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 3:18, “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
When Moses was on the mountain with God, he was not doing anything.
He was not analyzing his own situation.
He was not looking at himself.
He was simply there watching the scenery, watching everything pass by him.
Moses was just there and God passed by proclaiming His name, His goodness, His mercy, and His forgiveness.
It was after seeing all of this that Moses came down from the mountain shining.
Here Paul says, “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding … the glory of the Lord.”
To behold this glory we need to exercise ourselves to let the glory of Christ’s Person and work pass before us.
Paul practiced this in his preaching of the gospel.
Thus, he could write to the Galatians about how the Lord Jesus had been openly portrayed crucified before their eyes (Gal. 3:1).
By such a gospel scenery they came under “the hearing of faith” and received the Spirit (Gal. 3:2).
In other words, they received the Spirit by letting the crucified Christ pass before them by means of hearing the gospel.
They beheld His Person and work and were infused with the Holy Spirit.
There are many other verses in the New Testament that talk about beholding the Lord, such as beholding the glory as of the only begotten from the Father in John 1:14, seeing Jesus in Hebrews 2:9, seeing the ascended Son of Man in John 6:62, beholding His glory in John 17:24, and looking away unto Jesus in Hebrews 12:2.
These kinds of verses stress the importance in our daily life of allowing the Lord’s entire redemptive process to pass before us, including His incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and enthronement.
We also need to behold all that His wonderful Person is, with all His attributes.
What transforms us is seeing His mercy, His kindness, His goodness, His righteousness, His holiness, and His worthiness.
All that Jesus is and all that He has passed through in His redemptive process needs to become our daily scenery.
To be transformed, we just need to spend time with the Lord and let this scenery pass before us.
Every day, even every hour, we can behold the glory of the Lord.
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