WELCOME TO MISSION’S MONTH
Sunday School At 9:30 AM
This Sunday At 10:30 AM Uncle Brian Busby From Calvary Children’s Home Will Be With Us.
Our Joash Offering May Be Given At Any Time During The Month.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
2 Corinthians 1:11, “Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.”
We must realize that all of the pressures we face in our environments are continuous calls to us to spend more time with the Lord.
Even our fleshly disposition with its negative reactions, lusts, and moods is another call and a sign that we need to withdraw and pray.
The apostle Paul also faced many difficult situations, such as the one he describes in 2 Corinthians 1:8: “For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:”
Here, not only did Paul face a desperate environment, but he also had to handle his reactions of despair to the environment.
Yet in verse 11 he could testify that God would deliver him by means of prayer.
We must see that the practice of withdrawing to pray and spend time with the Lord should increasingly become a normal part of our Christian life.
The Greek word translated withdraw in Luke 5:16 is a compound word made up of two prepositions, one meaning under and the other meaning apart.
The combination of these two words indicates that He withdrew into privacy.
He separated Himself “apart” in privacy to be with the Father.
If we desire to cultivate our love-life with the Lord, we will surely discover the Lord Himself moving in us, prodding us to withdraw from all the empty talk and looseness in our living in order to spend more time with Him.
To practice withdrawing we need a vision, and this simply means having before us a vision of the kind of life the Lord Jesus lived on this earth spending time with the Father.
He was continuously withdrawing to cultivate and nourish His life with the Father.
This is how He expressed God.
And this is the life that is now within us.
It is a life of withdrawing.
Until Tomorrow
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Kenny Allison In Loss Of His Sister
Brandon Black
Charles Ward – Surgery Soon
Jill Haines
James Garner’s Friend
Joe Johnson’s Dad – In A Room
John McClain
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lisa Page
Lonzo Christian
Randy Bond’s Son In Law
Russell Paschal – Surgery Soon
Terrell Loyd – Improving Slowly
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
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
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
Kenny & Nora Allison
Pastor 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
Tom Witcher