Terrell Loyd’s Funeral will be Friday at 11:00 AM at the Church, with visitation on Thursday Evening from 5-8 at Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home below the church on the access road. Please pray much for Ms. Doris! If you could help prepare a dish to feed the family, please call the Church Office 770-786-8676.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Like Paul, we can say “Christ lives in me.”
Christ is not floating in the air.
He LIVES in me.
He is IN me!
Then Paul says, “and the life which I now live.”
He had just finished saying “It is no longer I.”
This tells us that there are two “I’s” Paul is speaking of here.
There is an old “I,” and there is a new “I.”
The old “I” is the independent “I” of the flesh seeking to have an independent relationship with God and striving to make it with God on its own.
This old “I” HAS BEEN crucified with Christ.
The new “I” is an organic “I.”
It is my regenerated spirit joined to the Lord in a life union.
Paul describes the “I” that lives after regeneration: “The life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith . . .”
We are still living in the flesh.
We have the surroundings of the flesh.
We can still feel the rumblings of the flesh.
We can feel it showing up, knocking at our door, trying to categorize, to accuse, to be depressed–trying to do what it does.
So the life that I am now living in the flesh, how do I live it?
I live in the sphere of faith, “the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
That means I am living off of His life infusing me with faith as I behold Him.
I live gazing at Him.
I live looking away FROM everything TO this lovely Person who loves me, who gave Himself for me.
He did it all for me.
And as I am looking and beholding, my beholding of Him infuses faith right into me–the faith of the Son of God.
So my living in faith is not my work or doing.
No! Faith is the response in me to His work and doing.
Faith is the gift of God served to me freely on the platter of a message I hear about Christ.
I see Him openly portrayed before my eyes, crucified!
When I see His work, faith is in my heart and in my mouth.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
THURSDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Darlene Thaxton
Darlene Wiggins
June Cronan
Lee Cronan
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Jayne Hammonds
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Charlene Palmer
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
David Burnette
David Harrison
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Jillian Gray
Jim Mabe
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan’s Sister
Karen Slane
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lamar Knight
Larry Barker
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Alexander
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Tom Witcher