Morning Worship February 25, 2018 Pastor — Allan Lane Organ --- Alva Lou Schottel Worship Leader — Don Beavers Piano — Marcia Hart As you enter for worship, please silence your cell phones. (CCLI permit # 424692 covers all copyright song lyrics) Worship Prayer Allan Lane Welcome and Fellowship Allan/People Hymn # 247 Come, Thou Almighty King Don/People Responsive Reading #237 God the Holy Spirit Allan/People Hymn # 243 Sweet, Sweet Spirit Don/People Hymn # 238 Breathe On Me Don/People Chorus # 244 Spirit of the Living God Don/People Offering Prayer John Lewis Tithes and Offerings People Offering Music Marcia Hart Children’s Worship (Children are dismissed) Scripture Reading 1 Peter 4:7-19 Allan/People Message “Living Beyond Suffering” Allan Lane Hymn # 325 Whiter Than Snow Don/People Prayer Concerns Allan/People Chorus # 23 God Is So Good Don/People Living Beyond Suffering 1 Peter 4:7-19 We cannot avoid suffering, but we can honor the Lord in spite of suffering. God wants us not only to endure it but to overcome it. 1. Foster Positive Relationships . (4:7-11) a. Pray passionately . It’s been said that the greatest need of our day in our church life is more prayer. In 1 Peter 4:7 one translation of those closing words is, "BE SOBER UNTO PRAYER." The word translated "be sober" means to be "calm and collected in spirit." Prayer is of great importance. Prayer demands concentration and focus. Prayer has purpose (Colossians 4:2). Devotion or being steadfast means we must maintain continuous attention to prayer. Prayer is the business of the church (Romans 15:30). One translation says "strive together." Prayer is not a solo event. Prayer invites community together. We must set apart time for prayer. Prepare for prayer. Be thankful at all times. Pray for others and pray with others. b. Love others deeply .
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Morning Worship February 25, 2018
Pastor — Allan Lane Organ --- Alva Lou Schottel Worship Leader — Don Beavers Piano — Marcia Hart
As you enter for worship, please silence your cell phones. (CCLI permit # 424692 covers all copyright song lyrics)
Worship Prayer Allan Lane
Welcome and Fellowship Allan/People
Hymn # 247 Come, Thou Almighty King Don/People
Responsive Reading #237 God the Holy Spirit Allan/People
Hymn # 243 Sweet, Sweet Spirit Don/People
Hymn # 238 Breathe On Me Don/People
Chorus # 244 Spirit of the Living God Don/People
Offering Prayer John Lewis
Tithes and Offerings People
Offering Music Marcia Hart
Children’s Worship (Children are dismissed)
Scripture Reading 1 Peter 4:7-19 Allan/People
Message “Living Beyond Suffering” Allan Lane
Hymn # 325 Whiter Than Snow Don/People
Prayer Concerns Allan/People
Chorus # 23 God Is So Good Don/People
Living Beyond Suffering 1 Peter 4:7-19
We cannot avoid suffering, but we can honor the Lord in spite of suffering. God
wants us not only to endure it but to overcome it.
1. Foster Positive Relationships . (4:7-11) a. Pray passionately .
It’s been said that the greatest need of our day in our church life is more prayer. In 1 Peter 4:7 one translation of those closing words is, "BE SOBER UNTO PRAYER." The word translated "be sober" means to be "calm and collected in spirit."
Prayer is of great importance. Prayer demands concentration and focus. Prayer has purpose (Colossians 4:2). Devotion or being steadfast means we must maintain
continuous attention to prayer. Prayer is the business of the church (Romans 15:30). One translation says "strive together." Prayer is not a solo event. Prayer invites community together. We must set apart time for prayer. Prepare for prayer. Be
thankful at all times. Pray for others and pray with others. b. Love others deeply .
c. Serve others generously . d. Speak to others graciously .
These sound more like using your spiritual gifts than anything else. Our best example for challenging people to use their spiritual gifts is to encourage them to be
willing to give their loaves and fish or their gifts. Every Christian has a gift. Every Christian has at least one gift they can use in the Church and God’s Kingdom (Ephesians 4:7-13). When you invited Jesus into your
heart, He brought with Him the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit brought with Him at least one gift you can use for God’s Kingdom (1Corinthians 12:4-11). These are for the
building up of the body of the Church. There’s something every Christian can do in God's Church and His Kingdom. No gift is to be valued or honored above another. The greater gifts are no more
important than the so called lesser gifts. One who teaches or preaches is no more important than the one who unlocks the doors ever Sunday or the one who cleans the
rest room. The Apostle Paul compares the Church to the human body (1 Corinthians 12:14ff). For example, everybody wants to be the face. But who wants to be the big toe? They
might be ugly, but try walking without one. It’s there to benefit the body. Not many of us are using our gifts. Twenty percent of membership does eighty
percent of the work in most churches. Some of you walked down the aisle and gave the preacher your hand and Jesus your heart. Then the preacher said, “have a seat’
and there you sat for fifteen or twenty years. You’ve never done one thing for Kingdom of God. Others of you were once giving your gifts, you were working in God’s Kingdom, but
you got your little feelings hurt, so you quit (John 6:9). Shame on you too! If you are in God’s Work to be appreciated, get out right now. Remember: they crucified our
Master. Sometimes older folks say, “I’ve aged out. Let the younger folks do it.” While it would be a great idea if we could “graduate” from serving, I just can’t find anything in
the Bible about aging out. Can you tell where that text is? When the Lord gets through with us, He’ll take us home!
What happens when we don't use our gifts? We grieve the Holy Spirit. Suppose you had a friend who brought you a gift every time she came to your home for a visit. The kid in me would get all excited when I learned that she's coming. You couldn’t
wait to see what she was bringing. Suppose then that she came to visit one day and happened to open your closet door, and there were all the gifts she had given you still
in the boxes. You had never opened or used even the first one. Surely she would be hurt to know that you were not using what she had given you. We grieve Holy Spirit when we fail to use His gifts.
Stop forcing others to carry your load. Stop being dead weight to the body. If one of my arms would become useless, if for some reason, it refused to do what it is made
to do then it becomes a dead weight to my body. Now, I still would not want my arm removed, for there would always be that hope I might regain its use. Most churches are carrying a lot of dead weight.
Are you using your gifts? Listen, this Church will not be able to minister like it should, unless everyone uses their gifts the way God asks.
2. Follow Jesus’ Example . (4:12-14) a. Recognize suffering is normal. b. Rejoice for sharing.
c. Ridicule is blessing. When God wants to drill a man,
And thrill a man, And skill a man To play the noblest part;
When He yearns with all His heart To create so great and bold a man That all the world will be amazed,
Watch His methods, watch His ways! How He ruthlessly perfects
Whom He royally elects! How He hammers him and hurts him, And with mighty blows converts him
Into trial shapes of clay which Only God understands; While his tortured heart is crying
And he lifts his beseeching hands! How He bends but never breaks When his good he undertakes;
How He uses whom He chooses, And with every purpose fuses him;
By every act induces him To try his splendor out
-- God knows what he's about. (by Angela Morgan as adapted by Paul Billheimer in "Don't Waste Your Sorrows")
3. Forsake Sin . (4:15-19) a. Suffer for righteousness , not wickedness.
b. Face judgment with confidence, not fear. c. Be saved , not sorry.
Conclusion: Hudson Taylor, great English preacher and missionary to China, was going through
a difficult personal testing. At the height of the struggle, he responded to it with these words: “It doesn’t matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the
pressure lies. Does it come between me and God or does it press me closer to His heart?” How good and calming it is to reassure ourselves in times of trial. God is faithful
and always has been and will be to His people. When trials come, remind yourself to do what is right and take refuge in God. The trial of our faith today is the assurance of
glory when Christ returns. It was the Lord’s experience and it is ours when we follow Him. Where do you find your hope today? 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 reminds us that in our weakness He is made strong. 1 John 4:4 reminds us that “Greater is He that is in
me than he that is in the world.”
Greater Is He That Is In You!
“That’s Where He Is” By now you know Evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham passed away this past Wednesday
morning at his home in North Carolina at age 99. The website www.onenewsnow.com asked
Weekly Budget ……. $ 2,286.39 Offering Received … $ 1,011.07 Long Family-January.… $ 100.00
Offering Received by Mail:
March Counting Team:.
Bill Schottel and Mike Green
March Van Driver: George Burgess Remember to call 232-3747 before 8 am if you need a ride.
March Member Birthdays:
01...Ken Nice 05...Sharon Yarbrough 13...Tim Ford
16... Don Sharp 16... Aleana Lane 20... Betty Campbell 27... Jim Winans
March Anniversaries
Fred and Linda Kerns March 14, 1969
Prayer Requests … Those with illnesses Donna Dunn—recovery and treatment Jack and Flo Conard Katie McIntosh—surgery recovery (Dillon Burgess’s girlfriend) LoLeta Middleton Peggy & Gary Fewins—Peggy’s health Rick and Mary Bruntmeyer Brigida Winans—scooter free! Arlette Duty—carpal tunnel Gina Harr—recovery and strength Don Beavers—heart and health Curtis Conard—recovery Emily Jones & baby Liam Cynthia Burdick—cancer recovery Karissa and Matt Long and family The Waters Family—guidance Stephanie & Jason Terpack Shawna Hughes—home isolation Larry Danner—cancer Rosella Davis—Flo Conard’s sister Mary Sharp’s brother-in-law Jim Bill Clinton—Don and Mae’s son Lisa Bowers—Jack and Flo’s daughter LoLeta Middleton—strength Elvera’s daughter & daughter-in-law Zella Davis —Doris Richardson’s sister Rev. A. B. Brown Betty Campbell George Ferbert Kevin Duty Ellen Blanton Lois Ulmer Jim Winans Nellie Reynolds Madeline Swink Ann Riddle Kathryn Beavers Keon McKahan Jozy Winans Kenny Duty Pat Means Buddy Means Bill & Juanita Debbie Sands Pat Puckett Judy Anderson Brenda Burgess Roscoe Lane Carolyn Houts Tim Izer Nickolay Nazaruk, Peski 2 Church David and Deborah Grace Our Nation and Leaders