LADIES’ FELLOWSHIP – FRIDAY NIGHT @ 6:30
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 6:11, “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Christ is our relationship with all things–both positive and negative.
On the positive side, Christ is our relationship with the Father.
He is also our relationship with all the saints, the members of His Body.
On the negative side, Christ is our relationship with sin, the self, the flesh, the world, condemnation, the devil, and the law.
So we must ask ourselves, How are we related to sin?
How are we related to our flesh?
How are we related to the world?
Often we have tried to live the Christian life with ourselves as the source.
But we must see that we have no life in ourselves apart from Christ (John 6:53).
Our life is wholly wrapped up with Him.
Our true life has been hidden with Christ in God.
“Christ who is our life” in Colossians 3:4 means that we died to sin in Him.
We died to the flesh in Him.
We died to the world in Him.
We defeated the devil in Him.
And we died to the law in Him.
Praise the Lord!
Our relationship with all these realms is Christ.
Even in our encounters with sins, we need to be a person who reacts exclusively with the blood of Jesus (Heb. 10:17-19).
Concerning our sin nature, we need to interact with what happened on the cross.
Christ died to sin, and in Him we reckon ourselves to be dead indeed to sin.
We are alive to God in Him(Rom. 6:8-11).
When we are oriented to these facts, our partaking of Christ and our participation in Him become so rich and full.
He supplies to us the victory.
The victory over sin and death is just Himself.
We do not strive to win the victory.
We receive and participate in His victory!
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
WEDNESDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Dan Haines – Serious Surgery June 7th
David Burnette
Dwight Byrd
Daniel Cooper
Sandy Paschal
James Parker
Amy Garner
Lamar Knight
Jim Mabe
Charlene Palmer
Lorraine Elliott
Eric Ward
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Sandra Graham
Dan Haines
Doris Loyd
Linda Alexander
June Cronan
Jillian Gray
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Darlene Thaxton
David Harrison
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Easton Fielder
Erik Magusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
June Cronan’s Sister
John Austin
John McClain
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Rose Fuller
Scott Nix
Terrell Loyd
Tom Witcher
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christin
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Coly/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