SUMMER CLASSES BEGIN THIS WEDNESDAY AT 6:30.
David Jeremiah – REVEALING THE MYSTERIES OF HEAVEN – Pastor – Audtorium
Crystal Evan Hurst – Ladies – 28 DAY PRAYER JOURNAL – Mae
Kyle Idleman – Men – NOT A FAN – Brian – Downstairs At End Of Hall
College & Career – NOT A FAN – Ron & Vicky – Room Across From Kitcen
Teens – NOT A FAN – Teen Room – Brandon & Jenny
Kids In Fellowship Hall – MISSION POSSIBLE
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Daily Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
“For to me, to live is Christ.” Philippians 1:21
The Lord Jesus only wanted the Father’s will.
Paul also only wanted what God had for him.
But we so many times want something else.
We want something other than what God is giving us.
Because of this, the best fellowship that we can be given is “Draw a circle around yourself. Do not touch anything outside of that circle. Just deal with yourself and want God alone. Just take God. Just pursue God Himself.”
This is what it means to follow the pathway of the cross.
If we do not come to this point in our experience, then we will have to settle for another level of Christian life, another kind of Christian life.
It is a life in which you want a little bit of God, but you also want a lot of other things.
So you eventually become shallow, empty, without any weight, because you have settled for another level of Christian life.
You want something else besides God.
Taking the pathway of the cross and dealing with the Lord by the cross means that we do not want anything outside of God.
I do not want a marriage outside of God.
I do not want a happy family outside of God.
I do not want finances outside of God.
I do not want a good job outside of God.
I do not want to be successful for the Lord outside of God.
I do not want to do anything outside of God.
I just want God.
This was Paul’s attitude in prison in Rome.
There he was–bound.
If he had wanted something other than God, he could never have testified, “For to me, to live is Christ.”
That means he did not want anything outside of God.
So also in our own experience, it is crucial that we want nothing outside of God.
Until Tomorrow,
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
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TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Bill Lawhead – Prayer Needed
Brandon’s Dad & Grandmother – Home
Debra Roberts – Home in need of prayer
Hanna Hall – Pray For Grace
Don Slate – Angela Bryan’s Dad – Hospice
Johnny & Lisa Page in the passing of her brother, Keith
Marynell Ford – Waiting On Testing for breast cancer
Steve Schreiner Family in his passing
Amy Garner’s Mother
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom –Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Donna Gourley
Doug Fritzel
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
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
Mary Williams Son – Mike – Accident
Michael Stanley
Nancy Brown’s G’Daughter
Nolan Jr.
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom
Pastor Stucke– Nikki’s Dad
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Lisa’s Cousin
Sharon Blalock
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmons Cousin
Todd Bailey
Tom Witcher
Wanda Galanti