Tom Bean church of Christ
March 21, 2021
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
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MONTH
March
ANOUNCEMENTS
Jerry Harris
SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER
Kerry King Greg Counts
PRAYERS TODAY
MORNING EVENING
Charles Counts Greg Count
AC Quinn Jerry Harris
SCRIPTURE READING
Jerry Harris
PRAYER LIST
Don Baker needs a heart valve replacement. He will have a test on April 6th to determine if he will have to have open heart surgery.
Lucas Drew (friend of Frank) had a bone marrow transplant and is in Houston Children’s Hospital.
Dannie Baker has been having problems with her blood pressure.
Beth & Glenn Beall – Beth is having esophagus problems and Glenn has started radiation treatments for stage 1 cancer.
Floyce Hunter has been falling lately. She possibly will move to live with one of her children in Las Vegas.
Remember in Daily Prayer:
Cancer: Lucas Drew, Betty Clark, Ruth Stone (Greg’s bosses’ wife), Jesse Farrer (Tom Bean schoolboard president), Mary Estep.
Macular Degeneration: AC Quinn, Beryl Miller
Others: Florene Griffin (back & hip), Beverly Roberts (MS), Don Baker (back), Dannie Baker (severe allergies), Steve Dupuis (heart, AC’s son in law), Bill Davis (stroke), Bridgett Lee, Jennifer Campbell (Frank’s daughter - MS), Lovoe Harber (Charlie’s sister), Anna Lois Farris (heart), Kenya Hefner (AC’s niece), Gary Gibbs (friend of Frank) Ray Hall (leg surgery), Eddie Hickerson (Hyper Colesterol).
Sympathy:
Ron Clayton (missionary to India) passed away March 3rd.
Serving Our Country:
Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Kirklynn Hance, Kirk Johnson, Tyler Davies
Jesse Thetford
Police & First Responders, Medical Staff & Doctors:
Travis Counts, Dalton Griffin, Chelsie Serrano, Kim Counts
Pantry Item: Dish washing liquid
Men Serving Next Week March 28, 2021
Prayers:
Morning: Walter McMillen – Don Baker
Evening: Robert Embry – Charlie Counts
“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)
Slipping Feet and Trusting Faith
By Glenn Elliott
“If the Lord had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. If I should say, ‘My foot has slipped,’ Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up. When My anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul” (Ps. 94:17-19). The comfort of God’s abiding presence is a frequent theme in the psalms of David. When our lives are crowded with worry and it seems like we are helplessly slipping into a chasm, God will provide help to sustain us.
David lived an unusual life, fraught with peril. His rise to power was marked by danger as King Saul frequently sought his life. And, when he finally took the throne, his reign was characterized by wars and conflict. He knew the threat of death from foreign enemies as well as from members of his own household. He experienced the heartache of betrayal. His own son, Absalom, usurped his throne. But, in spite of all its violence and hardship, David was able to look back and describe his life as one that had been blessed by the preventative grace of God. He writes, “If the Lord had not been by help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.”
We should be humbly grateful for the providential working of God in our lives—for those times when He rescued us from temptation or delivered us from trial. Some see God as far away—detached and disinterested. But, the true picture of God—the portrait He has painted for us in the Bible—reveals a God who wants to be our companion, helper, and friend. Admonishing us to trust in God rather than money, the author of Hebrews quotes David, saying, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid” (Hb. 13:6).
In the fullest sense, God can be our friend only as we seek to be His. Until such is our desire, friendship with God cannot be enjoyed. God expressed His desire for friendship with us by sending His only Son to die for us on the cross. How can we express our desire to be His friend? By obeying His teaching. Jesus says, “You are My friends, if you do what I command you” (Jn. 15:14).
Like friendship, grace is conditional. God’s grace is available to everyone, but enjoyed only by those who place their trust in Him. Paul explains that we are saved by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8). Trusting faith places us in a position where we have access to God’s help and provision. When feeling overwhelmed, we should remember what God can do. Then, trust Him and seek in Him a friend who will never let us down.
Gospel Meeting Begins April 4th with Tony Goins