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Sovereign
Grace Missionary Baptist Church 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 Elder Randy Johnson, Pastor Bro.
Ronnie Henderson, Song Director "Where
The Truths Of God’s Word Are Still Taught" |
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You Were Asked To Pray For: All
of Our Military, Their Family’s & All the Civilian Workers in The Middle
East, Zee Mink Fuller and Family, Her son’s Bryan Armstrong and Hunter
Hackie, Daughter Shannon, and Brother Philip & Sondra Thornsberry,
Virgil & Alice Hoskins and his daughters Liz Janis and Debbie Gray, Frank
& Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston, Helen Maggard, Renee Jackson, LarryMollette,
Larry Mollette II & Family, Linda Mollette, Kirby Mollette, Kerry
Pennington, Kim Butler, Danny & Nita Mollette,
Verna Mae Allen, Wendell Henderson, Judy Dunn, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd,
Ronnie Henderson Jr, Donnie Henderson, Kevin
Henderson, Ricky Henderson, Rosalie Graves, Terry Hanson, Jim Stagner, Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Don Hammond, Archie
& Barbara Griffin & son Daniel, Larry Platt, Bro. & Sister Bob
Keller, Wanda Fowler, Kathy Rosinbaum, Brenda Galusha and Jewel, Mary Ramsey, Donna Johnson, Fay
Johnson, Bobby Walker, Luann Reynolds, Bro. & Sis. Curtis Pugh, Timothy
and Nathan Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jim & Linda Meier, Brother David &
Sister Anne Shortt, Brother Manuel Seymour &
Family, Doris Hammock, Letha Langford, Leacho Tittle, Brother & Sister Kelley Hinson and Wesley,
Brother & Sister Frank James, Billy and Jo Hobbs, Jerry Hughes, Nita Bookout’s Niece, Pastor G. L. Burr, Alicia Lightsey, Melody Carr, Betty, Tommy Walker, Gina, and
Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia. |
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A Thought For The Week: A Gift to the Church It
is written in the Scriptures: “...When he ascended up on high, he led
captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. ... And he gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ: ... That we henceforth be no more children,
tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love...”(Eph. 4:8,11-12,14-15) In
this age there is a gross misconception concerning preachers and
pastors. Far too many churches are of
the opinion that if they hire the preacher they are in control of him and what
he preaches. In other words, they feel
they own him, and he is to be the servant of the church. This is not only an awful misconception; it
is also a vulgar and grievous sin against God. The
term “the man of God” means exactly that; the preacher is God’s
possession. If man or the church owns
him, he is not “of God.” The plain
truth of the matter is that the preacher belongs to God. If God so pleases to place his preacher in
the care of a church, it is because God is giving a gift to that church. He is not transferring ownership; rather
God is, by design, graciously placing His gift in the church for a particular
purpose. It is “for the perfecting of
the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ.” The
reason the pastor is to do these things is “that we henceforth be no more
children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine.” The gift from God is
graciously placed in the church for the benefit of spiritual stability of the
church. Yet, it is amazing how many
church folk feel the pastor is placed in their church so that they can set
him straight, or so that he can be the venting of their abuse as they disobey
the Word of God. Rarely do churches
recognize and appreciate God’s gift to them; such a rarity is a treasure
indeed. The man, though a mere human,
is filled with the gift of God, which makes him a heavenly gift to the
church. He is not perfect, and he is not
to be put on a pedestal. Why do you
think some churches lack this gift? Do
you treat your pastor as a gift from God? By Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr. |
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A Thought From C. H. Spurgeon: A Strong Heart Wait! Wait! Let your waiting
be on the Lord! He is worth waiting for. He never disappoints the waiting
soul. |
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A Though From Our Pastor: Isn’t Our Saviour Indeed Wonderful? Isn’t our Saviour so wonderful? He is so full of
grace and mercy that our feeble minds simply cannot contain the full
knowledge of just how wonderfully full of grace and mercy He is. Here in John
5:5 – 9 we see a man that had suffered a great sickness for thirty – eight
years and until he met our Saviour he must have been in great misery for
those thirty – eight years. Here we see Jesus come to him and knowing his
illness and suffering Jesus asked him “Wilt thou be made whole?” what a
question for the Lord Jesus to ask, not in doubt of the mans answer but in
demand that this man was going to rise and walk. This is the very grace and
mercy our Saviour has, never asking in doubt. Grace and mercy is making
someone whole in their greatest time of need just as our Lord did with this
man and as He also did for you. I did not ask Jesus to die for my sins,
because I was not alive just over two thousand years ago when He gave His
life on that cross for my redemption. It was by grace and mercy that brought
salvation to me just as it was grace and mercy that made this man whole.
Jesus did not die in hope we would come to know Him but already knowing that
in due time I would be saved. I know that it is because of this grace and
mercy that I was delivered at all from sin and I know in this life and the
life to come I will never be able to thank the Lord enough or praise His name
enough for what He has done for me in making me whole. We see this man in out
text in verse 15 telling what Jesus had done for him “The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus,
which had made him whole.” He was not ashamed of Jesus nor did he refuse to
give Jesus the credit for what Jesus had done. Jesus told this man in verse
14 “Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto
thee.” Beloved this is the very same thing Jesus told us after saving our
souls, sin no more. We are not allowed to sin and if we do then great
sickness can also come upon us. However the truth being we are sinners by
nature and because of that we will sin, does not excuse the sins we purposely
do. If you have sin in your life bring an end to it
or else you may suffer great sickness because of it. |