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Fairview Family News

WEDNESDAY INVITATION July 8, 2015 David Samples

10th Annual Connections Leadership Camp ATTENDANCE/CONTRIBUTION McDonough Church of Christ June 28, 2015 July 12 – 17, 2015 77 a.m./38 p.m. If you are in Grades 6 – 12, and would like $3,173.00 to attend, please e-mail [email protected] for an application ~ the Southside Youth Devo (Area Wide) will kick-off the camp ~ Cost is $75 for the week and includes meals, lodging, t-shirt & class material.

Monday, July 6, 2015 EXCUSES FOR NOT BECOMING A 10:00 a.m. in the Annex. CHRISTIAN

“ A lot of Christians are hypocrites.” This is a true statement. Many Christians are hypocrites. This should not be too surprising, because there are bad apples in every basket. The standard to which God calls us should not be judged by a few bad apples. Besides, would you rather spend a few years putting up with a few hypocrites in church, or spend eternity with all of Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord them in hell? (Matthew 13:24-43) Psalm 33:12 MISSIONARIES: Robert Martin, Stacy Ferguson (Pacific Islands) Prayer SHUT-INS: Gwinnell Goss; Sonny Vaughn. Requests

ISAIAH 29:6 Evelyn Burttram, Pam Casson’s neighbor, went into labor at 25 weeks ~ her baby was You will be punished by the LORD of hosts born weighing 1 lb. 15 oz. ~ please pray for With thunder and earthquake mother, baby and family. and great noise, With storm and tempest Wyn Miller had surgery to repair her broken And the flame of devouring fire. arm ~ the surgery went well and she has been able to attend services.

Linda Weathers, Jeff’s mother, had tests ran last week ~ that same evening she fell, fracturing her shoulder and cutting her leg.

REMEMBER: The Allen Family (Ashley Pitts’ friends); Willard Bales (friend of Willard Mann); Ginger Born (Ben and Brenda’s daughter-in-law; chemo); Bobbie and Lula Childs; Bob Dailey (Allen’s brother; heart); Cheryl Glisson (Charlotte Gilbert’s niece, cancer); Nell Horton (Vern Morris’ sister, heart); Hershel and Alice Johnson; Brenda Maner (cancer); Ruby Mann (Allen Dailey’s mother); Maria Martin (severe headaches daily); Blanch Murphy’s son, Jeremiah (Pine Crest Hospital); Gertrude Musslewhite; Laura He who is waiting for something to Peeks (liver); Gail Robichuad (Chris White’s turn up might start with his own niece, vein problems); Janet Price and Carl shirt sleeves. Williams (Betty Dailey’s sister and brother); Alvin Smith (Dean Bruce’s brother, cancer); All hard work brings a profit, but John Wells (friend of the Moore family, mere talk leads only to poverty. motorcycle accident); Chris White. (Proverbs 14:23)

Fairview Church of Christ

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 July 5, 2015

Minister: Prayer: Bill Queen Jerry Whitmire Christian Character 678-432-4953 Home 678-492-0383 Cell Christian character is developed by allowing the Church Info: Holy Spirit to work in our lives through the study of 1048 Swan Lake Rd. God's Word. We study the Bible to learn about the Stockbridge, GA 30281 kind of character God desires in His people. Self- Phone: 770-474-7107 discipline is a key ingredient to being obedient to Fax: 770-506-0136 God, defeating sin in our lives, and putting on Christ- Email: [email protected] like qualities.

Services: "No one can win a race with intermittent effort. Sunday Christ-likeness cannot be reached with that kind of Bible Study . . . . 9:30 a.m. effort either ~ it is an ongoing pursuit. So Paul says, Worship . . . . . 10:30 a.m. Worship ...... 6:00 p.m. "Let us keep living by that same standard to which we Wednesday have attained" (Phil. 3:16). The Greek verb Bible Study . . . . 7:00 p.m. translated "keep living" refers to walking in line. Just as a runner must stay in his lane and keep up the Worship Assignments same effort until he reaches the finish, you must stay July 12, 2015 in line spiritually and keep moving forward toward the goal of Christ-likeness." Announcements/Opening Prayer: Ted Brown ~ John MacArthur

Lead Singing: Ted Brown

Lord’s Supper: Dennis Brown, Jeff Weathers, Allen Dailey, Philip Nyamor

Reading: Dennis Brown

CUTTING YOUR OWN SWITCH

In by-gone years there was a helpful tool parents sometimes used to impart wisdom to their children called a “hickory switch” (“hickory” for short). This tool often made a lasting impression, and imparted memorable instruction to children whenever it was used. And, years later, it will often bring forth a smile or even laughter to those whose parents loved them enough to provide such “memorable instruction.” One method that would sometimes accompany the use of a hickory switch was to tell a son or daughter who was in need of wisdom to go outside and cut a “hickory” and bring it back. This would generate an analytical process in the mind of the child which was often educational. On one hand the child was tempted to find a limb that was light weight, or small, or weak, or semi rotten, or otherwise would not be able to impart memorable wisdom. But, on the other hand, the child realized that if the switch was not sufficient then the parent would feel that more wisdom was needed. Talk about your conundrums. In latter times this tool for imparting wisdom has, for the most part, fallen out use. God has many tools at His disposal to impart wisdom. Unfortunately man is often slow to comprehend the wisdom that God imparts. One example is found in the book of Esther. Haman was a man of importance to King Ahasuerus. The king placed him above all the other princes in his kingdom (Esther 3:1). But Haman was a prideful man who needed instruction in the wisdom of God. Haman hated Mordecai; but he was not satisfied with punishing him. No! In his anger, Haman devised a diabolical plan. He talked the king into signing a decree that all the Jews were to be executed on a certain day. But God had His own plan ~ a different plan. The king wanted to honor Mordecai, a Jew and the relative of Queen Esther. Haman thought the king wanted to honor him, so, he advised an elaborate honor to be bestowed on the person the king wished to honor. Then king Ahasuerus ordered Haman to go and bestow this honor on Mordecai. Haman had to put a robe and a royal crest on Mordecai and then lead him around the town on horseback proclaiming, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!” Haman, blinded by hurt pride and anger, failed to receive the instruction God had intended to impart. This was a fatal mistake on Haman’s part. Haman had built a gallows fifty cubits high on which he intended Mordecai to be hanged. But God turned Haman’s plans back on himself. It was Haman, not Mordecai, who was hanged on those gallows. (Side note: The gallows had been erected at Haman’s own house ~ Esther 7:9.) Mordecai and the Jewish people were delivered from the destruction Haman had thought to bring upon them. Haman had, without realizing it, cut his own switch. The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught. The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah (Psalm 9:15-16) A friend described a common condition of children today as “ABDE” – “Ain’t Been Disciplined Enough.” This is not limited to our children.

~ Steve Vice