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March 11, 2024 - On behalf of the McWilliams-Rather Cemetery Association we invite you to attend and participate in our Fundraising Drive and Annual Meeting to be held on Saturday, March 23rd at 4:30pm at Todd Spring Baptist Church. Please note the change in day from Sunday to Saturday. We need your involvement to continue to maintain the resting places of our family members for the upcoming year. The Association has enjoyed many years of support from the community and beyond, and we need that support to continue.
March 11, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Monday, March 11.
Isn't it a wonderful season right now? The season of wildflowers, sunlit evenings, St. Patrick's Day, Easter Sunday? Well, there's another season happening, too - the Celebrity Awards season. Every other weekend we get another one - the Emmys, the Tonys, the Grammys, the Golden Globes, just to name a few. And last night, the biggest one of all, the Academy Awards, the Oscars.
Celebrities are notoriously needy of lots of ego gratification. One would think that making millions of dollars would be enough. But every few days every spring, they give each other awards, little statues, and standing ovations. Must be nice.
I was reminded of two scripture passages that passed my way yesterday. Our broadcast Sunday School class was studying the message of Jesus in Luke 6 called The Sermon on the Plain. In that message Christ tells His children to "rejoice and jump for joy, for great is your reward in heaven!". And then our pastor preached from Revelation 3, where God promises that those who remain faithful will be made pillars in His temple in the New Jerusalem.
So, we common folk may not receive trophies and standing ovations every day, but we can rejoice that we have a Father in heaven who sees us, who knows us, and who loves us.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
March 8, 2024 - Bright Morning Star Baptist Church is hosting Pastor and Wife 5th Anniversary celebration at 2:30pm on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The Honorees are Pastor Anthony and First Lady Renae Jackson. Guest speaker is Tory Barnes, Pastor at Roberts Baptist Church, San Augustine, Texas.
All I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will freed you with knowledge and understanding. - Jeremiah 3:15
March 7, 2024 - Please come by Friday morning, March 8th at 9am for a dedication and to pray over the thrift store and food bank that God will bless and fulfill our community’s needs. We will also pray that God will provide volunteers and lead them in the way to show kindness and love for all that comes through and needs help from this organization.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. - Romans 12:1
The food bank is located across from First Baptist Church, 715 N. Second St., Timpson, TX 75975! Thank you for supporting and loving Timpson Texas!
March 7, 2024 - Have you ever taken notice of the importance of prayer in the life of Jesus? He began His earthly ministry in prayer (Luke 3:21). He continued in prayer and ended in prayer (Luke 23:34). The Heavenly ministry of Jesus was begun in prayer (John 14:16) and is now continued in prayer (Hebrews 7:25)
The disciples said, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). Prayer is more important than rest, for we read, “in the morning, a great while before day, He rose up and went out into a desert place and there prayed” (Mark 1:35). Prayer was more important in securing workers than either money or machinery, for Jesus said, “Pray the Lord of Harvest that He sent forth laborers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:38).
It pains me to find someone here and there who feels that the only answer we receive to our prayers is the satisfaction of praying. I believe with all my heart that God does something in answer to prayer that he would not do if I did not pray. There just isn’t any end to the things that may be accomplished by prayer.
There is absolutely no limit to the power of God. Jesus said, “Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened.” Never discount the power of prayer. Pray and pray often.
It’s something to think about. . . TBP
March 6, 2024 – Abundant Love Ministries will celebrate our 15th Annual Church's Anniversary, Sunday, March 24th at 2pm. Pastor Norris Cloudy of Divine Faith Tabernacle, Houston Texas will be our guest minister. ALM Sunday school and regularly scheduled noonday service are cancelled for the day.
You are welcomed and invited to join us in celebration of this milestone anniversary, in addition to any of our other regularly scheduled weekly services.
Abundant Love Ministries is located at 1426 Shelbyville Street, Center, Texas 75935.
March 6, 2024 – The St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church located at 617 Hopkins Street, Center, Texas will be honoring our Pastor Dr. Freddie D. Wilson and First Lady Sister Lula Wilson for 31 years of service, on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 3pm. The speaker will be Pastor Timothy Teel of the Bell Chapel Baptist Church, San Augustine, Texas. Everyone is invite to celebrate and worship with us.
“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Deuteronomy 10:19
“These things I command you, that ye love one another.” John 15:17
March 4, 2024 - “I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn't like” was a famous quote by Will Rogers. And as much as I admire Will Rogers, I never understood why this quote is so widely admired. I‘ve never read a scripture that reads, “Thou shalt like thy neighbor.”
Every neighbor we have is an eternal soul and will live forever… somewhere. Saying I don’t love someone is like saying I don’t care where they go when they die. When there was nothing to like about us, Jesus loved us enough to die for us. And all who truly love God love their fellow man, too.
But unlike Will Rogers, I’ve met folks I didn’t like and there have been times that I didn’t even like myself. When my habits and disposition aren’t noble, I don’t expect to be liked.
We can’t like everyone – and it’s silly to try. But we can love and be kind to everyone…
… especially those who are not likable.
March 1, 2024 - Bright Morning Star Baptist Church invites you to our Pastor, Anthony and Wife, Aretha Jackson’s, 5th anniversary service on Sunday, March 10th at 2:30pm.
Our guests will be Rev. Tory Barnes, Co-Pastor of Roberts Baptist Church of San Augustine Texas.
March 1, 2024 - According to the teachings of Jesus, every person is going through one of two gates. Either they are choosing to enter the narrow gate and the narrow way or they are choosing the broad way which leads through the broad gate.
Of course, these two ideas represent two ways of life. One represents the way of good while the other represents the way of evil. The thought taught by Jesus in Matthew 7 is that more people will follow the easy, popular way of life than the one prescribed in the scriptures.
This teaching is harmonious with another of the teachings of Jesus in Matthew 22:14. Here he says, “For many shall be called, but few chosen.” That indicates that there will be only a few people comparatively speaking, interested in the Lord’s way enough to follow it and be saved. Jesus puts it this way, “Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat. Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
Jesus is warning folds to be careful how they live. Many people, thinking they are on the narrow path, might be surprised to find themselves on the broad way. Jesus wants everyone to be saved, but He must have their cooperation in living His kind of life, and living it His way. Are you living for Jesus, and living life His way?
It’s something to think about... tbp
Join Us for Worship this coming Lord’s Day at Center Church of Christ or online at www.centerchurchofchrist.com.
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