NEXT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2022,
WILL BE BAPTISM & LORD’S SUPPER SUNDAY!
DR. DON DAVIS WILL SPEAK!
PLEASE BE IN PRAYER & PREPARATION
FOR THIS SPECIAL DAY!
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
John 13:35, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
God’s move throughout the Bible was always based upon one major principle, and that was the willingness of His people.
Apart from the willingness embodied in His people, He would not do anything, particularly related to His corporate testimony with the tabernacle under Moses, the temple under David and Solomon, and the recovered temple under Ezra and Nehemiah.
In the three sections of the Old Testament describing the tabernacle, the temple, and the recovered temple, one common thing is mentioned–the willingness of the people in serving the Lord to build His corporate testimony.
The Lord’s testimony always expressed itself in His people’s willingness to live for God’s pleasure on the earth.
We can see that the Lord embodies Himself in His people’s willingness, and makes Himself known on the earth.
The way He testifies to the earth is expressed in John 13:34-35: “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
These verses tell us that all men are going to know.
There is going to be a testimony that is visible and touchable.
How will this testimony be made known?
There will be groups of saints in city after city over the whole earth who have a willingness to live unto the Lord and to serve Him and to serve one another.
This willingness is embodied in their relationships.
It is the expression of the divine love flowing out.
God makes Himself known to others by His people’s willingness to live for His house.
It is not “going to church.”
It is not attending a certain church meeting out of obligation, in a lackadaisical way.
It is not just token attendance, token giving, even token serving, but a welling up of Another life–a life that is consumed for the Father’s house.
The genuineness of the testimony of the church today on this earth is embodied in the willingness of the saints.
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Dan Haines
Dr. Don Davis – Home
Freddie May’s Mom
George Alexander
Jane Hicks
Jim Mabe
Joan Cronan’s Sister
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
John McClain
Ronnie Palmer
Linda Lanier
Melisa Smith’s G’Father
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
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
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad