Worship Schedule For 12/26/04

Announce – Maurice Powell

Sing A.M. – Jerry Gilley

Read – Brian Witty

Pray – Larry Powell

Table – Brady Bogle

Joey Ferrell

Keith Bowman

Doris Hibdon

Dismiss – Oscar Parton

 

Sing P.M. – Larry Powell

Pray P.M. – Eric Burke

 

Wed. Night Schedule For 12/22/04

Sing – Jerry Gilley

Read – Stephen Powell

 

Prepare Communion For December

Jerry Powell

 

Last Sunday’s

Attendance – 70

Contribution – $801.01

 

Visitation Team This Week

Odell Powell, Doris Hibdon

 

Visitation Team Next Week

Oscar Parton, Jerry Powell

 

4^th Sunday Speakers For December

A.M. – Stephen Powell

P.M. - Brian Witty

 

Prayer List

Sick

Mollie Parton, Christine Ash, Mazel Hughes, Nancy Pelham,

Darlene Powell, Gladys Morgan, Junior Todd, Doris Graham, 

Kenneth Foster, Lorene Byford, Wayne Barrett, Alvin Wade

Shut-Ins

J.D. Lorance, Alta Jones, Ona Prater, Dovie Wood,

William Condra, Sarah Mayo, Alberta Cook

Military Duty

Seth Powell, Mark Byars

Deaths

Marshall Duggin, Dewey Floyd, Ruby Jacobs

 

Current Events

Christmas Fruit Basket Making & Fellowship Meal

Pleasant View Church of Christ

Sun., Dec. 19^th

Immediately following the morning service in the old school building.  

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries This Week

Sun., Dec. 19^th – Danny & Darlene Powell

Mon., Dec. 20^th – Dovie Wood

Wed., Dec. 22^nd – Michael & Pam O’Hara

Fri., Dec. 24^th – Austin & Gladys Lance

Sat., Dec. 25^th – Earl Cooper

 

Last Week’s Bible Question

Q: Who said: “Will a man rob God?”  

A: Malachi (3:8)

 

This Week’s Bible Question

What four creatures did God send as plagues upon the Egyptians? 

PURE AS SNOW

During my childhood days I would wish for a foot of snow, especially right after the holidays. I still have some of that childish desire in my heart. I would like to see it come a good snow every once-in-awhile, a foot or two!

Sunday some of my desires materialized. It snowed! It wasn't much, just a sprinkling. The white stuff, however, was a beautiful sight to behold as it covered the ground and clung to the bushes and trees. It disappeared about as quickly as it fell. By mid-afternoon most of it had melted. 

Did you know that the Bible mentions snow? A courageous man named “Benaiah" killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day (I Chronicles 11:22). God asked Job, "Have You entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail" (Job 38:22, NKJV)? The Scriptures also reveal that snow, like rain, is beneficial in that it waters the earth and causes the seed that has been sown in the ground to sprout and produce food (Isaiah 55:10). 

In another passage God said to Israel, “…Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool" (Isaiah 1:18, NKJV). Israel had sinned, and God pleaded with them to reason with Him about their sinful condition. God was willing to cleanse His people, to make them as pure as snow, if they would repent of their sinful ways and obey His will. 

Snow is from God. Like snow, God desires that we be pure. In Matthew 5:8, Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). Only those whose hearts have been cleansed by the blood of Christ and remain free from evil desires and purposes will live eternally in God's presence. 

The first snow of this new year was indeed beautiful, but a pure heart is of much greater beauty, especially in God's sight. 

--Daniel Ridinger

The Bible Voice – January 9, 2002

Oliver Church of Christ

Rogersville, AL