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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, Grandchildren, and his daughters Liz Janis and
Debbie Gray, Alecia Clements, Bryndon
Thomas, Frank & Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston,
Helen Maggard, Renee Jackson, Larry Mollette, Larry
Mollette II & Family, 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,
Charles Hammond, Archie & Barbara Griffin & son Daniel, Bro. &
Sister Bob Keller, Wanda Fowler, Kathy Rosinbaum,
Brenda Galusha and Jewel, Mary Ramsey, Donna
Johnson, Fay Johnson, 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 Kelley Lee,
Billy and Jo Hobbs, Jerry Hughes, Sister Nita Bookout and her Niece, Pastor
G. L. Burr, Alicia Lightsey, Melody Carr, Betty, Janie
Capps, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in
Russia. |
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A Thought From Pastor Johnson: One Sent From God. John The Baptist was one sent from God to bring the world witness of
the Messiah Jesus The Christ. John The Baptist was not a self appointed
witness to the coming of the Messiah, oh no John was sent from God. Isaiah
40:3 “The voice of him that crieth in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a
highway for our God.” John was not a self appointee of baptizing, oh no he
was appointed by God to baptize them that believed that Jesus was the Saviour
of man kind. John was known as the forerunner of Jesus Christ to let the
Israelite people know that their Messiah was coming, the great shout in the
wilderness. However as it was John just as well have been shouting in the
wilderness because very few heard the cry. John 1:11 “He came unto his own,
and his own received him not.” Beloved just as John was sent from God with the
great message that the Saviour was coming men today are men sent from God
with the message that the Saviour has came and just as it was in Johns day
very few are hearing the message. Mankind today is truly no different than
those in John’s day, the cry goes out but very few hear it. And just as it
was when Jesus was walking the world, no one gave much notice to what the
message was they just wanted Jesus to give them something, but what He
offered is not what they wanted. One would think if John The Baptist was such
a one as he was (a man sent from God) then many would hear him but they
refused to hear the message about Jesus Christ. However you would surely
think that if Jesus Christ Himself carried the message of salvation that man
would surly flock to Him and believe, but they did not. The message about our
Saviour and the saving grace of God has never been popular not even when
Jesus Christ Himself preached it. The Gospel message Got John the Baptist
killed, it got Jesus crucified, and it got all of the Apostles also killed.
All of these men were sent from God to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
People because they love evil more than God, people that cannot hear the
gospel message because they are deaf to God message will never flock to hear
the true message of God. Your pastor is like unto John The Baptist a man sent
from God, and that message is that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of mankind,
believe on Him as your Saviour, trust in His blood
to cleanse you from all of your sins and you to can be a true Christian. But
as it was with John, Jesus, Paul, Mark, Matthew, and etc. it is with your
pastor people simply do not want to hear. People flocked to Jesus if He had something to give them and when He
gave them something like healing, food, or etc. then they were happy but tell
them of their evil heart and present the remedy of healing their wicked ways
then they flock away somewhere else. Most places of worship today are like
that, give them their programs, pat them on the head and tell them how sweet
they are and you can fill the house, but tell them about their evil heart and
they will flock to another house. Without programs and freebies they simply
are not interested in “worshiping God”. This is why they Lord wanted His men
and churches to know that a man that teaches TRUTH is worthy of double honor
and the man that fail to do so is unworthy altogether. Beloved if you are one
who measures your pastor’s success on the number in the church you could not
more sadly mistaken. If you measure your pastors
success on how many programs or how much money brought into the church then
you are again sadly mistaken. The success of your pastor is how much truth he
delivers to the church and the stronger he delivers it the more successful he
is. And beloved if many do not flock to hear the message do not worry, not
many flocked to hear John, Jesus, or any of the others either. |
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A Thought For The Week: HOME
BLESSINGS He fears the Lord, and therefore he comes under the divine protection
even as to the roof which covers himself and his family. His home is an abode
of love, a school of holy training, and a place of heavenly light. In it
there is a family altar where the name of the Lord is daily had in reverence.
Therefore the Lord blesses his habitation. It may be a humble cottage or a
lordly mansion; but the Lord's blessing comes because of the character of the
inhabitant, and not because of the size of the dwelling. That house is most blest in which the master and mistress are
God-fearing people; but a son or daughter or even a servant may bring a
blessing on a whole household. The Lord often preserves, prospers, and
provides for a family for the sake of one or two in it, who are just persons
in His esteem, because His grace has made them so. Beloved, let us have Jesus
for our constant guest even as the sisters of Bethany had, and then we shall
be blessed indeed. Let us look to it that in all things we are just -- in our trade, in
our judgment of others, in our treatment of neighbors, and in our own
personal character. A just God cannot bless unjust transactions. By: Charles
H. Spurgeon |
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Happy Birthday: Sister Alice Hoskins March 8th |
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Please Take Notice: The National time will change next Sunday morning
March 14, be sure to adjust you’re clocks forward 1 hour. Also please do not forget the Bible Conference at Northside
Baptist Church in Oakdale, La. Pastor Johnson is scheduled to speak Saturday
and Sunday Morning March 20, 21. Other speakers include Elder Tom Horn,
Elder G. L. Burr, Elder
Nathaniel Hille, Elder David O'Neal, Elder Jose'
Serrano, Elder Jerry Dodson, and Elder Leroy Pack. Please join us if you can.
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