UPCOMING EVENTS

December 14th – Family Christmas Skate Night

December 21st – No Service

December 25th – special Christmas service with communion 10:30 AM 

December 28th – No Service

Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Romans 4:8, “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.”

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin.

To be a justified man means that my sin is no longer accounted to me.

Before God my history of sins and even the present sin nature in my flesh are not counted against me.

I am accounted righteous by faith.

I am a justified man.

Not only have I been forgiven, but I have been clothed with Christ, who is now my righteousness.

To be justified means that before God I have fulfilled the law.

I have kept it–every jot and tittle.

God could not be happier with me.

When Christ is my righteousness, it means I am not only forgiven, negatively, but I also have a positive standing.

I am positively admired in Christ, my robe of righteousness.

Not only is nothing counted against me, but also I am in all that He is as righteousness.

He obeyed the law.

He fulfilled it.

And now He has become my righteousness.

So I really feel wonderful about myself, because Christ is my righteousness.

Are you related to yourself as a justified person?

Do you know what it means in your experience to stand in your justification?

Or do you take condemnation?

Maybe you are feeling horrible about yourself, but you cannot pinpoint anything definite that you have done to bring on those feelings of condemnation.

Yet you feel wrong.

If there was something you could point to, some sin that you had committed, then you would simply say, “Lord, thank You for the forgiveness in Your blood.”

But these feelings are vague, like something intangible hanging over you.

In that moment do you carry the load of those feelings?

Or do you know how to exercise your spirit and say,

“Thank You, Jesus.

Thank You for justifying me.

Nothing is reckoned against me!”

This is how to stand in your justification.

Until Tomorrow,

With A Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

John McClain – Surgery Went Well

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad

Brandon’s Dad

Dan Haines  

Dan Wohey

Daniel Ford

Darlene Thaxton – Radiation  

Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’Mother

Dr. Don Davis

Easton Fielder

Ellen Boyd

Freddie May’s Mom & Friend

George/Linda Alexander

James Burnette

Jim Mabe – Chemo

Joan Cronan’s Sister

Joel Bateman

Julie Howell’s Family in her death in car accident

Lily Holland

Linda Hodges’ Sister

Michael Stanley

Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother

Ronnie Palmer  

Rusty Turner

Scott Nix

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 Sister

Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad