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March 10, 2017 - Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University© is coming to Center, Texas and is presented by Heritage Baptist Church of Center.
It is nine-week money class where you will learn to pay off debt, overcome your fear of budgeting, and create a savings plan to replace retirement worries with financial peace. More than 4.5 million people have changed their futures with Financial Peace University©. You can too!
The classes will be held at Sassy Red's Bakery, 1000 Tenaha Street, Center, Texas starting Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 7pm. For more information, contact Roy Davis by email at roydavis1953@sbcglobal.net or phone 936-598-2447.
March 8, 2017 - The Wallace Chapel Baptist Church Family cordially invite you to our Pastor and First Lady "Appreciation Services."
Pastor Derrick and First Lady Shaneeta Rhodes. Sunday, March 12, 2017 starting at 3pm. Wallace Chapel Baptist Church 108 South Marcus Street Timpson, Texas 75975 Reverend Derrick Rhodes, Pastor.
Guest Speaker: Rev. Charleston Johnson, Pastor of First SMyrna United Missionary Baptist Church Timpson, Texas 75975.
March 8, 2017 - Huxley Helping Hands, a local mission group from the Huxley community, are holding a food pantry for the residents of Shelby County on March 11, 2017 from 9am until food is gone at Hillcrest Baptist Church.
It is held the second Saturday of March 2017. Identification and proof of residence is required and only (1) box per household. Hillcrest Baptist Church is located at 901 Southview Circle, Center, Texas.
March 7, 2017 - We are told today that truth is whatever we believe, that there is no absolute truth, only the truth of our thoughts. That truth is whatever we wish to make of it. Do not believe this for it is the great untruth, attempting to make humanity turn from the real truth of God to this great untruth.
Don't be like those described by the Lord in Hosea; "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6)
Go and find the truth of God so you won't be destroyed by the great untruth of this world...
"So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32)
The truth is; God's Word the truth of Jesus Christ is the truth that sets us free.
Free from the penalty of sin, free from the world, free at last from the great untruth.
Jesus asked the Father for help for his own. "Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth." (John 17:17)
This word sanctify means; "to purify or free from sin", so Jesus asked Father God to purify his own, to make those who believe in him, free from sin. Amen... That is the truth of salvation, to be made free from sin, to be set aside for the Lord himself, to be prepared for the great marriage feast in heaven. That is the absolute truth of the gospel of Christ...
When one is saved, the truth overcomes him by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who then speaks truth to that person every day. Jesus tells us of this.
"When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you." (John 16:13-15)
Do you now see the truth?
That once saved, once you accept Jesus Christ as Lord of all, then you, by the Holy Spirit of God, are given the keys to the kingdom of God, forever... That every saved person then becomes a joint heir, with the Lord Jesus, to the kingdom of God. Glory, glory, glory... Blessed be the name of the Lord...
Folks, this gift is free, it cannot be earned by works, it cannot be bought, even by all of the wealth in the entire world, it can only be gained by faith in the Lord Jesus as Lord and Master of all. There is no other truth, there is no other way to salvation, for Jesus said; "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)
Come to him today, wherever you are today, step up and ask Jesus to save you, just tell him; "Jesus, I am a sinner, I believe that you died on the cross for my sins and I believe that the Father raised you from the dead and I believe that you live today at the right hand of God. Please save me! If you can make this plea with a true heart, with true belief, then you will be saved...
May the Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face to shine upon you this day...
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March 6, 2017 - House of Refuge Apostolic Ministries Annual "Founder's Day Program" on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 3pm will be honoring Apostle William E Nash. The theme will be "Year of the Rise" with guest speaker, Pastor Alicia Hives, Taylor of the True Deliverance Worship Center, Mansfield, LA. Please come out and celebrate with us.
“A little leaven leavens the whole lump…” I Cor. 5:6
March 6, 2017 - Today I visited my friends Claude and Bonnie Lucas who live in the Short community near Center, Texas. The last time I visited them, their two dogs (one small and one medium sized) snapped at my heels on my arrival and departure. When I called Bonnie this morning and asked her about the dogs, she said she’d take care of them.
Boy, was I surprised! As I sat down, the larger dog walked in, wagged her tail and licked my hand. When I asked Bonnie what changed the dog’s attitude, she replied, “Oh, she does okay if the little dog’s not around.” “It’s the little one’s snapping that gets this one snapping”. I actually enjoyed the dog’s company today.
Their little dog reminds me of some people. I remember a lady church member in Amarillo who was always mad and kept her lady friends mad, too. Meeting them on Sunday morning became a real dread to me. When the Lead Barker moved to Kansas, the other ladies did a complete about face. Hey, they were fun to be around!!
“Snappers” aren’t happy till they get others to snap with them. These rabble rousers come in all ages, shapes and sizes.
They’re not all women, either!
March 3, 2017 - St. Therese Catholic Church has many used desk and filing cabinets for sale at the church hall.
This sale will be 8am until sold out Saturday, March 4.
March 3, 2017 - Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ is hosting Annual Spring Revival March 15 — 18, 2017, Wednesday thru Friday, at 7pm with Shepherd, Elder LaKendrick Bluford.
The theme of the revival is Weapons of Warfare Revival, W.O.W.
The Shepherd and Members cordially invite you to our annual revival hosted by Elder Lakendrick and First Lady Denesha Bluford. Come and experience the power of God.
- Wednesday night — Pastor John L. Taylor III of Rock Hill M. B. Church, Tyler, TX
- Thursday night — Prophetess Lydia Osby of Morning Glory Worship, Center, TX
- Friday night — Bishop Stanley Lawson of Unity Tabernacle House of Faith, Longview, TX
- Saturday night — Elder Dwight Gatlin of St. Peter COGIC, Logansport, LA
2 Corinthians 10:4 — For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds
Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ is located on Hwy 87 South, Shelbyville, Texas.
March 2, 2017 (Event Flyer) - St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Center is hosting a Family and Friends Day Program - War Room Ready… Put Your War Clothes On!
The theme of the day is “The Battle is the Lords” from the scripture of Ephesians 6:10-20. Special guest is Rev. Roderick Kirkendall, Pastor of St. Luke Baptist Church, Logansport, Louisiana.
The church and Rev. Winston Kibbles, Pastor, invite all of our family and friends to come celebrate with us on April 2, 2017 at 2:30pm
March 1, 2017 - Everybody is in a hurry. We eat at our desk at work, while driving down the road, I've even seen people eating while they walk. We are constantly on the phone either texting, talking, or checking social media. We have microwaves to cook our food faster, cars and planes to get places faster, the internet to get information faster, everything is about doing more in less time. I read a recent study that stated that no other time in history have we had more things to make our lives easier and faster, and yet we have less free time than at any time in history. We try and cram more "stuff" in less time.
There is a song by the group Alabama whose lyrics go like this; "I am in a hurry to get things done. I rush and rush until life's no fun. All I really have to do is live and die. I'm in a hurry and don't know why." The truth of the matter is that we do seem to stress ourselves out trying to get more things done in a day. We even transfer that stress to our children. If we don't have enough to do, we try and fill our children's life up with stress by enrolling them into every sport, cheer-leading, after school activity that there is and expect them to perform at their highest level at all of them. There's no wonder that the rate of teen suicide is at an all time high. There are more children as well as adults on antidepressants and anti anxiety medicines than anytime in history. More and more do I see children and adults coming into my office for stress related illnesses. Stomach ailments, hypertension, anxiety, depression, headaches, heart disease, obesity, and yes even some cancers can be attributed to or worsened by stress. Increased stress steals our joy and health and can cause us to drift from God. News Flash! You don't have to do everything!
In Psalms 46: 10 God says, "Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
We need to learn to be still. God wants us to step back every once and a while and just rest in Him. Jesus tells us in Matthew 11: 29-30, "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." God wants us to be happy and stress free, content with our lives.
So now I know the question your going to ask. "How can I find relaxation in my hectic day?" Well I am glad you asked. I have a prescription for you to try. First, put down your phone. Turn off the TV and the radio. Find a quiet place and take three deep breaths. Then second, if you will take just 10 minutes a day and sit still, read aloud these three passages it can change your stress level and your life. Recite Psalms 23, Psalms 91, Matthew 6: 25-34 and make them personal. I promise it will change your life.
Don't take my word for it. Try it! Slow down and let God remove the stress from your life.
I'm just sayin,
Mike Belgard
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