An Explosive Power

1 Thessalonians 1.4-10

REACH OUT . . .
AND TOUCH SOMEONE!

An Explosive Power (1.4-10)

Emulators

of faith (6)

Paul likes to reminisce about the

conversion

One way to move where we should go is to

They are loved and

chosen

of hearers.
remember

They are

imitators

election

Echoers
You

invested

motivation

It does not

Faith reverberates and

FAMILY MINISTER

in their Christian experience.

Caleb Taylor
993-2151
caleb@churchst.org
HISPANIC MINISTER

models

Hector Cruz
993-0009
hectorcruz@cscofc.org

of faith to believers everywhere!

SECRETARY

Talitha Liggett
359-3597
tbl76@bellsouth.net

rang

out from you (8)

ELDERS

when they hear it!

echoes

transmission

Wayne Cozart
224-2818
wayne@churchst.org

out like the shockwaves of an earthquake.

David Jent
270-6631
david@david jentrealty.com

of the gospel. (7-10)

proclamation

Don Ledford 615-714-3213

dledford@ledfordexchange.com

Lee Morrison
703-4044
lee@churchst.org

What about us?

When we are a

transformed

people, outsiders will notice and start talking!

Evangelism is not to be, and cannot be,

forced

it just happens!

The power of the gospel is

explosive

by its very nature.

Remember Pauls words in Romans 1.16?

As a people of God, we must remember our past, our beginning,
our salvation what did happen and what can now happen again.
There is great power in our
be extinguished!

convictions

ORDER OF WORSHIP January 22, 2017

Bill Tankersley
993-8977
Tankersley69@cs.com
YOUTH MINISTER

for them in future afflictions.

The way in which they receive the gospel becomes a

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Kyle Bolton
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the message (6) becomes The Lords message

stop

STAFF
PULPIT MINISTER

of faith (8)

welcomed

Notice the

at work from the beginning.

of faith (7)

They become extraordinary

power

of Paul and, thus, of the Lord!

Experience in the past should be

Examples

where we have been.

(conversion). (5b-6)

Paul reminds them of how much they have

James 1.22

by God. (4-5a)

Conversion (or election, NKJV) demonstrates Gods

Progress does not stop with

But be doers of the word,

and not hearers only,
deceiving yourselves.

a fire that cannot

Welcome
Song Leader
Preacher
Reading
Scripture
Prayer
Sermon
Closing Prayer

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6:00 PM Service

Jeff Haislip
Bill Tankersley
Kyle Bolton
Terry Spray
1 Thessalonians 1:4-10
David Jent
An Explosive Power
Greg Hardison

Bob Martin
Bill Tankersley
Kyle Bolton
Mike Wiles
Matthew 13:18-23
Larry McKnight
Heart Exam
Joe Liggett

Item for childrens home for January: chili

January 29

Baby Shower for Mallory Maddox, in Room 13, from

2 til 3:30. She is registered at H & S Pharmacy, Target, and
buybuyBABY. Its a GIRL!

January 29

90th Birthday celebration for Gene Parsons from 2 til 4 at

the Bridge Assisted Living, 851 James Campbell Blvd.,
Columbia.

January 29

Area-Wide, at Westvue, starting at 5:15.

January 30

Ladies Game Night in Room 13 at 6:00. Bring your favorite

finger food and a game. This is for ALL ladies.

DEACONS
Steve Allen
Kenneth Bailey
Grover Collins
Matt Ervin
Greg Hardison
Joel Hargrove
Robert Hopkins
Gary Lancaster
Kelly Lane
Joe Liggett
Ray Wakefield
Clifford Whitaker
Britt Wiles
Mike Wiles
Will Wilson

9:00 AM Service

FEBRUARY EVENTS
February 5

Baby Shower for Amy Emmitt, in Room 13, from 2 til 3:30.
She is registered at Amazon, H & S Pharmacy, Target, and
buybuy BABY. Its a GIRL!

February 11

40th Annual Golden 60s Banquet in annex in at 12 noon.

40 Years of Memories! Sign up on white board by
January 30th. If there is anyone that attended the first
one, please let us know.

Remember in Prayer

There Is an I in Sin

BY

CALEB

Pride, arrogance, self-righteousness, and independence are all words that can be used to describe the
Pharisees. The Pharisees were this group of religious elitists who took pride in knowing the law. Often
times, their knowledge of the law was so great that they decided to make some additions or, in their eyes,
clarifications as to what God had already commanded. These Pharisees were reacting against the
religious compromise that was plaguing the Jewish people. They took pride in bringing back the old-time
religion, which was vanishing in the culture of the time.
People would look up to the Pharisees. These guys had it all together on the surface. They were known for
committing their lives to learning the Hebrew law, and tended to be upstanding, educated, and influential.
However, there was a major problem. The Pharisees, having their elitist attitude, loved legalism more than
God. They loved the idea of keeping the law and meriting their own salvation through works, so much so
that their relationship with God was almost non-existent. They claimed to be the most religious group, but
their views of themselves clouded what it meant to follow God.

James Jordan is now at home.

Margaret Morton is in NHC Lewisburg.

Frances Tindell is in St. Thomas West.

Continue to Remember ...

Billy & Jo Ellen Haislip, Ruth Hargrove, Mary Hopkins,
James Jordan, Shirley McCollum, Jack Miller, Jack
Milligan
Emma Lancaster (mother of B J Holt), Lyla Kate
Johnson (granddaughter of Amy Fuller), Kurt Massey
(cousin of Donna Hargrove), Barbara Chunn, (aunt of
Kim Anderson & Keith Childers), Holland Townes,
(granddaughter of Steve & Pam Allen), Keith Green,
(son of Patsy Derryberry), Jesse Ervin, (brother of Sue
Willoughby and grandfather of Matt Ervin), Mike
McCollum, (son of Shirley McCollum), Joe Essner,
Mallory Gabard Cruz, (granddaughter of Hilda Lasater),
Carl Johnson, Mark & Matthew Johnson, (sons of
Wayne & Vickie Johnson, bus drivers), Rollie Beard, Ray
Locke

There was an I problem. Check out Luke 18:9ff, and what I want you to do is count how many times the
Pharisee, who enters the temple to pray says, I in his prayer. Four times the Pharisee uses the firstperson pronoun, four times in a 33-word prayer.

IN HOME SHUT-INS
Ross Beckham, Theola Blue, Betty Daniels, Sadie
Graves, Ruth Hargrove, Margaret Morton, Billy & Alice
Willis

You see what I mean? The greatest danger in life is anything other than Jesus that becomes a foundation
for our confidence. Performance-based religion is the false foundation of choice for many people today.
Often times we pride ourselves, like the Pharisees, in what we have accomplished, in what we do for Jesus.
However, lets take a look at the tax collector.

NHC LEWISBURG/MERIHIL
Anna Bailey, Joetta Bigham, Louise Hargrove, Larry
Hastings, Ruby Higdon, Austin Holbert, Margaret
Morton, Elise Murphy, Marie Musgrave, Elizabeth
Wood

The tax collector, who is across the room cries out, God, have mercy on me, a sinner. The Pharisee is
standing in the middle of the room drawing attention to how great he is, whereas this tax collector is doing
the opposite. He is standing at a distance and cries out that he is inadequate and broken.

NHC OAKWOOD
Emmaline Bless, Betty Carter, Roslyn Collins, Dorothy
Phillips, Ethel Short

The only I found in the tax collectors prayer comes in the middle of the word sin. The Pharisee took
pride in telling God all that he had done, the tax collector humbled himself by telling God all that he
needed done.
Jesus says the only way up is down. Greatness is humility. For everyone who exalts himself will be
humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted (Luke 18:14).
With love,
Caleb Taylor

Area-Wide @ Westvue
WOW
Golden 60s

January 29th @ 5:15

February 8th
February 11th

Birthdays and Anniversaries

January 22
January 23
January 24

Ashley Hopkins - 15
Meredith Collins
Pam Crabtree
Savannah Lee Smith - 1
Judy Cole
Will Smith - 17

January 25
January 26

January 23
January 28

Tex & Mary Hopkins

54 yrs
Jimmy & Sandra Wolaver
52 yrs
.

We have received thank you notes from:

Faye Lentz & Anna Bailey
Please stop and read.
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David Orr has remembered Church Street
in his will, and Church Street
gratefully appreciates his generosity.
*******************
Guess who is turning 100!
Mrs. Katherine Rickman,
mother of Jimmy Rickman,
will turn 100 on February 2nd.
Her address is:
Katherine Rickman
Life Care Center of Tullahoma
1715 N. Jackson St
Tullahoma, TN 37388

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