http://www.sbcgreenville.com/index.php The announcements that have been posted by Southside Baptist Church at www.sbcgreenville.com. en-gb ℗ & © 2013 - Southside Baptist Church j1_ministries@hotmail.com (Southside Baptist Church) j1_ministries@hotmail.com Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sbcgreenville.com/index.php Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Jun 17: Nehemiah 7-9; Acts 3 Jun 18: Nehemiah 10-11; Acts 4:1-22 Jun 19: Nehemiah 12-13; Acts 4:23-37 Jun 20: Esther 1-2; Acts 5:1-21 Jun 21: Esther 3-5; Acts 5:22-42 Jun 22: Esther 6-8; Acts 6 Jun 23: Esther 9-10; Acts 7:1-21 http://www.sbcgreenville.com/index.php Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Monday June 17, 2013 Companionship Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” (I Corinthians 15:33 NKJV) We can find encouragement through the companionship of God's people. Close friends, Christian companions, can be mighty tools in God's hands to bring us encouragement. Marine researchers off the coast of Corsica reported sighting a dolphin that was behaving strangely. The dolphin was not swimming. It was just watching their boat draw nearer and nearer. They decided that the dolphin was sick, so they netted it and examined it. The dolphin did not resist and showed no fear. The examination revealed no sign of any wound or illness. Yet, an hour later the animal was dead! The marine researchers concluded that — for some unknown reason — the dolphin must have been ostracized by other dolphins. When they are excluded in this way, they become desperate, attach themselves to anyone or anything and sometimes will themselves to die. Like the dolphin, we need fellowship. We need companionship. We need each other. But hear me carefully — we need the companionship and friendship of other believers. There's an old Latin saying that goes, "If you always live with those who are lame, you will begin to limp." The Bible puts it this way in 1 Corinthians 15:33: Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” I pray you have a blessed day today. Bro. Herbert Tuesday June 18, 2013 He Is Our Life Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (Psalm 29:1-2NKJV) Years ago, at a retreat for Deacons and their wives, we were talking about serving the Lord. One of my sessions stressed putting Jesus first in your life. After I finished speaking, we had a time for group discussion. One of the precious ladies there shared something I'll never forget. She said, "I used to put Jesus first in my life, but then I discovered that wasn't enough." Her words intrigued me and everyone else. I asked her to elaborate. She said, "When I put Jesus first in my life, I can attend to Him and then move on to the things that are second and third and fourth and fifth in my life. But when I make Him the center of my life, everything I do connects to Him." For us to give God the glory due His name means we must understand that Jesus is not just part of our lives. He's not just an important part of our lives. He's not even just the most important part of our lives. To give God glory means to understand that He is our life. All that we do…all we think…all we have…all that we are…flow from Him. I pray you have a blessed day today. Bro. Herbert Wednesday June 19, 2013 Dangerous Christianity But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. (Matthew 10:30-31 NKJV) Jack had a diamond that was very valuable to him. When Jack's parents died, he took the diamond that his dad had given his mother in an engagement ring. The diamond is rather small. It's not at all perfect. Many people wouldn't want the diamond at all. But Jack knew that his dad had earned the money for the ring by doing hard labor in a stone quarry. It was precious to him. Jack had a jeweler take the diamond from his mother's engagement ring and put it in a man's ring. He wore that ring, with his mother's diamond, for nearly 20 years. One night, after attending a conference in a city far from home, Jack went for a walk and was held up at gunpoint by two robbers. The crooks asked Jack for his money and he gave it to them, money clip and all. They asked for his watch, which had been an expensive gift from his older brother. Jack handed it over. Finally, they asked for his ring. Jack said, "You'll have to come and get it." It wasn’t the monetary value of the ring, but the significance of it that motivated him to refuse. Amazingly, they didn't shoot him. After hearing the story, the investigating officer told Jack — and I quote — "You're an idiot." He said, "The next time someone threatens you with a gun, give them everything they want." That story caused me to wonder… Is there anything I value more than my own life? It’s a thought worth pondering. I pray you have a blessed day today. Bro. Herbert Thursday June 20, 2013 He Is Our Strength No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:37 NKJV) A man from the Midwest was driving through Colorado. He was traveling uphill along a major interstate, when he overtook a freight train going in the same direction at a slower speed. The train was being pushed uphill by two locomotives that sounded as if they were straining at full power. The man, being a flatlander, was puzzled. Is this how trains move in mountainous terrain, he wondered. A few minutes later, the man gradually came alongside the front of the nearly mile-long string of cars. There he found five more locomotives pulling the train. Seven engines in all! There's a lesson in that train: When you are pushing a load uphill with all the strength you have and feel like your energy level is depleted, God wants you to know that He is in the lead pulling with power far greater than yours. I pray you have a blessed day today. Bro. Herbert Friday June 21, 2013 Middle Of A Storm And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NKJV) At a Christian retreat, Terri was sitting at the dinner table with her 13 year old daughter and several other women. Other than her daughter, she knew none of the ladies at the table. When her daughter left the table, Terri began to weep. Why? She began to tell her story. Three children. Her oldest - thirteen. Then her middle child who had multiple sclerosis. And her baby, who had numerous birth defects. She was taking care of all of them while her husband had been on a tour of duty in the military. When her husband came home, he seemed distant. Terri noticed a lump on the back of her neck and went to the doctor for a biopsy. She knew it was bad news when they called her to come to the office to get her test results. While she was waiting in the doctor's office a woman walked up to her and said "I've been having an affair with your husband." That news, then, the doctor told her she has Stage 4 cancer. When she told her husband, he left immediately and has had no contact with her or the children since. But that was not why Terri was weeping at the table. She had been a counselor for teenaged girls at her church. Some people were telling her, "You can't do this anymore, with all that's going on." Heartbroken, the ladies at the table sweetly reminded her, "God will use the tragedy you're going through to help you minister to others.” Some of the greatest times of ministry are when we are in the middle of a storm. God can even use the storms of our lives for good. Are you allowing God to use your storm for His glory? I pray you have a blessed day today. Bro. Herbert http://www.sbcgreenville.com/index.php Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 June 10: II Chronicles 34-36; John 19:1-22 June 11: Ezra 1-2; John 19:23-42 June 12: Ezra 3-5; John 20 June 13: Ezra 6-8; John 21 June 14: Ezra 9-10; Acts 1 June 15: Nehemiah 1-3; Acts 2:1-21 June 16: Nehemiah 4-6; Acts 2:22-47 http://www.sbcgreenville.com/index.php