February 14, 2010

Bible Study 10:00-10:30 A.M.
Morning Service 10:45 A.M.
Wednesday Worship 7:00 P.M.
Saturday FM Radio 9:00 A.M.
WEMM 107.9
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Call To Worship

To Christ the Lord let ev'ry tongue
Its noblest tribute bring
When He's the subject of the song
Who can refuse sing? (Repeat)

Survey the beauties of His face
And on His glories dwell
Think of the wonders of His grace
And all His victories tell! (Repeat)

Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood
Hast set the prisoners free
Hast made us kings and priests to God
And we shall reign with Thee. (Repeat)

The whole creation join as one
To bless that Holy name
Of Him who sits upon the throne
And to adore the Lamb. (Repeat)

(Tune: "Majestic Sweetness")
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Note: We will observe the Lord's Table Wednesday night.
BIRTHDAYS
Caleb Evans February 18th
Lorelei Holschuh February 18th
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This Week's Nursery Schedule
Today, Sunday School: Kathy Faulkner and Gay Armstrong
AM Worship Service: Debbie Bartram and Judy Sanders
Wednesday Service: Vickie Chapman
Next Sunday School: Sue Thacker and Vickie Chapman
Next Sunday AM: DeeAnna Mayo and Sarah Williams
Church Cleaning: Dan and Lorelei Holschuh
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MICROSCOPE
Charles Spurgeon
Many are like a Hindu of whom I once heard. He believed that he must not eat any animal substance, or that if he did he would perish. A missionary said to him, "That, idea is ridiculous. Why, you cannot drink a glass of water without swallowing thousands of living creatures." He did not believe it, so the missionary took a drop of water, and put it under the microscope. When the man saw the innumerable living creatures in the drop of water, what did he do? Why, he broke the microscope; that was his way of settling the question. So, when we meet with persons who say, "Our works are pure, and clean, and excellent," we bring the great microscope of the law of the Lord, and we bid them look through that; and when they do look through it, and discover that even one sinful thought destroys their hope of salvation by self-righteousness, and when they see a whole host of sins in every one of their prayers, or acts, or thoughts, then they are angry with the preacher, and they try to break the microscope. But, for all that, the truth remains, "By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
FROM COMFORT TO TORMENT

Matthew 25:28-30 "Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
How awful to go from comfort to torment, from friend and family to the dammed; to go from laughter to weeping, from the praise of men to gnashing of teeth. Such is the case of all who believe not on Jesus Christ.
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Hebrews 11:21 "By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff."
"The just shall live by faith," and it is by this same faith that the just shall sleep in Christ. Jacob's faith, which was a fruit of the Spirit of God, was keenly bright during the final hours before his spirit departed his earthly body. Jacob's physical eyes might have dimmed, but the eyes of his heart continued to see clearly the brightness of Christ. By faith, Jacob blessed Joseph's sons and rested in God's providence to unconventionally bestow the superior portion of the blessing upon the younger of the two.
By faith, Jacob worshipped, "leaning upon the top of his staff." His staff is a picture of Christ, our sufficiency, our salvation, our deliverance, and our safe passage. Jacob knew then and we now know that the Messiah Christ is "the Way" of reconciliation before God Almighty. Faith in Him is to lean and rest upon His Word. Without leaning upon Christ, there is no true worship.
Pastor Marvin Stalnaker

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GRACE CHURCH

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of GOD in him."

2 Corinthians 5:21