January 21, 2024

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

Dear Lord, to us assembled here

Reveal Thy glorious face.

While we by faith, with love and fear

Approach Thy Throne of Grace.

Thy house is called the house of prayer

A solemn, sacred place.

O, let us now Thy presence share

While at Thy Throne of Grace.

With holy boldness may we come

Though of a sinful race.

Thankful to find in Christ there’s room.

Before Thy Throne of Grace.

We bless Thee for Thy love and grace.

We bless Thee for Thy peace.

And we do bless Thee, Lord, because

There is a Throne of Grace.

(Tune: “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee ” p. 58 )

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

22^nd Chip Holbrook 24^th Janey Hollback

25^th Bob Boyd 26th Lindy Herrell

Nursery Schedule

Sunday School: Heather Spence, Maddie Baker

Sunday Worship Service: Julie Thornbury, Emmy Thornbury, Carol Cremeans

Next Week: Michelle Simpson, Clarah Floyd, Lindy Herrell, Mikayla Simpson

YOUR FATHER KNOWETH

Believers are taught to pray in praise, thanksgiving, and petitions (Matt. 6:9-13). One thing most believers find difficult is knowing what to ask for in prayer, “for we know not what we should pray for as we ought” (Rom. 8:6). When that is the case, this thought should comfort our hearts: “your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.”(Matt. 6:8). Our Father also knows HOW to give those things to His children. “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” (Matt. 7:11). In His infinite wisdom, our Father also knows WHEN to give and when to withhold from His children.

So, when you pray, pray in faith, trusting that our Lord will do right at the right time and pray for the grace to wait on Him. “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (I Peter 5:7)

Pastor

As much as the Lord will enable me, I am determined to preach nothing but Christ crucified to you. Christ crucified for His elect is the only message God will use to save a sinner. I plan on simply preaching Christ crucified, because if the Holy Spirit will be pleased to show you Christ crucified for your sin, then you will believe on Him. You will run to Christ and never leave Him and all will be well with your soul.

Pastor

ARE YOU A BEGGAR?

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill . . . 1 Samuel 2:8

Begging is something that is repulsive to the proud nature of man. When a person is reduced to begging physically, we don't even like to look at them. There is a shamefulness associated with it that we dread and avoid. My flesh fears this condition even worse than death. Being unable to work, having nothing, and being dependent upon the mercy of others is unthinkable.

Spiritual begging is something to which sinful man is even more opposed. Inability, bankruptcy, and utter dependence upon another, spiritually speaking is absolutely unthinkable, especially to religious people. When our father Adam rebelled against God, he gained an insidiously evil attribute that we are all born with: PRIDE! In this spiritual pride, we fear and despise worse than anything, the idea of being unable to please God and utterly dependent upon His mercy. Pride deludes us and tells us that we are quite capable of taking care of ourselves, thank you very much! Me and "the man upstairs" have an understanding. Sure, I've sinned like everybody else, but I'm doing the best I can. I'm not a religious fanatic or anything you know, but I blah, blah, blah, . . .

However much we deny and avoid the fact, our true position before God is that we are dirty, shameful, worthless, miserable BEGGARS! Like the bum on the street, we are unable to work. Whatever we do to earn favor with God only puts us deeper in debt. We also have nothing to our account. Some who are unable to work physically, yet have personal worth due to an inheritance or previous labors, but not us! We inherited nothing but debt and have never been able to do anything of any merit. We are utterly dependent upon MERCY!

I have heard this objection to this truth: You don't have to beg God to save you, He is ready to pardon. I agree that God is willing, ready and delights to show mercy, but He has never done so to anyone but a beggar. God is not so anxious to clothe sinners that He will not first strip them of their self-righteous rags. He is not so ready to lift up that He will not first bring low. No sinner has ever been shown his condition that has not flown to the Mercy Seat, the Lord Jesus Christ, and pleaded for forgiveness and favor. No true beggar has ever come to Christ in vain.

There's mercy for beggars. Are You a beggar?