Does Your Life Please God?

Scripture from Romans 12:1-21.


In the first part of the book of Romans Paul gave a theological explanation of the plan of salvation and our relation to it. In Chapter 12 he turned from the theological to the practical to describe how we should live a Christian life. His first premise was that we should live a life pleasing to God by presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice and living under the direction of the Holy Spirit.

Living in the Spirit and loving our neighbors is a true expression of worship toward God. Those two things make us pleasing in God's sight.

Prayer requests:
Brenda B - elbow surgery Friday
Doug B - family moved to AR
Bo W - Beasley's friend, heart surgery
Wayne W - Beasley's friend
Mr. Shipp - to Afghanistan, Mr. Imn -surgery and Mr. Frye-fell - all friends and neighbors of the Seeleys
Ken M - SIL of Robersons -lost job
Travelers now and in the weeks to come
Mr. May and Lynda McA's - one yr since wife/mother passed away
Former church members with hurt feelings. We need to be concerned and let them know and show them we care.
Unspoken requests

Praises:
Gleeda's grandson - Isaac P being baptized today at North Park
Dianne B was re-baptized this week here
Brenda S had a few good days this week
Lesley C received grant from CBS42 and will purchase machine helpful in her Speech and Language classes. Rogers' daughter.

Fall Family Night is tomorrow. Come help if you can! We'll have fun as cowboys and cowgirls with genuine saddles provided by Marsha and Randy. Thanks to them and Carolyn and all for contributions and help. Be there by 4:30 if you can. We'll be there from 5-7 and then everyone who wants to will go out to eat. (As Buddy said in the worship service today - Baptists meet and eat!)

Buddy will speak on Wednesday night at 6 about their experiences since January with Grace and her health issues. With all the treatment and medications etc she's had over these months there is still no definite diagnosis. I assume she's turned 16 by now and we continue to lift her and her family to the Lord in prayer. Not the life an active teenager and her family planned. They know that God is in control.

Jerry Bailey will be teaching Sundays, the 6th and 13th. We'll be on the road from the 5th to the 15th. Pray for safe travels as we drive to Texas and Arizona. Don will work a little, we'll do a little sightseeing and meet our kids and grandkids for a wedding on 11-11-11!

Birthday Night will be on the 14th. Dessert by Carolyn. 6:30 Munoz.

Thanksgiving Dinner at church on Wed. the 16th.

Ladies will gather for lunch at P F Chang's on the 18th.

Lots going on! Pray for all the needs we are aware of as well as those we aren't. Pray for your family, your friends and include yourself as you seek to live for God each and every day!

WE ARE TO LIVE SO THAT OUR BEHAVIOR PLEASES GOD.

BE YE FISHERS OF ME. YOU CATCH 'EM, HE'LL CLEAN 'EM!

DON'T WAIT FOR 6 STRONG MEN TO TAKE YOU TO CHURCH.

To God be the Glory! Great things He has done --- and will CONTINUE to do!

It's All About God's Plan ...

Scripture is from Romans 10:1-4, 8b-18a; 11:28-32.

After discussing the Gospel for several chapters, Paul turned to our place in God's plan of Salvation. Once we have believed in our hearts and confessed with our mouths that Jesus is Lord it becomes our duty to spread the word so that others may believe and confess and find salvation in Him. Our place in God's plan is to share our witness through our actions and our words.


Prayer Requests:

Judy P - friend of Summers' - year long meds
Steve A - having spot on side of face removed Wed.
Wayne W - friend of Beasleys and others was hospitalized this week
Rush-Wallace fam - Lynn's mom passed away - Horne's good friends
Unspoken
Teresa W - biopsy soon
P Betts fam in his death
Greta G - cancer - friend of Earl's
Gwen R - fell - ankle broken
Ed W - Wanda's dad
Church
Families
Military

Praises:
Rocky's dad's eye surgery went well
Danny and Christy H - joined church
Unspoken

Welcome back visitors - Janet and Jim Thompson! They know several in the class but if you haven't met them take time to introduce yourself to them the next time you see them!

Ladies Lunch is on Nov. 18th at P F Chang's

See the email Carolyn sent out today about our class participation in Fall Family Night on Oct. 31st. You could just read excitement in that email when she told about our Cowboys and Cowgirls theme! We need anything you can bring to go with a barn theme and candy, candy and more candy! The church will replenish our supply but we need to start out with a good amount.

Ladies Lunch on Dec. 8th will be at The Club (Notice it is the 8th and not the 18th!!)

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

It's All About Certainty ...

Scripture from Romans 8:9-17, 26-32.

NEW class members today - Been with us a few months and they made it official!!!
Jon and Martha Seeley - Be sure and meet them if you haven't already. "Welcome" to the class!

Prayer Requests:

Williams family in death of baby Levi
Brady T - Bailey's grandson - burned hands and feet
Steve and Becki- both sick
Donny - here but has back problems
Many unspoken
Mr. Winslett has eye surgery Wed. - Rocky's dad
Grace C and her family
Mr. Limbaugh having tests - Brenda B's dad
Cochran's sons - all 3

Praises:

Camdyn Lea T - Bailey's newest granddaughter born 10/11
J Alvis is better - Tim's sis
L Dreher doing well - D Summers' dad
Lauren - Ann's niece better
Alys joined a church in TX
Unspoken praise
B Mills - cancer free - S Lowery's aunt
S Rogers now SS age

Ladies Lunch is Tuesday 18th at Mizu

FALL FAMILY NIGHT is Monday night, October 31st. If any of you would like to participate with the class on this night, see Carolyn Horne (or call 655-4875 or email coh516@yahoo.com). She and Marsha Henderson will be in charge of what we do that night. I assume they'll need donations of candy but they'll let us know what we can do to help!

I am weak but Thou art strong - Just a closer walk with Thee.

Wonderful addition to the Bailey family!!

God poured out another blessing on the Bailey family this morning as Jerry and Glynda welcomed a new granddaughter! Their daughter Ashley and her husband Adam Trammell are the proud parents of Camdyn Lea Trammell who weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and was 18 1/2 inches long. Mother and baby are doing fine and we thank God for her safe arrival. She'll be excitedly welcomed home by her brother and sister, Brady and Jordyn.

Congratulations to the Baileys and to our class on the addition of another precious little one! We thank God for each new life that is given to our member's families!

It's All About New Life

Jimmy Summers led us in our study from Romans 6:1-23 about how we are to reveal we have new life in Christ by offering ourselves completely to God as weapons for righteousness. Consider this: we have 2 choices in death - eternal life in hell or eternal life in Heaven.

Prayer Requests:
Don B - @ home with cellutitis
S Campbell – recovering at home for another month after jaw surgery
B Bryant – therapy after shoulder surgery
E Dean, friend of B Bryant - hurt back in fall
S Townsend and parents, Rita W family members having medical issues
L Reavis, neice of Ann H – headaches and neurological issues
K Davidson, neighbor of Beasley’s – hopefully coming home from hospital after golf cart injury
C Parker, Jane Z request
B Duran, Jane Z request
C Battles, Dan Z request – having arteriogram this week
D Bonner - pre-melanoma on back - surgery this week
G Champion, daughter of Pastor Buddy in hospital Friday and home Saturday night
Pastor Buddy’s mom is in St. Vincent’s – internal bleeding
Waldrops, parents of Glynda B
Levi W, infant child of FBCT members
B Dorr request – couple with triplets, 2 with CP at Children’s getting therapy for a month from Mississippi
Iranian pastor
Unspoken

Praises:
H Arthur, mother of N Dorr – returning to Hearthstone this week after 2 more therapies
L Childs, daughter of Rogers is doing very well, staph is gone
D Rush, FBCT member – returned from Afghanistan this week