April 20^th, 2014

Today’s Services:

9:30 am Bible Study...........................................................Defilement Not From Without, But Within -- Matthew 15:1-20

10:00 am Service .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... . A Dog Comes To The Master -- Matthew 15:21-28

Birthdays: April: 21^st -- Jennifer Holland, 22^nd -- Rick Kess, 25^th -- Blaire Patterson, 30^th -- Red Huff

To Our Congregation: Spring Meeting schedule is on both bulletin boards. This year we will have morning and evening services on Saturday. SPRING CLEANUP THIS SATURDAY. PLEASE COME.

And God Said -- Genesis 1:3

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."

Have you ever given any thought to the first recorded word that God ever spoke in the Scriptures? It seems very proper and fitting to me that it would be the word “LET.” That is a word that truly belongs to God. Over and over again in the creation of the world, God creates something out of nothing by simply speaking, “Let there be.” When God says, “Let,” (allow, permit, give, grant, empower, enable, entitle) the result is always the same. AND IT WAS SO. Let there be light AND THERE WAS LIGHT.

The creation of the world declares the sovereign power of God. God but speaks such a simple word, yet, when spoken by Him, it is always effectual. Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

One day in sovereign power and love God spoke to my void, formless, dead and dark heart and said, “Let there be light” and there was light. O rejoice dear child of God, For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6)

-- David Eddmenson, Madisonville, Ky

“HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME” (Matthew 6:9)

God’s name is highly regarded and greatly respected by Himself and His people. His law commanded, “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain” (Exodus 20:7). His people pray “hallowed be Your name” (Matthew 6:9), expressing their desire that His name be sanctified and made holy. Holy Scriptures speak of His “holy name” many times. He rebukes those who profane His holy name (e.g., Ezekiel 36:20, 21, 22, 23). (The English verb profane is from the Latin profanare = “to desecrate, render unholy, violate”.)
The world is notorious for profaning God’s name, especially in its euphemisms and minced oaths. The name “God” is profaned with egad, gawd, golly, gosh. The name “Lord” is profaned with lordy, lawzy. The name “Jesus Christ” is profaned with cheese and rice, crikey, cripes, gee, gee whiz, Jeebus, jeepers, jeez, Jiminy Christmas, Jesus H. Christ, Judas Priest. We also hear them speaking profane terms such as begorra (by God), bejabbers (by Jesus), dadgum / dagnammit / goldern (God damn), drat (God rot it), gadzooks (God’s hooks – the nails of Christ’s crucifixion), omigosh / omigod / omg

(O my God), suffering succotash (suffering Savior), zounds (God’s wounds), ...
May He find His people never profaning His name, and ever among those who pray and practice “hallowed be Your name”! – Daniel E. Parks, missionary to St. Croix, B.V.I.

No King, No Rule, No Right, No Wrong

"In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes." -- Judges 21:25