May 7, 2023

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.

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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

O, Lamb of God, still keep me, Near to Thy wounded side;

Tis only there in safety, And peace I can abide.

What foes and snares surround me! What lusts and fears within!

The grace that sought and found me, Alone can keep me clean.

'Tis only in Thee hiding, I know my life secure;

Only in Thee abiding, I steadfast shall endure.

Thine arm the victory gaineth, O'er every hurtful foe

Thy love my heart sustaineth, In all its care and woe.

Soon shall my eyes behold Thee, With rapture, face to face;

The half hath not been told me, Of all Thy pow’r and grace

Thy beauty, Lord, and glory, The wonders of Thy love,

Shall be the endless story, Of all Thy saints above.

(Tune: The Church's One Foundation p. 186)

MAY BIRTHDAYS

10^th Gene Patterson 13^th Steve Collins

13^th Luke Simpson 17^th Gary Hollback

25^th Cecel Thornbury 25^th Lilah Thornbury

28^th Debbie Davis

Nursery Schedule

Sunday School: Kerry Simpson, Charity Collins

Sunday Worship Service: Christy Collins, Becky McClay

Wednesday Service: Abby Floyd

Next Week: Stacie Tate, Colleen McClay, Janet Tate, Alexis Baldwin, Abby Floyd

BEING SAVED

Man’s religion says, “I got saved”. They make it sound like salvation is something they got by their works or their decision like they went down to the car lot and got a new car.

Scripture talks about salvation as something that God must do for us. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) Our prayer is that the Lord would save us completely by His will, His work, and His grace. “Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.” (Rom. 10:1)

Pastor

REBELS OR REVOLUTIONISTS

In great conflict and warfare, politically, the only difference between a rebel and a revolutionist is which one YOU are for.

In this great conflict of life and immortality, spiritually, the only difference between a rebel against the Lord and a regenerated child of God - is which one HE is for.

During times of heavy conflict, the child of God can rightfully say with Paul- “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Rom 8v31)

Pastor Kevin Thacker

O WHAT A WRETCHED THING THIS FLESH IS!

O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 7:24, 25) For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. (Galatians 5:17)

Oh what a wretched thing this flesh is! It is the residence of corruption, unbelief, hate, deceit, and every other evil known to man. Who would want such neighbors living next to them? Yet, these vile tenants are not mere neighbors to the believer. No, they are much closer than mere neighbors: they occupy the same duplex. The believer is of two natures joined into one person: flesh and spirit. Spiritually, he is a new man, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. But he still possesses the same flesh he was born with, and the same "people" live there. These occupants of the fleshly side of our "duplex"are not considerate at all, having no respect whatsoever for the occupants of the spiritual side of the duplex. No sooner does the spirit mow the grass and weed the flower bed than the flesh dumps a bag of stinking garbage on the lawn. No sooner does the spirit sit down for an evening of quiet reflection and prayer than the flesh will throw a party, turning up the stereo of vile thoughts. Neither side of the duplex will ever find full satisfaction, nor will there be any compromise. It will be a constant state of war for as long as the believer lives in this flesh. No wonder Paul wrote, "O, wretched man that I am." Thanks to God through Christ, He shall someday throw out the occupants on the other side, knock down the wall that separates the two sides, and the fruit of the Spirit, the occupants of the believer's soul, shall reside in BOTH sides, in one harmonious household!

Pastor Joe Terrell

Christ does not quicken the old man born of Adam. Therefore, the Spirit of God does not teach us the Gospel in the natural man because the “natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.” It is in the new spirit that God teaches us the Gospel. Those born of God “have received, “the Spirit which is of God” that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” (1 Cor. 2:12,14)