AUGUST 9, 2015

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

Arise, my soul, my joyful powers,
And triumph in thy God;
Awake, my voice, and loud proclaim,
His glorious grace abroad.

He raised me from the depths of sin,
The gates of gaping hell,
And fixed my standing more secure,
Than ‘twas before I fell.

The arms of everlasting love,
Beneath my soul He placed,
And on the Rock of Ages set,
My slippery footsteps fast.

Arise, my soul! Awake my voice!
And tunes of pleasure sing;
Loud hallelujahs shall address
My Saviour and my King.

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Today: Bible Classes – 10:00 a.m.; Morning Worship – 11:00 a.m.
Messages by Pastor Bill Parker

Television Broadcast: Reign of Grace Television
Sunday morning on WALB-TV @ 9 AM.

Live Streaming – 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. – Sermon Audio web site

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Birthdays: Edith Ann Tennyson - Aug. 9th - Ashlyn Jones – Aug. 14^th

“Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: sing forth the honour of His name: make His praise glorious.” (Psalm 66:1-2)

I will be preaching this Wednesday evening for the Thirteenth Street Baptist Church in Ashland, KY, and next Sunday for the First Baptist Church in Almont, MI. Elders Jim Casey and Randy Wages will be teaching and preaching here in my absence. – The Pastor

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When I hear it said, “Such and such do not believe the doctrines of sovereign grace and substitution, but they love the Lord and are saved,” I wonder and ask, “What then was the Bible written for?” Is it no infallible expression of the mind of GOD? Is it no standard of Truth? Are we to believe what appeals to us and deny the rest? God forbid! God’s Word declares the oneness of Truth and condemns every departure from the Truth as a direct attack on God Himself! Do not tell me that a man’s heart is right with God when his head contains a creed of error and denies the Person and Work of the Redeemer. – Horatius Bonar

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Lay the foundation of your hope in Jesus Christ. Begin with Christ and end with Christ. As Christ Jesus becomes more to you, self will grow less and less. If your faith puffs you up, it is not the faith of Christ. God will help us when we are weak. He will bless us as long as we confess our dependence upon His blessing. He will fill us when we are empty. He will feed us when we are hungry. He will be our all when we are nothing. He will forgive us when we are guilty. But the moment we begin to boast in ourselves and feel sufficient, we will be left to learn, in no uncertain terms, that we are naked, poor, blind, and miserable. Terrible will be the day when proud rebels discover, too late, the dust and ashes of human merit. -- Copied

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The man or woman who really has everything is the man or woman who has Him who is and has everything! “Christ is ALL..” -- Pastor Gary Shepard

ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD

“For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20)

What a wonderful and solid assurance we who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ have of our complete salvation and all the promises of grace and blessings in and by Him! None of these promises are conditioned upon us, therefore, we cannot help but have them and enjoy the blessings of these promises. We are truly blessed “with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” (Eph. 1:3). How is this possible? It is only possible because Jesus Christ, the Lord our Righteousness, is our Surety. These are the promises of Almighty God of all grace here and all glory hereafter for His people, the children of promise, based on the merits of Christ’s obedi­ence unto death, His righteousness imputed and received by God-given faith. It is all sure and certain in Christ Jesus!