Tom Bean church of Christ
May 16, 2021
209 South Brown Street
Tom Bean, Tx 75489
Phone: (903) 546-6620
Email: tombeancoc@gmail.com
Website: tombeancoc.com
Sunday Bible Study 9:00 AM Worship 10:00AM Worship 6:00 PM
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM
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MONTH
May
ANOUNCEMENTS
Robert Embry
SERVING THE LORD’S SUPPER
Greg Counts Kerry King
PRAYERS TODAY
MORNING EVENING
Charles Counts AC Quinn
Walter McMillen Don Hickerson
SCRIPTURE READING
Robert Embry
Don Baker needs a heart valve replacement and also has a blockage. He has to have to have open heart surgery as a stint procedure is not possible.
Frank Roden has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. He 2 doctor appointments soon & has started cardio Therapy.
Robert Embry – blood pressure is doing better. Doctors told him he has a cyst on his pancreas and will have a CT scan on May 17th..
Remember in Daily Prayer:
Cancer: Lucas Drew, Betty Clark, Ruth Stone (Greg’s bosses’ wife).
Macular Degeneration: AC Quinn, Beryl Miller
Others: Florene Griffin (back & hip), Beverly Roberts (MS), Dannie Baker (severe allergies), Steve Dupuis (heart, AC’s son in law), Jennifer Campbell (Frank’s daughter - MS), Lovoe Harber (Charlie’s sister), Anna Lois Farris (heart), Eddie Hickerson (Hyper Cholesterol), Floyce Hunter, Beth & Glenn Beall, Myra Bailey (tumor in bladder), Skylar Carr.
Serving Our Country:
Cody Blomstedt (Korea), Kirklynn Hance, Tyler Davies, Jesse Thetford
Police & First Responders, Medical Staff & Doctors:
Travis Counts, Dalton Griffin, Chelsie Serrano, Kim Counts
Pantry Item: Canned Vegetables
Men Serving Next Week May 23, 2021
Prayers:
Morning: Don Baker – Jerry Harris
Evening: Robert Embry –Walter McMillen
“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)
Luncheon May 30th after Morning Services
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Most of us long for success in life. Unfortunately, success is not easily attained. What is success to one person might be considered failure to another. According to Webster, for one to succeed, he has to “attain a desired end….” If such be the case, it is important that the goal for which we strive be a worthy goal—one which will stand the test of time. Too often, people strive after goals which leave them feeling empty and unsatisfied when they are accomplished. There are, however, goals worthy of self-sacrifice and earnest endeavor. These are the goals we must pursue with fervor and devotion.
Do not be deceived into thinking that worthy goals automatically inspire and motivate us. Reggie Leach observed that “Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” While motivation is half the battle, the pursuit of worthy goals must be engaged with caution as well as courage. When Joshua was about to lead the people of Israel into the land of Canaan. God admonished him, saying, “Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go” (Josh. 1:7). Spiritual success will be ours when we are careful and courageous enough to set about doing all that the Lord has commanded.
Work is another indispensable part of achieving success. Someone has said, “No rule of success will work if you don’t.” Another old adage tells that the only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. The faith-walk of a Christian will be sabotaged if our faith does not produce works (Jas. 2:20-26). Faith must work through love if it is to be pleasing to God (Gal. 5:6). Spiritual success does not come our way merely because we desire it—it comes when we desire it enough to faithfully work with God to bring it about. The apostle Paul said that we were created in Christ Jesus for the purpose of good works (Eph. 2:10). When we understand the meaning of true success, we will courageously move forward and carefully seek to do all that is pleasing in the sight of God.
–Glen Elliott–