GOOD MONDAY MORNING SUNDAY AT GILLIAM STARTED OFF WITH A BIRD IN THE SANCTUARY…HE STAYED FOR THE ENTIRE SERVICE AND LEFT AFTER SUNDAY SCHOOL.  IT MAD FOR AN EXCITING MORNING WHEN HE WOULD MAKE SWOOPS OVER THE CONGREGATION.  ALSO WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE MRS. AVIS VOLENTINE’S 95^TH BIRTHDAY SANG, CAKE AND A GREAT VISIT BEFORE SHE HEADED TO HER HOME FOR A FAMILY CELEBRATION.

  THINGS WERE A BIT QUIETER AT HOSSTON. KIM DOMINICK DID MAKE THE “SKEETER RUN” IN BATON ROUGE…AND THE HOSSTON CHURCH GAVE $105.00 FOR THE NO MORE MALARIA PROJECT THAT SPONSORED THE RUN.

I AM WORKING ON THE CHARGE NEWS THIS WEEK AND HOPE TO COMPLETE IT BY FRIDAY…IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE LET ME HEAR FROM YOU QUICKLY!!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK:

ACTS 4:5-12; PSALM 23

I JOHN 3:16-25; JOHN 10:11-18

SUNDAY MORNING SERMON:

                    WHAT AND WHO “THE LORD SAYS YOU ARE”

REDEEMED

ROMANS 5:9

Name Calling

Last year I entered the New York City Marathon. The race started and immediately I was the last of the runners. It was embarrassing.

The guy who was in front of me, second to last, was making fun of me. He said, "Hey buddy, how does it feel to be last?"

I replied: "You really want to know?"

Then I dropped out of the race.

THE CONCLUSION OF SUNDAYS SERMON:

CONCLUSION: JOHN WESLEY AND MARTIN LUTHER TOOK EXCEPTION TO ONE ANOTHER IN THE MATTER OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH…LUTHER SAID OUR JUSTIFICATION WAS ONLY BY FAITH…JOHN WESLEY SAID WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY HOW WE ACT WITH OUR FAITH….  I THINK BOTH WERE CORRECT…WHEN WE TRULY UNDERSTAND WE ARE JUSTIFIED IT WILL GIVE US THE MOTIVATION TO ACT AND SERVE OUR LORD…TRULY THESE ARE TWO THINGS THAT GO HAND IN HAND FAITH WITH OUT WORKS ACCORDING TO JAMES IS DEAD….OUR FAITH WORKS WHEN WE ARE WORKING OUT OF OUR FAITH.

 JESUS WAS ACTIVE IN FAITH AND IN DOING…WHAT BETTER MODEL DO WE HAVE THAN OUR LORD WHO JUSTIFIES US AND CALL US TO ACT UPON THE FAITH HE HAS SHOWN IN US.

YOU ARE JUSTIFIED…BECAUSE THE LORD JESUS THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE SAY YOU ARE…OUR CHALLENGED AS JUSTIFIED PEOPLE IS TO ACT LIKE JUSTIFIED PEOPLE!!!

I TRUST THE WEEK AHEAD WILL BE FULL OF THE RICHEST BLESSINGS!!!

I WILL BE LOOKING FOR YOU IN WORSHIP

GOD BLESS YOU!!!

EMILE