BULLETIN

Pastor - Mike Melton

Deacons- Jim Brewer, Dwayne Kee, Jerry Chandler, Don Rogers, Rick Sturdivant

Song Leader – Jack Holladay, Piano – Judy Wagner, Organ – Diane Durdin

Children’s Church – Sheila Melton, Donna Victor

Sunday School – Jim Durdin, Rick Sturdivant, Donna Moore, Danielle Sturdivant,

Donna Victor, Jim Victor Supt.

Youth Team – Jean Chandler, Donna Moore, Courtney Smith, Donna & Jim Victor

WORSHIP SERVICES

Sunday School - 10 a.m.

Worship - 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Services - 6 p.m.

Sunday Evening Youth Night - 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study - 6 p.m. (All Ages)

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Our Thoughts and Prayers Go Out to:

Peggy Baker / Diana Borucki / Mary Katherine Beard / Betty Berry / Diane Brewer / Steve Cannady / Jerry Chandler / Mildred Chandler / Tucker Chandler / Orville Cline / Callie Cole / Dana Cole / Debbie Cole / Casi Cook / Paula Cox / Margie Clendennin / Rick Crosno / Stephanie Cruchfield / Billy & Sandra Cutshaw / Shelbie Davison / Richard Dillingham / Jean Dobra / Sandra Doss / David Douglas / Greg Douglas / Jim Durdin / Millette Florence / Trace Foster / Peggy Foust / Lillian French / Margie French / Billy Fry / Gail Fry / Randy Galbreath / Mike Gephart / David Geurin / Ron Gipson / Sarah Goforth / Bro. Leonard Greer / Nikki Hames / Laura Hardesty / Bobby Hardin / Bobby Hartley / Margaret Hartley / Joe Harrington / Lisa Hartman / Truman & Norma Hedge / Chloe Heggie / Mary Lee Herrin / Leslie Hicks / Marshall & Lou Hicks / Peggy Higdon / Rayfal Hill / Norma Hilliard / Nancy Himes / Shirley Holladay / Annie Hollingsworth / Jackie Hollingsworth / Steve Hollowell / Sue Hollowell / Paul Johnson / Ricky Jones / Roy Jones / Dwayne Kee / Reva King / Starla Ladd / Katie Luther / Peggy Luther / Lori & Chuck Markham / Allen Martin / Barbara Martin / Larry Martinez / Roberta McCain / Jason McMillon / Avery McNeil / Blondel Melton / Oneal Melton / Thelma Miller / Addie Moore / Donna Moore / Lori Moseley / Bobby Nelson / Lisa Nunnery / Myrna Partida / Linda Patterson / Trudy Peach / Mickey Pewitt / Michael Phifer / Roger Phifer / Casey Pugh / David Rayburn / Bill Raymer / Betty Ridgell / Karen Rigsby / Don Rogers / James Rogers / Ralph Rogers / Leann Scates / Jill Shomaker / Shirley Smith / Buddy Smothers / Louise Sparks / Helen Stepp / Lisa & Ron Stewart / Christina Sullivan / Brenda Swearingen / Nadine Turner / Riley Turner / Doug Utley / Connie Victor / Diana Walker / Ann Waters / Elyease Watson / Bobby & Holly Watts / Sula Wheatley / Melinda Cline Whitlock

Camden/Bruceton Nursing Home Residents

Gene Crews / Paul Victor

Remember The Church, Our Nation & World, Prison Ministry, Ministerial Alliance,
Disaster Victims, and Our Military In your daily prayers!

Our MILITARY -

David Clendennin, Sammy Dillingham, Dan Hartman, John Russell, Chris Stocum , Dustin Wheatley

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Events
Today (May 22, 2022)

► Sunday School -10 a.m.
(Face Book and FM 98.1 Locally)
► Worship - 11:00 a.m.
(Face Book and FM 98.1 Locally)

Evening Worship: 6:00 pm
(FM 98.1 Locally)

Wednesday Evening

Bible Study

  6:00pm

Birthdays & Anniversaries



MAY



22nd – Ralph Berry

24th – Glenda Stephan

27th – Blondell Melton

28th – Margaret Hartley,

     Jimmy Hivick

Youth Night

Sunday - 6 p.m.

In Fellowship Hall

(All Ages)

Van Ministry Coordinator Gary Moore @ 584-2395

Prayer Requests, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Announcements, etc. for the bulletin, contact Chris Stephan by Friday @ 593-5479 or stephac@hotmail.com
Click Here to Listen To or Download our Sermons!
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The Fruit of Faith

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (Romans 1:16-17)

Authentic faith in our Creator is not a blind leap into the dark, but it is a committed trust in God based on His revelation of Himself in nature and in Scripture. It is not an act of irrationality but a conviction grounded in the surety of the resurrection of Christ (1 Cor. 15). Knowing that the Lord is trustworthy, faith holds firm to God even in the most difficult of circumstances, confident that He will never fail to keep His promises (Gen. 22:1–14).

Faith is eminently rational because it is faith in the supreme revelation of God—Jesus Christ. And as we see in the Gospels, those who trust in Jesus are never the same. Faith results in a life of ever-increaseding obedience to our Maker, in our being willing to die unto ourselves more and more and to take up our cross in following Jesus (Mark 8:34).

In sum, righteous people live by faith; their continuing trust in God demonstrates that our Lord sees them as righteous, and they bear fruit in acts of righteousness. This is part of what Paul is getting at in to-day’s passage. Of course, our acts of obedience are not the ground on which we are declared righteous in God’s sight, for only the perfect righteousness of Christ is the basis for our acceptance by God (Rom. 5:12–21; 2 Cor. 5:21). This righteousness is received only by faith. Nevertheless, those whom God declares righteous He is also conforming to the image of His Son. Faith continues after our conversion, our trust in God proving that we have been reconciled to Him in Christ and moving us to greater and greater obedience.

A few days ago, we saw that one essential component of saving faith is fiducia, which is the personal trust that we place in Christ to save us. But fiducia means not only that we entrust ourselves to Christ once but that we do so over the course of our lives. We give our lives continually to Jesus, pledging and living out our loyalty to Him. Inspired by our personal trust in the promises of God, we are loyal to Him, and we strive never to compromise our loyalty to Him and His way.

Loyalty to God bears fruit in our continuing commitment to Him but also in our loyalty to others. Those whom God has declared righteous live lives of integrity because they live by faith, by abiding trust and commitment to God. Living by faith means we keep our promises to God and to other people. It means we can be trusted when we make commitments. By faith, we are being conformed to Christ, the eminently trustworthy One, and so we imitate Him in becoming more trustworthy ourselves.