Sunday

Sunday School 9:30

Worship service 10:30

Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Colossians 3:4, “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”

To understand the Lord’s voice as a life-voice, we must understand the main characteristic of the Lord’s life in us. 

This characteristic is revealed in Romans 8:10 which says, “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” (cf. Col. 3:4). 

First, Christ, who is our life, is not in us merely in a general way, but He is in us in a specific way. 

Indeed, He is dwelling and living in our spirit. 

It is our human spirit that has become the residence of the Lord’s life. 

Second, with the Lord’s life in us, there is the corresponding consciousness that belongs to that life. 

Every kind of life has a life-consciousness. 

This is true about the nature of animal life and human life, as well as the divine life. 

Every life has its own kind of consciousness. 

We may say that the consciousness is the inherent voice of the life. 

The consciousness of life is the intrinsic speaking of that life.

Consciousness means having an awareness of something, a recognition or perception of something. 

It means to come to know something experientially. 

Any particular kind of life brings with it its own kind of awareness. 

For example, in a cat’s life we can observe cat-consciousness. 

Cat life simply brings with it a consciousness and an awareness that is unique to that life. 

Kittens especially have a vivid imagination. 

The kind of life they have gives them the kind of consciousness that causes them to flit and dart around as though something was attacking them. 

This consciousness is due to their cat life. 

We observe this consciousness in any kind of animal, whether it be a dog, a bird, or a fish. 

Its particular kind of life gives it a corresponding consciousness that, in turn, expresses itself in some kind of animal behavior. 

The principle is very clear–with every kind of life, there is a consciousness that goes with that life.

Until Tomorrow 

With a Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Shawn & Susan Bankston In Passing Of His Dad

Bill Lawhead – Hospice

Richard Blount 

The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends

Amy Garner’s Mother/Dad  

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Barbara Shed’s Family 

Bill Moody 

Carol Lawhead’s Brother 

Charles Rambles

Charlie Sessom – Waiting  

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Darlene Thaxton

Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom 

Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother

Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah  

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford 

Michael Stanley 

Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom  

Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend 

Ricky Stubbs  

Rod Gustafson – Cancer

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Sheila Simmons Cousin  

Tom Witcher