January 16, 2024
Blanket Creek
Wisdom is the title of today’s message. It is the quality of experience and good judgment. James 1:5-8 tells us that if anyone lacks wisdom, we should ask God in faith not doubting and He will liberally give it to us without reproach. Worldly wisdom is dangerous, but wisdom from above is pure, peaceful, gentle, full of mercy and good fruits. What kind of wisdom do you posses?
Please remember the sick, lost, our churches and the family of Donna Miller.
Oakland
Using Luke 15:1-7 as text, Bro. Kevin reminded us that we humans are like sheep -- we get lost, we wander astray, but Jesus is there to find us.
20/20 Group meets January 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the church.
January 20 is the Kincaid Regional Theatre's annual GALA, 6:30 p.m. Cost is $60 for individuals and $275 for a table for six. There will be food and lots of entertainment.
Congratulations to Riley Browning upon being named PCHS "Snow Ball Dance Queen."
Prayer concerns include Tirah Clemons, Jim McCann, Frances Ramsey, Jeanine Cox, Cricket Polley, Connie Jenkins, Randy Bishop, Angie Justice, Gerald Barlow, Jean Chambers, Mary Ann Shields, Diane Moorhead, Bill Ice, Dwayne McKinney, Tommy Cummins, Lily McCann, Pat Hart, Troy Greene, Julie Sandy, Lisa Houchen, Ricky Gillespie, Karen Browning, our military, shut-ins, cancer/covid issues, and our nation.
Our sympathy to loved ones of Greg Oakes, Jr., Geraldine Ramsey Cummins, and Garnet Marshall.
Pleasant Ridge
Stirring of the water. Crowds of sick lay on a platform at Bethesda Pool. An angel of the Lord came time to time and disturbed the water. The first person to step down into it afterwards was healed. A man lying there had been sick for thirty eight years. When Jesus saw him, asked do you want to be healed? The man said I can’t, I have no one to help me into the pool. He had probably been there quite some time. Jesus told him, stand up and instantly the man was healed and began walking. The miracle was done on the Sabbath and of course the Jewish leaders objected. Did Jesus violate Gods law? Absolutely not!