It's All About Life (Jan 23, 2012)
The Lord blessed with a tremendous Lord's Day on National Right to Life Sunday. What a thrill it was to see seven precious families dedicate their children to the Lord. God gave liberty as I preached on the sanctity of life. You can listen to the message by logging on to our website. Each family pictured below has a unique story surrounding the birth of the child that they hold in their arms. It is a joy to be part of a church family that is committed to the sanctity of life!
Missionary David Adkins was also with us yesterday. David preached a tremendous message on Peter's journey of faith upon the stormy sea of Galilee. It was an instant classic. He also reported on the work that God has used him to accomplish in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada. We praise the Lord for His hand being on this fine young man.
Today begins our first annual power lunch at Grace Baptist Church. These leadership training times will help our men and their guests to maximize their potential for the Lord. Pray that the Lord will use these monthly Bible studies to raise up a great crop of leaders.
The Lord blessed with our Fort Benning Bible studies this week as 21 soldiers stood to receive Christ as personal Savior. Pray for the father of Bob Ingram who was diagnosed this week with a sticky valve in his heart.
The Lord blessed our January tract distribution with another good wave of visitors yesterday. In addition to the good number of local visitors, God blessed with visitors from Kentucky, Montana, and Mississippi as well.
At the conclusion of yesterday's message, Karissa Wright walked the aisle to receive Christ as her Savior. We praise the Lord for this decision. We also were able to baptize Ronald and Tessa Huckleba. Amen!
Don't forget that our annual world missions conference is just a few weeks away. Missionaries to the US, France, Singapore, Japan, Chile, and Uganda will be with us. Pray for Dr. David Snyder, our keynote speaker, that God will use him to help us raise the needed faith promise commitment.
On the school front, our annual homecoming fesitivities will take place this upcoming weekend. The homecoming queen will be crowned on Friday night, and the annual alumni games will be held on Saturday. We will honor Stephen Henderson on Saturday as our alumnus of the year. Pastor Henderson will be staying over on Sunday to minister in music during the morning service and preach in the evening service. It should be a great weekend. I trust you will make every effort to attend.
Finally, on a personal note, Karen and I were able to attend the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of our dear friends Shelton and Betty Smith on Friday evening. We congratulate this wonderful couple for this milestone.
Your continued prayers mean much to us. Please don't stop them.