Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church 1217 Dillon Texarkana, Texas 75501 Celebrating 50 years as a Church of Jesus Christ October 29, 1961 – October 29, 2011 May 01, 2011 Newsletter Number 315 Elder Randy Johnson, Pastor Bro. Ronnie Henderson, Song Director Pastor E-Mail: sgmbcpastor@baptistsonline.org Web Site: www.baptistsonline.org/sgmbc "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,, Ronnie Henderson Jr. & Son Kevin Henderson , 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, Justin 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, Jack Johnson, Lee Mollette’s friend, Dale Barnes, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia.

The Pastors Corner: The wicked desires evil. "The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit." Proverbs 12:12 The word “desireth” means they delight in it or they find beauty in it. You might say they find it as something most wonderful and delicious. And the Lord says they “desireth the net” meaning something used to catch something like fish, but here it catches evil. Satan is no doubt the “evil one” and he is the one who has the net and it is his desire to catch all that he can. Now while evil people or people that are lost blindly swim into this net Christians should know better. Christians should have enough biblical knowledge to see the net when it is approaching; however there are many who simply cannot see the danger signs of the upcoming evil net. God went on to say “but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit." The righteous should yield fruit and this is impossible if they swim into the net of evil. While Satan is fishing for the lost with his net spread wide, he finds them easy prey because they swim blindly with their eyes closed shut. They cannot produce fruit because nothing they do pleases God, now or never unless they come to Jesus Christ asking for forgiveness and salvation. The Psalmist wrote “He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.” Psalms 10:9 He is not attempting to catch them he is going to catch them “he doth catch the poor” with all of his temptations. Satan knows our desires and he understand how to tempt us, he is not as ignorant as most thinks that he is. He is a great fisherman, he knows the best fishing hole, he knows the best bait, and he has all of the proper tool to fish with, and with all this being said; he is the great fisherman. He is as sly has a fox, he sits in the dark and waits with much patience, he is like unto a snake all coiled up just patiently waiting on you to step just close enough. He knew Eve’s weakness and he also knew Adam was weak thru his beloved wife. He knows your churches weakness and has his net also set for her and just when the church is in her weakest point the net goes out and Satan fishes. If a church and Christians alike keep themselves updated in Gods word we become harder to catch. We see the net when it is stretched to its fullest length and we go over, under, around, or simply turn around. The Lord said in Proverbs 8:19 "My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver." The Christians fruit is better than gold even more valuable than fine gold. It is better because its reward is not the blessings of this earth but rather eternal blessings from God. Money is our weakest point; we all desire to have money even if we deny that we do, because money delivers enjoyment to our flesh. If you have money you can buy what you want, have what you want, and it delivers power to them that have it. The Lord went as far to say “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” 1 Timothy 6:10 But remember God said it is also what causes us to “have erred from the faith”. We must understand that we cannot serve two masters; we cannot serve God and mammon with mammon being money. When our love for money gets in our way then it causes us to forget God, it causes us to not allow anything including God to get in our way to make it. It makes church an option rather than a commandment. Beloved let us pray that we do not get caught in Satan’s net, lets swim around it or simply turn back, because he loves to catch Gods children in his net of evil.

The Overcomer's Reward: "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it" Rev. 2:17 My heart, be thou stirred up to persevere in the holy war, for the reward of victory is great. Today we eat of heavenly food which falls about our camps; the food of the wilderness, the food which comes from Heaven, the food which never fails the pilgrims to Canaan. But there is reserved for us in Christ Jesus a still higher degree of spiritual life, and a food for it which, as yet is hidden from our experience. In the golden pot which was laid up in the ark there was a portion of manna hidden away, which though kept for ages never grew stale. No one ever saw it; it was hid with the ark of the covenant, in the Holy of Holies. Even so, the highest life of the believer is hid with Christ, in God. We shall come to it soon. Being made victorious through the grace of our Lord Jesus, we shall eat of the King's meat, and feed upon royal dainties. We shall feed upon Jesus. He is our "hidden manna" as well as the manna of the wilderness. He is all in all to us in our highest, as well as in our lowest estate. He helps us to fight, gives us the victory, and then is Himself our reward. Lord, help me to overcome. By Charles Surgeon - from his “Faith's Checkbook” series

Proverbs 13:4 - 7 “The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (5.) A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. (6.) Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. (7.) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.