Charlie & Helen)
Their daughter, Pam, has passed away. Gordy is in the last stages of cancer and has pneumonia and the Corona Virus. He is in the hospital in Huntsville. Their granddaughter, Courtney is doing better and is able to care for her son Brantlee, who has autism.
Beryl Miller has been having more problems with her eyesight.
Larry Lee (Toreta Miller’s father) is now at home recovering from colon surgery and also a heart cath
Remember in Daily Prayer:
Cancer: Kathy Hill, Betty Clark, Ruth Stone (Greg’s bosses’ wife), Jesse Farrer (Tom Bean schoolboard president), Sharon Ditto (friend of Jan), Mary Estep, Don Stringfellow.
Macular Degeneration: AC Quinn, Beryl Miller
Others: Greg Counts, Florene Griffin (back & hip), Beverly Roberts (MS), Carmen Loftice, Dannie Baker (severe allergies), Steve Dupuis (heart, AC’s son in law), Bill Davis (stroke), Darril Slone (Mysathenia Gravis).
Serving Our Country:
Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Kirklynn Hance, Kirk Johnson (Kuwait)
Tyler Davies was injured and is now in a hospital in Germany.
Jesse Thetford (deployed to Afghanistan).
Police & First Responders, Medical Staff & Doctors:
Travis Counts, Dalton Griffin, Chelsie Serrano
Men Serving Next Week September 13, 2020
Prayers:
Morning: AC Quinn – Don Baker
Evening: Jerry Harris – Walter McMillen
Pantry Item: Paper Towels.
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16)
Two “Earthly Stories” Showing Heavenly Truths
By Dan Jenkins
In Matthew chapter thirteen, there are eight parables He gave to them. The first describes the coming kingdom being like a man sowing seed. They could not comprehend the meaning and asked Him to explain. The second parable is about a man who sowed seeds into his field and the enemy who came at night and sowed tares (weeds) in that field. They did not comprehend this parable, so He also had to explain to them its meaning.
The failure to understand these beginning parables blocks the ability to find the truths of God. Mark’s account adds one thought not found in either Matthew or Luke’s account. “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?” (Mark 4:13). One cannot comprehend the nature of the kingdom of heaven until he grasps what Jesus was saying. Those who view the coming of the kingdom as being in the future with Jesus establishing His kingdom and reigning on the earth for a thousand years have not begun to understand these earthly stories with a heavenly meaning which Jesus taught.
Jesus only explains the first two parables, and they become the basis of seeing the meaning of all the parables. You may think you do not know much about the Bible, but do you understand these parables? You likely know more than you think. These stories open the door to deeper truths.
Do you know what the seed was which was sowed in four different types of soil? Do you know what each of those kinds of soils describe? Do you know the identity of the man who sowed the seed in the story of the tares? Do you who the enemy was who secretly sowed weeds in the field where the good seed was sown?
The disciples had no idea what Jesus was saying, but because He explained the meaning of these parables you can know the answers to each of the questions asked in the previous paragraph. If you do not know, I urge you to simply sit down and read the accounts in Matthew 13 and Luke 8. If you already know the answers, I urge you to slowly read the verses again and pay attention to every word Jesus used. You may not know them as well as you think you do.
One cannot read until he learns the alphabet, and one cannot understand the kingdom until he learns the parables!