The Encourager - Front Royal Church of Christhave a spare or the "doughnut" for those - just in case- times. "A woman at the Maga Mall entrance was passing out flyers to all the women

The Encourager

Church of Christ

140 West 15th Street

Front Royal Virginia 22630

540 635 2613

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October 29, 2017

Sunday Service’s

Bible class 10:00 am

Worship 11:00 am

Evening 6:00 pm

Tuesday Ladies Class

11:00 am

Wednesday Service

7:00 pm

Personal Bible Study

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Correspondence

In Home

RSW Jail Ministry

Correspondence

2nd & 4th In House

Food Pantry

By Appointment

Minister

Stephen Smith

540-635-2613

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Proverbs 2:1-5

K__________________ Romans 11:32-36 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, 7

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Romans 14:22 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Hebrews 11:1

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1 John 5.13-15 James 2:18-21

Steve’s Stuff

There is an old story told about barnyard animals who were all excited about which one the farmer would choose to have to breakfast.

As we listen in to the conversation between the Hen and the pig. The Hen: “I hope the farmer picks me. I can’t wait to have breakfast with him and his family.”

The Pig: “Well of course you would say that. For you it is only an egg donation for me it is a total commitment.”

While the story has a humorous side, the real point of the story is the depth of commitment .

Commitment – an act of com-mitting to a charge or trust: 2:an agreement or pledge to do 3:an engagement to assume a financial obligation 4:something pledged

Commitment is one of those words who's meaning has gotten lost in the busy world of today. It is like “Coke” it can mean Pepsi, RC or any other Cola type drink.

The “Commitment” made in marriage, “Till death us do part” seems now to mean till I find something or someone else.

Commitment to the Lord once was “remain faithful unto death” now seems to mean if the journey is

how, when and where I want.

Commitment is seldom a matter of convenience. The covenant bond we have made with the Lord is binding every day of our lives. One cannot simply set it aside when a better or more enjoyable offer comes along.

Revelation 2:5 "Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent.

In Need of Our Prayers & Our Benevolence

Cancer Diagnosis

Blaine Tewalt

Nancy Barnes,

Ryan Denharat,

Sandy Holzhauser

Vita Torres

Viola Menefee

Jeff Pingley

Betty Martin

Wendy Willoughby

Elaine Appleton

Robert Jenkins

Ongoing Concerns

Bobby Jo Henderson, Pop

Funk, Kenny Henderson

Jr., Ruth Martin, Hazel

Clark, Ruth Brooks,

Our missionaries,

Scott McCool,

Sharon Jenkins, Richy E. ,

Sharon Derflinger, Gloria

& Carson Van Arsdall,

Jamie Shell, Linda York,

Tim Tewalt, Tim Gunter,

Doug Ritenour, Marty

Jones, Jamie James, John

Taylor, Kim Wines, Jared

Hill, Jeffery Kerns, Gary

May, Ron Parks,

Miranda & children,

Irene Alger, Lisa Settle

Military & First Responders

Scott McCool,

Gloria Van Arsdall room # has

changed to: 127a @

Brookside.

Hazel Clark

The Fallen: all who have fallen

away from the Lord.

Our nation and lawmakers

The Prison Ministry

Prayers for: a successful

Marriage Seminar.

Our Homebound

Larry & Audrey Herring

John Woodall

Names On This Page Will Periodically be Removed. Please Keep Tenia

Informed as to there Condition & or Status

Those recovering from the hurricanes, fires,

earthquakes.

The Cracked Acorn

Beware October 29 , 2017

c.r. van arsdall

The other day I saw an old tire tossed off to the side of the road. The sight of the old "crusader" took me back to my childhood when I spent summer days swinging from such a relic.

My father owned a '54 car that literally ate up tires. It was after the war and quality was not yet a big thing. We waged a battle against our country gravel road and the tire replacement people. Those were the days when you could dismount a tire, put a patch inside and inflate. We became so good at it that we forgot one time and sealed up a pair of fencing pliers. That tire developed a severe thump and went flat. Good used tires could be recapped maybe once or twice. My college 1949 Chevrolet had one tire that was recapped three times. High-ways improved and speed limits were raised and cars could go faster. The need for better and better tires were demanded and the day of flat tires have greatly passed away. All cars today still have a spare or the "doughnut" for those - just in case- times.

"A woman at the Maga Mall entrance was passing out flyers to all the women going in. The flyer relat-ed an experience that she had outside the Mall.

The previous day, this woman had finished shopping, went out to her car and discovered she had a flat. She got the jack out and began to change the tire. A

nice man in a business suit came by and offered his help. He changed the tire for her and put the jack back into the trunk. She thanked him and was about to drive away. He asked her if she could give him a lift to the other side of the mall where his car was. She thought she couldn't refuse and said she would give him a lift. She suddenly remembered that he had put his briefcase into the trunk along with the jack. She told him that he would have to wait a few mo-

ments that there was still an item she had to purchase in the mall.

She hurried into the mall and told a securi-ty guard what had happened; the guard went with her to the car but the man had left. They opened the trunk, took out his locked briefcase. At the police station, the briefcase was opened hoping to find the man's address and return his nice brief-

case. What they found was rope, duct tape and knives. The police checked her "flat" tire, there was nothing wrong with it; the air had been let out. It was obvious that the man had a well thought out plan. She had not gone against her judgement and had escaped harm." from Kreeti.com

The Lord will find a way to put purpose into our lives and to do that He has sent His only Son who was treated like that old tire - just thrown off to the side of the road

1 Peter 5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for

you.

Bill Adams David Born AM

Jacob Lichliter Tim Tewalt PM

Peter Diaz

Mike McCool

Mark Your Calendar’s

& Check Bulletin Boards

November—4th Sewing class

finishing class. Led by Vickie Petrow.

Brown Bag Lunch

Bill Adams is collecting

coats for the VFW. Men's &

Women's sizes, please

donate clean serviceable coats by

November 5th. Thank you.

November—11th China Painting

class. Has been cancelled.

November—18th Teachers Meeting.

More details later.

December —9th

Ornament Exchange.

At Jane McCool’s house.

More details later.

Thanks goes to all those that

stepped up and helped with

teaching Tuesday Ladies Bible class

and Sunday children's classes and

puppet show, while Tenia was gone.

Find this and tell Tenia.

During the Marriage Seminar

Finger Foods &

Desserts Only afterwards

Serving Today Song Service

The Derflingers, Danny & Sharon, 27th

Susan Clark 6, Gloria Van Arsdall, 8

Brooke Callaway 19, Tenia Smith 23,

Marion Lozier 30

Last weeks puzzles answers

1 Kings 9 BSGFAA Lesson 170 God’s Agreement with Solomon Solomon

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Bible Quiz:

1. Describe the feelings of Isaac and Rebekah over Esau’s marriage. Genesis 26:34-35

2. Why did Joseph beg the brothers not to feel grief for having sold him? Genesis 45: 5

4. The reign of Solomon is described as a time of (a) war or (b) peace? 1 Kings 4: 24

5. Describe the borders of Solomon’s kingdom. 1 King 4: 21

6. How many stories high did Solomon build God’s house? How many years did it take Solomon to build God’s house? 1 Kings 6:6, 8, 38

7. Was gold used in the construction of God’s house? Describe the wing-span of the two cherubim which Solomon had built for the inner sanctuary. 1 Kings 6:21, 27 - 28

8. For whom did Solomon build a special house? 1 Kings 7: 8

9. (yes or no) Were saws used during the time of Solomon? 1 Kings 7:9

10. Those whom Solomon called to assemble when the ark of God was brought to God’s new house did not include (a) the elders, (b) the heads of the tribes, (c) the leaders of the fathers of the households, or (d) all the people. 1 Kings 8:1

11. Who originated the idea of building a permanent house for God? 1 Kings 8:16-19

Additional Scriptures:

1. God hears prayers. —Psalm 66:19-20; Matthew 7: 7; 21: 22; James 5:16

2. God appeared to Solomon at Gibeon. —1 Kings 3: 5

3. The Israelites did not follow God.—Jeremiah 7: 8-14; 40:3; 44:23

4. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed the temple and carried the people into captivity.—2 King 25: 8-12

5. God’s promise concerning faithfulness of David’s descendants—2 Samuel 7:12, 16

6. On Israel becoming a “byword”—Jeremiah 24: 9

According to the Dictionary:

1. Cabul—means good for nothing.

2. Who were the Amorites, Hitties, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites?

3. Ophir—a nation famous for their gold, perhaps located in southwest Arabia, India or even Africa

4. Millo—was part of the defense system in Jerusalem.

5. Talent—a weight of about 75 pounds

Questions:

1. What did God say concerning prayer? 1 Kings 9: 3

2. When God spoke to Solomon how long did He say He would establish the throne of Solomon over Israel? 1 Kings 9: 4-5

3. Under what conditions did God tell Solomon that He would allow the house of God to become “a heap of ruins?” 1 Kings 9: 6-8

4. (yes or no) Was Hiram, king of Tyre, pleased with Solomon’s gift of twenty cities? 1 Kings 9:10-13

5. Solomon did not use forced labors to build (a) museum, (b) God’s house, (c) himself a house, or (d) the walls of Jerusalem. 1 Kings 9: 15

6. Solomon did not have (a) chariots, (b) horses, (c) camels or (d) ships. 1 Kings 9: 19, 26

7. Solomon made slaves of the (a) sons of Israel or (b) the people of the land not totally conquered. 1 Kings 9:20-22

Application: on God hears our prayers—1 Kings 9:3a

1 Kings 10 BSGFAA Lesson 171

Foreigners Came to Observe Solomon’s Wisdom

Solomon 8

Bible Quiz:

1. To whom did Isaac give the blessing? What was Isaac’s reaction when he realized he had been tricked? Genesis 27: 27-30, 33

2. What promise did God make Jacob concerning him and his family’s going to Egypt? Genesis 46: 3-4

3. Who wrote the New Testament book of Acts?

4. Under what conditions did God say He would keep His promises to David and Solomon? 1 Kings 6: 12– 13

5. Not included among the ornaments on the temple which Solomon built was (a) pomegranates, (b) oxen, (c) roses, (d) wheels 1 Kings 7: 20, 25, 29-30

6. Huram made the utensils for God’s house out of _______. The furniture placed in the house of God was made of _______. 1 Kings 7: 45, 48

7. What promise, that God had promised David, did Solomon pray to God to keep? 1 Kings 8: 25

8. How did Solomon define ”repent?” 1 Kings 8: 46-48

9. When God spoke to Solomon how long did He say He would establish the throne of Solomon over Israel? 1 Kings 9: 4-5

10. Under what conditions did God tell Solomon that He would allow the house of God to become “a heap of ruins?” 1 Kings 9: 6-8

Additional Scriptures:

1. One’s heart condition toward God—John 5: 41-44; 2 Timothy 2:22

2. Jesus spoke of the Queen of Sheba—Matthew 12: 42

3. Instructions not to acquire horses—Deuteronomy 17:16

4. Comparison of the kingdom of heaven to a jewel—Matthew 13: 45-46

According to the Dictionary:

1. Ophir—a nation famous for their gold, perhaps located in southwest Arabia, India, or even Africa.

2. Who were the Arabs, Arameans, and Hittites? —Noah’s descendants sons, Japheth, Shem, Ham

Questions:

1. Why did the Queen of Sheba come to visit Solomon? How did she test Solomon? 1Kings 10: 1

2. What was the impression of the Queen of Sheba concerning Solomon's wisdom and his kingdom? 1 King 10: 6-7

3. The Queen of Sheba did not give Solomon (a) gold, (b) spices, (c) precious stones, or (d) camels. 1 Kings 10:10

4. Solomon did not make (a) supports for the house of the Lord, (b) organs, © lyres , or (d) harps from the Almug trees. 1 Kings 10: 12

5. Solomon made 500 shields of _______. Where did Solomon keep the shields? 1 Kings 10: 16-17

6. How valuable was silver during the days of Solomon? 1 Kings 10: 21

7. What kinds of gifts did other people bring Solomon when they came to hear his wisdom? 1 Kings 10: 24-25

Application: on having a godly reputation—1 Kings 10:1