Pastor Kelley Hinson sent this email out today! Please pray with us!
Dear ones, I just got off the phone with Sister Ruthie, who is the daughter of the Pugh’s, and she told me that sometime early this morning Sister Pugh had a massive stroke. When they went to see her this morning she was asleep and they could not wake her. Please be much in prayer for this wonderful family.
| Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church Elder Randy Johnson, Pastor Bro. Ronnie Henderson, Song Director "Where The Truths Of God’s Word Are Still Taught" |
| You Were Asked To Pray For: All of Our Military, Their Family’s & All the Civilian Workers in The Middle East, Zee Mink Fuller and Family, Her son’s Bryan Armstrong and Hunter Hackie, Daughter Shannon, and Brother Philip & Sondra Thornsberry, Virgil & Alice Hoskins, Grandchildren, and his daughters Liz Janis and Debbie Gray, Derrick & Alecia and sons Coty & Carson Clements, Frank Trusty, Bryndon Thomas, Frank & Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston, Helen Maggard, Renee Jackson, Larry Mollette, Larry Mollette II & Family, Kirby Mollette, Kerry Pennington, Kim Butler, Danny & Nita Mollette, Verna Mae Allen, Wendell Henderson, Judy Dunn, Martha Gray, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd, Kevin Henderson, Ronnie Henderson Jr. & Daughter Ashley, Lilly Stansord, Vickie Sims, Debbie Farmer, Terry Farmer, Morgan Murchison, Jim Stagner, Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Don & Neil Hammond, Charles Hammond, Eric Hammond, Archie & Barbara Griffin & son Daniel, Bro. & Sister Bob Keller, Kathy Rosinbaum, Brenda Galusha and Jewel, Mary Ramsey, Donna Johnson, Fay Johnson, Luann Reynolds, Bro. & Sis. Curtis Pugh, Timothy and Nathan Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jim & Linda Meier, Brother David & Sister Anne Shortt, Brother Manuel Seymour & Family, Letha Langford, Brother & Sister Kelley Hinson and Kelley Lee, Billy and Jo Hobbs, Jerry Hughes, Sister Nita Bookout, Roger Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Gina Sullivan, Katie Norton, Imajo Tracy, Sister Jean Dodson and Family, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Marshall Risinger, Jeremiah Kelleher, Jack Johnson, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia. |
| The Pastors Conner:
When is a Christian a Christian? Acts 5:1 - 3 “But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (2.) And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. (3.) But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?”
Sometime we fail to see the exact affects Satan has on us. Sometimes what we do in life is anti-God or against God because if God says one thing and we do another then we go against God and allow Satan to control our thinking. This is not limited to the lost but also to Christians. Satan has a greater effect on our lives than we sometimes give him credit for, because all problems in a church body are caused by Satan affecting one or more of her members. If all things in a church are done according to the commandments of God, then all things in a church will be decently and in order and no problems will arise. This beloved is the central reason we as church members need to make sure we are scripturally correct before arising an issue that will cause debate in Gods house. The finances of the church are no different. Satan affects peoples will to give as much if not more than he affects the thinking and actions of the people causing the problems. There is much debate today on whether tithe is a commanded in the New Testament churches, I believe it is, however some disagree. However it may be the question must be asked what a reasonable amount to give to the church is? 10 percent, 5 percent, 2percent, or whatever we choose to give, or does God even care? The only amount God has ever spoken of was ten percent. However these two folks were persuaded by Satan not to give what they should have. Please notice in verse 3 when Peter asked “…hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?”
In conclusion please notice the cause of Ananias thinking, it was Satan the father of lying. Jesus said in John 8:44 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” Satan is the reason we do lie, cheat, and steal, just as he caused Ananias and his wife to fail to give all that was due Gods church. Beloved if all church members in a church tithe it is certain that the church will never have financial difficulty. It is when Satan causes us to find more excuses not to tithe than too that we fail to meet our responsibility to God and the church. What people fail to understand is when we do this we not only lie to the church but also to God. Now the church has no idea what your income is, therefore what you give is what you give. Apparently Peter knew what Ananias and his wife had received for the land, however only you and God knows the truth about your income and if you fail to give God His part He knows. Acts 5:4 “Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.” These two folks had cheated God and Satan had caused this sin, and while you may not pay the price these two did (both fell over dead) God does know all things. And please let us remember the fear of God should keep us from following Satan’s temptations and lies. Acts 5:11 “And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.”
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| Happy Birthday:
Dawana Reigel February 15th
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| Upcoming Bible Conference: The Northside Baptist Church in Oakdale, La. Will be holding their Nineteenth Annual Bible Conference on March 18 – 20. This years speakers will include; Pastor Nathaniel Hille from the Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Caldwell, Ks. – Pastor Tom Horn from the Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fl. – Pastor Jerry Dodson from the Grace Bible Baptist Church in Denham Springs, La. – Pastor G. L. Burr from the Community Baptist Church in Catuna, La. – Pastor Jose’ Serrano from the Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Silsbee, Tx. – Pastor David O’Neal from the Grace Missionary Baptist Church in Tulsa, Ok. – and Pastor Randy Johnson from the Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church in Texarkana, Tx. The membership of the Northside Baptist Church and their Pastor Larry Wilson would like to invite all to attend any of all the services. Meals will be served by the church membership. For more information about this conference please visit their web site or contact Pastor Larry Wilson from their web site at http://www.northside-baptist.com/
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| How ravishing is the thought! By C. H. Spurgeon
“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love! Therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.” Jeremiah 31:3
How ravishing is the thought of eternal love! Try to drink it in--if you are a believer in Christ you were loved before time began its cycles; in that old eternity, before the earth was born, you were beloved of the Lord! You were dear to Jehovah’s heart when this great world--the sun, the moon, the stars, slept in the mind of God--like unborn forests in an acorn-cup. He loved you with an everlasting and infinite love. Rejoice in this and let your souls be glad. Never forget that the special electing love of God is the source of every blessing. |
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