Wednesday Thanksgiving Pie Fellowship
Tonight, 6:30
Bring Pecan Pie, Chocolate Cake, Cupcakes, Etc. & A Testimony
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
2 Corinthians 8:5, “And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.”
And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.
Willingness is a barometer of our real state with the Lord andwith the Body.
In 2 Corinthians 8:3-5 Paul refers to the willingness of the churches of Macedonia: “For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.”
Paul says that the believers freely, willingly, gave.
Their willingness was an indication that their relationship with the Lord was fresh and their relationship to the Body was real and genuine.
This shows us that a lack of willingness, a closed life, a self-centered life, a tight-fisted life, indicates a deficiency in our relationship with the Lord and with the Body.
Many times when there has been an urgent need, I have known in my spirit immediately who I could call.
Some saints are available at a moment’s notice.
They are ready for anything, without hesitating, without calculating.
I do not mean that there are not legitimate circumstances that may prevent us from being able to meet a need.
But the point is, are we willing?
Do we have relationships with one another in this kind of way?
Such willingness indicates the health of our relationship with the Lord and with the Body.
When you see your lack of willingness, what do you do?
You say, “Wretched man that I am.
But Lord, grow in me.
Thank You for Your life in me.
I lay my hand on You as the burnt offering.
You are the willing One.
So Lord, transmit Your kind of life into me.”
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Sollie & Jane Hick’s Mom Passed
Daniel Ford – Recovering
Dan Haines – Home
Jim Mabe – In Much Pain
Scott Nix
Bill Moody – Hospice
James Burnette
Easton Fielder
Ellen Boyd
Dan Wohey
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’Mother
Dr. Don Davis
Freddie May’s Mom
George Alexander
Joan Cronan’s Sister
John McClain
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ronnie Palmer
Rusty Turner
Tom Witcher
Tony Breedlove
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad