Worship
Schedule For 7/30/06
Announce
– Stephen Powell
Sing
A.M. – Maurice
Powell
Read
– Larry Powell
Pray
– Jerry Gilley
Table
– Brian Witty
Johnny Powell
Oscar
Parton
Doris
Hibdon
Dismiss
– Brady Bogle
Sing
P.M. – Jerry
Gilley
Pray
P.M. – Larry
Powell
Wed.
Night Schedule For 7/26/06
Sing
– (Meeting week)
Read
– (Meeting week)
Prepare
Communion For July
Larry
Powell
Last
Lord's Day
Attendance
- 69
Contribution
- $1027.00
Visitation
Team This Week
Stephen
Powell, Brian Witty
Visitation
Team Next Week
Odell
Powell, Doris Hibdon
4th
Sunday Speakers For August
A.M.
– Larry Powell
P.M.
– Brian Witty
Get
Bible
Study Stand This Week
Jerry
Gilley
Prayer
List
Sick
Earl
Cooper, Austin Lance, Jennie
Lance,
Mildred Williams,
Karen
Payne, Junior Prater
Shut-Ins
J.D.
Lorance, Ona Prater, William Condra,
Alice
Youngblood, Josephine Ferrell, Christine Ash
Military
Duty
Mark
Byars, Eric Burke
Deaths
John
Hooper, Dee Monroe, Dean Grizzle,
Myrtle
Young, Eric Burke's grandfather
Birthdays
and Anniversaries This Week
Sun.,
July 23rd – Van
& Brenda Hutchison
Mon.,
July 24th – Diane Wimberley
Fri.,
July 28th – Jerry Gilley
Sat.,
July 29th – Jamie Powell
Sat.,
July 29th – Charles Powell
Last
Week’s Bible Question
Q: Who
was buried in the cave of Machpelah?
A:
Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah
(Gen.
49:30-31; 50:13)
This
Week’s Bible Question
What
is the first burial of a servant mentioned in the Bible?
Current
Events
Gospel
Meeting & Homecoming
Pleasant
View Church of Christ
Sun.,
July 23rd – Wed., July 26th
Speaker:
Gary Colley
Sun.
Evening Service:
7:30 P.M.
Weeknight
Services: 7:00 P.M.
Homecoming
dinner in the school building immediately following the Sunday morning
service.
Gospel
Meeting
Gassaway
Church of Christ
Sun.,
July 23rd – Wed., July 26th
Speaker:
Dan Gulley
Services
Nightly: 7:30 P.M.
Fellowship
Meal
Pleasant
View Church of Christ
Wed.,
July 26th – 5:30 P.M.
Prior
to the evening service in the school building. BBQ with all the fixings,
pizza, and drinks will be provided.
I STAND AT THE DOOR
A new
minister moved into town and went out one Saturday to visit his
community. All went well until he came to one house. It
was obvious that someone was home, but no one came to the door even
after he knocked several times. Finally, he took out his card,
wrote on the back "Revelation 3:20" and stuck it in the
door.
Revelation
3:20 reads: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man
hear my voice, and opens the door, I will come into him, and will dine
with him, and he with me."
The next day, as he was counting the offering, he found his
card in the collection plate. Below his message was a notation
"Genesis 3:10." Upon opening his Bible to the passage he let
out a roar of laughter.
Genesis 3:10
reads: "And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I
was afraid, because I was naked."
Revelation 3:20 is a beautiful verse that pictures
Jesus trying to get our attention. He is knocking, but so often
we don't open the door of our hearts. He says if anyone will
hear him and open the door, he will come in. But do we hear him
knocking? Are we even listening?
It's so easy
for us to apply this passage to sinners who have never received Christ
(and I think it CAN be applied to them), but Jesus spoke those words
to Christians -- his people who come together and worship every
Sunday. What that tells me is that it's possible to be a
Christian and go through the motions of religion week after week with
Jesus still on the "outside" of our hearts.
Can it be
that we are doing all the right actions, but we still don't have a
close relationship with Jesus Christ? And so he stands and
knocks, seeking entrance into our hearts. Christ wants to be at
the very center of our hearts. His desire is to have fellowship and
communion with us on a daily basis. But he won't force the issue.
The choice is ours. Do we even want him in our hearts, or are
our hearts already crowded with too many other things?
"Behold,
I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice, and opens the
door, I will come into him, and will dine with him, and he with
me."
(Revelation 3:20)
Do you hear
the sound of knocking? Will you open your heart?
Have a great
day!
Alan
Smith
Thought
For The Day (June 6, 2006)
