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