October 23, 2022

Sunday Worship

Bible Study 10:00 A.M.

Morning Service 10:45 A.M.

Wednesday Worship 7:00 P.M.

Saturday Radio Broadcast WEMM Radio 107.9 FM 8:30 A.M.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Hurricane-Road-Grace-Church

Our messages can be heard on www.hurricaneroadgracechurch.com

It is requested that all children four and under stay in our nursery so there will be no distractions during the preaching of the Gospel.

CALL TO WORSHIP

Jesus, our Priest, forever lives

To plead for us above;

Jesus, our King, forever gives

The blessings of His love.

Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood,

Has set the prisoner free,

Hast made us kings and priests to God,

And we shall reign with Thee.

The whole creation join in one

To bless the Holy name

Of Him who sits upon the throne,

And to adore the Lamb.

He breaks the pow’r of reigning sin,

He sets the prisoner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean,

His blood availed for me.

(Tune: “O For A Thousand Tongues” p. 46)

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

23^rd Bobby Lee Baisden 26^th Joyce Brown

26^th Madison Cook

Nursery Schedule

Sunday School: Michelle Simpson, Clarah Floyd

Sunday Worship Service: Lindy Herrell, Sydney Kinnel,

Wednesday Service: Sandy and Lilah Thornbury

Next Week: Debbie Davis, Mikayla Simpson, Earlein Meadows, Chloe Mayo, Abby Floyd

We welcome brother Paul Pendleton and his wife Paula, from Crow WV. Paul will be bringing the messages here today. The Lord willing, Janet and I will be travelling home today and I will be here to preach on Wednesday.

Remember Elder Eric Floyd who is preaching in Pikeville today.

SAVING FAITH PRODUCES A CHANGED LIFE

Saul of Tarsus hated Christ and the way of salvation by grace so much that he persecuted and killed those who did trust Christ. After the Lord saved him, Paul became the greatest preacher of salvation by grace through faith the world has ever known with the exception of Christ Himself. Zacchaeus was a dishonest, greedy man until the Lord saved him. After salvation came to his house, Zacchaeus became honest, gracious and generous. The Philippian jailor was a hard, mean man who probably enjoyed the prisoner’s suffering. After the Lord saved him he comforted Paul and Silas in his own house. Onesimus was an unprofitable servant who had stolen from his master. After the Lord saved him Onesimus became profitable to Paul, to Philemon, and to much of the early church.

I know that salvation is in the heart and the only true evidence we have of salvation is faith in Christ. I also know that where there is faith in the heart there is a changed conduct and attitude. I hope and pray that is true of you and me.

Pastor

“I am poor and needy,” David said, “Yet the Lord thinketh upon me” (Psalms 40:17). In this world the rich and famous get all the attention, but in the kingdom of Christ it's the poor and needy who command the thoughts of our Lord.

“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them” (Ps.139:17). Can you imagine the everlasting God having precious thoughts of you dear child of God? “If I could count them,” David continued to say (Vr.18), “They are more in number than the sand.” Could we count the grains of sand on the beaches? No way. Neither can we count the number of precious thoughts the Lord has of his own.

Well, that is the testimony of the Lord's people, but what does God himself say of his thoughts toward them? “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jer.29:11). Let your poor, tried, and tired heart meditate on that.

You and I cannot comprehend how precious those thoughts toward us poor, miserable sinners are, nor do we know how to count their number, but our great and wise Lord knows and if you and I can just live in the faith of what he tells us about it all, we will do well no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in.

Pastor Bruce Crabtree

His Truth Marches On

It is to the honor of our Lord Jesus Christ that His cause and His gospel survive all the sins and follies of His people. Bro. Muse once said, “One of the proofs that the gospel is true is the fact that through the ages it has continued in spite of such poor preaching.” Spurgeon wrote, “Taking ministers all round, I find them more likely to destroy than to build up the cause of Christ.”

The Master’s kingdom has survived the blunders of His disciples; His wisdom stands in spite of our folly; His power is not lessened by our weakness; and the glory of His righteousness has not been clouded by our unrighteousness.

The King of kings still conquers, using such poor followers and soldiers.