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Prayer for Carlton and Gloria Smith 2142 East Atlanta Road You at Stockbridge, GA 30281

You can send a card, Christmas say a prayer or make a phone call I said a special prayer for you to let our members know we care. As Christmas Day drew near. That God would bless you richly That there may be no division Throughout the coming year. in the body, but that the members may have the same I did not ask for Him to send care for one another. If one You gifts of worldly wealth; member suffers, all suffer But prayed that He would fill your life together; if one member is With peace and joy and health. honored, all rejoice together. I Corinthians 12:25-26

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His December 18, 2016 glory, to be strengthened with might 55 a.m./29 p.m. through His Spirit in the inner man, $1,899.00 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height ~ to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. ~ Ephesians 3:14-19 Prayer Wednesday, 3/1/17 @ East Point Requests Thursday, 3/2/17 @ Shannon Psalm 74:16-17

Josh Casson, Pam’s son, has Bell’s Palsy. The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun. Stephanie Stokes (friend of Amber You have set all the borders of the earth; Weathers) had complications during the delivery of her newborn son, Sawyer ~ the You have made summer and winter. baby was taken to another hospital for specialized treatment; but, has now been moved back to Rockdale Medical’s NICU.

Valerie Warren, Alice Johnson’s daughter, will be seeing a lung specialist.

CONTINUE TO REMEMBER: Lula Childs, Wyman Clark, Sue Collins, Willard Mann, Bill Queen

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The Ladies Bible Class will meet Monday, January 9, 2017, in the annex at 10:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY INVITATION December 28, 2016 2017 Progressive David Samples Meeting February 26 – March 2, 2017 Speaker: Eric Thornton Sunday, 2/26/17 @ Peachtree City Monday, 2/27/17 @ Tara Tuesday, 2/28/17 @ Fairview

Fairview Church of Christ

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 December 25, 2016

Minister: Jerry Whitmire Prayer: Bill Queen 678-432-4953 Home Attitude 678-492-0383 Cell

Church Info: How can one develop a proper attitude 1048 Swan Lake Rd. toward God? First, our attitude toward God Stockbridge, GA 30281 must be based on our conviction that “He is,” Phone: 770-474-7107 and that “He is a rewarder of those who Fax: 770-506-0136 diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). This Email: [email protected] kind of faith will produce a good attitude of godly fear, and “the fear of the Lord is the Services: beginning of knowledge” (Proverbs 1:7). Sunday Second, God is absolutely holy, absolutely Bible Study . . . . 9:30 a.m. perfect, and absolutely wise. He is grieved by Worship . . . . . 10:30 a.m. evil. He loves man and wants us to love and Worship ...... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday obey Him. All of this should motivate us to Bible Study . . . . 7:00 p.m. want to be true to Him all the days of our life. Our attitude toward God will then be such as Worship Assignments expressed by the heavenly hosts: “Worthy are January 1, 2017 thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou Announcements/Opening didst create all things, and because of thy will Prayer: Jeff Weathers they were, and were created,” (Revelation 4:11). Lead Singing: Ted Brown Lord’s Supper: The churches of Christ Ben Born, Dennis Brown, Allen Dailey, Vern Morris greet you.

Reading: Allen Dailey Romans 16:16 MOVE ALONG David A. Sargent

When Christian Herter was governor of Massachusetts, he was running hard for a second term in office. One day, after a busy morning chasing votes (and no lunch), he arrived at a church barbecue. It was late afternoon and Herter was famished.

As Herter moved down the serving line, he held out his plate to the woman serving chicken. She put a piece on his plate and turned to the next person in line.

“Excuse me”, Governor Herter said. “Do you mind if I have another piece of chicken?” “Sorry”, the woman told him. “I’m supposed to give one piece of chicken to each person.” “But I’m starved,” the governor said. “Sorry,” the woman said again. “Only one to a customer.”

Governor Herter was a modest and unassuming man, but he decided that this time he would throw a little weight around.

“Do you know who I am?” he said. “I am the governor of this state.” “Do you know who I am?” the woman responded. “I’m the lady in charge of the chicken. Move along, mister.”

That was quite a lesson on authority, wasn’t it? It was a lesson in humility, too. Who is the authority in your life? It is important that we get it right.

Many times, we like to be in charge ~ or at least think we are. We even try to throw our weight around in order to have things our own way.

The truth is, we are not in charge ~ there is a higher Authority. And we need to learn to humble ourselves and submit to this Authority while we can. God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). Jesus died on the cross to become our Savior ~ to pay the price for our sins. Then Jesus rose from the dead three days later. Now, He lives to be our Lord! Every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:11). The only question is when. To confess it now means salvation; to wait to confess it on the Day of Judgment will mean condemnation (Matthew 7:21). To confess Christ as Lord ~ and to have Him as our Savior ~ means to trust and obey Him: believing in Him (Acts 16:30-31), turning from sin in repentance to follow Him (II Corinthians 7:9-10), confessing Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and being immersed in His name for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts 2:38). Confessing Christ as Lord also requires that we continue to follow Him faithfully (Luke 6:46). We need to move along in obedience to the Lord.