Worship Schedule for 5/9/04
Announce – Larry
Powell
Sing A.M. – Maurice
Powell
Read – Jerry
Gilley
Pray – Keith
Bowman
Table – Brady
Bogle
Nathan
George
Jeff
Wimberley
Joey
Ferrell
Dismiss – Oscar
Parton
Sing P.M. – Stephen
Powell
Pray P.M. – Jerry
Gilley
* If unable to serve, please call Joey Ferrell @
615-765-7620 or Doris Hibdon @ 931-939-2689.
Wed. Night Schedule for 5/5/04
Sing – Stephen Powell
Read – Brian Witty
Prepare Communion for May
Maurice
Powell
Last Week’s
Attendance -
92
Contribution - $1202.00
Visit the Shut-ins Today
Larry
Powell, Maurice Powell
Visit the Shut-ins Next Sunday
Joey
Ferrell, Jerry Gilley
4th Sunday Speakers for April
A.M. – Brian
Witty
P.M. – Stephen
Powell
Pray for the Sick
Lucille
Grizzle, Irene Lorance, Brittany Powell, Ann Parker,
Molly
Parton, Christine Ash, Earl Cooper, Misty Powell,
Brady
Bogle, Clark Rains, George Whittle,
Justin
Bowman, Betty Lines
Remember the Shut-ins
Alta Jones,
J.D. Lorance, Ona Prater, Dovie Wood,
William
Condra, Pearl Fults, Sarah Mayo,
Alberta
Cook, Clarence Mears
* Those in bold are currently on the visitation route.
Deaths
Lillie Cantrell
Last Week’s Bible Question
Q:
Who said: “I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.”
A:
Jacob (Gen. 32:26)
This Week’s Bible Question
Who
said: “We are all one man’s sons; we are true men; thy servants are no
spies.”
“Life is not easy for any of us. But it is a continual challenge, and it is up
to us to be cheerful and to be strong, so that those who depend on us may draw
strength from our example.”
Rose Kennedy (1890 – 1995)
Current
Events
Spiritual Renewal Week
Tennessee Bible College
Cookeville, TN
Wed., April 28th
– Sun., May 2nd
Theme: For Such A Time As This
Schedule is on the bulletin
board in the back and on our website.
All Brethren Business Meeting
Sun., May 2nd
Immediately following the evening’s service
in the old school building. All
brethren are invited to attend.
Birthdays
& Anniversaries This Week
Mon., May 3rd – Arthur & Irene
Lorance
Mon., May 3rd – Anita Bowman
Tues., May 4th – Van Hutchison
Thurs., May 6th – Melissa Powell
Thurs., May 6th – Dianne Turner
Fri., May 7th – Maurice Powell
PRAYING FOR OTHERS
The following
parable about prayer comes from an unknown author:
A voyaging ship
was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to
swim to a small, desert-like island. The two survivors, not knowing what
else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God.
However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the
territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island. The
first thing they prayed for was food.
The next
morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he
was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained
barren.
After some days,
the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day,
another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his
side of the island. On the other side of the island, the second man had
nothing. Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, and more
food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him.
However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally, the
first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the
island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side on the
island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave
the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to
receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered.
As the ship was
about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming:
"Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
"My
blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them," the
first man replied. "His prayers were all unanswered and so he does
not deserve anything."
"You are
mistaken," the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer,
which I answered."
"Tell
me," the first man asked the voice, "what did he pray for that I should
owe him anything?"
"He prayed
that all your prayers be answered."
We have many of
the apostle Paul's prayers recorded in his epistles. It is significant to me
how large a percentage of those prayers involved petitions for other people
(mostly for spiritual needs rather than physical, incidentally) and how few
involved petitions for personal needs.
It is easy to
get so caught up in asking God to provide us what we need (or merely want) that
we forget to pray for others. May God help us to be sensitive to the
needs of others around us, and may we take advantage of every opportunity to
approach the throne of grace and lay their concerns at the feet of our Father.
"I urge,
then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be
made for everyone..." (I Timothy 2:1, NIV)
Have a
great day!
Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee
www.TFTD-online.com
THOUGHT
FOR THE DAY (March 30, 2004)
A
Sign of the Times
Grade
one was having a lesson on birds. After
some discussion, the fact was established that birds eat fruit. One little girl, however, was unconvinced.
“But
teacher,” she asked, raising her hand, “how can the birds open the cans?”
Lewis
and Faye Copeland
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