Weekly Bulletin

August 24 , 2008

MEMORY VERSES-

Last week’s was Eph.2:10. We will recite today:
Isa.53:6/Rom.4:5/Rom.6:23/John 1:12, & Eph.2:10. Next week’s verse: II Cor.5:17

LORD’S SUPPER-

Will be observed after the evening service for all who are saved, and in fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no saving quality in observing the Lord’s Supper. It is foremost and always a picture of what the Lord accomplished for us upon the cross. Not one thing mystically changes into another: The unleavened bread remains just that, as well as the fruit of the vine. They are symbols for the broken body and shed blood, needed to redeem a lost mankind. We invite you to join with us.

BIRTHDAYS-

27th - Marcia
30th - Glynn

ANNIVERSARY-

28th - Vic & Becky

THE STORM THAT WASN’T, WAS, & WOULDN’T LEAVE-

No prognosticator was right, and nobody knew what this storm would do in advance. It came down to basic observations of what it was doing. Two present ingredients made this storm what it was: wind and water. There was no 100+ mph winds, merely 40-60mph. But, when combined with the water, it surely manifested great power. The Word of God talks of the Holy Spirit in type with the wind, and the Word of God with the water. Put the convicting Holy Spirit in combination with the water of the Word of God, and you have a powerful combination to save a lost person’s soul (John 3). Let us learn from this and go forth: always in the power of the Holy Spirit, delivering the Gospel from the Word, and being painstakingly persistent at it. The other side of that coin is judgment: people scorn when we talk of judgment to come - just as in Noah’s day. But the wind and the water came, and all the lost perished. Don’t you gamble your soul and perish as all but eight people did. Come to Christ while you can and be saved!

AUGUST PRIMARY VOTING-

A voters guide is available for you in the lobby on the table. It includes two offices: County Commissioner & School Board.

“Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these things shall be added unto you. Take no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” - Matthew 6:31-34

The Bible does not treat lightly of human need, but it shows the
transcendent importance of attending to spiritual things. Christians are admonished to thrift and prudence in handling their temporal affairs. The ideal believer is not the monk type recluse who seeks to be relieved of all responsibility for either his own or other people’s comfort and well being. But the Word of God always insists on the supreme importance of the welfare of the inner man. To put eternal things first means to get the very best out of this life as well as peace of heart in regard to the next one.

God makes Himself responsible to care for and sustain all those who, having been born of His Spirit, recognize Him as Father and seek to do His will as obedient children. This is to put His kingdom first - to live in subjection to His revealed truth. As we thus “trust and obey” we may be sure that He will faithfully perform that which He has promised, supplying our need, sustaining our hearts, and enabling us to live through the onslaught of cares and anxieties.

Missionary of the Month

Mike Casillas

Puerto Rico Baptist College