Sunday at School 9:30 Am
Worship Service at 10:30 Am
Mission’s Month Begins Next Sunday, February 6, with Brian Busby from Calvary Children’s Home.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Luke 5:15-16, “But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.”
A marked feature of how the Lord spent time with the Father was that He practiced withdrawing into the wilderness to pray.
The Lord not only rose up early in the morning to be with the Father, but also on many occasions during the day and night He withdrew from the crowds privately to pray.
Luke 5:16-17 says, “So He Himself often was withdrawing into the wilderness and was praying. . . . And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.”
The repetition of the Greek imperfect tense (continuous action in past time), translated as “was,” clearly shows that the Lord’s power to heal was in direct proportion to the time He was spending withdrawing to pray.
A paraphrase might help to grasp the sense of this passage: “He Himself was continuously withdrawing in the wilderness and was continuously praying, . . . and as a result, the power of the Lord was continuously with Him to heal.”
The Lord’s practice of withdrawing reveals how much He was actually dependent upon continuous supply to meet His present needs.
Even the Lord Jesus Himself needed fresh supply, fresh infusion, and fresh energy imparted into His humanity in order to live a life expressing God.
The way He received these fresh supplies was by His practice of withdrawing to spend time with the Father in prayer.
By this we can see that the Lord did not live trusting in His divinity to carry Him through His human existence.
In His humanity, He needed to withdraw to spend time with the Father for His daily life.
If He as the very Son of God depended upon this time, how much more do we need to practice withdrawing in order to be continuously supplied by the divine life!
Until Tomorrow
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Dr. Davis
Jill Haines
John McClain
Katie Torbich
Kim McClain’s Mother
Randy Bond’s Son in Law
Russell Paschal
Terrell Loyd
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