THIS SUNDAY
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.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Matthew 4:4, “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
What does it mean to feed upon the Word?
To the Lord it meant having a living and fresh relationship with the written Scriptures.
For example, in Matthew 4:4 when the Lord said, “It is written,” He used the perfect tense in Greek, which can be literally translated “It stands written.”
He did not say, “It was written,” as though the Word was something merely recorded in the past without any present reality.
The force of the perfect tense, “It stands written,” indicates that the Lord’s attitude toward the Word was that it was God’s present speaking–living and fresh, not dead and old.
In fact, the written Scriptures were identified by Him as being the very word that “proceeds out through the mouth of God.”
In saying “proceeds,” the Lord again used a tense that reveals His attitude toward the written Scriptures.
“Proceeds” is a present participle which denotes that “every word” was presently proceeding out through the mouth of God.
He did not use the past tense “proceeded,” as though He was articulating a theory on the inspiration of Scripture.
He used the present tense “proceeds” to reveal that the written Scriptures are living and fresh, even proceeding “out through the mouth of God.”
This proceeding word, according to the Lord’s view, is good for man not only to study and read, but to feed upon as bread and to live by.
This was the Lord’s realization concerning the Scriptures.
Consequently, our relationship to the Scriptures should be characterized by feeding upon words that are presently proceeding out of God’s mouth.
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