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Faith
July 28, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, July 28.
On the morning of July 28, 1945, World War II was winding down. Germany had surrendered two months before, Japan would follow in two weeks. Soldiers were returning home. America was ready for a return to normal life. And then, an event occurred which sent shock waves through the nation. An event that would foreshadow 911. A B-25 bomber flew into the 80th floor of the Empire State Building.
The pilot had just returned to his family after flying 50 dangerous missions in Europe. A sailor, who had hitched a ride on the plane at the last minute, was trying to get home after receiving news that his brother had been killed in action. A dozen employees in the office of the Catholic Relief Society were at work on a Saturday, providing help to the thousands left homeless by the war. And in that moment, on a foggy morning in Manhattan... they were all lost.
But then there was Betty Lou Oliver. Twenty years old, she was working her final day as an elevator operator. Her fiancé had come home from the war and they planned to marry and return to Arkansas. The bomber hit the skyscraper at 200 miles per hour and severed the cables holding up Betty Lou’s elevator. It plunged 80 stories and crashed into the basement. Rescuers were astounded to discover that she was still alive. After ten months in the hospital she finally had her wedding. She went home, raised a family, and lived long enough to hold her great-grandchildren.
Fate. Fairness. Faith. We often wrestle with these things, these ideas. Are our lives just guided by the whims of fate? Is there no fairness to be found in tragedy? Will our faith sustain us in times of challenge and loss? The Bible character most identified with these questions is the man called Job. In Chapter 19 of his book, he has lost everything, his “friends” have brought him no comfort, he seems to be a broken man. And then he utters these famous words - “I know that my Redeemer lives, and that, in the end, He will stand upon the earth.”
Fate? Fairness? In the end... Faith.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
July 28, 2025 - Bright Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its Annual Homecoming and Revival Sunday, August 10 through Wednesday, August 13.
- August 10th Homecoming - Pastor Derrick Rhodes, Wallace Chapel Baptist Church at 2:30pm
- August 11th Revival - Bishop W.C. Martin , Bennett Chapel Baptist Church at 7pm
- August 12th Revival - Bishop W.C. Martin , Bennett Chapel Baptist Church at 7pm
- August 13th Revival - Minister Cameron Cloudy, Abundant Love Ministries at 7pm
"He has saved us and Called us to a holy life" 2 Timothy 1:9
Pastor Anthony Jackson
Reverend Stephen Fields
July 28, 2025 - The Gates Chapel Baptist Church family invites you to our Annual Homecoming Service.
The Annual Homecoming Service is Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 3pm with special guest Rev. Deshmond D. Johnson, Pastor of Mt. Horeb Baptist Church.
July 24, 2025 - One of the shortest passages in the New Testament is in John 11:35. It simply says, “Jesus wept”. Yet, those two words are packed with meaning and significance for us. That passage tells us that Jesus came to live with people and to love them.
If you remember, Jesus’ first miracle was changing water to wine at a marriage feast in Cana of Galilee. You see, Jesus entered into the daily lives of those he came in contact with. He rejoiced with them at their weddings and he wept at their funerals. To souls stained with sin, Jesus gave another chance, he would say, “go and sin no more.” and the phrase “be of good cheer” was an expression that was often upon his lips.
Jesus, you see, cares about what happens in the ordinary events of our lives. True, he turned the water to wine, but he does more than that. Jesus has the power to turn frowns into smiles, whimpers of fear into anthems of hope, deserts into gardens and sin-blistered souls into victorious saints. He does all of this because of the selfless love that he has for us. For you and for me.
Yet, before Jesus fed the multitude, a little boy gave Him his lunch. Before the sick woman was healed, she touched the hem of His garment. Before Lazarus was raised from the dead, the stone had to be rolled away. Before we can live victoriously in Jesus Christ, there is something we must do. We must surrender our stubborn will to the will of God, obey his commands and live God’s kind of life.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Come join us for worship at Center Church of Christ or online at www.centerchurchofchrist.com.
July 23, 2025 - Blount Chapel Baptist Church, Center Texas is hosting three days of V.B.S., Armour of God - Ephesians 6:13-17 from July 23rd through July 25, 2025 from 6pm until 8pm. Enlist Now!
To rise through the ranks, please attend all 3 days. There will be activities, food, and lots of fun for everyone! Camo attire, if you have some but not required!
July 23, 2025 - Blount Chapel Baptist Church, Center, Texas is hosting its 'Welcome Home and Cemetery Fund Drive' on Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 11:30am with Rev. Dr. Jackie Garrett of Borden Chapel Baptist Church, Beaumont, Texas.
Leading up to the Welcome Home, Blount Chapel is hosting its Annual Revival from July 30 through August 1 at 7pm nightly.
- Wednesday, July 30th at 7pm - Bishop Cedric Grace from Mount Zion Baptist Church, San Augustine
- Thursday, July 31st at 7pm - Pastor Johnny Jones from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Center
- Friday, August 1st at 7pm - Pastor Deshmond Johnson from Mt. Horeb Baptist Church, San Augustine
Blount Chapel Baptist Church is located at 298 Co Rd 3760, Center, TX 75935 and led by Pastor Byron Coutee, Jr..
July 23, 2025 - Strong Triumph Church presents Shepherd and First Gentleman Appreciation for Elder FayeDell and Bro. Adrian Allen, on Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 5pm. Guest speaker and Overseer will be J.R. Gatlin.
For more information, contact 936-368-2478 or 936-572-5810.
July 21, 2025 - Homecoming Services for St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church will be held Sunday, July 27th at 2:30pm. Bishop W. C. Martin of Bennett Chapel Baptist Church will bring the message.
Following the Homecoming, a three day revival will be held Juy 28th through July 30th at 7:30pm nightly.
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church is located at 617 Hopkins Street, Center, Texas.
July 21, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, July 21.
Change. When I was a boy that meant money in my pocket. My grandfather called it “silver.” I loved to hear the jingle-jangle sound when I walked - made me feel rich! And there were lots of things that a pocketful of change could buy.
But all that has changed. I don’t carry coins around anymore. I don’t really use cash that much, so there’s not much change coming back. Today, the word has a different meaning, and unlike the definition from my childhood, it’s not something that’s always welcomed or treasured.
Our world has gone through a level of change in the last few years that rivals the change that our parents and grandparents and great-grandparents encountered during the great wars and during the Great Depression. Change. It comes to us all and so, of course, God speaks to us about it in His Word.
Isaiah 43:18-19 - Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. I am doing a new thing, says the Lord. Now it springs up, don’t you see it?
Joshua 1:9 - Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 - Therefore, we do not lose hope. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
July 18, 2025 - Yellowpine Baptist Church is planning revival services with Bro. Levi Cohorst as evangelist.
These services will begin at 7pm Thursday,-Saturday, July 24-26, 2025. There will also be special music during the services.
Pastor T.A. Lane states that the church is excited to welcome Bro. Cohorst to Yellowpine and Sabine County. The guest speaker lives in Timpson, where he serves as pastor of Timpson Missionary Baptist Church and has served on the faculty of Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary (LMBIS) in Minden.
Growing up in Gary, he was saved at the age of 9 at Pine Springs Baptist Camp and was baptized by Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Gary. When he was 17, he answered the call to preach and was licensed by Hopewell. He graduated high school a year later and began attending LMBIS in August of 2012. In 2016 he received his Bachelor's of Theology and in 2017 his Master of Divinity. While attending seminary he worked with the youth at Mt. Bethel Church in Gary from 2012 to 2016. In February of 2016 Timpson Missionary Baptist Church called him to be their pastor and it was there he was ordained and still pastors today. He serves as the clerk for the Shelby County Local Association of Missionary Baptist Churches, and on the Board of Directors for the Texas Mission Builders.
Everyone is invited to attend revival at Yellowpine Baptist Church, located at the intersection of State Hwy. 87 South and FM 2343 in Sabine County's Yellowpine community (125 Scrappin Valley Road). For information, contact Bro. Lane at 409-382-8765.
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