TODAY’S COMMUNION READING DO YOU BELIEVE? JESUS HAD SOME VERY DEAR FRIENDS NAMED MARY, MARTHA AND LAZARUS.WHEN JESUS CAME TO BETHANY, HE WAS WELCOMED INTO THEIR HOME. THIS WAS THE MARY THAT HAD POURED PERFUME ON THE LORD AND WIPED HIS FEET WITH HER HAIR. THEY HAD WITNESSED MIRACLES OF ALL SORTS BY JESUS. SO WHEN LAZARUS BECAME SICK, THE SISTERS SENT WORD TO HIM. “LORD, THE ONE YOU LOVE IS SICK.” (JOHN 11:3) JESUS DID NOT HURRY TO BETHANY TO HEAL HIM. THE APOSTLES THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THE JEWS HAD TRIED TO STONE HIM THERE. BUT JESUS HAD WAITED FOR LAZARUS TO DIE!! HERE IS THE REASON. “SO THEN HE TOLD THEM PLAINLY, “LAZARUS IS DEAD, AND FOR YOUR SAKE I AM GLAD I WAS NOT THERE, SO THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE. BUT LET US GO TO HIM.” (VS 14-15) WHEN JESUS ARRIVED IN BETHANY, HE SAID TO MARTHA, “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME WILL LIVE, EVEN THOUGH HE DIES; AND WHOEVER LIVES AND BELIEVES IN ME WILL NEVER DIE. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?” “YES LORD,” SHE TOLD HIM, “I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, WHO WAS TO COME INTO THE WORLD.” (VS.25-27) JESUS WAS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING HUGE…FOR THE BODY OF LAZARUS WAS ALREADY STINKING WITH DECAY AFTER FOUR DAYS. HIS NEXT WORDS SHOWED HIS POWER AS HE CALLED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE…”LAZARUS, COME OUT!” (VS43) AND LAZARUS OBEYED…STILL WRAPPED IN LINEN CLOTHS! NOW ALL WHO WITNESSED THIS BELIEVED!! THAT IS WHY WE KEEP THE LORD’S DEATH UNTIL HE COMES…WE BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION!! WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD!!WE BELIEVE THAT HE WILL KEEP HIS PROMISE TO BRING US TO BE WITH HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY!!(ROMANS 6:3-5) Pam Lett WELCOME NOEL CHURCH OF CHRIST SUNDAY SCHOOL…10:00AM WORSHIP…11:00AM SUNDAY EVENING…6:00PM WEDNESDAY NIGHT…7:00 APRIL 13, 2014 MINISTER: DICK LETT GUEST MINISTER: KEN BECKLOFF POTLUCK, BARBEQUE STYLE TODAY, WITH MISSIONARY VISITORS KEN AND PAT BECKLOFF. WE WELCOME YOU BACK, ALONG WITH JAY AND ILETA BECKLOFF! CONGRATULATIONS… TO CAMERON MURPHY FOR PLACING 1st PLACE IN THE SHOT PUT, 2Nd IN THE HIGH JUMP, AND 4TH PLACE IN THE DISCUS AT HIS SCHOOL’S TRACK AND FIELD COMPETITION! ALSO TO…McKENZIE YOUNG, JAKOB KESTERSON, AND JOHNNY TURNER FOR LEARNING THEIR MEMORY VERSE! SKYLAR GOT HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE! DUCK DYNASTY SUNDAY NIGHT SPECIAL APRIL 27th…PHIL’S SERMON ON DVD…FOOD (WHOEVER WANTS TO SIGN-UP FOR THE COOK-OFF CONTEST CAN), DUCK DYNASTY DRESS-UP CONTEST, AND TRIVIA CONTEST…WITH PRIZES! 5:00pm HERE. ALICE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO TRY A WILD-GAME RECIPE TO DO SO AS WELL. ‘ISAAC, SON OF PROMISE’ WITH POWERPOINT TONIGHT. FISH MINISTRY…BRING A CAN OF SOMETHING! OUR GREATEST NEED IF HUMANITY’S GREATEST NEED HAD BEEN ENTERTAINMENT, GOD WOULD HAVE SENT A PERFORMER. IF OUR GREATEST NEED HAD BEEN TECHNOLOGY, GOD WOULD HAVE SENT A SCIENTIST. IF OUR GREATEST NEED HAD BEEN MONEY, GOD WOULD HAVE SENT AN ECONOMIST. BUT SINCE OUR GREATEST NEED WAS FORGIVENESS, GOD SENT US A SAVIOR. PRAYER REQUESTS… NATALIE YOUNG IS STILL IN GRAVETTE HOSPITAL AND NOW DEALING WITH A BLADDER INFECTION. DON’T FORGET…A FEW EXTRA PRAYERS FOR JOHN AND JACKIE TURNER-STILL WAITING FOR HER SURGERY TO BE SCHEDULED. THE CHRISTIANS IN KENYA CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH BUT NEED OUR PRAYERS. PRAYERS NEEDED FOR WISDOM WITHIN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT’S OFFICIALS. ANSWERED PRAYERS…ZANE JOHNSON CONTINUES TO IMPROVE AFTER HIS BRAIN SURGERY! DONNA MURPHY IS FEELING BETTER AND DID WELL ON HER SLEEP APNEA TEST! PRAYER LIST… CHRISTIANS IN KENYA, JOSEPHINE & JOSH McCANDLIS/RHONDA & FAMILY, JOHN AND JACKIE TURNER, NATALIE AND ERNEST, GAS PRICES TO GO DOWN, ZANE JOHNSON,PHIL HERRINGTON , VICKY OWEN, MURPHY/HUBBARD FAMILY, KARIN STARK, MICHELLE ROSEMBLUM, JANE SELF, BETTY CARPENTER, DONNA MURPHY, LACEY WOLFE, CAREN, JAMES STAFFORD, RICHARD BRATTON, SUZANNE KINSEY, SILAS BLEVINS, ALLEN MARTIN, BECKY TURNER, AMANDA BICE, TERESA, MARIAN & PAUL SCOTT, JACK CARL , BARBARA LETT, AMBER THOMPSON, SAM’S SISTER & NEICE (BOTH)BARBARAS, PATTY MARCHBANKS, PAT GRIFFITH, KEN FONTENOT, LESTER WHITE, ROBERT & SAM THOMPSON, GERTRUDE JAMES, ALLEN MARCHBANK’S MOM, DONNA, MARY, & JIM TREADWELL, OUR COUNTRY, SOLDIERS & PRESIDENT. …REPENT… REPENTANCE IS LIKE CHANGING OIL IN A CAR. FIRST, DRAIN OLD OIL OUT (WORKS OF THE FLESH); PUT PLUG BACK IN. THEN ADD NEW OIL (WORKS OF THE SPIRIT) GALATIANS 5: 19-23 GLAD TIDING OF GOOD THINGS
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