90th Birthday Celebration
You are invited to Waymon Adcock’s 90th Birthday Celebration Saturday, May 2, from 2:00-4:00 at the Merkel Musuem
Tuesday/Thursday Program
Annual Tuesday/Thursday Program is Sunday at 4:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
Congratulations to our LTC kids
Those who participated: Tina Bennett, Jenna & Cary Bryan, Cody Buczyna, Chelsea & Chera Chaney, Taylor Johnson, Jessi McGuire, Zach Owens, Jonathan Richardson, Russ Russell, & Brianna Spigelmyer. They earned gold in drama, chorus, & art; Zach earned a silver in song leading; and Bible Bowl teams earned a Bronze. Thank you for representing Merkel so well.
Order of Worship
Sunday A.M.
Song Leader: Burl McCoy
Prayers: Opening-Mark Rogers Closing-Lane Boyd
Lord’s Table: Jim Jacobs, Larry Gill, Billy Jones, Russ McGuire, Finley Barnett, Dustin Simmons
Pick-up Cards: Tyler Jones & Kyle Owens
Worship Helpers: Jonathan Juarez & Russ Russell
Nursing Home: Joe Neill
Sunday P.M.
Prayers: Opening- Logan Cravens Closing- Joel Owens
Lord’s Table: Jim Jacobs
Wednesday
Devo: Burl McCoy
Song Leader: Joel Owens
Prayers: Opening-Dustin Simmons Closing-Tim Walker
Could You Die for Him?
If the situation arose, could yo
u give your life for Jesus? Or, would you renounce your faith? If you have died to self, then your life is not your own. It is no longer you who live. Gal. 2:19-20 tells us “For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
Your life, once you are crucified with Christ through your baptism, then you now belong to God, and you are only a steward of your life. The decision is made by God, and you simply carry out that decision. Jesus said in Luke 9:24 “For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake will save it.”
Paul said in Col. 3:2-4 “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.” So, if you were called on to give your physical life for Him, could you? Have a great week!
Michael
Baby Shower
Ladies you are invited to a Baby Shower in honor of
Mrs. Brian (Carole) Hunt
Saturday, May 2, 2009
10:00-11:30 A.M.
Family Center
Selections: Target & Kid’s Village
Ladies Ministry
Ladies class will be helping the Bus Ministry with their end of the year celebration next Wednesday during Wednesday evening class. Please meet at South Park after the Devotional. If you signed up to bring something for this celebration, please bring it to the family center by this Sunday. Ladies class will resume the 1st Wednesday of May. We will be having desserts then. We are still gathering recipes for the entire month of April for our recipe books. Don’t forget to bring a 3 ring 1” binder if you want an updated cookbook. You can give this to Amber. Have a blessed week. Amber
Order of Worship
April 19, 2009
A.M.
Sermon: Michael Byran
Song Leader: Lou David Allen
Prayers: Opening: Scott Carey Closing: Jimmy Bellah
Lord’s Table: Billy Bob Toombs, Lane Boyd, Jason Myers, Wayne Deen, Ray Juarez, & Burl McCoy
Pick-up Cards: Tyler Jones & Kyle Owens
Worship Helpers: Cody Buczyna & Jonathan Juarez
Nursing Home: Jim Goldsmith
P.M.
Sermon: Michael Bryan
SongLeader: Lou David Allen
Prayers: Opening: Jim Jacobs Closing: Joe Swinney
Lord’s Table: Billy Bob Toombs
Wednesday
Devo: Lou David Allen
Song Leader: Burl McCoy
Prayers: Opening: Joel Owens Closing: Dustin Simmons
Should We Limit Our Faith?
We are told to be meek. We are told to be harmless as dove. We are told that if someone slaps us on our cheek, then turn to him the other. If we are compelled to go one mile, go two. If someone demands our coat, give him our cloak also. No limitations, right? If someone condemns or bans our faith, we should give up our faith. Oops, wait a minute! Does that belong in there? Do we obey God or man? When the world tries to strip us of our right to our faith or to worship God, are we to let it? There are limitations, aren’t there. When man takes the place of God and seeks to govern our worship, it is time to disobey man and obey God. Acts 5:29 “Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than men!”
We are to obey the laws of the land, but only in as much as those laws do not contradict or defame God’s word. God’s will is superior to all others and must come first in our lives. Be faithful till death. It is time for Christians to stand up for Jesus. We have become so entangled with the world’s idea of one another that we have given up faith which comes from God’s Word. Let’s us look at God’s word for direction like Joshua in Joshua 24:14-15 “Now fear the LORD and serve Him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
Decide for yourself on whom you will follow and follow to the fullest. God has already given us His Word and now it is time for us to give Him our heart and life. Look to the cross of Christ and He will lift you up. Make a choice and stand by it and may we never limit our faith. Have a great week!
Michael
(I took a picture of some art at the NTLTC in Dallas, TX)
