WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S IN THE AUDITORIUM WITH PASTOR AT 6:30
Igniting Kingdom Prayer with Dr. Tony Evans
This week’s lesson is THE PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL POWER(Ephesians 3:14-21): With every believer who places their faith in God, there is a power given to them which grants the ability to contact heaven in order to get help on earth. But unfortunately, many do not understand this gift granted to them and therefore do not end up utilizing it. In this message, Tony Evans will show us the spiritual power that you ALREADY possess and how prayer is the HIDDEN KEY to accessing it.
FALL FESTIVAL – October 31 – 5:00-7:30 PM – Food, Fellowship And Fun – Blowups For The Kids
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
2 Timothy 4:22, “The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.”
We are joined, organically united, to Christ in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22).
This organic union is revealed to us in John 15, where we are the branches connected to the vine, sharing the life of the vine.
This means that the righteousness of the vine becomes my righteousness!
Everything that the vine is, is for me as a branch to participate in.
That is why my righteousness is not a matter of prayer, Bible reading, or what I do or do not do.
My righteousness is a matter of the vine and of my being a branch supplied by participating in all the riches of the vine.
Frederick Godet comments on the organic relationship between the branch and the vine in his description of the words “grown together” in Romans 6:5.
He says, “It is that the existence, prosperity, and decay of the branch are bound up with the state of the stem.”
In other words, how is the stem doing?
That is the question.
It is not about how the branch is doing, because the state of the branch is bound up with the state of the stem.
So you ask me, “How are you doing today?”
My answer is, “How is “He” doing today?”
That is the real issue.
My life is joined to this One.
My life is a life of participation in His Person.
This is the sense and meaning of something organic.
In regeneration we have a new “I,” an organic “I,” that is joined to the Lord.
It is from this union that the Lord is building His church.
So His words, “I will build” (Matt. 16:18), become exceedingly practical.
The Lord will build, but He is not going to build apart from the organic union in our spirit.
The “I” who will build the church is now the resurrected Christ joined to our spirit.
It is from this spot that He will build.
The building is a habitation of God in spirit (Eph. 2:22).
Until Tomorrow
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Bill Lawhead – Hospital
Charlene Shiflett
Darlene Thaxton
Richard Blount
Tracy Ballard
Amy Garner’s Mother
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Carol Lawhead
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray For Grace
James Garner’s Brother, G’Son, & Daughter
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Lynn – Nancy Brown’s Daughter
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Michael Stanley
Nancy Brown’s Daughter
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom
Pastor Stucke– Nikki’s Dad
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sharon Blalock
Sheila Simmons Cousin
Tom Witcher