The Sunday Service on May 3rd began with a Gideon speaker, who told us of a man who said "no" when offered the chance to trade his old, worn out New Testament for a brand new one. The man wanted to keep the very Bible that changed his life. Eventually he was convinced to let the Gideons take his tattered Bible back to the US to show us how generosity can make a difference.
The Gideon speaker stressed the importance of buying Bibles and being able to hand them directly to those in need of hope. A small gesture of $1 is a small investment in the eternal futures of thousands all over the world. One New Testament handed out by the Gideons is read and passed down through families and has the potential to create generations of Christians.
Pastor Davis has been led to do a three part message emphasizing prayer. Part one of this lesson was about the hinderances to prayer: 1) Selfishness, 2) Unbelief, and 3) Impatience.
Selfishness in prayer can be described as a person who only prays for himself instead of focusing on the needs of others. Unbelief and Impatience sometimes go hand-in-hand and are feelings we have all experienced. It is easy to succumb to the fear, but God asks us to trust Him and persevere because doubt hinders God's answers to our prayers.
Last week's sermon (Part 2) focused on the fact that "God sees
everything in totality." We as humans are given freewill, which is the ability to choose for ourselves whether or not we will become Christians. God loves us but will NOT force us to turn away from sin; He wants us to choose to come to Him. Another important point from this sermon is that "believers are guaranteed to receive salvation." As sinners, we have all been condemned to hell, so God is NOT trying to condemn us, but save us.
This Sunday (May 17) is Part 3 of Pastor Davis' sermon on prayer. In this day and age it is more important than ever for Christians to cover the world in prayer. We need to be faithful and steadfast in our prayers because prayer is our only weapon to combat the everday reminders that we are quickly becoming the minority.
The Sunday Service on May 3rd began with a Gideon speaker, who told us of a man who said "no" when offered the chance to trade his old, worn out New Testament for a brand new one. The man wanted to keep the very Bible that changed his life. Eventually he was convinced to let the Gideons take his tattered Bible back to the US to show us how generosity can make a difference. 
