HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Enjoy Your Time With Family & Friends.

Find Someone Who Is Alone & Invite Them To Be Your Special Guest At Your Thanksgiving Table.

No Services Or Activities At Church This Week.

Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Matthew 16:13, “When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?”

The centrality of Christ is the “rock” upon which the Lord builds the church.

Where there is the centrality of Christ, there is the building of the church.

The Lord opens up the significance of building upon this rock in Matthew 16:13-18, “When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?  And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.  He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?  And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.  And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Peter’s confession, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” is both definite and singular: Christ is uniquely the Son, and He is the only Son, distinct and particular.

The Lord responded to Peter’s confession by saying that what he saw was not revealed to him by flesh and blood, but by the Father.

Although these verses are familiar to us, we may have overlooked their real impact on our Christian lives.

To make a confession based upon revelation that Jesus, the Son of Man, is the Christ, the Son of the living God, is to be a person who is reduced, focused, and centered upon one Person.

It is a confession that Christ is the unique anointed One He is the One appointed to live out the Father’s life, do the Father’s will, and accomplish everything in God’s economy.

To confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God is to acknowledge Him as the One who has the approved relationship with the Father, as well as the proper relationship with all things, both negative and positive.

This confession is an all-inclusive utterance concerning the Christian life.

It is a confession that recognizes that Christ is all and in all.

Until Tomorrow,

With A Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Bill Moody – Moved to Heaven Monday 

Sollie & Jane Hick’s Mom Passed

Daniel Ford – Recovering

Dan Haines – Home

Jim Mabe – Chemo

Scott Nix

James Burnette

Easton Fielder

Ellen Boyd

Dan Wohey

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad

Brandon’s Dad

Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’Mother

Dr. Don Davis

Freddie May’s Mom

George Alexander

Joan Cronan’s Sister

John McClain

Linda Hodges’ Sister

Michael Stanley

Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother

Ronnie Palmer  

Rusty Turner

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