“He Knows Just What I Need”

Matthew 6.5-8

Are we a “praying church”?

Do we regularly practice, and believe in, the power of prayer?

We can recite many success stories from our past.

Yet, we still have much to learn about prayer.

We are still barely “scratching the surface” of God’s bounty .

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How not to pray (Matthew 6.5, 7)
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We are not to pray to be seen by others. kyle@churchst.org
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Personal prayer leads us to develop a personal relationship with God. Bill Tankersley 993-8977
A POWERFUL REMINDER July 22, 2018
Tankersley69@cs.com When any activity is practiced regularly, there is a danger for complacency and a loss of
Personal conversations are not intended to be anyone else’s business. meaning. Strong traditions can become meaningless, if their practice is allowed to become
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Caleb Taylor 993-2151 rote. This is a challenge facing the body of Christ. Much of what we practice, even though
We are not to rely on formal repetition . caleb@churchst.org they are biblically-based, can become thoughtless habits. Customs and routines can be
HISPANIC MINISTER good and powerful, but a constant, conscious effort must be made to keep them that way.
Sometimes, we may find ourselves mumbling through prayer like we are reciting a spell. Hector Cruz 993-0009
The weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper is a practice instituted, by Jesus Himself, to serve
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Is this sometimes true of our mealtime prayers? What about our bedtime prayers? as a powerful reminder of God’s indescribable love for us. He demonstrated this love by
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Is it possible to pray without thinking of God? and to live with Him forever. However, if we are not careful, this powerful reminder can be-
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come nothing more than routine to us. We may find ourselves going through the motions
We are not to take pride in using many words. ELDERS as we engage in this familiar segment of our weekly worship. Do we sometimes forget that
ELDERS it is this communal meal that brings us together on the first day of the week? Do we realize
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that our purpose for assembling is primarily to partake of this memorial feast?
We must not confuse verbosity with piety . Wayne Cozart 224-2818
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wayne@churchst.org Last Sunday night, I intended to use a song from our hymnals to remind us of the power of
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We need to think more of how we are praying than about what we are praying. David Jent
wayne@churchst.org270-6631 this event. Though the song is nothing more than a chant, it words are poetically stirring.
david@david jentrealty.com “By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored, we keep the memory adored, and show the death of our
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dear Lord, until He come! His body, given in our stead, is seen in this memorial bread; and so our
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How to pray (Matthew 6.6, 8) dledford@ledfordexchange.com feeble love is fed, until He come! His fearful unknown agony, His life-blood shed for us we see; the
Don Ledford 615-714-3213 wine shall tell the mystery, until He come!” Then, the imagery painted by the last verse of this
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We must pray to God alone . song is particularly powerful. “And thus that dark betrayal night, with the last advent we unite
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Lee Morrison 703-4044 by one bright chain of loving rite, until He come!” Think of it! Each time we share in this
Our prayer is not to be heard by others so much as by God . lee@churchst.org memorial feast, we are participating in a “loving rite” (or tradition) that is serving as a link
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We must pray with the understanding of God’s readiness to hear us. williamwilson364@gmail.com
4616 of whose we are and the price God paid to redeem us as His own!
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God is more ready to answer than we are to pray . Grover Collins 359-5386
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His gifts are not unwillingly extracted. Grover Collins
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He does not need to be coaxed, or pestered, into answering our Today there will be an Educational Mtg. at 5:00 in Room 13.
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He knows just what we need – so, prayer is for us ! Ray
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are sign up sheets in your Bible Class this morning and on
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 Tony Hearn, father of Jamie McKnight, is in ICU at
Centennial.
 Please add Wayne Cozart, Neil Anderson, Donna
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Continue to Remember in Prayer ...
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 Terry Spray, Ralph Lowrance, Ralph Wilson, Don
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Osborne, Sylvia Stiteler, (mother of Kathy Cole), Wilma
Neely Hopkins
Nabergall (mother of Mark Nabergall), Lewis Cope,
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Ongoing Prayer Needs
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about what would happen if my family were to die, or others closest to me. But I myself am
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The flower beds at the parking lot entrance on
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Colonet, Mexico; City of Children (Ensenada, Mexico);
With love, World Bible School; Ghana preachers; Zambia jail
Caleb Taylor ministry; Eastern European Missions; Inner City
Ministry; AGAPE; Fishers of Men; Tennessee Children’s
Home; World Christian Broadcasting, Disaster Relief;
local Hispanic Ministry

FOR THE RECORD

July 15, 2018

AM 352*
We have received thank you notes
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from:
James & Ella Mae Jordan,
PM 146
Elizabeth Hardison, Bible Class 287*
June 23-26 (8.30 - 11.30 am) Day Camp (K–3rd Grade) Wed. Night 259 - VBS
and Lewis & Linda Cope.
July 26 Progressive Dinner (Grades 7-12)
Please stop and read.
July 28 Holiday World (Grades 7-12) Contribution $13,514.80
(Need adult chaperones)
* includes Hispanic group