The Vineyard- June 22, 2014

The Vineyard

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5

Genesis 26:1-35

Pray for God to speak to you through the reading of His word. 

Read the passage. 

-          Conduits of Blessing

o   God reminds Isaac that it will be through his offspring that the nations of the earth are blessed.  In other words, the mission of the faithful is not to be blessed, but to be a blessing to others.  Do you focus more on being blessed, or being a blessing to others? 

-          Learn from Mistakes

o   Isaac repeats the mistakes of his father, lying about Rebekah being his wife.  Abimelech, rather than Isaac, is the one who recognizes the truth and tries to avoid a sinful situation.  Are you careful to learn from your mistakes, and the mistakes of others?  If not, you are doomed to repeat them. 

-          People over Possessions

o   It would have been easy for Isaac to fight over the wells that his own father had dug, and yet rather than fight over them he simply finds another well.  Are there times where we choose possessions over people?  How can we learn to not fight over things?

Pray that God will teach us how to be conduits of blessings for others. 

Ask God to help us learn from our past mistakes.  

Prayer Requests- June 22, 2014

Prayer Requests:

Praise:  J.W. Lott had successful knee replacement surgery Monday.  Neiko Bradford is doing better.  Linda Sipco got a good report. 

Recent Requests: Juanita Isles, Lisa Winn, J.W. Lott, Reecie Young, Kerry Page, Brandie King, Mamie Grantham, Rudolf Gordon, Aunt Charlene Babb, C.W. Strother, Anita Kurtz, Eugene Alston, Myrtle Pharis, Peggy Sue LeDoux Johnson, Ailene Ness, Ben Golman, Jesse Boults, Kirby Guy, Sue Moore, Kimmy Fix, Ed Grantham, Doris Polk, Halyn Smith, Andrew Juneau, Anna Thibadoux, Eric Sipco, Brody Carraway

Pray for the camp weeks at CYE and our VBS

Pray for your enemies.  (Matthew 5:44)

Continuing Requests: Brent Anderson, Kowyn Austin, Allan Babb, Roanne Ballio, Makenzie Bankston, Jeff Bedsole, Conner Bouchie, Carl Chellette, Payton Conway,  Marie Cook, Sharon Cook, Lynn Diboll, Sampson Doyle III, Michael Fuller, Travis Gillespie, Bill Goree; Robert Gough, Chris Griffin, Robert Gunter, Kathryn Hardy, Grady Harper, Clyde Holloway, Darlene Holt, George Johnson, James Johnson, Sylvia Johnson, Darwin Jones, Mascel Keith, Drake Martin, Sarah Martin, Mattie McReynolds, Ben Mealer, Dot Melder, Mark Melder, Arvis Midkiff, Billy Joe Monroe, Jim Owens, Harvey Paul, Harvey Paul, Jr., Bob Peterson, Carol Pfile, Dewanna Polk, Estelle Simmons, Nathan Snyder, Aiden Stewart, Erica Gillette Stewart, Eva Stewart, Myrtle Strother, Jolee Rayne Terrell, Azaria Thompson, Martha Townsend, Jeanie Winegeart

Deployed Military:  Tyler Bankston, James Chandler; Matthew Droddy, Horace Greene, and those serving in the military

Cancer Patients:  Sylvia Bollock, Myrtis Bond, Larry Book, Shirley Cameron, Kennette Campbell, Gleeta Chamberlain, Jerry Cole, Dorothy Crane, Sally Crooks, Bill Davidson, Donna Dyson, Ruth Ann Fisher, Joe Donald Francis, Murray Ganson, Jared Gordon, Stacy Gough, Darrel Johnson, Leah Johnson, Roger Johnson, Virginia Johnson, Mr. Kelly, Angela Kingry, Tessela Laborde, Danielle Lachney, Johnny LaHay, Dot Langston, Liz Latz, Mariliyn Lavisphere, Kaylee Lesta, Braeden Lyberski, Neda Lyberski, Julie Milam, David Monroe, Bob Morrow, Joe O’Neal, Jeanie O’Rorke, Chris Parker, Thelma Polk, Joan Schneider, Donny Shows,  Richard Simmons, Linda Sipco, Connor Smith, Mark Smith, Walter Stagg, Glennell Stanley, Jackie Teasely, Cliff Thornton, Dalton Welch, Shane West, Charles Whitten, Britney Wilson, Charles Young

Nursing Homes:  Mary Ann Fuller, John Kenner, Doris Polk

Travelling: Kyron Paul; Luther Paul

Deaths: The families of Cecile James, Gail Hearn, and Rufus Bonnette

Unspoken Requests

Vacation Bible School 2014- "I AM"

Glenmora

Church of Christ

Vacation Bible School 2014

June 22^nd-25^th

6:00-8:00 P.M.

“I AM”

Sunday- “The Bread of Life”

Monday- “The Light of the World”

Tuesday- “The Good Shepherd”

Wednesday- “The True Vine”

The Vineyard- June 15, 2014

The Vineyard

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5

Genesis 25:1-34

Pray for God to speak to you through the reading of His word. 

Read the passage. 

-          God’s Promises

o   Even though Ishmael wasn’t the child of promise, God still made a promise to Hagar that he would be blessed.  Even if we don’t have a leading role in history, God’s faithfulness to us remains.      

-          God’s Prerogative

o   When Jacob and Esau were born, contemporary society dictated that the oldest son should be the one who received the lion’s share, if not the entire inheritance.  And yet, before they were born God tells Rebekah that it will be the younger that will be the greatest.  God is not bound by tradition or social customs when choosing who he will use.   

-          Short-Term Thinking

o   Esau is willing to trade away future blessings for immediate gratification.  Are you guilty of giving up a lot, for just a little bit of immediate satisfaction?

Praise God for his faithfulness toward us. 

Pray for wisdom to discern how God might want to use you. 

Pray for strength to value our future blessings, more than our immediate gratification.  

Prayer Requests- June 15, 2014

Prayer Requests:

Praise:  Morgan Strother put on Christ in baptism on Sunday!  Archie Poole is doing better and was able to be back with us at worship.  Ruby Ulmer had successful double knee replacement surgery.  Walter Beard is back at work and doing better.  Kirby Guy was able to go home from rehab.  Ed Johnson, Velma Hayes,  and Paul Bailey are all doing better.              

Recent Requests: Reecie Young, Carrie Page, Brandie King, Mamie Grantham, Rudolf Gordon, Aunt Charlene Babb, C.W. Strother, Anita Kurtz, Eugene Alston, Myrtle Pharis, Peggy Sue LeDoux Johnson, Ailene Ness, Cecile James, Ben Golman, Jesse Boults, Kirby Guy, Gail Hearn, Sue Moore, Kimmy Fix, Ed Grantham, Doris Polk, Neiko Bradford, Halyn Smith, Andrew Juneau, Anna Thibadoux, Eric Sipco, Brody Carraway

Pray for the camp weeks at CYE and our upcoming VBS

Pray for your enemies.  (Matthew 5:44)

Continuing Requests: Brent Anderson, Kowyn Austin, Allan Babb, Roanne Ballio, Makenzie Bankston, Jeff Bedsole, Conner Bouchie, Carl Chellette, Payton Conway,  Marie Cook, Sharon Cook, Lynn Diboll, Sampson Doyle III, Michael Fuller, Travis Gillespie, Bill Goree; Robert Gough, Chris Griffin, Robert Gunter, Kathryn Hardy, Grady Harper, Clyde Holloway, Darlene Holt, George Johnson, James Johnson, Sylvia Johnson, Darwin Jones, Mascel Keith, Drake Martin, Sarah Martin, Mattie McReynolds, Ben Mealer, Dot Melder, Mark Melder, Arvis Midkiff, Billy Joe Monroe, Jim Owens, Harvey Paul, Harvey Paul, Jr., Bob Peterson, Carol Pfile, Dewanna Polk, Thelma Polk, Estelle Simmons, Nathan Snyder, Aiden Stewart, Erica Gillette Stewart, Eva Stewart, Myrtle Strother, Jolee Rayne Terrell, Azaria Thompson, Martha Townsend, Jeanie Winegeart

Deployed Military:  Tyler Bankston, James Chandler; Matthew Droddy, Horace Greene, and those serving in the military

Cancer Patients:  Sylvia Bollock, Myrtis Bond, Larry Book, Shirley Cameron, Kennette Campbell, Gleeta Chamberlain, Jerry Cole, Dorothy Crane, Sally Crooks, Bill Davidson, Donna Dyson, Ruth Ann Fisher, Joe Donald Francis, Murray Ganson, Jared Gordon, Stacy Gough, Darrel Johnson, Leah Johnson, Roger Johnson, Virginia Johnson, Mr. Kelly, Angela Kingry, Tessela Laborde, Danielle Lachney, Johnny LaHay, Dot Langston, Liz Latz, Mariliyn Lavisphere, Kaylee Lesta, Braeden Lyberski, Neda Lyberski, Julie Milam, David Monroe, Bob Morrow, Joe O’Neal, Jeanie O’Rorke, Chris Parker, Joan Schneider, Donny Shows,  Richard Simmons, Linda Sipco, Connor Smith, Mark Smith, Walter Stagg, Glennell Stanley, Jackie Teasely, Cliff Thornton, Dalton Welch, Shane West, Charles Whitten, Britney Wilson, Charles Young

Nursing Homes:  Mary Ann Fuller, John Kenner, Doris Polk

Travelling: Kyron Paul; Luther Paul

Deaths: The families of Rufus Bonnette and Alva Lee Perkins

Unspoken Requests

The Vineyard- June 8, 2014

The Vineyard

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5

Genesis 24:1-67

Pray for God to speak to you through the reading of His word. 

Read the passage. 

-          Immovable Faith

o   Even at the end of his life with the promise as yet unrealized, Abraham remains faithful to God’s calling for him and his family.  Are you living your life so that your family will live in a way that glorifies God, even after you are gone?    

-          Incredible Loyalty

o   Abraham’s servant shows not only great faith, but incredible loyalty to Abraham and Isaac.  Would people consider you a loyal person?  Does your faith cause you to act with loyalty and integrity?

-          Lavish Hospitality

o   Rebekah showed herself to have a true servant’s heart by providing water not only for Abraham’s servant, but ten camels!  She did this without knowing that she would be blessed herself by her act of hospitality.  Would you have shown hospitality as Rebekah did? 

Pray that like Abraham, we might dedicate ourselves to God’s calling for our life. 

Pray that we might show the same integrity and loyalty that Abraham’s servant showed. 

Pray that like Rebekah, we will be quick to show hospitality, even to strangers.  

Prayer Requests- June 8, 2014

Prayer Requests:

Praise:  Richard Simmons & Estelle Simmons were able to go home.  Kirby Guy was able to move to rehab after his knee replacement surgery.  Eugene Austin had successful heart surgery.            

Recent Requests: Rudolf Gordon, Archie Poole, Aunt Charlene Babb, C.W. Strother, Anita Kurtz, Eugene Austin, Ed Johnson, Myrtle Pharis, Peggy Sue LeDoux Johnson, Ailene Ness, Cecile James, Ben Golman, Jesse Boults, Kirby Guy, Gail Hearn, Sue Moore, Kimmy Fix, Ed Grantham, Doris Polk, Neiko Bradford, Halyn Smith, Andrew Juneau, Anna Thibadoux, Walter Beard, Paul Bailey, Eric Sipco, Brody Carraway

Pray for the camp weeks at CYE, and for our VBS coming up. 

Pray for your enemies.  (Matthew 5:44)

Continuing Requests: Brent Anderson, Kowyn Austin, Allan Babb, Roanne Ballio, Makenzie Bankston, Jeff Bedsole, Conner Bouchie, Carl Chellette, Payton Conway,  Marie Cook, Sharon Cook, Lynn Diboll, Sampson Doyle III, Michael Fuller, Travis Gillespie, Bill Goree; Robert Gough, Chris Griffin, Robert Gunter, Kathryn Hardy, Grady Harper, Velma Hayes, Clyde Holloway, Darlene Holt, George Johnson, James Johnson, Sylvia Johnson, Darwin Jones, Mascel Keith, Drake Martin, Sarah Martin, Mattie McReynolds, Ben Mealer, Dot Melder, Mark Melder, Arvis Midkiff, Billy Joe Monroe, Jim Owens, Harvey Paul, Harvey Paul, Jr., Bob Peterson, Carol Pfile, Dewanna Polk, Thelma Polk, Estelle Simmons, Nathan Snyder, Aiden Stewart, Erica Gillette Stewart, Eva Stewart, Myrtle Strother, Jolee Rayne Terrell, Azaria Thompson, Martha Townsend, Jeanie Winegeart

Deployed Military:  Tyler Bankston, James Chandler; Matthew Droddy, Horace Greene, and those serving in the military

Cancer Patients:  Sylvia Bollock, Myrtis Bond, Larry Book, Shirley Cameron, Kennette Campbell, Gleeta Chamberlain, Jerry Cole, Dorothy Crane, Sally Crooks, Bill Davidson, Donna Dyson, Ruth Ann Fisher, Joe Donald Francis, Murray Ganson, Jared Gordon, Stacy Gough, Darrel Johnson, Leah Johnson, Roger Johnson, Virginia Johnson, Mr. Kelly, Angela Kingry, Tessela Laborde, Danielle Lachney, Johnny LaHay, Dot Langston, Liz Latz, Mariliyn Lavisphere, Kaylee Lesta, Braeden Lyberski, Neda Lyberski, Julie Milam, David Monroe, Bob Morrow, Joe O’Neal, Jeanie O’Rorke, Chris Parker, Joan Schneider, Donny Shows,  Richard Simmons, Linda Sipco, Connor Smith, Mark Smith, Walter Stagg, Glennell Stanley, Jackie Teasely, Cliff Thornton, Dalton Welch, Shane West, Charles Whitten, Britney Wilson, Charles Young

Nursing Homes:  Mary Ann Fuller, John Kenner, Doris Polk

Travelling: Kyron Paul; Luther Paul

Deaths: The families of Rufus Bonnette, Alva Lee Perkins, Ronnie Chenevert, Lola Melder, Matt Jeffers, Ed Armstrong

Unspoken Requests

The Vineyard- June 1, 2014

The Vineyard

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. – John 15:5

Genesis 23:1-20

Pray for God to speak to you through the reading of His word. 

Read the passage. 

-          Extraordinary Faith in Ordinary Times

o   Did you know that there is very little recorded about the last several decades of Abraham and Sarah’s life.  Most of the time, living a life of faith won’t make the headlines.  What areas of ordinary life could your faith be stronger?

-          The Seeming Absence of God

o   God seems strangely absent as we read about Sarah’s death.  Many who have suffered loss would admit that at times, it seems as if God isn’t there.  Nevertheless, Abraham acts in faith even while mourning his wife of decades.  How can you, like Abraham, manifest faith in the most difficult times?

-          Remembering

o   Abraham chooses to bury Sarah in the Promised Land, because he remembers God’s promise.  How can we live in a way that shows we remember God’s promises?

Pray that we will have extraordinary faith in our ordinary lives.

Pray that even when God seems absent, we will act in faith. 

Strive to remember God’s promises.  

Prayer Requests- June 1, 2014

Prayer Requests:

Praise:  Clyde Holloway, Cora McDonald, and Julie Wright are doing better.  The Clark and Reeves families; and Simmons, Anderson, and Strother families all made it home safely.  Chris Griffin was able to come home, and will be recuperating for a month before he returns to work.  Jesse Boults was able to go home after by-pass surgery.  Ruth Sheltman is doing well.  Bowe Bergdahl (P.O.W.), was released after being held by the Taliban for 5 years.          

Recent Requests: C.W. Strother, Anita Kurtz, Eugene Austin, Ed Johnson, Myrtle Pharis, Rufus Bonnette, Richard Simmons, Estelle Simmons, Peggy Sue LeDoux Johnson, Ailene Ness, Cecile James, Ben Golman, Jesse Boults, Kirby Guy, Gail Hearn, Sue Moore, Kimmy Fix, Ed Grantham, Doris Polk, Neiko Bradford, Halyn Smith, Andrew Juneau, Anna Thibadoux, Walter Beard, Paul Bailey, Eric Sipco, Brody Carraway

Pray for your enemies.  (Matthew 5:44)

Continuing Requests: Brent Anderson, Kowyn Austin, Allan Babb, Aunt Charlene Babb, Roanne Ballio, Makenzie Bankston, Jeff Bedsole, Conner Bouchie, Carl Chellette, Payton Conway,  Marie Cook, Sharon Cook, Lynn Diboll, Sampson Doyle III, Michael Fuller, Travis Gillespie, Bill Goree; Robert Gough, Chris Griffin, Robert Gunter, Kathryn Hardy, Grady Harper, Velma Hayes, Clyde Holloway, Darlene Holt, George Johnson, James Johnson, Sylvia Johnson, Darwin Jones, Mascel Keith, Drake Martin, Sarah Martin, Mattie McReynolds, Ben Mealer, Dot Melder, Mark Melder, Arvis Midkiff, Billy Joe Monroe, Jim Owens, Harvey Paul, Harvey Paul, Jr., Bob Peterson, Carol Pfile, Dewanna Polk, Thelma Polk, Nathan Snyder, Aiden Stewart, Erica Gillette Stewart, Eva Stewart, Myrtle Strother, Jolee Rayne Terrell, Azaria Thompson, Martha Townsend, Jeanie Winegeart

Deployed Military:  Tyler Bankston, James Chandler; Matthew Droddy, Horace Greene, and those serving in the military

Cancer Patients:  Sylvia Bollock, Myrtis Bond, Larry Book, Shirley Cameron, Kennette Campbell, Gleeta Chamberlain, Jerry Cole, Dorothy Crane, Sally Crooks, Bill Davidson, Donna Dyson, Ruth Ann Fisher, Joe Donald Francis, Murray Ganson, Jared Gordon, Stacy Gough, Darrel Johnson, Leah Johnson, Roger Johnson, Virginia Johnson, Mr. Kelly, Angela Kingry, Tessela Laborde, Danielle Lachney, Johnny LaHay, Dot Langston, Liz Latz, Mariliyn Lavisphere, Kaylee Lesta, Braeden Lyberski, Neda Lyberski, Julie Milam, David Monroe, Bob Morrow, Joe O’Neal, Jeanie O’Rorke, Chris Parker, Joan Schneider, Donny Shows,  Linda Sipco, Connor Smith, Mark Smith, Walter Stagg, Glennell Stanley, Jackie Teasely, Cliff Thornton, Dalton Welch, Shane West, Charles Whitten, Britney Wilson, Charles Young

Nursing Homes:  Mary Ann Fuller, John Kenner, Doris Polk

Travelling: Kyron Paul; Luther Paul

Deaths: The families of Alva Lee Perkins, Ronnie Chenevert, Lola Melder, Matt Jeffers, Ed Armstrong

Unspoken Requests