January 24, 2016

Sunday Worship

Radio WXCC 96.5 fm (internet wxccfm.com) 8:30 A.M.

Radio 98.1 fm; SuddenLink TV (channel 9) 10:30 A.M.

Bible Study 10:30 A.M.

Morning Service 11:15 A.M.

Wednesday Worship 7:00 P.M.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD. Psalms 25:5-7

GROWTH IN GRACE

“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”

(2 Peter 3:18)

One of the remarkable things about growth in grace is that the more you grow, the smaller you become in your own eyes. In the first epistle Paul ever wrote, He was, “The least of the apostles.” He later wrote to the Ephesians that he was, “less than the least of all the saints.” Shortly before his death, he wrote to Timothy, “I am the chief of sinners.” Pastor Todd Nibert

WHAT IS YOUR REASON?

If a minister compromises the message of grace and the Gospel of our Lord Jesus, we begin to search for reasons. If a prominent church member becomes entangled in the world, business, or any number of interests which takes him away from the fellowship or causes him to neglect things spiritual, we begin to search for reasons. One might produce a variety of reasons for this departure from Christ and attraction to the flesh, but there is one chief reason, this person has never seen Christ Jesus, our Lord! He has never beheld, in his heart, the great glory, beauty, and sufficiency of Christ. The Lord Jesus has never become to him, “My beloved!” As Solomon said, “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine” (Song of Solomon 6:3).

John said, “he that seeth the Son and believeth on Him hath eternal life” (John 6:40). To see Christ as He is, is to lose interest in all others! To see Christ as the ultimate joy, peace, rest, and glory is to cease from all other works and pursuits and enter His rest. To see Christ as God’s only anointed Redeemer, complete Saviour, and effectual atonement is to trust Him and Him alone to save and keep us. To see even the reproach of Christ to be greater riches that all the treasures of this world is to walk away from them with no regrets and never look back! To even look back is to perish with Lot’s wife. But he that seeth the Son knows that nothing back there is worth comparing to Him! Pastor Henry T. Mahan

HIMSELF

Once it was the blessing,
Now it is the Lord;
Once it was the feeling, Now it is his Word;
Once his gifts I wanted,
Now the Giver own;
Once I sought for healing,
Now himself alone.

Once 'twas painful trying,
Now 'tis perfect trust;
Once a half salvation,
Now the uttermost;
Once 'twas ceaseless holding,
Now he holds me fast;
Once 'twas constant drifting,
Now my anchor's cast.

Once 'twas busy planning,
Now 'tis trustful prayer;
Once 'twas anxious caring,
Now he has the care;
Once 'twas what I wanted,
Now what Jesus says;
Once 'twas constant asking,
Now 'tis ceaseless praise.

Once it was my working,
His it hence shall be;
Once I tried to use him,
Now he uses me;
Once the power I wanted,
Now the Mighty One;
Once for self I laboured,
Now for him alone.

Once I hoped in Jesus,
Now I know he's mine;
Once my lamps were dying,
Now they brightly shine;
Once for death I waited,
Now his coming hail,
And my hopes are anchored,
Save within the veil.