Don’t Miss the Last Week of Summer Classes

6:30 Wednesday

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“FAMILY” FISHING ACTIVITY

HIKING TRAILS

SCAVENGER HUNT

THIS SATURDAY, 4:00 PM

Bring Poles For The Family  (Provided If U Don’t Have)

& An Empty Stomach For A Fish Fry (Hot Dogs Too)

At Joanie & Ben Bruce’s Farm In Madison

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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Hebrews 2:8-9, “Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.  But we see Jesus,”

There are two things to take note of in these verses: first, the fact that “we do not yet see all things put under him”; and second, “but we see Jesus.”

These two things are going on simultaneously.

This means that we may see many things in us that are not yet subjected to Him–things that are not under His feet, under His ruling.

But even in such an unfinished state, we still see Jesus!

Our heart can be positioned and focused on Christ, despite the existence of the unsubjected things.

Do not be distracted by what you see in yourself.

Keep your eyes upon Jesus and trust Him to subdue every unruly thing.

Paul says in 2 Corinthians 3:16, “Nevertheless when the heart shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away”.

Then he continues in verse 18, “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting as in a mirror the glory of the Lord . . .”

These verses show us that to behold the Lord with an unveiled face, we need a turned heart, a heart positioned toward the Lord.

Our heart has been turned in another direction, away from the Lord, and we need to turn it toward the Lord.

Our heart may be distracted by many things, but our one and only need is to turn it toward the Lord.

Our tendency is to have our heart turned toward our problems, our defeated condition, or what we see in ourselves that is still not subdued by the Lord.

But the most important thing in spending time with the Lord is to get our eyes off ourselves and onto Him.

Regardless of how we feel or what we see in ourselves, we still need to keep our heart focused on the Lord.

Until Tomorrow,

With A Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Joe & Kat Johnson

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad

Brandon’s Dad

Dan Haines

Dr. Don Davis – Home

Freddie May’s Mom 

George Alexander

Jane Hicks

Joan Cronan’s Sister – Surgery Sept. 1

Linda Hodges’ Sister

 Michael Stanley

John McClain

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  

Rod Gustafson – Cancer

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Sheila Simmon’s Cousin

Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad