WE WILL HAVE ONE SUNDAY SERVICE AT 10:30 AM THIS WEEK.
The masked section will be available.                                                                  Please be wise but determined to meet with our church family this week. 
We must not let Covid shut us down again.
If possible, be in your place.

Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Luke 24:32, “And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?”

All proper human understanding has Christ as the focus and centrality (Col. 1:16-17); otherwise, the word “understanding” is only a borrowed term. 

According to God’s creation and His Word, the only genuine, proper understanding is to understand everything in Christ, from Christ, through Christ, and unto Christ. 

Without this, you have no understanding. 

You do not understand your life. 

You do not understand anything properly. 

Unless you see Christ, you only have the husk of an understanding. 

He is the kernel of all understanding. 

From God’s point of view, to understand means to enter intoHis thoughts about everything–about creation and His purpose. 

So for us as human beings, the proper understanding is to see Christ as all and in all. 

That is understanding. 

This comes from having our minds renewed.

There is only one way to study the Scriptures, and that is to come to the Scriptures to see Christ. 

If you come to the Scriptures to study the Bible, to simply get Bible knowledge, you do not see and you do not understand the Scriptures. 

You may have Bible knowledge, but what links everything together? 

In Luke 24:27 the Lord opened the Word from Genesis through Malachi, clearly showing the disciples the things concerning Himself–that He was the focus of all the Scriptures. 

After the disciples’ eyes were opened, they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” 

A burning heart comes when we can take the Bible and talk about Christ and apply Christ. 

It is the understanding of the Bible with Christ as the focus that causes our heart to burn.

Until Tomorrow 

With a Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Anthony Gutierrez

David Ford

Doris & Terrell Loyd

Dr. Davis 

George & Linda Alexander

Jean Partee – Rehab

Jill Haines

Joe Shelnutt

Lisa Page

Marynel Ford

Pastor Discroll

Randy Bond’s Son in Law

The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends

Torbich Family – Better

Amy Garner’s Mother/Dad  

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Barbara Shed’s Family 

Bill Moody 

Carol Lawhead’s Brother 

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

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah  

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford – Good News

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