Experience the joy of Christmas as our choir presents COME WORSHIP THE KING that celebrates the birth of our Savior. Together, let’s make this Sunday a time of heartfelt worship, reflection, and communion, ensuring there’s no room for anything but reverence and praise for Him.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
We love because He first loved us.
Because we are in this vertical relationship, we cannot help but love.
There is a necessity in us to receive and love others the way He loves us.
The problem many times is that we are trying to work out a horizontal relationship, when we ourselves do not know the love God has toward us.
We need to enjoy that unconditional love which is based on Calvary–on the precious blood, cleansing, and forgiveness.
While we were yet sinners Christ died for us, and that love is poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
It is out of this love that we have love with which to love others.
May the Lord show us this kind of relationship that is in the unconditional love of God.
It is by our experiencing His life–by fellowshipping with Him and obeying Him–that the reality of that life will come out in perfect love which casts out all fear and brings in another kind of attitude.
If you will bring to your marriage relationship the unconditional love of God, and not your expectancies, your standards, what you hope she will be, or he will be, then you will not be disappointed.
You will also avoid hurt feelings, lack of communication, and just trying to get along.
None of this will come into your relationship.
But if instead you have a lot of standards and expectancies and dreams, your relationship will eventually fall apart because you brought the wrong thing into it.
Bring perfect love.
Bring the enjoyment that you are having in fellowship with the Lord and in following Him day by day.
Bring that to your relationship.
And then there will be compassion, tenderheartedness, forgiveness, mercy, and enjoying God together.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
FRIDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Andrew Halevi & Daughter
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison – Riverside
Deanna Fowler
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Ed Mays
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
Heather May
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Janie Roberts
Jillian Gray
Joanie & Jeanie
Joanie/Jeanie Mom
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan
June Cronan’s Sister
Kailey Bateman
Kathy Mabe
Kim McClain’s Mother
Krista Hilscher – Improving
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan – Success
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Lynn Garner
Marlon Cook
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Miles Bradshaw
Nancy Proudfit
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Pat Chupp
Ricky Gipson
Ricky Stubbs
Robbie Edwards
Rose Fuller – Rehab
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Susan & Alexis Tesone
Tom Witcher