Sunday’s service highlighted the transformative power of worship, emphasizing the need to maintain sincere worship regardless of past hindrances. Worship isn’t just a routine but a lifeline that nourishes our spirits and connects us with God. Personal testimonies illustrated how worship can bring healing, strength, and divine provision. The sermon encouraged a deepening commitment to worship, urging everyone to engage fully in a lifestyle of worship that honors God in every aspect of life. The congregation was invited to participate in heartfelt worship, recognizing that true worship draws us closer to God and transforms our lives, offering peace, strength, and resilience. The service concluded with a call to embrace worship wholeheartedly, letting it be a continuous offering of praise, honor, and gratitude to God, who is worthy of all glory and honor.
In the journey of living a life of true worship, we are called to transcend mere rituals and integrate worship into every aspect of our lives, transforming us from within. As we celebrate milestones like Ephraim’s graduation, the challenge is to embody true worship beyond church walls or Sunday songs, reflecting God’s love and truth in our daily actions, relationships, and aspirations. True worship requires intentional and consistent engagement of our hearts, minds, and spirits, exemplified by figures like Daniel and Abraham, who showed steadfast faith and obedience through their worship. It’s about sacrificially offering our praise, even when it requires sacrifice, and embracing the power of corporate worship, not neglecting to gather as believers to encourage one another. Ultimately, our worship should serve as a powerful witness to the world, inspiring others and glorifying God in all that we do, reflecting His greatness and serving Him with joy and gratitude in every aspect of our lives.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
John 5:19, “Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”
To fully appreciate the significance of having a change in the source of our living, we need to consider the example of the Lord Jesus.
Consider the source from which the Lord lived, from which He did everything.
His base of operation was constantly the Father.
This means that the Lord Himself, in His humanity, did not take His self as His source.
Rather, He was one with the Father.
This oneness came out of His continual fellowship with the Father in the Word (Matt. 4:4), in prayer (Luke 5:16-17), and in crying “Abba, Father” (Mark 14:36).
As He lived a life of fellowship with the Father, He lived a life of absolute dependence.
The source of His life was exclusively the Father.
He denied and terminated His soul-life, and He lived out the Father’s life.
Now the Lord wants to reproduce this same dependent relationship in our experience.
This dependent relationship proceeds from the source of our spirit.
It does not proceed from the self-life.
This dependency issues in the building of the church, the shutting of the gates of Hades, and the crushing of Satan.
So it is crucial for us to see that God’s goal is that we no longer operate out of the base of our independent self.
Rather, we are dependent, reliant, trusting Him moment by moment about everything, including our thought life, our reactions, our fears, our problems, our whole way of living.
We are persons in whom the absolute dependent life of the Son of God is being reproduced.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
WEDNESDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Tom Graham (Sandra’s Husband)
John McClain’s Mother
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Andrew Halevi & Daughter
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
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
Drew
Easton Fielder
Ed Mays
Eric Magnusson’s Mother
Eric Ward
Faith Burnette
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Joanie/Jeanie Mom
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
June Cronan’s Sister
Junior Stephens
Kailey Bateman
Kim McClain’s Mother
Krista Hilscher
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Miles Bradshaw
Nora Allison
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson
Rose Fuller – Pruitt-Monroe Nursing Home, Forsyth GA
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Susan & Alexis Tesone
Susan Mosley
Tom Witcher