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
March 04, 2012
Newsletter Number 357

Brother Randy Johnson, Pastor Brother Ronnie Henderson, Song Director
Pastor E-Mail: sgmbcpastor@baptistsonline.org Web Site: www.baptistsonline.org/sgmbc

"Where The Truths Of God’s Word Have Been Taught For More Than Fifty Years”

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, Sister Alice Hoskins, Joyce Gomez , Frank & Sonya Trusty, Bryndon Thomas, Frank & Dawana Reigel, Andrew Preston, Larry Mollette, Larry Mollette II & Family, Kerry Pennington, Kim Poole, Danny & Nita Mollette, Wendell Henderson, Judy Dunn, Martha Gray, Joshua Kidd, Matthew Kidd,, Ronnie Henderson Jr. & Son Kevin Henderson, Jim Stagner, Bro. & Mrs. Hammond, Don & Neil Hammond, Charles Hammond, Archie & Barbara Griffin & son Daniel, Bro. & Sister Bob Keller, Kathy Rosinbaum, Mary Ramsey, Donna Johnson, Fay Johnson, Luann Reynolds, Brother Curtis Pugh, Timothy and Nathan Fails, Jacob Ramsey, Jim & Linda Meier, Brother Manuel Seymour, Letha Langford, Brother & Sister Kelley Hinson and Kelley Lee, Jerry Hughes, Sister Nita Bookout, Justin Bookout, Pastor G. L. Burr, Melody Carr, Janie Capps, Gina Sullivan, Imajo Tracy, Linda Hughes, Roy Lemmon, Mollette’s Daughter & Granddaughter Kristal, Dale Barnes, Keith Johnson, Tammy Hairston, Tommy Lee Walker, Leon Wyckoff, Billy Smith, Linda Mollette – Linda at the thrift store - Shawn - his girls – and Eric, 15 year old boy with cancer, Brooke Thomas, Kimberlee McCool, Ricky McCoy, Robert Wilson, and Bro. Sergey Mochalov and the Churches in Russia.

The Pastors Corner:

God Completes His Work.

Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”

Oh! If there is one thing we all lack in this life it is confidence in this flesh. I have, oh, maybe twenty projects or more started and chances are good that some (if not most) may never get finished. One thing one cannot count on is that I will finish a project. But God is not like a man; He will finish every single work and without error and doubt. But here in Philippians 1:6 God assures us that the work He has started in us He will finish it. I am a firm believer that God always completes His work which He starts. This is the reason that churches do not fail but rather some or all the membership fails. God appointed Pastors do not fail; Pastor themselves fail. God did not create the world or man to fail but man caused both to fail. Failure is on mans part and not Gods. Therefore when a church or man fails at something then don’t blame God, He did not fail we did. However there are some thing’s that God will not allow to fail and that is the things that He has predestinated to finish their course and not even can the ignorance of man cause them to fail.

“…he which hath begun a good work in you…” Let us never forget that it is not us that make a work successful but rather God. Paul reminds us in Philippians 2:13 "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." This is for certain that the works we do are not our own but rather Gods. We are not in charge of a work nor do we control the work, however we can be the cause of it being unsuccessful. Christ Jesus started the church and He will see it through; however He has started many more and some have failed. Did Jesus set them up to fail, no He did not but simply allowed them to fail. It is like many Christians; He saved them to be successful Christians but due to their own bad ways that have turned out to be unworthy Christians and will not have any rewards in the life to come. But beloved this is our assurance that if God begins a work in you He will see it through, and not for a short time but “…until the day of Jesus Christ:” that is until Jesus returns. This is why we know that somewhere on this earth a church will exist when Jesus Christ returns no matter what.

Beloved this is our assurances in this life, that God cannot fail and He will see a work through no matter how hard it gets. We cannot be assured of much in this life but God is the one single thing we can have a one hundred percent guarantee in and should pray for often. The Psalmist cried; "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. (8.) The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands." Psalms 138:7 – 8 Oh how wonderful are the promises of God.

2 Thessalonians 1:11 - 12 "Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: (12.) That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ."

The Rest of Heaven will be a rest from SORROW and SUFFERING:

This is a weeping world. Deny it who may; it has its smiles, but it has as often its tears. You who have the cup of its joys fullest, be thankful while it is yours; but carry it with a trembling hand. The head that is now planning its golden projects may tomorrow be laid on the pillow of sickness, with the dim night-lamp for weary months its companion. The joyous circle, now uninvaded by the King of Terrors, may tomorrow be speaking of their "loved and lost." The towering fabric of human happiness, which is now rapidly being built, may, in the twinkling of an eye, become a mass of ruins.

But if "weeping endures for the night," "joy comes in the morning." Yet a little while, mourning believer! and you will shed your last tear, heave your last pang. Once enter that peaceful haven, and not one wave of trouble shall ever afterwards roll. The very fountain of your tears will be dried. Your remembrance of all the tribulations of the nether world will be like the visions of some unquiet dream of an earthly night, which the gladsome sunshine of morning has dispelled, the confused memories of which are all that remain. "And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away," (Rev. 21:4.)

Here on earth, our trials are needed. The angel has to come down "to trouble the waters," in order to make us sensible of his presence. It is when the pool is disturbed we see most of our God. But in heaven, though the Great Angel will be ever present, there will be no more waters to trouble. It is "a sea of glass." The last ripple of the last murmuring billow will break upon the shores of Jordan, and "immediately" there will be "a great calm."

By John MacDuff, 1861

Church News:

We will have a church Business meeting today at 4pm please plan to attend.

Daylight savings time is March 11 Don’t forget to set your clocks forward 1 hour.

Pastor Johnson will be speaking at a Bible Conference on March 16 – 18 in Oakdale, La. At the Northside Baptist Church. Brother Steve McCool from Sulphur Springs, Texas and Brother Justin Bookout will fill in for Pastor Johnson for the services on March 18^th.

Happy Birthday:

Brother Ronnie Henderson Jr. - Monday March 5th

Brother James Thomas – Wednesday March 7^th

Sister Alice Hoskins – Thursday March 8^th