UPCOMING EVENTS

Tonight – Family Christmas Skate Night 6:30 PM

December 21st – No Service

December 25th – Special Christmas Service With Communion 10:30 AM 

December 28th – No Service

Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

John 1:18, “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”

The concentration of the divine love is presently existing in the Son of God.

When the apostle John describes the only begotten Son as being into the bosom of the Father, he is unveiling the intimacy of the divine love existing between the Father and the Son.

The Greek preposition in this verse is not “in” but “into”.

Thus, it is more accurately translated “into the bosom of the Father” rather than “in the bosom.”

It talks about the love relationship existing between the Father and the Son in John 1:18.

The present participle, Who is, refers to the permanent relation of the Son to the Father through all the stages of His divine, human, and divine-human existence.

He ever presses anew, with an equal intimacy into the bosom of the Father, who reveals Himself to Him in a manner suitable to His position and His work at every moment.

The Greek form ‘into the bosom,’ instead of ‘in the bosom’ (the preposition of motion, instead of that of rest), expresses precisely this active and living relation.

The bosom of the Father is not a place, but a life; one is there only in virtue of a continual moral act.”

The indication here is that there is a continuous, intimate love relationship going on between the Father and the Son.

He is ever into the bosom of the Father.

May God grant that this love-life would become our portion and our experience in the middle of our weakness, so that instead of being into our depression, we would constantly be into the bosom.

We would not be into our bad and unworthy feelings that cause morbid introspection, but into a love-life that nourishes and cherishes us in our weaknesses.

Until Tomorrow,

With A Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

John McClain – Unable To Complete Surgery

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad

Brandon’s Dad

Dan Haines  

Dan Wohey

Daniel Ford

Darlene Thaxton  

Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’Mother

Dr. Don Davis

Easton Fielder

Ellen Boyd

Freddie May’s Mom & Friend

George/Linda Alexander

James Burnette

Jim Mabe

Joan Cronan’s Sister

Joel Bateman

Julie Howell’s Family in her death in car accident

Lily Holland

Linda Hodges’ Sister

Michael Stanley

Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother

Ronnie Palmer  

Rusty Turner

Scott Nix

Tom Witcher

Tony Breedlove

James Garner’s Friend 

Kim McClain’s Mother

Lonzo Christian             

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford

Pastor & Mrs. Driskell 

Ricky Stubbs  

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Sheila Simmon’s Cousin

Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad