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JAN. 12: GOD EXPECTS

January 7, 2020

By Glenn Metts
Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Seymour

Focal Passage: Numbers 32:20-32

It’s hard to believe that we have entered 2020! A new year brings a pause as we remember the year we are leaving behind. It brings anticipation as we look forward to a new year. Twenty years ago we entered a new millennium. Now, here we are 20 years later. It’s true what they say, “Time stands still for no one.”

The beginning of a new year is a good time to stop and reflect on God’s faithfulness to us over the past year. It is also a good time to reflect on our faithfulness to Him and to renew our commitment to the Lord as we move forward into a new year. Our lesson this week in Numbers 32:20-32 reminds us that God expects His people to keep their promises and commitments. [Read more…]

JAN. 12: WHY DOES SUFFERING EXIST?

January 7, 2020

By Tim Frank
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage

Focal Passage: Genesis 3:16-19; Romans 8:18-25

In this life, there are few things that are universally experienced by every person. Among those universal experiences are pain and suffering. Whether sickness or disease, by unintentional or purposeful actions, life is filled with pain and suffering. Jesus said in John 16:33, “In this world you will have tribulation.”

A second universal experience connected to pain and suffering is the obvious question, “Why?” This question haunts the cancer patient, the couple who recently lost their teenage son in a car accident, and the community devastated by a tornado. Why pain? Why suffering? Why death? Often, the greatest challenge is felt by the believer who trusts in Jesus, prays for healing and deliverance, and yet sees his loved one succumb to disease and slip away in death. [Read more…]

JAN. 5: GOD COMMISSIONS

December 30, 2019

By Glenn Metts
Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage

Focal Passage: Numbers 27:12-23

God calls and commissions believers in every generation to carry the message of the gospel to the world. One of the most special days of my life occurred on Aug. 18, 1991, when I was ordained to the ministry. As I knelt before the members of First Calvary Baptist Church in Leesville, S.C., the ordained men of the church laid their hands on me, prayed over me, and charged me to preach the gospel of Jesus. [Read more…]

JAN. 5: WHAT PROOF DOES MY TESTIMONY OFFER?

December 30, 2019

By Tim Frank
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage

Focal Passage: Acts 26:2-5, 12-18, 24-26

Everyone loves a good story. There is something about a personal story that draws you into the life of another. It may be the struggle and hardship of a particular time in life. It may be the drama and change that made all the difference in a situation. It may be the lessons learned and the transformation that has occurred. In the Christian’s life, we call that type of personal story a testimony. [Read more…]

DEC. 29: GOD CALLS

December 23, 2019

By Glenn Metts
Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage

Focal Passage: Numbers 22:22-35

God calls individuals and uses whatever He chooses to accomplish His purposes in the world. Today’s passage is somewhat humorous in that God can even use a donkey! God used a donkey to speak in order to get the attention of Balaam, a well-known Mesopotamian diviner. If God will speak to and use a man like Balaam, God certainly calls His followers to represent Him and His purposes in this world. As followers of Christ, we need to be ready to respond obediently when God calls. [Read more…]

DEC. 29: AREN’T ALL RELIGIONS THE SAME?

December 23, 2019

By Tim Frank
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage

Focal Passage: Isaiah 44:6-11; John 14:5-7

A common expression says, “All rivers flow into the sea.” The meaning is clear. There are many streams, but, ultimately, they all end the same place. This thinking has been applied in the world to all religions being roads to the same destination — heaven. In fact, it is popular in today’s tolerant, all-inclusive culture to affirm coexistence and the belief that all religions are basically the same. [Read more…]

GIVING THE GIFT OF MOBILITY, SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS

December 16, 2019

By Ashley Perham
Baptist & Reflector

Randall Runions, NAMB chaplain at the South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, stands amid the wheelchair inventory at the factory where he oversees a wheelchair refurbishment program.

CLIFTON — Randall Runions, NAMB chaplain at the South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, has run a wheelchair refurbishment program at the prison since 2007. This November, his facility celebrated their 10,000th refurbished wheelchair.

The wheelchairs are distributed for free through Joni and Friends, Wheels For The World to people all over the world who need wheelchairs.

Wheels For The World works with other prisons, but South Central Correctional Facility has the largest program, Runions said. [Read more…]

DEC. 22: GOD SAVES

December 16, 2019

By Glenn Metts
Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage

Focal Passage: Matthew 1:18-25; Numbers 21:6-9

Christmas brings the most glorious news mankind has ever known. We have a God who loves us and pursues us. He stepped into our world in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus. Jesus was born, lived a sinless life and took on our sin as He was lifted up on Calvary’s cross. The eternal Son of God was born to save us from our sin. In our Scripture passages this week, we have a picture of our sinful state and a God who saves.

We are confronted with the sinfulness of man. In Numbers 21:4-9, we see a picture of the sinfulness of man. The Israelites offended God by their sin of complaining and grumbling not only against Moses, but also against the Lord Himself. [Read more…]

DEC. 22: IS JESUS GOD?

December 16, 2019

By Tim Frank
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage

Focal Passage: Luke 1:26-35

Merry Christmas!

This is the week we have looked forward to throughout the year. The retail stores began decorating for this season well before Thanksgiving. Christmas presents have been bought and wrapped in many homes for weeks. In fact, most church and community Christmas events have come and gone. All that remains is the celebration of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Each year, we are reminded of the hustle and bustle of Christmas. The excessive spending and the constant activity of the season can cause one to miss the true meaning of the season. On this Sunday before Christmas, may we slow down and focus on the One whose birth we celebrate. Let us remember Jesus and worship Him as the literal, physical, and eternal Son of God. [Read more…]

DEC. 15: GOD REQUIRES

December 9, 2019

By Glenn Metts
Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Carthage

Focal Passage: Numbers 20:1-13

Being a Christian leader is humbling, rewarding and challenging! Leaders should remember that we serve the Lord first and foremost. What a humbling and rewarding calling! Being a Christian leader is also challenging.

It comes with a lot of responsibility and it is not an easy road. As we serve God’s people, we must carefully obey the Lord and His Word. We cannot serve in our own strength. We must rely on the Lord each step of the way and always follow His direction in our lives and the ministry He has called us to. Complete obedience is the standard. Indeed, complete obedience is what God requires of His leaders. [Read more…]

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