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Faith
March 7, 2025 - Abundant Love Ministries celebrates our 16th Annual Church's Anniversary and 4th Annual Minister Mike Sparks Day on Sunday, March 23rd at 2pm. Pastor Norris Cloudy of Divine Faith Tabernacle, Houston Texas will be our guest minister. ALM regularly scheduled noonday services are cancelled for the day.
You are welcomed and invited to join us in celebration of this joyous anniversary, in addition to any of our other regularly scheduled weekly services.
Abundant Love Ministries is located at 1426 Shelbyville Street, Center, Texas 75935. Pastor Marlin Cloudy is the Senior Pastor and Founder.
March 7, 2025 - Still Waters Cowboy Church is hosting Spring Playday in the Arena on Sunday, March 9, 2025 after 2nd service.
Activities for all ages. Free to the Public. Concessions available. Sign up for events begins at 1pm. Activities begin at 2pm.
Still Waters Cowboy Church is located at 1699 TX-315, Carthage, Texas.
March 6, 2025 - Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (Pastor Johnny R. Jones) at Hwy 96N., CR 4356, Center Texas 75935 is hosting their Annual Family and Friends Day program, Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 11am. Guest speaker will be Pastor Winston Kibbles, St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Center, Tx.
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly, as you reach and admonish one another with wisdom. Colossians 3:16
March 3, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, March 3.
What’s the last word in the Bible? Did you guess “amen”? That’s right! In Revelation 22:21, the Apostle John writes, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen”. How appropriate that the Bible ends with that word, since, in the Bible, it’s most often seen at the ends of prayers and proclamations of praise - the same way we typically use it today. “So be it.” “It is true.” “Amen!”
But one person in the Bible uses this word not at the ends of statements, but at the beginning. That person is Jesus. The King James Version translates it as “verily, verily”, but it’s the same word. And when Christ uses it, He is claiming not only truth, but also authority and ownership and power. “Verily, verily. I say unto you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall move mountains”. Matthew 17:20
And then, in Revelation 3:14, the word is found not at the end, not at the beginning, but in the middle of a sentence. “These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation”. And so, in the end, the Lord Himself . . . has become the Amen.
Hope you enjoyed today’s devotion. Can I get an amen!!
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
March 3, 2025 (Calendar) - Wallace Chapel Baptist Church 2025 Annual Programs and Dates
- March 9 - Pastor and Wife's Appreciation - Sunday, 3pm
- March 30 - Fifth Sunday Fellowship - Sunday, TBA
- April 6 - Family and Friends Day - Sunday, 2:30pm
- July 6 - Homecoming - Sunday, 12:30pm
- July 7 - Annual Revival - Monday night, 7:30pm
- July 8 - Annual Revival - Tuesday night, 7:30pm
- July 9 - Annual Revival - Wednesday night, 7:30pm
- September 7 - Church Anniversary - Sunday, 3pm
Wallace Chapel Baptist Church is located at 108 South Marcus Street Timpson, Texas, 75975. Rev. Derrick Rhodes, Pastor, and Sister Shaneeta Rhodes, First Lady.
"And we know that all thinks work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose," Romans 8:28.
Past Events:
- January 25 - Musicians Appreciation Day - Saturday, 7pm
February 27, 2025 - The cross on Calvary’s hill was already casting its shadow over Jesus and he had just finished eating the Passover with the twelve. Sitting there at the table, he told them that one of them was going to betray him. He told them he was only going to be with them a little while and then he told them how they were to love. He said, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
Yet, even though Jesus tells us to love one another, if we are honest, most of us don’t really want to love. We would much rather be loved. We are always looking for someone we can go to in times of trouble. Someone who will listen to us, someone who will care and comfort us. We want to be loved.
We like to go to other people, but when they come to us do we find them to be something of a nuisance? We like for others to care for us and comfort us in times of trouble but do we find it a bother when others want us to care and comfort them in times of trial?
If we are honest, most of us will have to admit that we like the privilege of being loved but find the duty of loving others to be disturbing. If we want to please the Lord, we must learn to love as Jesus did. It’s not optional.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Come join us for worship at Center Church of Christ or online at www.centerchurchofchrist.com
February 26, 2025 - East Texas Food Bank (ETFB) Mobile Pantry with fresh produce will be in the parking lot of First Baptist Church in Center, 117 Cora Street from 4pm until 5:30pm this Friday, February 28, 2025.
The Mobile Pantry is held the fourth Friday of each month. The drive-through Mobile Pantry is open to anyone needing food and there are no ID requirements.
February 24, 2025 - St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its 32nd Pastor and Wife Appreciation Service for Pastor, Freddie D. Wilson and wife, Sister Lula Wilson on Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 3pm. Guest speaker will be Pastor Brian Wilson, Unity of Faith Baptist Church, 272 E. 78th Street, Shreveport, Louisiana.
February 24, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, February 24.
Have you ever heard of the Battle of Los Angeles? It occurred on February 24, 1942, during World War II. On that night, LA was under a black-out, air raid sirens were wailing, and over 1400 artillery shells were fired at the enemy.
The enemy, it turned out, was a weather balloon.
February of 1942 was a time of great fear in the United States. The Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor just three months before. Rumors and misinformation were running rampant in the media and throughout the population. The same week that this “battle” happened, President Roosevelt signed an executive order allowing authorities to round up 120,000 Japanese-Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, sending them to internment camps. They spent the next three years surrounded by barbed wire and guard dogs, and many of them lost their homes, their businesses, their health.
Fear can foster great panic, can give new life to old prejudices, can lead to poor decisions. As human beings, as Americans, as children of God, we can find peace and justice and wisdom. And we can find hope in 2 Timothy 1:7. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
February 19, 2025 - Everyone is invited to join First Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ in an indoor Prayer Walk.
First Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ is located at 480 FM 2026, Center, TX.
The prayer walk will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 19 - 21, 2025 at 6:30pm.
All are welcome to visit 12 stations of prayer.
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