UPCOMING EVENTS

December 18th – SS, Worship

December 21st – No Service

December 25th – Special Christmas Service With Communion 10:30 AM, No SS Or Children’s Church

December 28th – No Service

January 1, 2023 – One service at 10:30 AM

Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

2 Timothy 4:22, “The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.”

Many Christians may know the objective truth concerning their identification with Christ, but they may not know subjectively His location within their being.

To experience Christ as our relationship with everything, one of the most crucial things to know is that He lives in our spirit.

Man’s regenerated spirit is the address of Jesus Christ.

In the above verse the personal pronoun makes the address clear–“The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.”

This identifies the place where Christ actually lives in us.

We need to understand that our spirit is as much a part of our constitution as are our other faculties.

For example, our mouth is our mouth, and our eyes are our eyes, and our hands are our hands.

I can close my mouth and I can open my mouth.

I can close my eyes and I can open my eyes.

I can squeeze my hands and I can open my hands.

I can do all these things with my mouth, eyes, and hands because they are my members.

In other words, we have the ability to do whatever we desire with our own faculties.

In the same way, we have control over our own spirit (1 Cor. 14:32).

Have you ever observed how many personal pronouns there are in the New Testament related to the human spirit?

For example, “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit” (Rom. 8:16).

“For they refreshed my spirit and yours”(1 Cor. 16:18).

“And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all” (2 Cor. 7:13).

“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit” (Gal. 6:18).

All these verses refer to our spirit, the deepest part of our being, which is joined to the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17).

It is from this joined part that Christ is our relationship with everything.

By walking according to our spirit, which we control, Christ becomes everything to us.

Until Tomorrow,

With A Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

John McClain

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad

Brandon’s Dad

Dan Haines  

Dan Wohey

Daniel Ford

Darlene Thaxton  

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

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

Sandra Graham – Sheila Simmons’ Sister

Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad