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Faith
May 19, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, May 19.
I once worked alongside a pastor who would often remind his flock that there were three ways that God answers prayer - Yes, No, and Wait. When people say, “God didn’t answer my prayer,” they’ve probably forgotten that third kind of answer.
Most of us aren’t very good at waiting. We live in a hurry up world of fast food, microwave ovens, and “I need it here yesterday!” But the Bible is full of stories about people who waited. Joseph waited 13 years in prison before God revealed his destiny. The Lord promised Abraham a son, but he and Sarah had to wait 25 years for Isaac. And the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years before they made it to the Promised Land.
Here are some scripture verses about waiting.
- Psalm 27:14 - Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
- Psalm 130:5 - I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His Word I hope.
- Exodus 14:14 - The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
- Psalm 46:10 - Be still and know that I am God.
- Isaiah 40:31 - They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
May 15, 2025 - It’s Tuesday night, and I really wish you could see what all is “across the preacher’s desk”. There are 3 coffee cups (one with coffee in it) 4 Bibles (one is a chronological bible) various other books and several beginnings of sermons along with assorted scraps of paper with notes on them.
You see, sometimes it is hard to focus and this is one of those times. My mind keeps wandering to those who just can’t seem to see the need of Christ or the church in their lives. Not just those who have never known Jesus, but many of those who have at one time in the past been faithful to the Lord and have now rejected the Lord and the church. I often wonder what could I possibly say to motivate people to be more concerned about their souls and the church. Then I remember what I told a preacher friend one time, “If Jesus on the cross cannot motivate people to serve God faithfully, then there is nothing I can say to motivate them.”
Some reading this could have been and should have been in worship, yet they stayed away. Many have stayed away for years. Would the circumstances that kept and has kept them from worship keep them from other appointments, from Wal-Mart, from a sporting event or work? I don’t know. But they do and God does.
You know, if faithfulness, loyalty and commitment to the Lord and the church are not a part of our lives, the day may come that the church is no longer there for us, because we weren’t there for the church.
It’s something to think about. . . tbp
Come join us for worship at Center Church of Christ or online at
www.centerchurchofchrist.com
May 13, 2025 - Blount Chapel Baptist Church of Center and Pastor Bryon Coutee, Jr. are hosting their annual Usher Day Program on Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 3pm. Speaker of the hour is Pastor Rayford Caraway of the New Prospect Baptist Church of Timpson and Mt. Gillion Baptist Church.
May 12, 2025 - Mt. Zion C.M.E. Church is hosting a Family and Friends Gathering on Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 3pm. Rev. Richard Edwards and the congregation will welcome guest speaker Rev. David Avant who is the pastor of New St. Matthew Baptist Church of Nacogdoches.
Mt. Zion CME Church is located at 921 MLK Drive, Center, Texas 75935.
May 12, 2025 - Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church 617 Hopkins St Center, TX 75935 4th Annual Women's Conference Saturday, May 17, 2025 10am Launch Out Into The Deep, Luke 5:3-5
Speakers will be:
- Evangelist: Stephanie Hicks - Reed Chapel Baptist Church San Augustine,TX
- Elder: Sherry Williams - Hardy Vision On Board Ministries Nacogdoches. TX
- Evangelist: Cindy Gatlin - Bennett Chapel Baptist Church Shelbyville, TX
- Pastor: Marilyn Lister-Thompson - Goodwill Baptist Church Lufkin,TX
Dear family and friends of Cedar Yard Cemetery,
May 12, 2025 - It’s that time of year again! Please join us for Memorial Day services at Cedar Yard Cemetery on Saturday, May 24th, 2025. This is a time for us to come together to remember and honor those who have served our country, and who are now laid to rest in this beautiful cemetery.
We will begin with a short business meeting at 11:00am. Following the business meeting, we will be enjoying a delicious dinner on the grounds. Please bring your favorite dish to share with everyone.
Donations are still needed for the upkeep of the cemetery, and we welcome any contribution you can make. Checks can be made out to Cedar Yard Cemetery and sent to my address below. Your generosity will help ensure that Cedar Yard Cemetery remains a peaceful and beautiful final resting place for our loved ones.
Thank you for your continued support of Cedar Yard Cemetery. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, May 24th, 2025.
Sincerely,
Susan Snider – Treasurer
1259 CR 4356
Tenaha, Tx 75974
May 12, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, May 12.
Mary Stewart was Queen of Scotland and the rival of the first Queen Elizabeth of England. Mary had a son that she named James, and when he was twenty years old, Elizabeth had Mary, her rival, executed. Sixteen years later, Elizabeth died, and James Stewart became King of the British Empire. James was highly intelligent and well educated, but not a particularly successful monarch. He was often at odds with Parliament and unpopular with his people.
Four centuries later, we remember King James primarily for two things. He actively supported the arts, particularly playwrights like the young William Shakespeare. And he ordered his theologians to produce a new translation of the Bible, a translation using the beautiful language of his time, the language of Shakespeare - Elizabethan English - named after his mother’s executioner. The King James Translation was first published in 1611. It is the Bible that I grew up with, and even though I use several modern translations today, the words of James Stuart’s Bible are the words that I hear in my head, and in my heart.
Hebrews 4:12 - “The Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
May 9, 2025 - Homecoming at West Hamilton Cemetery will be held Sunday, May 25th, and will begin at 11am. Preaching will be by Les Rhea of Tyler. The cemetery annual meeting will be just before 12-noon.
Dinner will be in the fellowship hall, everyone is invited to come and bring their favorite covered dish. Singing will be in the afternoon.
Questions, call 936-275-3897.
May 8, 2025 - I received word Wednesday morning that a very dear friend was hospitalized in serious condition. With that thought in mind, I would like to share this old poem by Charles Hanson Towne. I present it without comment so that we might apply it to our lives.
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end;
Yet the days go by, and weeks rush on,
And before I know it a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend's face,
For Life is a swift and terrible race.
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell,
And he rang mine. We were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men:
Tired with playing a foolish game,
Tired with trying to make a name.
"To-morrow," I say, "I will call on Jim
"Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But to-morrow comes -- and to-morrow goes,
And the distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner -- yet miles away,...
"Here's a telegram sir,..." "Jim died today."
And that's what we get, and deserve in the end:
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Come join us for worship at Center Church of Christ or online at www.centerchurchofchrist.com.
May 7, 2025 - Pastor and First Lady Jackson and Bright Morning Missionary Baptist Church presents the Annual Men and Women Program at 2:30pm on Sunday, May 25, 2025.
Special Speaker will be Sister Stephanie Hicks from Reed Chapel, San Augustine, Texas. Special guest church is Reverend and First Lady Michael Jenkins and Mt Dena Baptist Church San Augustine, Texas.
Who is on the Lord's side! Exodus 32: 26
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