Belmont Kid’s Summer Musical
O CHICKEN of LITTLE faith
This Sunday 2:30 PM
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Begin inviting families & friends to be your guest at 10:30!
Dr. Lile & his wife will teach a purity class in Sunday School for 6th grade (with parents consent) through young adults at 9:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall.
Journey Baptist Church will host Dr. Lile at 2:30 PM for a special service for their church at Belmont.
Please be praying & inviting folks for this special day.
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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
2 Corinthians 5:14-15, “If one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.”
It is wonderful to discover that once we have received Christ, He becomes our relationship to ourselves.
Paul makes this clear in the above verses.
When he says, “One died for all,” according to our understanding, we probably would continue the sentence by saying, “then all are forgiven.”
Of course, this truth is found in other passages of Scripture–when Christ died for all, He died to forgive all.
But here in these verses Paul is stressing another aspect of Christ’s death.
The statement “If One died for all, then all died” reveals a crucial fact about our relationship to ourselves.
In verse 15 Paul opens up what the issue should be of our having died in Christ’s death–“that those who live should live no longer to themselves, but to Him.”
In other words, our relating to ourselves has ceased.
Christ is now our true relationship to ourselves.
We do not live to ourselves any longer.
We live to Him.
The death of Christ is not only for our forgiveness; it is also for our termination.
The terminating of the self is very positive because it has one goal in view–the release of Christ living in us.
When we no longer live to ourselves, we are no longer our point of reference in our daily life and affairs.
Our point of reference is no longer the self, but Christ.
To live for Him is to live to Him.
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Amy Garner’s Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Dan Haines
Darlene Wiggins
Dr. Don Davis – Home
Freddie May’s Mom
George Alexander
Joe Johnson’s Parents
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
John McClain
Linda Lanier
Mary Williams
Melisa Smith’s G’Father
Tom Witcher
Ann Sullivan – Paula’s Friend
Bentley Smith
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace
Kenny & Nora Allison
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Rod Gustafson – Cancer
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad