Sunday will be the first “real” sermon I have preached since before I went into the hospital.  I am so excited about it.  Of course, you already know what it will be about.  Galatians 2:20! I sure hope you will make every effort to be in your place before 10:00. Your seat always looks so empty when you are not there.  I always scan the auditorium to see if you are there before the service begins.  Have I told you how much you mean to me?

Daily Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

2 Timothy 1:3-5, “I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;  Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;  When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”

Paul illustrates in these verses that the Lord’s voice speaking to him is in and through his thoughts. 

It is in the normal avenues and channels of his being. 

The Lord’s speaking to Paul came in the form of his remembrance. 

The remembrance of Timothy was a call to pray for Timothy. 

This example out of Paul’s life corresponds to God’s new covenant way of imparting His laws into our mind and inscribing them upon our heart (Heb. 8:10). 

When we understand this new covenant way of God’s speaking, we must confess that we all have heard more of His voice in our daily life than we realized. 

For example, God’s speaking has come to us many times in the form of desires within us. 

We may have a desire to go to a church service. 

That very desire within us is God’s speaking in the form of an inclination inscribed on our heart.

Also, the Lord’s voice often comes in the way of His bringing something to mind. 

For example, in Matthew 5:23 the Lord says, “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you . . .” 

In other words, while you are fellowshipping with the Lord, something comes to mind. 

You remember your brother. 

When it comes to mind, that is the Lord speaking to you. 

Thus, we can see how simple and intimate is the Lord’s voice to us and in us under the new covenant. 

His speaking is imparted into our mind.

Until Tomorrow 

With a Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

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TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Ashley & Jason’s Friend

Bill Lawhead  

Doris Strickland – Better

Jeff & Kristen Fowler – Kristen Passed

Johnny Page – Better

Nathan McKean – Phyllis’ Grandson

Richard Blount – Better

Tyler Welborn – Better

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 G’Son  

Joyceann – James Garner’s Daughter 

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah  

Lynn – Nancy Brown’s Daughter  

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford – Pray For Guidance  

Michael Stanley 

Nancy Brown’s G’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