Well, all 6 of us have gotten the swine flu and it has put us out of it. Thank you for your prayers! We’re doing well and know that God is good and sovereign. We are healing now and will be back for church this coming Sunday.
-Pastor Mark (grateful for God’s grace to handle the [...]
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We just returned from a good time of teaching, fellowship, and serving Christ in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Several of us attended from TIL and I hope more will attend with us next year.
For me, this conference was full of new experiences. First, this was my first time to teach a workshop at NANC’s annual, national conference. I [...]
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I met with two of our biblical counselors recently and they were discussing an interesting topic. Here was the question they were asking each other (and me!):
Are you operating TO victory
OR
are you operating FROM victory?
One little preposition makes a BIG difference. Think about the two of these for a moment. TO victory or FROM victory?
As [...]
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Ephesians 4:15 tells us that the body of Christ spiritually grows and becomes more Christ-like when we “speak the truth in love” to each other.
Our church at Clay Christian Fellowship endeavors to speak God’s Word of truth in the love of the Holy Spirit for the purpose of growing the children of God to fulfill His [...]
Tags: Holy Spirit, love, truth, unique, Word, worship
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Spiritually mature Christians demonstrate 3 qualities:
1) Obedience to God’s Word
2) Gratitude
3) Submission to Authorities
I look for these qualities in believers. When I see them, I know I am talking to a maturing Christian.
Rate yourself now – on a scale from 1 to 10, how obedient, grateful, and submissive are you?
-Pastor Mark (desiring to please [...]
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Did you realize that “self-pity” is prideful?
When one is mired in self-pity, they are being prideful. Why? Because they are focused upon themselves and not focused upon Christ.
“Woe is me” is the attitude.
“I deserve better” is the attitude.
In reality, Christians do not have “rights” to certain blessings in this life. In fact, we are to [...]
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This summer, our Sunday evening services that begin at 6 pm will have an innovative family-integrated Bible Bee format. Here’s a sample of what you will learn if you join us in this interactive event each night:
QUESTION:
Jeremiah was God’s crying prophet who wrote Lamentations and the book of Jeremiah. What truth can we learn from [...]
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We had a great presentation today on oceanic vessels by Elder Mark Tidwell. About 15 participants listened to his very informative lesson and then built their own “vessels” that were tested in “ocean-like” waters!
Overall, it was a great time today and not only the children learned, but I learned a whole lot myself. Just in time [...]
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We have 3 Sunday school classes that begin at 10 am on Sunday mornings before our worship service.
One class is for Men and they are doing a topical study.
A second class is for adult women as they are doing a Kay Arthur study.
Any young person who is 13 or older may attend the adult [...]
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You are NOT going to believe this!
One of our counselees led a young person to the Lord in our waiting room!
NOT a counselor but a counselee with whom we’ve been working for many months led a young person to the LORD.
How about that for God showing that He is working through this ministry for His [...]
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