Trinity Baptist Church
11:00 a.m. Sunday School Class
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Prayer Request Week of July 12th
Prayer Request Week of July 5th
DAVID & JULIE BLANKENSHIP: *Prayer: 1 unspoken *Prayer/praise: My parents are driving in Friday. Please pray for safe travels. *Praise: My grandmother has been released from the hospital and is back at home. *Praise/Prayer: 7 more days!!! JEFF & ANGELA WILLIS: *Unspoken for our family. SM & STEPHANIE MAYO: *SM - job interview this week. *Hewitt family. Two kids died and wife is in critical condition. She is aware that the kids are gone. TAL & DEVRA LACKEY: *We go on vacation 7/10/09. Pray for that. *My nephew, Blake Spraiman. He is in the hospital and he is not a believer in God. WES & KELBE LAWSON: *Praise: We had a good first family road trip to Ohio to see Wes' grandmother who is doing well. She said our visit was the best birthday present. She turned 86 on Friday. *Prayers: - Work for Wes - Kelbe's family: parents: Bob & Jane, and brother Kyle JONATHAN & AMANDA BRYANT: *Amanda went home sick today. *Prayer for our church family, allowing the Lord's leadership in Him, bringing us to a pastor *Prayer for Court in his relationship with the Lord *Prayer for many unsaved family and friends. *Nigel Samuel (special prayer) MICHAEL BARKLEY: *Pray for my son Trevor. He has a virus and is having a hard time getting over it. *Pray for me for my prayer life. *Pray for Melissa. She is thinking about heading up a Bible study in the spring. NELSON & SHEILA BOLES: *Please pray for our neighbors, Bill McFarland and his wife, Faye. He was diagnosed this week with colon cancer. He will have surgery July 15th. Doctors feel fairly sure it has been caught early on. His wife, Faye, is very concerned, but both have said they're putting this in God's hands. BETH & DENNY BERTWELL: *Pray for Beth's left foot. Possible stress fracture. Pray for healing. *Pray for the Taste 'N See ministry continued success. *Continued prayer for Denny's business. *Praises: - Peyton has a job and is in school. - Lauren gets her learner's permit & turns 15. - Praise God for He has just blessed us!! BILLY & MARGARET LORIMER: *Praise: Billy will be overseeing the building of 2 very nice houses on his own. *Prayer: He has to go to Charlotte to do it. Pray he'll be at his best for God's glory. This will take about a year to complete the project. *John takes his road test for his license Tuesday. He will see this as his "ticket to a ride." Pray we'll be able to balance the "yes's" and "no's." MELANIE SHULL: 1. Praise that we now have an Interim Pastor and praise that Madison is close to being free from doctor's care. 2. Pray for this staff that we will be all "in one accord." 3. "Living Real" magazine is closer to being a reality. Pray for us to have wisdom and direction as we move forward to present truth in this unique way. Pray for the advertisements to be sold so publishing will happen within the next month!
Friday, January 2, 2009
The Flood
Genesis 9:1 ~ Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them,
“Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.”
Wickedness of Man
God’s Justice –When? Quick & Eminent
God’s Purpose ~ To Glorify Him
What gives Him the most Glory gives us the most Satisfaction
2 Peter 3:5-7 The flood foreshadows the final judgment~
1 Peter 3:18-22 The flood foreshadows the final salvation
Matthew 24:36-41
~ The Flood & Noah foreshadows the Days of Man
~ The door to the ark resembles the narrow gate of Heaven
…Never again will there be a flood to destroy earth. ~ Genesis 9:11
…the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for
the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. ~ 2 Peter 3:7
God's Name
Well~What is God’s name?
In Exodus 3:13-14 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of you fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?” Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses. “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
Opposites are: Left/Right or Up/down
The Ontological Concept:
Lie is the absence of Truth
Death is the absence of Life
Dark is the absence of Light ~ Light is something darkness is nothing
God is light & there is no darkness in Him
(Light can be all different colors, shapes, sizes, etc.
- darkness is nothing)
The transliteration of I AM to Hebrew is Yehwah or Hebrew letters YHWH because of the absence of vowels Hebrew letters have a breathy sound therefore YeHWaH is pronounced as the sound of Breath.
God’s name is the sound of Breath!
When a baby is born the first thing they do is take a Breath or say God’s name.
When we die we take our last Breath ~ remember Death is the absence of Life ~ Breath gives us Life ~ God gives us Life!