Greetings FB members and friends and thanks for taking the time to join me for some Fine Points from yesterday’s service and message. Everyone is reminded to prepare your presentation for Show and Tell the 5th Sunday morning during BTU.
Recite a scriptural passage or poem (no reading), give a biography of an important and influential person, share an important date or contribution in black history, cite the books of the bible in the old or new testament or share some Baptist or Christian history just to name a few things you can do. The more everyone participates the better it will be.
Our Senior Christmas Luncheon will be held next Saturday, Dec. 14th at Hilltop starting at 12:00 pm. Be sure to spread the word around so our seniors can get there. We will be keeping the focus of Christmas where it belongs which is on Jesus on Christmas morning at 11:00 am. Invite and bring your family and friends to Christmas Day service and dress causal.
Our Watch Night service this year will begin at 5:00 pm instead of 10:00 pm and go until 7:00 pm. We are trying something different this year in hopes that it will improve the year end worship experience. And now just a few comments on yesterday’s message “Apathy: A Result of Discontent”.
One of the reasons church members don’t give the time, attention, devotion and dedication to the church that we should is apathy caused by discontent. Apathy means church members are indifferent to the success and well-being of the church. Apathy means church members provide lackluster, unenthusiastic, inconsistent grudging service to the Lord through the church.
Apathy means church members come to church not seeking to be on time or make the worship experience special for someone else but instead with an attitude that says “ok I’m here” not to mention those who don’t even bother to come. This apathy is caused in part by discontent which is dissatisfaction or trouble with some aspect of one’s own life to the point that it excludes them from being able to be concerned about anyone or anything else.
People are so worried and consumed by their own problems and situations until they can’t give any meaningful and thoughtful attention to the problems or concerns of anyone else. That includes God and the church. Any attention that is given is overshadowed by the discontentment in their own lives and that’s why any attention given shows up as tokenlike at best.
Two problems with apathy is that it prevents the church from fulfilling its mission of representing Christ to reach the lost and it exposes a crisis of confidence of faith in the promises and message of God. The way to overcome apathy caused by discontent is to stop stressing over life situations and circumstances knowing that they will always be there, find and rejoice in what is right and good in our life, rely on God to take care of what is lacking and needed and begin to dedicate ourselves to the service and helping of others for Jesus’s sake.
If we will do this, the church will be able to fulfill its mission, we will be much happier, God will delight in providing and fulfilling our needs and we will be sowing to the Spirit instead of our flesh and reaping everlasting life instead of condemnation and corruption.
Look for our Sunday School preview that comes out on Thursday of this week on our Facebook page and mobile app. You can also enjoy the SS Daily Bible Readings anytime and anywhere at our website. As always, remember to fear God and keep His commandments
Pastor Jordan
Thanks. First time visiting.
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Thank
you pastor for the word on Sunday I really enjoyed it.
Thank you for your encouragement and service.
Thanks for word on Sunday. I really enjoyed
it. Thank you for BTU, teaching us on how to be Holy.