WOODRUFF CHURCH OF GOD

172 Poole Street P. O. Box 275Woodruff, SC 29388(Office) 476-2977 (Fax) 476-6443 E-Edition June 29, 2010***************************************************

Pastor’s Page:

“I believe He’s coming back like He said

. I believethe trumpet’s gonna sound so loud one day it’ll wakethe dead. And in the twinkling of an eye, He willsplit the eastern sky, And I believe He’s coming back like He said.” That’s your song for today. I reallydo believe that He’s coming back… SOON! Are youready? Bro. Terry, why would you ask me thatquestion? Because I love you and I just want to makesure. I quoted a verse from the New LivingTranslation Sunday morning that said “….be readyALL the time”. It’s not enough to have gottenready….it’s being ready all the time. I hope that if you aren’t ready, do it TODAY!!!!! If you need meto help you pray through, call me… BE READY!!!!!!

Thanks to all of you

that supported the CampMeeting. I know it’s tiring and difficult to carve outtime, but you know that you were the winners forgoing. God moved in awesome ways and the Wordof God so challenged our hearts.

I’m excited about our future!!!!

I’m so ready forGod to begin to make good on the promises He’sgiven us. I believe it’s just a matter of time beforethey all begin to come into existence. Will you helpme to continue to pray and believe until God’s timingis right?

Thanks to those

who have agreed to work with us atthe Soup Kitchen this week. I know that God willhonor and bless because of your willingness to beinvolved. What a great time we will have blessingthose people with the love of God and the Word of God. THANKS!

Ihad listed the date

for baby dedication as July 18

,but need to move it to July 25

. Please make thatadjustment on your calendars. Again, babydedication is moved to Sunday, July 25

. Deadlineto call and give information to our church secretary isnow moved toJuly 21

I’ll be beginning a sermon series

on SundayMornings called “LOST”. I’ll be dealing with thefollowing topics: Week #1– “Lost our way”, Week #2 – “Lost in sin”, Week #3 – “un-Lost”, Week #4 –Lost in Him. This coming Sunday will be July 4

and I’ll be dealing with how America has lost herwayby forgetting about how our country wasfounded and what made her great in her beginnings.I hope you will be in church Sunday!!!!!

Sunday night’s service

will be a time of reflectionand prayer. We’ve been asked to join in with aprayer initiative called “Call 2 Fall”. A wonderfulopportunity for us to take time to pray for our countryand to pray for Revival. Sunday night we will behaving fellowship together following the service.We’re asking everyone to make a churn of homemade icecream. The church will be providingeveryone with a piece of apple pie. You’re alsoasked to bring softdrinks, tea, etc. Let’s enjoy awonderful time of fellowship!!!!!!!

Dr. Doug Small

has been appointed over prayerministry for the Church of God. He has put togethersome wonderful materials to lead churches in prayer.I have gotten some of them and will be running someprayer information each week in the bulletin forawhile. I hope that the information will prove helpfuland become practiced in your life.

Prayer Focus:

God’s Presence

Prayer:

“Words won’t do it. Persuasive argumentswon’t do it. Fancy appeals won’t break through. It isnot more dazzle that is needed; it is Your Presence. Invade nations with an awareness that You are thetrue and living God. Set whole cities back on their heels with arresting convicting power. Show up inways that manifest Your glory and stop the mouths of skeptics. Make the six-o’clock news. Most of us havenever seen ‘Great Awakening’ glory. Some nationshave never had a mighty move of God. Come Lord.Come to our General Assembly! Come to the Churchof God. Come into our congregational worship. Renew us with Your presence.”

Prayer Points:

• MONDAY - Forgive us for preaching withoutpower – for preparation to teach or share Your Wordwithout prayer (Acts 6:3-4).• TUESDAY - Lord, no more will we makewitnessing about memorized words. It must be aboutYour Presence. You have to be the 3rd person in theequation. You have to open the heart for the words tobreak through (Col. 4:2-4; II Thess. 3:1).• WEDNESDAY - Lord, some of us attend churchesbuilt on the site of great revivals. The fire fell. Thecity came. And a church was left behind. Do it again,God (Haggai 2:9).• THURSDAY - Mark our gatherings with Yourpresence (Isa. 60:2).• FRIDAY – Today, get alone, get away with God.Pray for God’s presence in your life. Pray to be agreater instrument of His grace. Pray for churchleaders to walk in the fullness of God’s power.

Window on the World:

Last year alone, 120 million people were presented the Gospel for the first time,ten million each month. Approximately 1.7 billionunreached people listen to Christian radio or watchChristian TV on a monthly basis. Every 14 daysanother translation of the New Testament is begun ina new language. If we’re still here, at least some portion of the Bible will be translated into everylanguage on earth by the year 2020.

Harvest Notes:

With population growth, especiallyamong immigrants, America’s church-to-populationratio is declining. In 1900, there were 29 churches for every 10,000 people.

Bible Insights:

Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. Ex. 33:15. And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with HisPresence, with His mighty power. Dt. 4:37. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healingall who were oppressed by the devil, for God waswith Him. Acts 10:38.

Consider This:

87% of mission money goes for work among those who are already Christians, who havetasted God’s Presence. 12% goes for work among theevangelized, but not yet Christian.Only 1% goes for work among the utterly un-evangelized. To reach theunreached peoples and allow them to experienceGod’s presence would not require another dime – if the Church gave priority to that mission. Over 100times the resources necessary, in fact, enoughresources to plant native churches among these peoples, are already in the possession of the Church. It does not have the resolve to change its priorities.Christian churches spend 85% of their resources ontheir own development – personnel, finance, tools,even prayer. In the US, that number is 95%. All 6400unreached people groups could be evangelized if American Evangelicals would give only .2% of their income to that cause. Today, that number is only 11churches for every 10,000.

Prayer Principle:

“According to my humble judgment, the greatest need of the present-day churchis prayer. Prayer should be the vital breath of thechurch, but right now it is gasping for air. One of thegreat Bible teachers of the past said that the churchgoes forward on its knees. Maybe one ofthe reasonsthe church is not going forward today is because it’snot in a position to go forward --- we are not on our knees in prayer.” J. Vernon McGee

Action Idea:

For a whole day – try to live in the presence of God. No TV. No radio. If you play or listen to anything, make it worship music. Develop a plan that includes conscious praise and thanksgivingthroughout the day. Every hour or half-hour, set analarm and pray, praise, give thanks. Wesley is said tohave praised God and prayed for at least 5 minutesat the top of every hour. Read and rehearse Bibleverses during the day. Pray without ceasing. Then, asthe day ends, journal your thoughts. Record impressions of the day.