November 17, 2024
A hearty welcome to all
9:30 AM Service
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31, Gen. 2:4-25
Divine Creation (3)-of Mankind
5:00 PM Service
Scripture: Psalm 139 (Attributes series)
The Three “Omni” Attributes of God
Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence
Offering: Church Fund
Prayer
*Those with various afflictions, maladies, or burdens
*Families, marriages, children, widows, singles, the elderly
*Mission work and outreach
*Gratitude for: church, family, health, education, and work
*Revival in our nation and Reformation in her churches
*Thanksgiving Nel may commemorate her 3rd “transplantiversary” today
Calendar for November
Wed. 20 Rescheduled Consistory meeting, 6:00 pm. Prayer time & Bible Study, 7:00 pm (chap. 4 with corresponding questions)
Thurs. 28 Thanksgiving service, 9:30 am
Verse for the Day~
I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior —1 Tim. 2:1-3
~Reflections~
Weapons Doomed to Fail
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn”
– Isaiah 54:17
There is great clatter in the forges and smithies of the enemy. They are making weapons wherewith to smite the saints. They could not even do as much as this if the LORD of saints did not allow them; for He has created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire. But see how busily they labor! How many swords and spears they fashion! It matters nothing, for on the blade of every weapon you may read this inscription: It shall not Prosper. But now listen to another noise: it is the strife of tongues. Tongues are more terrible instruments than can be made with hammers and anvils, and the evil which they inflict cuts deeper and spreads wider. What will become of us now? Slander, falsehood, insinuation, ridicule-these are poisoned arrows; how can we meet them? The LORD God promises us that, if we cannot silence them, we shall, at least, escape from being ruined by them. They condemn us for the moment, but we shall condemn them at last and forever. The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped, and their falsehoods shall be turned to the honor of those good men who suffered by them.