Don’t Miss the Last 2 Weeks of Summer Classes
6:30 Wednesday
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“FAMILY” FISHING ACTIVITY
HIKING TRAILS
SCAVENGER HUNT
August 27 4:00 PM
Bring Poles For The Family (Provided If U Don’t Have)
& An Empty Stomach For A Fish Fry (Hot Dogs Too)
At Joanie & Ben Bruce’s Farm In Madison
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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Colossians 2:19, “And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.”
If I am not holding fast to Christ, my Head, if He is not my point of reference in relating to all things, then nothing “works” in my Christian life.
Christ’s work in me–His living and operating–comes to a halt.
There is no growth, no sanctification, no conformation to the image of His Son, and no way to proceed in the Christian life.
If I am not interacting with Christ, then I am interacting with the law, or what is formed in my mind.
I am interacting with my feelings of discouragement or the reasonings of my mind.
My point of reference when I go through things is not Christ, but something else.
My point of reference is my feelings, the outward circumstances, the situation, the law, what I am supposed to be, or even what I am not–all these mental gyrations that go on within us.
The principle is that I interact with whatever is formed in me.
If Christ is formed in me crying “Abba, Father,” I interact with Him.
If something else is formed in me, I interact with that.
Christ formed in me does not mean that I am perfect, that I am a finished product.
It means that my point of reference is always Christ–that He would have the first place in everything.
So I do not know how to handle myself.
I do not know how to handle sin.
I do not know how to handle my reactions to my environment.
But Christ has already handled all these things.
By taking Him as my point of reference in all these things, I remain in fellowship with Him.
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Joe & Kat Johnson
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Dan Haines
Dr. Don Davis – Home
Freddie May’s Mom
George Alexander
Jane Hicks
Joan Cronan’s Sister – Surgery Sept. 1
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
John McClain
Linda Lanier
Melisa Smith’s G’Father
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Tom Witcher
Ann Sullivan – Paula’s Friend
Bentley Smith
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace
Kenny & Nora Allison
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Rod Gustafson – Cancer
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad