If you love truth 

and want it to change your life,

you will love Sunday School at 9:30 am

for its practicality in how to make application to your life.

Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

1 John 5:3-4, “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”

John quickly turns us to life because he knows that whatever these commandments are, they are related to the supply of life within our being–“whatever is born of God.”

These life-commandments are the instant speakings that we have during the day–for example, “Do not look at that.”

or “Do not say it in that way.”

This is not burdensome.

It is coming out of the fellowship of life.

Because I am in the fellowship of this life, I experience the sensitivity of its nature.

I experience the necessity of its nature, which is to love the Father and to follow Him, “to refuse the evil and choose the good” (Isa. 7:15).

The necessity of that life in me is to follow the Lord in my daily living.

And when I follow Him as life, I am following His commandments, and they are not burdensome.

It is not as if I am here and God is up in heaven telling me what to do, and then I am trying to do it.

It is not like that.

God is imparting Himself as life and supply into us, giving us an installation of divine power, with everything that pertains to “life and godliness” (2 Pet. 1:3).

Then He tells us to take a step, to walk with Him.

He has already installed His life into us, but there is still a step needed, a step of obedience.

And when we take that step of obedience in our life, there is a deeper perfecting of the love of God in our relationships with one another.

As we live in fellowship and obedience, we will be able, with an ability given to us by God Himself, to bring God’s unconditional love into our relationships.

Until Tomorrow,

With A Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Rodney Wiggins – Darlene’s Husband – Hospice  – Brain Cancer 

Jim Mabe – Cancer

Ashton Bateman & Family

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad

Brandon’s Dad

Dan Haines          

Darlene Thaxton

Dr. Don Davis

Freddie May’s Mom

George Alexander

Jane Hick’ Mom 

Joan Cronan’s Sister

Linda Hodges’ Sister

Michael Stanley

John McClain

Ronnie Palmer

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 

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