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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: Treasure in earthen vessels Do
not be surprised if you feel that in yourself you are but an earthen
vessel—if you are made deeply and daily sensible of your frail body. Do
not be surprised . . . if your clay house is often tottering; if sickness sometimes assails your mortal
tabernacle; if in your flesh there dwells no good
thing; if your soul often cleaves to the dust; and
if you are unable
to retain a sweet sense of God's goodness and love. Do
not be surprised nor startled . . . at the corruptions of your depraved nature; at the depth of sin in your carnal mind; at the vile
abominations which lurk and work in your deceitful and desperately wicked
heart. Bear
in mind that it is the will of God that this heavenly treasure which makes
you rich for eternity, should be lodged in an earthen vessel. We
have ever to feel our native weakness—and that without Christ we can do
nothing—that we maybe clothed with humility, and feel ourselves the chief of sinners,
and less than the least of all saints. We
thus learn to prize the heights, breadths, lengths, and depths of the love of
Christ, who stooped so low to raise us up so high! By J. C. Philpot |
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Happy Anniversary: Virgil & Alice Hoskins September 19th |
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A Thought From C. H. Spurgeon: The Dew Of Heaven What the dew in the East
is to the world of nature, that is the influence of
the Spirit in the realm of grace. How greatly do I need it! Without the
Spirit of God I am a dry and withered thing. I droop, I fade, I die. How sweetly does this dew refresh me! When once
favored with it I feel happy, lively, vigorous, elevated. I want nothing
more. The Holy Spirit brings me life, and all that life requires. All else
without the dew of the Spirit is less than nothing to me: I hear, I read, I
pray, I sing, I go to the table of communion, and I find no blessing there
until the Holy Ghost visits me. But when He bedews me, every means of grace
is sweet and profitable. |
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A Though From Our Pastor: Repentance and Faith Paul was telling these folks that this was his
main message, repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as it
should be with all Ministers today. These two words (repentance and faith)
are two words that confuse a lot of folks in our time. We must understand
repentance toward God is not salvation in itself, in other words repentance
never saved one single soul, it is faith toward
Jesus Christ that delivers salvation to the unworthy soul. The word
repentance simply means “a turning around or a reversal” and there is nothing
about a turning around or reversal that delivers salvation. Faith toward
Jesus Christ is the point of salvation because it is faith in Him that can
save; it is faith that His blood is strong enough to wash away all our sins. Since
repentance is not the same as saving faith therefore it is not a saving
factor. However when we look at the word repentance we do see a great
significance to it. When Paul said “repentance toward God” we see that it is
God who we owe repentance toward, it is God that we have so greatly sinned
against and it is God that we must turn from the wickedness of this world and
began to follow and worship. We have all offended God all of our life by
living in iniquity and are guilty of crimes against Him. We repent toward God
because it is He who can give a pardon for sin, since it is He who we have
sinned against it is Him who we owe our repentance too. True repentance can only exist once we have
an understanding of our sins against God, just to acknowledge repentance is
not repentance in itself. We must ask why is there
repentance, and the answer must be “because I have sinned against God and
want forgiveness”. The Lord tells us that a true worship of Him is a
spiritual thing between God’s Spirit and your heart, John 4:24 and therefore
repentance must be a spiritual thing between you and God whom you have sinned
against. A simply acknowledgement of repentance in your mind or through your
mouth is not enough, just as a simple acknowledgement of saving faith is not
enough. It must be from the heart or it is not real to God and therefore
there is no pardon of sin. Repentance is not real unless there is a true
turning from sin, Job 36:10 “He openeth also their
ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return
from iniquity.” What good is there in repentance if there is no turning from
sin? Doesn’t the word by definition mean a turning around? It is our faith in
Jesus Christ that makes repentance possible. The sinner on his own will never
repent to God because the sinner has nothing inside of him to cause this
repentance. |